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NY Native, CT Hockey Captain Killed In Head-On I-95 Crash Was 'Great Leader, Caring Friend'
A University of New Haven hockey captain who dreamed of becoming an NYPD officer is being remembered as a great leader who wanted to help others after he was killed in an I-95 head-on crash.
Ryan O’Shea, 21, of Stony Point, New York, died Friday night, Oct. 16, after a wrong-way driver struck his car on I-91 in North Haven, Connecticut State Police said.
O’Shea was a senior captain of the university’s club hockey team, the Chargers. He studied criminal justice with a focus on police science, the university said.
“Ryan embodied everything that is good about being a Charger,” shared De…
Debit Card Theft And Series Of Lies Land Saratoga County Woman In Handcuffs: Police
A Capital Region woman stole a debit card, then destroyed it when she learned police were going to investigate the theft, authorities said.
Brandi M. Curtin, 46, of Wilton, was arrested Monday, Oct. 12, following a fraud investigation, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office announced Sunday, Oct. 18.
Deputies received the initial complaint on Cabin Drive in Wilton on Monday, Oct. 5 around 5:30 p.m., authorities said.
Curtin is accused of stealing the card and later destroying it after learning the theft was being reported, police said.
She also gave investigators a false written statement a…
Christmas Eve Break-In At Corinth Water Plant Finally Solved: Police
A Capital Region man broke into a public water treatment plant and damaged an official vehicle on Christmas Eve, authorities said.
Derek J. Nowicki, 22, was arrested Thursday, Oct. 15, following a long investigation into the Dec. 24, 2025, break-in at Corinth’s water treatment plant, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office said.
The initial complaint came in around 6:30 a.m. Christmas Eve about a burglar at the facility on Pine Street, the sheriff’s office said. While on-site, Nowicki also got behind the wheel of a Village of Corinth Department of Public Works vehicle and damaged it, investiga…
NJ Attorney Among 2 DUI Drivers Charged In Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Nurse: Report
Two New Jersey women, including a 36-year-old attorney, have been charged with drunk driving following a three-vehicle crash on Staten Island that killed a 66-year-old woman, authorities said.
Shannon Theodore, 36, of Somerset, who was identified as a lawyer by Staten Island Advance, was driving a 2019 Range Rover Velar northbound in the southbound lanes of the West Shore Expressway when she collided head-on with a 2025 Kia Seltos around 5:36 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, the New York Police Department said. The Kia's driver, Duck Park, 66, of Staten Island, was pronounced dead at the sc…
NJ Woman Who Outsmarted Serial Killer, Escaped In Handcuffs Dies At 44
Tiffany Taylor, a New Jersey woman whose testimony helped convict a serial killer she narrowly escaped while handcuffed, has died at age 44.
Taylor died in her sleep, according to her mother, Lola Acevedo, who shared the news in a GoFundMe campaign.
Raised in Jersey City's housing projects, Taylor eventually turned to sex work and robbing men. In 2016, she met Khalil Wheeler-Weaver through a friend and reportedly robbed him after spending several hours together, NJ Advance Media reports. She later agreed to meet him again at a hotel in Elizabeth, where the encounter took a terrifying t…
