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Dog Helps Young Victim Testify Against Former Detective From Hudson Valley In Sex Abuse Case Dog Helps Young Victim Testify Against Former Detective From Hudson Valley In Sex Abuse Case
Dog Helps Young Victim Testify Against Former Detective From Hudson Valley In Sex Abuse Case In a groundbreaking trial, a court-certified support dog named Eddie helped a young child testify against former NYPD detective Wilson Frias, leading to his conviction on charges of child sexual abuse in Westchester County. Frias, 52, of Briarcliff Manor, was sentenced to five years in prison and ten years of post-release supervision after a jury found him guilty of first-degree sexual abuse, a felony, and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. He will also be required to register as a sex offender. The abuse occurred on March 11, 2023, in Frias’s home during a playdate. The vic…
'A Woman With Dreams': NY 23-Year-Old Shot To Death After Testifying Against Boyfriend: Report 'A Woman With Dreams': NY 23-Year-Old Shot To Death After Testifying Against Boyfriend: Report
'A Woman With Dreams': NY 23-Year-Old Shot To Death After Testifying Against Boyfriend: Report A 23-year-old New York woman was shot to death on Christmas morning after warning prosecutors that she was being threatened for cooperating in her boyfriend’s attempted murder trial, Albany station CBS 6 reports. See New Update: Gunman Nabbed In Killing Of Albany 23-Year-Old Who Testified Against Abusive BF, Police Say Sky Lemmons-Dixon, of Albany, suffered a single gunshot wound to the head inside a residence on State Street Monday morning, Dec. 25, according to Albany Police. She spent over a week at Albany Medical Center Hospital before finally succumbing to her injuries on Tuesday…
Gunman Guilty Of 'Execution-Style' Murder Of 18-Year-Old Woman In Capital Region, Jury Finds Gunman Guilty Of 'Execution-Style' Murder Of 18-Year-Old Woman In Capital Region, Jury Finds
Gunman Guilty Of 'Execution-Style' Murder Of 18-Year-Old Woman In Capital Region, Jury Finds Nearly four years after an 18-year-old woman was found shot to death in the middle of a street in the region, a jury has convicted her killer. Isaiah Williams, age 25, of Brooklyn, was found guilty of second-degree murder in Rensselaer County Court on Friday, July 21, in the death of Beyonce Wint. The New York City teen was found shot to death in the early hours of Sunday, Sept. 17, 2019 in Troy’s Lansingburgh neighborhood, in the middle of 111th Street near Fourth Avenue. She had been shot once in the head in an “execution-style” killing, according to Troy Police. Two accomplices to the …
Deadly Stabbing: Man Who Admitted Murdering Long Island Ex-Girlfriend Gets Decades In Prison Deadly Stabbing: Man Who Admitted Murdering Long Island Ex-Girlfriend Gets Decades In Prison
Deadly Stabbing: Man Who Admitted Murdering Long Island Ex-Girlfriend Gets Decades In Prison More than a year after a 27-year-old woman was stabbed to death outside of her Long Island home, her killer from upstate New York is facing decades in prison. Kason Parker, age 35, of Albany, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, May 31. It came weeks after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his ex-girlfriend Meghan Kiefer in October 2021. Earlier Report: Stabbed 54 Times: Man Admits Murdering Coram Ex-Girlfriend On First Day Of Trial According to prosecutors, Kiefer, age 27, had returned to her Coram home with a frie…
NY Father's Ex-Girlfriend Convicted For Murder Of 8-Year-Old Forced To Stay In Freezing Garage NY Father's Ex-Girlfriend Convicted For Murder Of 8-Year-Old Forced To Stay In Freezing Garage
NY Father's Ex-Girlfriend Convicted For Murder Of 8-Year-Old Forced To Stay In Freezing Garage The former girlfriend of the father of an 8-year-old boy who died after being forced to live in the garage of a New York home amid freezing temperatures has been convicted of murder after a jury trial. On Friday afternoon, March 10, a jury found Long Island resident Angela Pollina, age 45, of Center Moriches, guilty of second-degree murder and other related charges, for her role in the death of Thomas Valva, who died of hypothermia in 2020 after Thomas and his 10-year-old brother Anthony were forced to sleep in an unheated car garage in below-freezing temperatures. For months…
Accused Serial Killer Robert Durst's Family Helped Cover Up Murder Of Wife, Attorney Says Accused Serial Killer Robert Durst's Family Helped Cover Up Murder Of Wife, Attorney Says
Accused Serial Killer Robert Durst's Family Helped Cover Up Murder Of Wife, Attorney Says Accused serial killer Robert Durst may have had a helping hand in covering up the disappearance of his first wife, according to new reports. Durst - whose life and case was made famous by the HBO miniseries “The Jinx” - has been accused of killing his first wife, Kathleen “Kathie” Durst after she suddenly disappeared at their home in New York, in Westchester County, in 1982. Her body has never been located. Related story - Report: Ex-Wife's Family May Drop Lawsuit If Durst Reveals Location Of Body With Durst’s murder trial resuming after a 14-month delay due to COVID-19, lawyers are now sa…