8 Shot, Including 4 Children, During July 4 BBQ In Coney Island: NYPD 8 Shot, Including 4 Children, During July 4 BBQ In Coney Island: NYPD
8 Shot, Including 4 Children, During July 4 BBQ In Coney Island: Nypd Eight people — including four children — were shot during a Fourth of July family barbecue in Coney Island when a gunman opened fire from outside a courtyard, New York City police said. The mass shooting happened Saturday, July 4, at a residential courtyard in Coney Island, where family members had gathered to celebrate the holiday, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said during a press conference. According to the preliminary investigation, an unknown man dressed entirely in black walked up to the fence line surrounding the courtyard and fired multiple rounds before fleeing the area on foot. …
Armed & Dangerous Man Wanted In Multiple States Sentenced, But Victims Still Seek To Be Heard Armed & Dangerous Man Wanted In Multiple States Sentenced, But Victims Still Seek To Be Heard
Armed & Dangerous Man Wanted In Multiple States Sentenced, But Victims Still Seek To Be Heard A heavily tattooed fugitive once captured in Texas after a four-state manhunt, who then went back on the run after being released from custody in Pennsylvania in May, has been recaptured and sentenced, according to information shared with Daily Voice and newly filed court records. Kevin James Kistler, 35, of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, was released Monday, May 18, with the understanding that he would surrender himself to authorities in Cecil County, Maryland, according to information provided to Daily Voice by a person familiar with the ongoing cases. Instead,  fugitive warrants were iss…
NY Man Seriously Injured When Firework Explodes During July 4 Celebration: Police NY Man Seriously Injured When Firework Explodes During July 4 Celebration: Police
NY Man Seriously Injured When Firework Explodes During July 4 Celebration: Police A Long Island man suffered serious injuries when a firework exploded and struck him in the face during a Fourth of July celebration, police said. The incident happened at Callahans Beach in Fort Salonga on Saturday, July 4, at approximately 8:50 p.m., according to Suffolk County Police. The 45-year-old Fort Salonga man was lighting a firework during the celebration when it exploded and struck him in the face, police said. He was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. Suffolk County Police Fourth Squad detectiv…
Chemicals Sprayed At Family's July 4 BBQ Injures 7, Including Children, In NY: Police Chemicals Sprayed At Family's July 4 BBQ Injures 7, Including Children, In NY: Police
Chemicals Sprayed At Family's July 4 BBQ Injures 7, Including Children, In NY: Police Seven people, including children, were hospitalized after someone allegedly sprayed a chemical substance at a family's Fourth of July barbecue in Valley Stream, Nassau County Police said. The incident happened during a neighbor dispute at a Cochran Place home around 8:14 p.m. on Friday, July 3, police said. Officers responding to the scene determined that Nicholas Stolz, 46, of Valley Stream, sprayed a chemical substance at the neighboring home while the family was holding a July 4 BBQ, according to detectives.  The seven victims were taken to local hospitals for evaluation and treatme…
Yonkers Driver With Toddler Was Nearly 2X Legal Limit: NYSP Yonkers Driver With Toddler Was Nearly 2X Legal Limit: NYSP
Yonkers Driver With Toddler Was Nearly 2X Legal Limit: Nysp A Yonkers man was arrested after New York State Police said he was caught driving drunk with a 2-year-old child in his vehicle in Northern Westchester, authorities said. Troopers spotted a vehicle traveling south on Route 9 in Cortlandt in violation of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law at approximately 2:45 a.m. on Sunday, June 28, according to New York State Police. While interviewing the driver, identified as 34-year-old Artemio Martinez Gonzalez of Yonkers, troopers observed signs of intoxication, police said. Standardized field sobriety tests were administered, and investigator…
NY Woman Ran Sex Trafficking Ring Out Of Boston-Area Brothels, Feds Say NY Woman Ran Sex Trafficking Ring Out Of Boston-Area Brothels, Feds Say
NY Woman Ran Sex Trafficking Ring Out Of Boston-Area Brothels, Feds Say A New York woman and Chinese national has been federally indicted after prosecutors accused her of running an alleged sex trafficking operation out of residential brothels in the Boston area. Zengzeng Liu, 40, of Flushing, New York, also known as "Bella," is accused of managing an international operation beginning no later than August 2025. Investigators say women, many of them foreign nationals from Japan, Vietnam, China, and the Philippines, were recruited to travel to the Greater Boston area to engage in commercial sex acts, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts said. She is…
Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Raping Girl, 13, In Bronx Park: NYPD Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Raping Girl, 13, In Bronx Park: NYPD
Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Raping Girl, 13, In Bronx Park: Nypd A 36-year-old Westchester County man has been arrested for rape after allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in a Bronx park, police said. Yonkers resident Abundio Hernandez Cantu, 36, was arrested on Monday, June 29, in connection with the incident, which happened in the Bronx on Tuesday, June 23, the NYPD told Daily Voice.  According to police, at around 10 p.m. on the day of the incident, a 13-year-old girl had been on board a BX9 MTA bus going northbound when she was approached by a man. When she and the man left the bus near Broadway and West 261 Street, h…
Retired NJ Army Sgt Killed In Florida Walmart Parking Spot Dispute Retired NJ Army Sgt Killed In Florida Walmart Parking Spot Dispute
Retired NJ Army Sgt Killed In Florida Walmart Parking Spot Dispute A 62-year-old retired Army staff sergeant from New Jersey was shot and killed in Florida following a dispute over a parking space on Tuesday, June 30, authorities said. At 12:28 p.m., officers responded to a Walmart in North Lauderdale and found Bart Diguglielmo, a Hammonton native, suffering from a gunshot wound, Broward Sheriff's Office said. He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. Prior to the shooting, Diguglielmo was involved in an argument over a parking space with a woman, the sheriff's office said in a statement. The woman, who was…
Drone, GPS Help Rescuers Find Stranded Kayaker In Hudson Valley Wetlands Drone, GPS Help Rescuers Find Stranded Kayaker In Hudson Valley Wetlands
Drone, GPS Help Rescuers Find Stranded Kayaker In Hudson Valley Wetlands A kayaker stranded near a Sullivan County marsh was safely rescued after emergency crews used drone technology and GPS coordinates to quickly pinpoint his location.  The rescue began at 9:11 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1, when Sullivan County 911 received a call from a kayaker in distress on the Basha Kill Marsh in Wurtsboro, according to the Westbrookville Volunteer Fire Company. The kayaker had managed to reach shore somewhere between Haven Road and the Bashakill Vineyards & Winery on South Road, but was unable to make it back to the roadway through the dense wetlands, the depar…
Maine Woman Accused In Identity Theft Scheme Targeting Mahopac, Westchester Banks: Police Maine Woman Accused In Identity Theft Scheme Targeting Mahopac, Westchester Banks: Police
Maine Woman Accused In Identity Theft Scheme Targeting Mahopac, Westchester Banks: Police A Maine woman is facing felony charges after police said she stole thousands of dollars from a victim's bank account and targeted multiple bank branches across the Hudson Valley.  Alisha Maxcy, 36, of Augusta, Maine, was arrested following an identity theft investigation led by the Croton-on-Hudson Police Department, the department announced on Wednesday, July 1.  The investigation began on Thursday, June 18, when a Croton-on-Hudson resident reported that an unknown woman had withdrawn a large amount of money from her bank account during three separate transactions at a bank branc…
Excavator Operator Rescued After Rollover Into Embankment In Hudson Valley Excavator Operator Rescued After Rollover Into Embankment In Hudson Valley
Excavator Operator Rescued After Rollover Into Embankment In Hudson Valley A construction equipment operator was rescued after becoming trapped inside an excavator that rolled down an embankment in Dutchess County.  The incident occurred at around 9:40 a.m. on Wednesday, July 1, when the Millbrook Fire Department and Union Vale Fire Department were dispatched to an overturned excavator with a reported injury.    According to the Millbrook Fire Department, when crews arrived, they found the excavator on its side down an embankment with the operator trapped inside.  At first, firefighters requested a medical helicopter to stand by beca…
Crash Knocks Fire Truck Into Home In Hudson Valley, Injuring Firefighters (UPDATE) Crash Knocks Fire Truck Into Home In Hudson Valley, Injuring Firefighters (UPDATE)
Crash Knocks Fire Truck Into Home In Hudson Valley, Injuring Firefighters (Update) This story has been updated.  A fire department rescue truck responding to an emergency on the Hudson River crashed into an occupied home in Rockland County after being struck by another vehicle, injuring firefighters and civilians.  The crash happened at around 12:06 a.m. on Thursday, July 2, as the Thiells Fire Department's Underwater Search and Rescue truck was responding to a reported boating accident near the West Haverstraw Marina on the Hudson River, Thiells Fire Chief Jeffrey Kahn said in an update on Thursday morning. While on the way to the scene, the rescue truck was s…