Sleeping Child Thrown Onto Walmart Parking Lot Pavement: Police Sleeping Child Thrown Onto Walmart Parking Lot Pavement: Police
Sleeping Child Thrown Onto Walmart Parking Lot Pavement: Police A sleeping child was thrown onto the pavement outside a Lancaster County Walmart, leading to a man's arrest, police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Justin Martin Wagner, 41, of Lancaster, was arrested following the incident at the Walmart at 890 East Main St. in Ephrata Township at 6:58 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, according to the Ephrata Police Department. Wagner had been causing a disturbance inside the store before witnesses saw him take a sleeping child from a shopping cart, lift the child into the air, and throw the child onto the pavement in the parking lot, police said. Wagner was la…
Hidden Camera Found In NY Athletic Club Bathroom, Employee Flees To Kansas: Cops Hidden Camera Found In NY Athletic Club Bathroom, Employee Flees To Kansas: Cops
Hidden Camera Found In NY Athletic Club Bathroom, Employee Flees To Kansas: Cops A Rockland County man has been arrested after investigators said he hid a recording device inside a New York Athletic Club bathroom in the Westchester County location where he worked, where several victims, including children, were allegedly recorded.  West Nyack resident Ryan Mack, 33, was charged with second-degree unlawful surveillance, a felony, New Rochelle Police announced on Thursday, Aug. 13.  The investigation began on Sunday, July 5, when the New York Athletic Club contacted the department after a hidden recording device was discovered inside a bathroom at the club, acco…
Wanted Man Caught In Stolen Car On Taconic State Parkway, Police Say Wanted Man Caught In Stolen Car On Taconic State Parkway, Police Say
Wanted Man Caught In Stolen Car On Taconic State Parkway, Police Say A Queens man was arrested after police said they caught him driving a stolen car on the Taconic State Parkway in Westchester County with a suspended license.  William Saquinga-Lema, 32, of Jamaica, Queens, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 11, following a traffic stop on the parkway, Yorktown Police announced on Thursday, Aug. 13. The incident began shortly before 8 a.m., when Yorktown Police were alerted by the Westchester County Real Time Crime Center about a stolen vehicle in the area of the Taconic State Parkway.   Officers searched the area, found the wanted vehicle, and pu…
Lost Hikers Run Out Of Water, Escorted Off Mountain In Hudson Valley Lost Hikers Run Out Of Water, Escorted Off Mountain In Hudson Valley
Lost Hikers Run Out Of Water, Escorted Off Mountain In Hudson Valley Two hikers who became lost after reaching a fire tower on a Dutchess County mountain had to be guided to safety after running out of water and watching their cellphone batteries dwindle, officials said.  The rescue happened at the Stissing Mountain Multiple Use Area in Pine Plains on Saturday, Aug. 8, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.  At around 2 p.m., forest rangers were alerted about two lost hikers, a 51-year-old from Brooklyn and a 55-year-old from Dobbs Ferry, officials said. The pair had successfully reached the fire tower on Stissin…
Missing Man Found Dead In Woods Near His Hudson Valley Property Missing Man Found Dead In Woods Near His Hudson Valley Property
Missing Man Found Dead In Woods Near His Hudson Valley Property A search for a missing man ended in tragedy when forest rangers found him dead in a wooded area near his Orange County property, officials said.  The search began in Montgomery on Thursday, Aug. 6, after Montgomery Police contacted New York State Forest Rangers at around 8 a.m. regarding a despondent 40-year-old resident reported missing by an acquaintance, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said on Thursday, Aug. 13.  According to the DEC, the acquaintance had last communicated with the man two days before the search.  Forest Rangers joined Environm…
Man Lured Women To US On Dating Apps, Raped Them In Hudson Valley: DA Man Lured Women To US On Dating Apps, Raped Them In Hudson Valley: DA
Man Lured Women To US On Dating Apps, Raped Them In Hudson Valley: DA A man is facing a 27-count indictment after prosecutors said he used dating apps to lure two women from Europe to the United States before repeatedly sexually assaulting them at his Westchester County apartment.  Yonkers resident Pablo Alexander De La Cruz, 33, was arraigned in Westchester County Court on Wednesday, Aug. 12, in connection with alleged attacks between March and June 2026, according to Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace.   Prosecutors allege De La Cruz separately met two women, one from Eastern Europe and another from Northern Europe, through dat…
'Door Kick Challenge' On Rise In Hudson Valley: 'Could Get Someone Killed,' DA Says 'Door Kick Challenge' On Rise In Hudson Valley: 'Could Get Someone Killed,' DA Says
'Door Kick Challenge' On Rise In Hudson Valley: 'Could Get Someone Killed,' DA Says Authorities are issuing an urgent warning after a dangerous social media challenge involving people violently kicking the doors of occupied homes has been reported in several Dutchess County communities.  Multiple incidents connected to the so-called "door kick challenge" are under investigation in the towns of Beekman, Poughkeepsie, and LaGrange, Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi announced on Thursday, Aug. 13. The social media trend involves participants kicking or striking residential doors, sometimes while masked and during overnight hours, according to prosecutors. …
Are Flock Cameras Watching You? This Map Shows Where They Are Are Flock Cameras Watching You? This Map Shows Where They Are
Are Flock Cameras Watching You? This Map Shows Where They Are You have probably driven past one without realizing it. Flock's license plate readers have spread along roads and through communities across the country, giving police a tool to locate vehicles while fueling a growing debate over just how much the cameras can reveal about where people go. Now, a growing privacy advocacy project is letting you see where those cameras have been spotted. DeFlock, an independent open-source effort opposed to widespread automatic license plate reader surveillance, maintains a searchable nationwide map of the devices. As of Thursday, Aug. 13, the map displayed …
20 Dogs Found In Feces-Filled Cages With No Food Or Water In New York: Police 20 Dogs Found In Feces-Filled Cages With No Food Or Water In New York: Police
20 Dogs Found In Feces-Filled Cages With No Food Or Water In New York: Police An elderly person and 20 dogs were rescued from inhumane conditions at a home in New York, police said. The dogs were living in feces- and urine-filled cages with insufficient ventilation, New York State Police said Thursday, Aug. 13. Additionally, the dogs did not have immediate access to food or water, authorities said. Troopers responded to a complaint about the home in Argyle on Sunday, Aug. 9 around 1 p.m., according to state police. In addition to the dogs, they found an elderly person “in need of immediate assistance due to mobility issues.” Carol Kiaer, 72, of Argyle, was arrested …
3 Children Airlifted With Severe Electrical Burns After Power Lines Fall In NY 3 Children Airlifted With Severe Electrical Burns After Power Lines Fall In NY
3 Children Airlifted With Severe Electrical Burns After Power Lines Fall In NY Three children suffered severe electrical burns after coming into contact with live wires that fell at a Sullivan County camp, prompting all three to be airlifted to a trauma center, officials said. The incident happened just after 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, in Fallsburg, according to the Fallsburg Fire Company.  Emergency crews responded after a high-voltage power line came down, leaving three children with severe electrical burns, fire officials said. It was not immediately available what caused the line to fall.  News12 Hudson Valley reported the incident happened at C…
Stolen Car Driver Caught With Large Amount Of Narcotics In Hudson Valley, Police Say Stolen Car Driver Caught With Large Amount Of Narcotics In Hudson Valley, Police Say
Stolen Car Driver Caught With Large Amount Of Narcotics In Hudson Valley, Police Say Police said they found a large amount of narcotics after pulling over a stolen vehicle in Rockland County, leading to an arrest.  Pomona resident Diamond Dickerson, 49, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 11, after officers received an alert that a stolen vehicle had entered the Village of Haverstraw, according to the Haverstraw Police Department.   The notification came from a license plate reader, prompting officers to begin searching for the vehicle. They later found the vehicle in Pomona and identified the driver as Dickerson. He was taken into custody without incident, th…
5 Cremation Urns, 70K Videos, 2 Missing Women; Inside 'Dark' Death Investigation: Police 5 Cremation Urns, 70K Videos, 2 Missing Women; Inside 'Dark' Death Investigation: Police
5 Cremation Urns, 70K Videos, 2 Missing Women; Inside 'Dark' Death Investigation: Police Five urns believed to contain cremated remains, 70,000 videos, 600,000 images, and thousands of pages of writings are among a mountain of evidence recovered from a home now at the center of a death investigation involving two women who vanished years apart, police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 12. The sprawling investigation centers on 44-year-old Eugene Horsch and 417 West Chew Avenue in the city's Olney section, where Philadelphia detectives reviewing digital evidence discovered recordings showing missing women Maribel Fresses and Gabrielle Amarando alive and, in later footage, apparently d…