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$10K Murder-For-Hire Plot: Man Convicted Of Killing Wrongly Targeted Victim In Hudson Valley $10K Murder-For-Hire Plot: Man Convicted Of Killing Wrongly Targeted Victim In Hudson Valley $10K Murder-For-Hire Plot: Man Convicted Of Killing Wrongly Targeted Victim In Hudson Valley
$10K Murder-For-Hire Plot: Man Convicted Of Killing Wrongly Targeted Victim In Hudson Valley A man who was hired to kill an Orange County resident inside his apartment in exchange for $10,000 and a pound of marijuana has been convicted of murder, prosecutors said.  Douglas McFarlane, 27, of Middletown, was found guilty of first-degree murder and second-degree murder following a jury trial in Orange County Court on Friday, Oct. 23, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler.  The conviction comes weeks after Sheldon Paul, 42, also of Middletown, was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder for arranging the killing of a man he mistakenly believed had…
Delta Passenger Spews Racist Tirade As Cops Haul Him Off JFK Flight (VIDEO) Delta Passenger Spews Racist Tirade As Cops Haul Him Off JFK Flight (VIDEO) Delta Passenger Spews Racist Tirade As Cops Haul Him Off JFK Flight (VIDEO)
Delta Passenger Spews Racist Tirade As Cops Haul Him Off JFK Flight (Video) A would-be Delta Airlines passenger unleashed a racist, expletive-filled tirade as he was hauled off a plane at JFK Airport on Thursday, Oct. 22. “Can you believe these motherf-----s? You believe this?” the man is heard saying in a video shared on X by Shawn Wasson. “Put it on Instagram! Look at these n—s! Look at these n—s!” Other passengers can be heard clapping as Port Authority police officers remove the man from the plane. Authorities have since identified the man as Jerome Anixter, a 60-year-old man from Brooklyn, WABC reported. He was charged with assault, disorderly conduct, resist…
Mass Dad Convicted Of Groping Teen On Boston-Bound Flight With Wife, 4 Kids Aboard Mass Dad Convicted Of Groping Teen On Boston-Bound Flight With Wife, 4 Kids Aboard Mass Dad Convicted Of Groping Teen On Boston-Bound Flight With Wife, 4 Kids Aboard
Mass Dad Convicted Of Groping Teen On Boston-Bound Flight With Wife, 4 Kids Aboard A Massachusetts father faces prison after a jury convicted him of repeatedly groping a teenage girl on a flight while traveling with his wife and four children. Jonathan Alan Lefman, 48, of Newton, touched the 17-year-old’s buttocks without her consent during an Aug. 30, 2024, JetBlue flight from Puerto Rico to Boston, federal prosecutors said. A jury found him guilty after a three-day trial.  Lefman sat behind the girl, with his 16-year-old son beside him. Prosecutors said he pushed his hand through the gap between her seat cushion and seatback to touch her repeatedly. The girl …
3 Hudson Valley Men Linked To Multimillion-Dollar Bank Fraud Scheme That Recruited 'Mules' 3 Hudson Valley Men Linked To Multimillion-Dollar Bank Fraud Scheme That Recruited 'Mules' 3 Hudson Valley Men Linked To Multimillion-Dollar Bank Fraud Scheme That Recruited 'Mules'
3 Hudson Valley Men Linked To Multimillion-Dollar Bank Fraud Scheme That Recruited 'Mules' Three Westchester County residents are among eight people accused of carrying out a multimillion-dollar bank fraud scheme that used social media to recruit people willing to provide access to their bank accounts, federal prosecutors said.   The defendants, including two men from Mount Vernon and one from Yonkers, are accused of depositing fraudulent checks and US Treasury notes into bank accounts before withdrawing money, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday, Oct. 21, by the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.   Federal authorities all…
‘Reverend CEO’ Crypto Scheme Backers To Pay Nearly $6M — Including Three NY Men, AG Says ‘Reverend CEO’ Crypto Scheme Backers To Pay Nearly $6M — Including Three NY Men, AG Says ‘Reverend CEO’ Crypto Scheme Backers To Pay Nearly $6M — Including Three NY Men, AG Says
‘Reverend CEO’ Crypto Scheme Backers To Pay Nearly $6M — Including Three NY Men, AG Says A group of accused crypto scammers, including two from Long Island, who boosted a self-proclaimed “Reverend CEO” will cough up nearly $6 million as part of a settlement with state authorities, officials said. Frantz Ciceron, of Farmingdale, owes $2.05 million and James Corbett, of Mastic Beach, owes $750,000, the New York Attorney General’s office announced Thursday, Oct. 22. Ciceron and Corbett were part of the NovaTech FX scheme, which preyed on Haitian communities and religious groups in New York City and across the country, according to investigators. NovaTech founders Eddy and Cynthia…
Cops Find 71-Year-Old Dead In Hyde Park Home — Now Man Faces Murder Charge Cops Find 71-Year-Old Dead In Hyde Park Home — Now Man Faces Murder Charge Cops Find 71-Year-Old Dead In Hyde Park Home — Now Man Faces Murder Charge
Cops Find 71-Year-Old Dead In Hyde Park Home — Now Man Faces Murder Charge A 31-year-old man has been charged with murder after a victim was found dead inside his Dutchess County home during a police welfare check, authorities said. Nicholus C. Peterson, 31, was arrested on Saturday, Oct. 17, in connection with the death of William Martin Wein, 71, who was discovered inside a home on Albany Post Road in Hyde Park, New York State Police announced on Friday, Oct. 23. The investigation began on Tuesday, Oct. 6, when officers from the Hyde Park Police Department responded to the home to check on Wein's well-being. There, police found Wein dead inside.  New York …
Man Who Stabbed Black Hudson Valley Woman Admits To Hate Crime: Feds Man Who Stabbed Black Hudson Valley Woman Admits To Hate Crime: Feds Man Who Stabbed Black Hudson Valley Woman Admits To Hate Crime: Feds
Man Who Stabbed Black Hudson Valley Woman Admits To Hate Crime: Feds A 33-year-old man has admitted to stabbing a Black woman from Orange County because of her race before fleeing to Florida, federal prosecutors announced.  Scott Schunzel, 33, of New York, pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge before US District Judge Vincent Briccetti, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Thursday, Oct. 22. The plea stems from a racially motivated attack on June 18, 2024, around 10:30 a.m., when Schunzel stabbed a Jamaican-American woman from Newburgh who was standing next to a parked fruit truck.  According to prose…
IRS Begins Sending $5,000 Refunds: See Who Qualifies For Payments IRS Begins Sending $5,000 Refunds: See Who Qualifies For Payments IRS Begins Sending $5,000 Refunds: See Who Qualifies For Payments
IRS Begins Sending $5,000 Refunds: See Who Qualifies For Payments An automatic IRS adjustment could put extra money in thousands of families' pockets without requiring them to redo their tax returns. The Internal Revenue Service says it has begun issuing refunds to more than 50,000 taxpayers with unused adoption tax credits carried forward from earlier years. The change applies to tax year 2025 only. Eligible adoption credit carryforwards from 2020 through 2024 can increase the refundable portion of the credit, subject to a $5,000 limit per qualifying child. That is a maximum, not a guaranteed payment. The amount depends on each taxpayer’s available cred…
Hatchet-Wielding Man Tased After Confronting Officers Inside Hudson Valley Home, Cops Say Hatchet-Wielding Man Tased After Confronting Officers Inside Hudson Valley Home, Cops Say Hatchet-Wielding Man Tased After Confronting Officers Inside Hudson Valley Home, Cops Say
Hatchet-Wielding Man Tased After Confronting Officers Inside Hudson Valley Home, Cops Say A confrontation inside a Westchester County home ended when police used a Taser-like device to subdue a man who they said threatened officers with a large hatchet.  The incident happened on Tuesday, Oct. 13, when Yonkers Police officers responded to a residence after receiving a call from concerned family members, the department said on social media on Friday, Oct. 23.  The relatives had requested assistance because a family member was behaving erratically and holding what they described as a "cutting tool," police said. When officers entered the home, they said they found a …
Man, 18, Sexually Assaults 3 Girls, All Age 13, In Hudson Valley, Police Say Man, 18, Sexually Assaults 3 Girls, All Age 13, In Hudson Valley, Police Say Man, 18, Sexually Assaults 3 Girls, All Age 13, In Hudson Valley, Police Say
Man, 18, Sexually Assaults 3 Girls, All Age 13, In Hudson Valley, Police Say A man is facing multiple felony sex charges after police linked him to the sexual assaults of three 13-year-old girls in Rockland County, including one who had been reported missing, authorities said. Alan Vasquez-Alarcon, 18, was arrested following investigations conducted by the Spring Valley Police Department and Town of Ramapo Police Department, Spring Valley Police announced on Friday, Oct. 23. The investigation began on Wednesday, Sept. 30, when the two departments launched a joint investigation involving Vasquez-Alarcon and a 13-year-old girl. Police said they determined that Va…
'Operation C.R.E.E.P.' Nabs 15 Sex Offenders In Hudson Valley, Sheriff Says 'Operation C.R.E.E.P.' Nabs 15 Sex Offenders In Hudson Valley, Sheriff Says 'Operation C.R.E.E.P.' Nabs 15 Sex Offenders In Hudson Valley, Sheriff Says
'Operation C.R.E.E.P.' Nabs 15 Sex Offenders In Hudson Valley, Sheriff Says Fifteen registered sex offenders were arrested across Sullivan County during a two-week crackdown targeting people who police said failed to comply with state registration requirements. The arrests were made during Operation C.R.E.E.P., or Coordinated Registrant Enforcement & Enhanced Prosecution, an initiative conducted by the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Sex Offender Task Force, the Sheriff's Office announced on Thursday, Oct. 22.  During the operation, deputies visited registered sex offenders living throughout the county to determine whether they were complying with New Yor…
Man Slashed In Head, Back By Group Of Attackers In Dutchess County Man Slashed In Head, Back By Group Of Attackers In Dutchess County Man Slashed In Head, Back By Group Of Attackers In Dutchess County
Man Slashed In Head, Back By Group Of Attackers In Dutchess County A man was hospitalized after being slashed multiple times in the head and back by a group of suspects who fled before police arrived in Dutchess County, authorities said.   The violent assault happened at around 11:23 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19, in the 400 block of Main Street in the City of Poughkeepsie, the city's police department announced on Thursday night, Oct. 22. Officers responded there after a caller contacted 911 to report a man bleeding from his head. Police later found the victim suffering from numerous slash wounds to his head and back, authorities said. …