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CT Sex Offender Gets Sentenced To Decades For Exploiting 4 Teens In New York: Feds
A repeat sex offender with a conviction in Connecticut, who targeted teenage girls and recorded the abuse, will spend decades in federal prison, authorities said.
Taiel Gookool, 31, was sentenced earlier this year to 35 years behind bars, followed by 20 years of supervised release, according to federal authorities, according to the US Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York.
Prosecutors said Gookool exploited four minors and possessed child pornography in 2024. He engaged in sexual acts with all four victims and recorded the abuse, or had the victims record it.
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16,500 Fentanyl Packages Found On NYC Man Traveling To Capital Region: DA
A man hauling 16,500 packages of fentanyl and heroin from New York City to the Capital Region was busted in a traffic stop, authorities said Monday, April 27.
Ramon Riveras, a 35-year-old Bronx man, was traveling through Albany around 7:45 p.m. on March 1 when he was stopped by New York State Police, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said.
During the traffic stop off the Washington Avenue Extension, officers found 16,500 glassine envelopes containing fentanyl and heroin, authorities said.
Riveras was arraigned Monday on first-degree and third-degree possession of a controlled su…
Killer Who Shot Victim, Torched Car With Body Burning Inside On NY Roadway Gets Prison Time
A man who admitted to killing another man and setting a car on fire with the body inside in Rockland County will spend over a decade in state prison, prosecutors announced.
Robert Rodriguez, 38, of Stony Point, was sentenced to 17 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision after previously pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter, Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced on Monday, April 27.
The case stems from a killing that happened on Feb. 15, 2021, at a property on Call Hollow Road in Stony Point, where Rodrig…
Murder: Mom With Neck Injury Leads Police To 2 Children Found Dead In Mass Home, Cops Say
A 49-year-old accupuncturist found bleeding in Vermont led police to a horrific discovery in Massachusetts, authorities said.
Janette R. MacAusland, 49, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, is charged as a fugitive from justice tied to a murder investigation after two children were found dead inside her home, according to police in Vermont.
According to The Independent, MacAusland's husband of nine years, Samuel MacAusland, had filed for divorce last October. The two were allegedly involved in a bitter custody battle over the 6- and 7-year-old children.
The Bennington Police Department was contact…
