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Brother Who Smothered Sister, 17, To Death In Dutchess County Gets Decades In Prison (Update)
A Dutchess County man will spend over two decades in state prison for killing his teenage sister in a case that dates back more than four years, prosecutors announced.
Mark Dedaj, 34, was sentenced to 25 years in prison in Dutchess County Court after pleading guilty in January to first-degree manslaughter in the death of his 17-year-old sister, Maureen Nelson-Lanzi, the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office said on Tuesday, April 21.
The incident happened on Sept. 4, 2021, at a home on Harts Village Road in the Village of Millbrook. Dedaj admitted to causing his sister’s de…
Man Rapes, Kills Penn State Grad, Flees To Puerto Rico: Police
A woman was found dead on a bathroom floor after a violent assault inside a Dauphin County apartment, Susquehanna Township police announced on Monday, April 6.
Amanda Abeana Makor, 25, was discovered by officers responding to a report of an “unconscious female” at an apartment in the 300 block of North Progress Avenue, Harrisburg, around 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 30, according to police.
She was lying on the bathroom floor and was cold to the touch when officers arrived, authorities said.
Makor was a Penn State University graduate who earned her Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Analytic…
US Travelers Warned Of Terror Risks At Tourist Destinations, Universities
The US Department of State has issued new warnings for Americans traveling or living abroad, citing heightened risks of terrorist attacks at tourist destinations, transportation hubs, and American-affiliated institutions, including universities.
The advisory, updated Thursday, April 2, comes amid escalating geopolitical tensions and specific threats targeting US citizens and interests overseas.
A Worldwide Caution alert, first issued on Sunday, March 22, remains in effect, urging Americans to exercise increased vigilance globally.
The State Department has highlighted potential threat…
'I Let You Live': Taxi Driver's Knife-Point Kidnapping Ends In Jury Verdict Against NY Man
A Schenectady County jury convicted a 26-year-old man of kidnapping and violently robbing a taxi driver during a knife-point attack.
James Parker, of Cobleskill, was found guilty Tuesday, Jan. 13, of five felony and misdemeanor charges tied to the Nov. 13, 2024, attack, according to the Schenectady County District Attorney’s Office.
Parker climbed into a taxi on State Street in Schenectady, then attacked the female driver from behind, pressing a knife to her throat and ordering her to drive him and his girlfriend to Cobleskill, prosecutors said.
During the drive, Parker cut the victim’s fo…
NY Drug Dealer, Rehab Worker Killed Customer, Buried Her In Out-Of-State Grave, Jury Finds
A Putnam County drug dealer with a lengthy criminal history has been convicted in federal court of murdering a woman whom he suspected of stealing crack cocaine from him and burying her in a shallow grave in another state, federal officials said.
A jury found Dwayne Pulliam, 63, of Carmel, guilty of Travel Act murder, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and heroin, and multiple narcotics distribution charges following a one-week trial in White Plains before US District Judge Philip M. Halpern, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New …
‘We Will Find You’: Persistent Violent Felon Gets 12-To-Life, 3 More Convicted In NY
Four men have been convicted in recent gun-related cases in Orange County, including a persistent violent offender and another who tried hiding narcotics in his mouth during a traffic stop, prosecutors announced.
Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced the convictions on Wednesday, Oct. 22, saying that they stem from separate investigations in Newburgh and Middletown and demonstrate the county’s continued focus on prosecuting violent firearm offenses.
Repeat Offender Gets 12 to Life
On Thursday, Oct. 16, James Price, 63, of Brooklyn, was sentenced in Oran…
Dutchess Man Who Pistol-Whipped Burger King Employee In NY Robbery Learns Fate: DA
A Dutchess County man will spend more than a decade in prison for carrying out a violent armed robbery at a Burger King in Orange County earlier this year, prosecutors announced.
Joseph Rico of Poughkeepsie, 50, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Orange County Court on Tuesday, Oct. 14, after previously pleading guilty to first-degree robbery in connection with a March 2025 incident, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced on Wednesday, Oct. 15.
The robbery happened on Thursday, March 27, at the Burger King on Windsor Highway in New Windsor, where Rico e…
'Sadistic Sex Maniac' ID'd Six Decades After NY Woman's Grisly Slaying
Six decades after Catherine Blackburn was mutilated and raped in her Albany home, police have identified her likely killer.
Blackburn, 50, was found dead in her Colonie Street home in North Albany on Sept. 13, 1964, the victim of what a coroner decried as “a sadistic sex maniac.”
Investigators said Blackburn was bludgeoned, leaving her skull fractured, before her unconscious body was raped, slashed, and stabbed in the throat, Albany Police said. The killer then heated knives on a stove and seared marks into her lips and breasts.
Blackburn, a supervisor at Mohawk Brush Co. on Fuller Road, h…
'I Carry Deep Anxiety, Sadness': Man Who Strangled Former Fiancée In NY Learns Fate
A 41-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for a violent domestic assault against his former fiancée in Westchester, prosecutors announced.
Jason Cabassa, 41, of Mount Vernon, will serve three years in state prison following his conviction for a March 6, 2024 attack in Ardsley, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office said on Friday, Oct. 3.
Cabassa was sentenced by Judge George Fufidio to three years for second-degree strangulation, a violent felony. He also received one to three years each for aggravated criminal contempt and criminal contempt, plus 364 days each …
Double Murder: Elderly Couple Burned, Stabbed After Letting Stranger Into NYC Home, Cops Say
A manhunt is underway for a parolee with a violent criminal history wanted in the deaths of a couple in their Queens, NY home, authorities said.
Jamel McGriff, 42, is wanted in the killings of Frank Olton, 76, and Maureen Olton, 77, which happened Monday, Sept. 8, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
Tisch said McGriff went to the Oltons’ home that morning, claiming his cell phone battery was dead and he needed to charge it. Video shows McGriff speaking with Frank Olton before being allowed into the couple’s backyard, Tisch said. The two then walked inside through the back door of the…
Back-To-Back Subway Slashings: Rider’s Face Cut In Queens, Neck Slashed In Bronx
Police released photos of a man wanted for slashing a 29-year-old straphanger in the face aboard a Queens F train, authorities announced.
The suspect attacked the victim while riding a southbound F train at the Jamaica–179th Street station around 4 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, police said.
According to a police source, the attacker approached the victim and asked, “What are you looking at?” The 29-year-old replied, “I don’t want any problems,” but was then slashed across the face with an unidentified sharp object.
The men were strangers, authorities said. After the random attack, the suspect …
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…
SWAT Teams Bust Major Crack, Fentanyl Network In Dutchess County: 4 Arrested, DA Says
A months-long investigation into drug trafficking at a Dutchess County public housing complex has led to the arrest of four men and the seizure of crack cocaine, fentanyl, firearms, and other evidence, prosecutors announced.
The takedown targeted a narcotics network operating out of the Hudson Garden Apartments in Poughkeepsie, where Drug Task Force agents had been conducting undercover buys of large quantities of drugs, the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office Drug Task Force announced on Thursday, July 10.
The investigation identified Hudhayfah Abdullahi, 24, and Adrain …
Lawmaker Shooting Suspect's Wife Found With Gun, Cash, Passports; Shooter's Car Found Abandoned
The wife of a man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses—killing two and critically injuring the others— was found with thousands of dollars in cash, a firearm, ammunition, and multiple passports in the truck of her car, according to reports.
KSTP in Minnesota reported that Jenny Boelter, the wife of suspect Vance Boelter, was pulled over during a traffic stop in Onamia, Minnesota, roughly 100 miles from their home, on Saturday, June 14.
Police detained her for questioning along with three relatives who were also in the vehicle, the Minnesota Star Tribune report…
These Dutchess Towns Among Top 10 Safest In NY, New Report Says
If you're looking for peace of mind in New York, the Hudson Valley might be the place to be.
According to a new report by Safewise, several communities in the region were ranked among the 10 safest cities in the state for 2025 based on FBI crime data.
The list includes:
Bedford in Westchester County, ranked at No. 1:
Carmel in Putnam County, ranked at No. 2;
Rye in Westchester County, ranked at No. 3;
Hyde Park in Dutchess County, ranked at No. 5;
East Fishkill in Dutchess County, ranked at No. 6;
Scarsdale in Westchester County, ranked at No. 7;
Yorktown in Westchester County, rank…
FBI Leaving DC Headquarters, Director Kash Patel Announces
The FBI is leaving its longtime headquarters in Washington, DC, and relocating around 1,500 workers, according to the agency's director, Kash Patel.
The J. Edgar Hoover Building, a low-rise office building located on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, has been the FBI's home base since 1975.
Patel said there were 11,000 FBI employees in a 50-mile radius around Washington, DC.
"That's a third of the workforce," Patel told Fox Business in an interview on Friday, May 16. "A third of the crime doesn't happen here. So we're taking 1,500 of those folks and moving them out.
"Every state is getting a plus u…
US Issues Urgent Travel Warnings Covering 2 Countries: What To Know
The US State Department is warning Americans against traveling to part of one country and has issued a do not travel warning for one of its neighboring nations.
A Level 3 Reconsider Travel Advisory covers these parts of eastern Colombia:
Arauca, Cauca (excluding Popayán), and Norte de Santander departments in Colombia;
The Colombia-Venezuela border region.
"Violent crime, like murder, assault, and robbery, is common in many areas in Colombia," the advisory says. "In some places, organized crime is rampant. This includes extortion, robbery, and kidnapping."
A Level 4 Do No…
