NY Girl, 16, Forced Into Suggestive Pose For MRI, Technician Walks Free After Conviction: DA NY Girl, 16, Forced Into Suggestive Pose For MRI, Technician Walks Free After Conviction: DA
NY Girl, 16, Forced Into Suggestive Pose For MRI, Technician Walks Free After Conviction: DA A Long Island MRI technician who made a 16-year-old girl disrobe and pose suggestively during an exam was released following his conviction, authorities announced Friday, Aug. 14. Robert Baguio, 37, of Wheatley Heights, was convicted of child endangerment, but his sentencing hearing Thursday, Aug. 13 ended with a conditional discharge and an order of protection, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said. The MRI The victim went for an MRI on Oct. 1, 2023, at Orlin & Cohen Orthopedic Group in Bohemia, where Baguio worked as a technician, authorities said. She was recovering from…
Flock Around, Find Out: NJ Man Praised After Allegedly Destroying Controversial Cop Cam Flock Around, Find Out: NJ Man Praised After Allegedly Destroying Controversial Cop Cam
Flock Around, Find Out: NJ Man Praised After Allegedly Destroying Controversial Cop Cam A 31-year-old New Jersey man was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 13, for cutting down a Flock safety camera, police said. Andrew Wardell, a Brick resident, intentionally cut down the Flock camera at 181 Drum Point Rd. by the Exxon gas station on Wednesday, July 8, Brick Township police said. Wardell is charged with criminal mischief, police said. Wardell's arrest comes amid national controversy over Flock cameras. Earlier this week, three deputies in Georgia were arrested for using the license plate readers to stalk people, some of whom they were dating. In response, Flock rolled out new safegua…
Teen Gets Arson Charge In Garbage Can Blaze Outside Rockland Home That Led To Evacuations: Cops Teen Gets Arson Charge In Garbage Can Blaze Outside Rockland Home That Led To Evacuations: Cops
Teen Gets Arson Charge In Garbage Can Blaze Outside Rockland Home That Led To Evacuations: Cops A 19-year-old has been arrested after police said he randomly set fire to garbage outside a Rockland County home, sparking a blaze that spread to a vehicle and forced a family to evacuate.  The Suffern resident, whose name was not released, was charged with third-degree arson and second-degree criminal mischief following the Monday, Aug. 10 fire on Woodland Drive, Suffern Police Chief Andrew Loughlin announced on Friday, Aug. 14.  The arrest comes after surveillance footage of the incident showed a person allegedly setting fire to garbage outside the home before walking away, as D…
Car Plunges Into River After Being Rear-Ended On Thruway In Rockland County Car Plunges Into River After Being Rear-Ended On Thruway In Rockland County
Car Plunges Into River After Being Rear-Ended On Thruway In Rockland County A car crashed through a guardrail and plunged into a river after being rear-ended on the New York State Thruway in Rockland County, authorities said.   The crash happened in the Village of Hillburn at around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13, according to New York State Police. Investigators determined that a 29-year-old Brooklyn resident was driving a 2022 Ford van northbound on the Thruway when he rear-ended a 2020 Volkswagen sedan, police said.  The impact sent the Volkswagen through the guardrail and into the Ramapo River, according to State Police.  The Volkswagen…
Wife Strangled With Neckties, Husband Charged With Homicide: DA (UPDATE) Wife Strangled With Neckties, Husband Charged With Homicide: DA (UPDATE)
Wife Strangled With Neckties, Husband Charged With Homicide: DA (Update) A husband has been charged with killing his wife, who was found on a bedroom floor with multiple men's neckties wrapped around her neck, authorities announced on Friday, Aug. 14. Michael P. Myers, 59, of Bristol Borough, was arrested after his wife, 54-year-old Dawn Myers, was found dead inside their home at 1305 Wood Street early Thursday, Aug. 13, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Myers is charged with criminal homicide, strangulation, aggravated assault, intimidation of witnesses or victims, possession of an instrument of crime, and false imprisonment. Court recor…
Brothers Found Dead In LI Basement Died In Murder-Suicide, Police Say Brothers Found Dead In LI Basement Died In Murder-Suicide, Police Say
Brothers Found Dead In LI Basement Died In Murder-Suicide, Police Say The two brothers found dead in a Long Island basement on Wednesday, Aug. 12 were killed in a murder-suicide, police said Friday, Aug. 14. Garfield Adamson, 50, of Hempstead, fatally shot his older brother, 52-year-old David Adamson, in the Hempstead home before turning the gun on himself, the Nassau County Police Department said. Cops were called to the home at 16 Angevine Avenue around 10:20 a.m. Wednesday for reports of a shooting, authorities said. Arriving officers found the Adamson brothers suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds, and they were pronounced dead at the scene, pol…
Taxi Driver Hits Code Officer During Ticketing, Flees In Rockland County: Report Taxi Driver Hits Code Officer During Ticketing, Flees In Rockland County: Report
Taxi Driver Hits Code Officer During Ticketing, Flees In Rockland County: Report A taxi driver was arrested after allegedly backing into a code enforcement officer and fleeing the scene while being ticketed in Rockland County, according to a report.  The incident happened on Decatur Avenue near West Central Avenue in Monsey on Thursday, Aug. 13, The Monsey Scoop reported.  According to the outlet, the code enforcement officer was issuing a ticket to the driver of a white Toyota Prius taxi when the driver allegedly backed up, struck the officer, and fled.  Spring Hill EMS and Ramapo Police responded to the scene following the reported hit-and-run, accordi…
Mom Died Fearing Daughter's Accused Killer Would Never Face Trial: Now, He Will Mom Died Fearing Daughter's Accused Killer Would Never Face Trial: Now, He Will
Mom Died Fearing Daughter's Accused Killer Would Never Face Trial: Now, He Will Janet Pizzelli became known for her fight to see the man accused of killing her 27-year-old daughter, Mary Rose Fealey, face justice. But when the 61-year-old mother died of breast cancer in December 2025, less than two years after her daughter's murder, she believed that day might never come. Now, months after her death, the outcome she had hoped for has arrived: David Shroitman, the 30-year-old Somerville man charged in Fealey's killing, has been found competent to stand trial. On Thursday, Aug. 13, Superior Court Judge Peter J. Tober made the ruling, following another…
Reckless ATV Driver Leads Cops On Chase In Hudson Valley, Drives Wrong Way: Police Reckless ATV Driver Leads Cops On Chase In Hudson Valley, Drives Wrong Way: Police
Reckless ATV Driver Leads Cops On Chase In Hudson Valley, Drives Wrong Way: Police An ATV driver is facing charges after police said he led officers on a pursuit through Orange County streets and a city park before abandoning the vehicle and trying to hide in nearby backyards.  New Windsor resident Edwardo Moreno Jr., 34, was arrested following the incident on Thursday night, Aug. 13, according to the City of Newburgh Police Department.  The incident began at around 8:30 p.m., when officers spotted an ATV being driven on Farrington Street, police said.  When officers tried to pull him over, the department said Moreno drove recklessly, ran stop si…
Man Caught With Child Sexual Abuse Videos, Images Depicting Toddlers In Hudson Valley: NYSP Man Caught With Child Sexual Abuse Videos, Images Depicting Toddlers In Hudson Valley: NYSP
Man Caught With Child Sexual Abuse Videos, Images Depicting Toddlers In Hudson Valley: Nysp An Ulster County man is facing felony charges after police said they discovered child sexual abuse material at his home.  Richard D. Wade Jr., 46, of Port Ewen, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 12, following an investigation by New York State Police, the agency announced on Friday, Aug. 14. The investigation began earlier in August after State Police received a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, authorities said.  As part of the investigation, State Police executed a search warrant at Wade's residence in Esopus on Wednesday. Investigators …
Sleeping Child Thrown Onto Walmart Parking Lot Pavement: Police Sleeping Child Thrown Onto Walmart Parking Lot Pavement: Police
Sleeping Child Thrown Onto Walmart Parking Lot Pavement: Police A sleeping child was thrown onto the pavement outside a Lancaster County Walmart, leading to a man's arrest, police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Justin Martin Wagner, 41, of Lancaster, was arrested following the incident at the Walmart at 890 East Main St. in Ephrata Township at 6:58 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, according to the Ephrata Police Department. Wagner had been causing a disturbance inside the store before witnesses saw him take a sleeping child from a shopping cart, lift the child into the air, and throw the child onto the pavement in the parking lot, police said. Wagner was la…
Rockland Man Hides Camera In NY Athletic Club Bathroom, Flees To Kansas: Cops Rockland Man Hides Camera In NY Athletic Club Bathroom, Flees To Kansas: Cops
Rockland Man Hides Camera In NY Athletic Club Bathroom, Flees To Kansas: Cops A Rockland County man has been arrested after investigators said he hid a recording device inside a New York Athletic Club bathroom in the Westchester County location where he worked, where several victims, including children, were allegedly recorded.  West Nyack resident Ryan Mack, 33, was charged with second-degree unlawful surveillance, a felony, New Rochelle Police announced on Thursday, Aug. 13.  The investigation began on Sunday, July 5, when the New York Athletic Club contacted the department after a hidden recording device was discovered inside a bathroom at the club, acco…
Mother, 2 Kids Rebuilding After Violent Attack In Hudson Valley — Here's How To Help Mother, 2 Kids Rebuilding After Violent Attack In Hudson Valley — Here's How To Help
Mother, 2 Kids Rebuilding After Violent Attack In Hudson Valley — Here's How To Help An Orange County mother and her two young children are trying to rebuild their lives and find a safe, permanent home after a near-fatal domestic violence attack.  The New Windsor family is now safe and staying in temporary housing, but they face significant financial and logistical challenges as they attempt to move forward, according to a GoFundMe page organized by family member Sabrina Toto.  Their most pressing need is finding a permanent home where the mother, whom Toto identified as Jennifer, and her children can feel secure and begin recovering from what happened. …
Missing Man Found Dead In Woods Near His Hudson Valley Property Missing Man Found Dead In Woods Near His Hudson Valley Property
Missing Man Found Dead In Woods Near His Hudson Valley Property A search for a missing man ended in tragedy when forest rangers found him dead in a wooded area near his Orange County property, officials said.  The search began in Montgomery on Thursday, Aug. 6, after Montgomery Police contacted New York State Forest Rangers at around 8 a.m. regarding a despondent 40-year-old resident reported missing by an acquaintance, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said on Thursday, Aug. 13.  According to the DEC, the acquaintance had last communicated with the man two days before the search.  Forest Rangers joined Environm…
Man Lured Women To US On Dating Apps, Raped Them In Hudson Valley: DA Man Lured Women To US On Dating Apps, Raped Them In Hudson Valley: DA
Man Lured Women To US On Dating Apps, Raped Them In Hudson Valley: DA A man is facing a 27-count indictment after prosecutors said he used dating apps to lure two women from Europe to the United States before repeatedly sexually assaulting them at his Westchester County apartment.  Yonkers resident Pablo Alexander De La Cruz, 33, was arraigned in Westchester County Court on Wednesday, Aug. 12, in connection with alleged attacks between March and June 2026, according to Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace.   Prosecutors allege De La Cruz separately met two women, one from Eastern Europe and another from Northern Europe, through dat…
Are Flock Cameras Watching You? This Map Shows Where They Are Are Flock Cameras Watching You? This Map Shows Where They Are
Are Flock Cameras Watching You? This Map Shows Where They Are You have probably driven past one without realizing it. Flock's license plate readers have spread along roads and through communities across the country, giving police a tool to locate vehicles while fueling a growing debate over just how much the cameras can reveal about where people go. Now, a growing privacy advocacy project is letting you see where those cameras have been spotted. DeFlock, an independent open-source effort opposed to widespread automatic license plate reader surveillance, maintains a searchable nationwide map of the devices. As of Thursday, Aug. 13, the map displayed …
20 Dogs Found In Feces-Filled Cages With No Food Or Water In New York: Police 20 Dogs Found In Feces-Filled Cages With No Food Or Water In New York: Police
20 Dogs Found In Feces-Filled Cages With No Food Or Water In New York: Police An elderly person and 20 dogs were rescued from inhumane conditions at a home in New York, police said. The dogs were living in feces- and urine-filled cages with insufficient ventilation, New York State Police said Thursday, Aug. 13. Additionally, the dogs did not have immediate access to food or water, authorities said. Troopers responded to a complaint about the home in Argyle on Sunday, Aug. 9 around 1 p.m., according to state police. In addition to the dogs, they found an elderly person “in need of immediate assistance due to mobility issues.” Carol Kiaer, 72, of Argyle, was arrested …
3 Children Airlifted With Severe Electrical Burns After Power Lines Fall In NY 3 Children Airlifted With Severe Electrical Burns After Power Lines Fall In NY
3 Children Airlifted With Severe Electrical Burns After Power Lines Fall In NY Three children suffered severe electrical burns after coming into contact with live wires that fell at a Sullivan County camp, prompting all three to be airlifted to a trauma center, officials said. The incident happened just after 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, in Fallsburg, according to the Fallsburg Fire Company.  Emergency crews responded after a high-voltage power line came down, leaving three children with severe electrical burns, fire officials said. It was not immediately available what caused the line to fall.  News12 Hudson Valley reported the incident happened at C…
Stolen Car Driver Caught With Large Amount Of Narcotics In Pomona, Police Say Stolen Car Driver Caught With Large Amount Of Narcotics In Pomona, Police Say
Stolen Car Driver Caught With Large Amount Of Narcotics In Pomona, Police Say Police said they found a large amount of narcotics after pulling over a stolen vehicle in Rockland County, leading to an arrest.  Pomona resident Diamond Dickerson, 49, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 11, after officers received an alert that a stolen vehicle had entered the Village of Haverstraw, according to the Haverstraw Police Department.   The notification came from a license plate reader, prompting officers to begin searching for the vehicle. They later found the vehicle in Pomona and identified the driver as Dickerson. He was taken into custody without incident, th…
5 Cremation Urns, 70K Videos, 2 Missing Women; Inside 'Dark' Death Investigation: Police 5 Cremation Urns, 70K Videos, 2 Missing Women; Inside 'Dark' Death Investigation: Police
5 Cremation Urns, 70K Videos, 2 Missing Women; Inside 'Dark' Death Investigation: Police Five urns believed to contain cremated remains, 70,000 videos, 600,000 images, and thousands of pages of writings are among a mountain of evidence recovered from a home now at the center of a death investigation involving two women who vanished years apart, police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 12. The sprawling investigation centers on 44-year-old Eugene Horsch and 417 West Chew Avenue in the city's Olney section, where Philadelphia detectives reviewing digital evidence discovered recordings showing missing women Maribel Fresses and Gabrielle Amarando alive and, in later footage, apparently d…
2 Found Shot Dead Inside New York Home: Police 2 Found Shot Dead Inside New York Home: Police
2 Found Shot Dead Inside New York Home: Police Two people were found shot to death inside a Long Island home, police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Nassau County Police officers responded to a 911 call at 16 Angevine Ave. in Hempstead at approximately 10:21 a.m., according to the department's Homicide Squad. When officers entered the residence, they found two people suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds, police said. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives determined there was no additional threat to the public. The circumstances surrounding the shooting and the identities of the victims were not immediate…
Gotti Grandson Lands In Lockup After Mom’s Kidney Transplant Drama Gotti Grandson Lands In Lockup After Mom’s Kidney Transplant Drama
Gotti Grandson Lands In Lockup After Mom’s Kidney Transplant Drama John Gotti’s COVID fraudster grandson has finally reported to prison, after delaying his report date for nearly half a year, authorities said. Carmine G. Agnello, 40, of Oyster Bay, NY, is being held in federal prison in Fairton, NJ, according to Bureau of Prisons records. Agnello was sentenced to 15 months behind bars in April 2026. He pleaded guilty to stealing $1.1 million in federal COVID relief funds and spending the money on cryptocurrency investments. But Agnello insisted he needed to remain free to donate a kidney to his mother, Victoria Gotti, the daughter of notorious “Teflon Don…
Parolee Who Fled Traffic Stop 2 Months After Release, Left Behind Gun In Rockland Gets Prison Parolee Who Fled Traffic Stop 2 Months After Release, Left Behind Gun In Rockland Gets Prison
Parolee Who Fled Traffic Stop 2 Months After Release, Left Behind Gun In Rockland Gets Prison A man who was on parole for a previous felony gun conviction when he fled a traffic stop in Rockland County and left behind a loaded pistol linked to him via DNA will spend years behind bars.  Keimoni Spinks, 27, was sentenced to nine years in prison in Rockland County Court on Wednesday, Aug. 12, following his conviction earlier this year after a five-day bench trial, the Rockland County District Attorney's Office announced. Judge Kevin F. Russo sentenced Spinks, who also received five years of post-release supervision for second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He also receive…
Green Card Marriage Ring: 11 New Yorkers Charged In 1,000+ Sham Wedding Scheme, Feds Say Green Card Marriage Ring: 11 New Yorkers Charged In 1,000+ Sham Wedding Scheme, Feds Say
Green Card Marriage Ring: 11 New Yorkers Charged In 1,000+ Sham Wedding Scheme, Feds Say Eleven New Yorkers have been charged in an alleged international immigration fraud scheme that arranged more than 1,000 sham marriages and collected tens of millions of dollars, federal prosecutors said.   The defendants were arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 12, after a two-count federal indictment was unsealed, according to the US Department of Justice. The network operated for more than a decade and arranged sham marriages between foreign nationals, primarily citizens of China, and US citizens to fraudulently obtain immigration status, prosecutors allege. Those indicted inc…
Electric Shock Gloves For ICE: DHS Plans $20M Purchase For Agents Electric Shock Gloves For ICE: DHS Plans $20M Purchase For Agents
Electric Shock Gloves For ICE: DHS Plans $20M Purchase For Agents The Department of Homeland Security DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are planning to spend as much as $20 million on gloves capable of delivering electric shocks, federal records and published reports show. ICE published the new requirement Monday, Aug. 10, seeking CTG-5 G.L.O.V.E. devices, short for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, according to the Department of Homeland Security's Acquisition Planning Forecast System. The federal government describes the gloves as a “Conductive Distraction and De-escalation Device” that would be issued to Homeland…
Middle School Employee Shared, Possessed Child Sexual Abuse Files In Hudson Valley: DA Middle School Employee Shared, Possessed Child Sexual Abuse Files In Hudson Valley: DA
Middle School Employee Shared, Possessed Child Sexual Abuse Files In Hudson Valley: DA An employee at a Northern Westchester middle school is facing felony charges after allegedly possessing and sharing child sexual abuse material online, prosecutors said.   Shrub Oak resident Francis John Teeling, 69, an employee of Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School in Yorktown Heights, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 11, according to the Westchester County District Attorney's Office. Teeling worked as an itinerant substitute Food Service employee, according to the Lakeland Central School District.  Teeling was charged via felony complaint with promoting an obscene sexual…
NY Child Rapist Violated Sex Offender Parole Rules, Locked Up Again: Cops NY Child Rapist Violated Sex Offender Parole Rules, Locked Up Again: Cops
NY Child Rapist Violated Sex Offender Parole Rules, Locked Up Again: Cops A convicted New York child rapist was rearrested Tuesday, Aug. 11 for failing to meet the conditions of his parole, police said. John G. Coler Jr., 46, of Beacon, created several new social media and email accounts without notifying authorities, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office said Wednesday, Aug. 12. Coler was required to provide notice of all his activities after he was convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl he knew in 2018 in Clifton Park, according to the New York sex offender registry. But between May 2024 and December 2025, Coler created at least 10 new accounts without letting …
Rockland Rescue Team Saves Exhausted Hiker Who Fell On Slippery Rocks In Catskills Rockland Rescue Team Saves Exhausted Hiker Who Fell On Slippery Rocks In Catskills
Rockland Rescue Team Saves Exhausted Hiker Who Fell On Slippery Rocks In Catskills An exhausted hiker who slipped twice and became stranded on difficult terrain in the Catskills was safely brought off the mountain by a Rockland County-based search and rescue team.  The rescue happened on Indian Head Mountain in Hunter on Monday evening, Aug. 10, after the overdue hiker contacted Chaverim of Rockland for help, The Monsey Scoop reported.  The hiker had set out at around noon but overestimated the route he planned to complete, according to the outlet.  After slipping and falling twice on slick rocks, the hiker became hesitant to continue navigating the terrai…
Teenage Daughter Killed In Intentional Explosion Dad Admitted To Setting: Court Docs Teenage Daughter Killed In Intentional Explosion Dad Admitted To Setting: Court Docs
Teenage Daughter Killed In Intentional Explosion Dad Admitted To Setting: Court Docs A Pennsylvania father accused of intentionally blowing up his family's home, killing his 19-year-old daughter and injuring his estranged wife, has admitted to killing the teen. Brian Jeffrey Shelleby, 47, of Castle Shannon, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and aggravated arson causing bodily injury in a negotiated plea before Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge Bruce R. Beemer on Monday, Aug. 10, court records show.  Shelleby is awaiting sentencing, which is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 10 at 9 a.m. in Courtroom 510, according to his docket. He remains in the Allegheny C…
2 Killed In Head-On Crash Near Hersheypark Identified: Police (UPDATE) 2 Killed In Head-On Crash Near Hersheypark Identified: Police (UPDATE)
2 Killed In Head-On Crash Near Hersheypark Identified: Police (Update) The two men killed in a head-on crash near Hersheypark have been identified, Derry Township police announced in a correction update on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Ronald Lindenmuth, 57, of Phoenix, Arizona, was driving the minivan and was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened at West Hersheypark Drive and North Hockersville Road on Tuesday, Aug. 11, police said. James Eyerly, 63, of Harrisburg, was a passenger in the minivan and was taken to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, where he later died from his injuries, according to police. The 17-year-old Harrisburg boy dr…
Boozed-Up LI Driver Who Killed Four In Nail Salon Crash Gets Max After Rejecting Deal: DA Boozed-Up LI Driver Who Killed Four In Nail Salon Crash Gets Max After Rejecting Deal: DA
Boozed-Up LI Driver Who Killed Four In Nail Salon Crash Gets Max After Rejecting Deal: DA The Long Island man who killed four people in a drunken car crash into a nail salon and then rejected a plea deal got the maximum prison sentence on Wednesday, Aug. 12, authorities said. Steven Schwally, 66, of Deer Park, was sentenced to 25 years to life on four second-degree murder convictions, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said. Schwally “drank until his blood alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit,” District Attorney Ray Tierney said. “Four families are now living with the deadly consequences.” Off-duty NYPD officer Emilia Rennhack, 30, of Deer Park, was ki…