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$10M Sex Abuse Suit Names Dead New Jersey Teacher $10M Sex Abuse Suit Names Dead New Jersey Teacher
$10M Sex Abuse Suit Names Dead New Jersey Teacher A former student is suing a New Jersey school district $10 million, alleging he was groomed and sexually abused by his second-grade teacher more than 40 years ago. The civil complaint, filed Sept. 8 in Bergen County Superior Court, claims the victim — identified only as S.B. — was abused between 1981 and 1982 by teacher Howard Schultz while attending the George G. White Elementary School in Hillsdale. Schultz, who is now deceased, is named in the lawsuit through his estate. It wasn't immediately clear when Schultz died. The lawsuit says the abuse began with touching and massaging and …
TikTok Uproar, $20K Fundraiser Follow Felony Wiretap Conviction In Fort Gap Rape Case: DA TikTok Uproar, $20K Fundraiser Follow Felony Wiretap Conviction In Fort Gap Rape Case: DA
TikTok Uproar, $20K Fundraiser Follow Felony Wiretap Conviction In Fort Gap Rape Case: DA A Dauphin County woman at the center of a viral controversy has been sentenced to jail after being convicted of felony wiretap violations and lying to police about being raped, the Lebanon County District Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. Veronika Rodriguez, 24, of Middletown, was convicted by a jury in May of two felony violations of Pennsylvania’s Wiretap Act and one count of false reports to law enforcement. On Wednesday, Judge Charles T. Jones Jr. sentenced her to 30 days to two years less one day in the Lebanon County Correctional Facility. The Allegation Rodrigu…
Man Hopped Off Bike, Then Beat, Robbed Victim In Broad Daylight In NY: DA Man Hopped Off Bike, Then Beat, Robbed Victim In Broad Daylight In NY: DA
Man Hopped Off Bike, Then Beat, Robbed Victim In Broad Daylight In NY: DA A 54-year-old man has been found guilty in a violent daylight robbery in Orange County, prosecutors said. On Thursday, Aug. 7, Robert Smith, 54, of Newburgh, was convicted of second-degree robbery after a jury trial in Orange County Court, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced.  Prosecutors said the incident happened on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, around 1:10 p.m. while Smith was riding a bicycle in the City of Newburgh. Smith allegedly argued with a man on the street and demanded money.  When the man refused and kept walking, Smith got off the bicycle and punched h…
Mass State Trooper Who Oversaw Karen Read Investigation Removed From Position: Police Mass State Trooper Who Oversaw Karen Read Investigation Removed From Position: Police
Mass State Trooper Who Oversaw Karen Read Investigation Removed From Position: Police A Massachusetts State Police sergeant who oversaw the high-profile Karen Read investigation has been removed from his role in the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office and placed on reassignment.  State police confirmed that Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik was told to leave the DA’s detective unit and report to the department for administrative duties, the agency announced on Monday, July 7. Officials first said he would go to the South Boston barracks, but later commented his new post is still undecided. State police rarely make public announcements on personnel matters.  Bukhenik’s transf…
Home Health Aide Forced Victim, 78, To Write Checks To Her At Knifepoint In Hudson Valley: DA Home Health Aide Forced Victim, 78, To Write Checks To Her At Knifepoint In Hudson Valley: DA
Home Health Aide Forced Victim, 78, To Write Checks To Her At Knifepoint In Hudson Valley: DA A Bronx woman has been convicted of threatening an elderly Rockland County man with a knife and forcing him to write nearly $19,000 in checks to her while serving as his live-in health aide, prosecutors announced. Delores Anderson, age 60, was found guilty on five counts of second-degree grand larceny after a one-week jury trial in Rockland County Court, District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced on Friday, May 9.  Anderson worked as a live-in aide for a 78-year-old man living in a senior assisted living complex in Pearl River from December 2022 through August 2023, prosecutors sai…
NY Museum Heist Crew  Sentenced  In Decades-Long Crime: Feds NY Museum Heist Crew  Sentenced  In Decades-Long Crime: Feds
NY Museum Heist Crew Sentenced In Decades-Long Crime: Feds It took them 20 years to steal it all—but just four weeks for a jury to take it back. Now, multiple members of the Pennsylvania-based museum heist crew are heading to prison. Thomas Trotta, 49, of Dunmore, was sentenced on Friday, March 14 to serve 96 months in prison, followed by supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,759,073 in restitution for his role in the massive multi-state theft operation targeting fine art, sports memorabilia, and historic artifacts worth over $4 million the FBI announced on Tuesday, March 18. Trotta and his co-conspirators carried out a string of museum heists …
'Disrespected' Correction Officer Repeatedly Beat Wife In Front Of Kids In Region: Jury 'Disrespected' Correction Officer Repeatedly Beat Wife In Front Of Kids In Region: Jury
'Disrespected' Correction Officer Repeatedly Beat Wife In Front Of Kids In Region: Jury A former correction officer in the Capital Region is facing significant prison time after subjecting his wife to years of horrific abuse. Stephen Frank, 48, was found guilty of multiple felony domestic violence charges by a Saratoga County jury on Wednesday, Jan. 29, following a week-long trial. Frank, a former Warren County correction officer, repeatedly subjected the woman to verbal and physical abuse over a period of years, the Saratoga County DA’s office said. His now ex-wife took the stand, telling jurors she suffered repeated bruising, cuts, and even damage to her lungs. The abuse, …
Jennifer Dulos Case: Estranged Husband's Girlfriend Sentenced To Prison Jennifer Dulos Case: Estranged Husband's Girlfriend Sentenced To Prison
Jennifer Dulos Case: Estranged Husband's Girlfriend Sentenced To Prison Michelle Troconis, the girlfriend of the estranged husband of the murdered Connecticut mother of five, Jennifer Farber Dulos, has been sentenced to years in prison. 'My Mother Was Everything To Me': Jennifer Dulos' Children Speak Out For First Time Stamford/Norwalk State Attorney Paul J. Ferencek announced Friday, May 31, that Troconnis, age 49, formerly of Hartford County in Farmington, was sentenced to a total of 20 years in prison, suspended after 14 ½ years served, for conspiring to murder Jennifer Farber Dulos in May 2019 and then covering up the crime. Troconis faced 50 years in pr…