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Woman Killed After Hyundai Catches Fire:
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A woman was killed after her vehicle left a road and caught fire early Sunday, Sept. 6, New York State Police said. Troopers from the Monroe barracks came upon the vehicle fire on Cedar Cliff Road in the Town of Monroe, Orange County around 2:26 a.m., police said. The Town of Monroe Fire Department extinguished the flames. The driver and sole occupant, Jodi Lester, 56, of Monroe, was extricated from the 2020 Hyundai and pronounced dead at the scene, according to State Police. A preliminary investigation found the Hyundai left the roadway for an unknown reason. Damage from the crash led to …
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Stabbed NY Dad Calls 911 Moments Before Death, Son Charged With Murder: Police
A New York father called 911 to report that he had been stabbed moments before he died early Monday morning, Sept. 7, police said. Edward Brown called authorities at approximately 12:30 a.m. from his apartment at 73 Mastic Blvd. in Mastic, according to Suffolk County Police. Officers and Mastic Volunteer Ambulance Company personnel responded and attempted life-saving measures, police said. Brown was pronounced dead at the scene. A short time later, Brown’s son, 33-year-old Lake Ronkonkoma resident Sage Arias-Brown, was arrested, according to police. Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad de…
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Power Drill, Metal Bar Used By Woman In Violent Attack: Saratoga County Sheriff
A power drill and metal bar were used to injure someone during a violent late-night attack in the Capital Region, authorities said. Deputies were called to a disturbance on Fellows Road in the Saratoga County town of Halfmoon at 10:10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office announced on Sunday, Sept. 6. The investigation led to the arrest of Jennifer E. Garland, 36, of Halfmoon. Garland intentionally struck the victim with a metal bar and power drill, causing pain and cuts to their shoulder, calf, and shin, according to the sheriff’s office. She also violated an order o…
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3-Year-Old Found In SUV With Drunken Driver Swerving On Sunrise Highway: PD
A Long Island driver accused of swerving across Sunrise Highway was arrested on a felony DWI charge after police found a 3-year-old girl inside his SUV, authorities said. Elmer Martinez-Serrano, 28, of Valley Stream, was driving a 2024 Honda CR-V westbound when officers saw him failing to maintain his lane at about 10:44 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, Nassau County Police said. Officers activated their lights and sirens before stopping the vehicle near Brooklyn Avenue and Sixth Street in Valley Stream. Martinez-Serrano was found to be intoxicated and taken into custody, police said. The child wa…
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21 Dogs In 'Various Stages Of Neglect' Removed From Long Island Building: Cops
Twenty-one dogs were removed from a Long Island boarding business after police found the animals in various stages of neglect, authorities said. Officers responded to 144 Shore Road in Manorhaven at 10:44 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5, after receiving a report of sick animals, Nassau County Police said. The commercial property was being used as a business for boarding dogs. Once officers gained access to the building, they found 21 dogs in various stages of neglect, according to detectives. The clip shared to Facebook by Laura Dellatte shows the police response. Dellatte says the dogs…
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Wrestler Collapses In Ring, Dies At One Of Promoter's Last-Ever Matches, 48
Andy Williams, the guitarist for the band "Every Time I Die" who became a professional wrestler known as "The Butcher," has died after collapsing at the end of a match in Pennsylvania, industry organizations confirm. He was 48 years old. Williams collapsed Saturday evening, Sept. 5, during a show at Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale, located outside of Pittsburgh, according to the promoter, Enjoy Wrestling. The event, reportedly a tag team match alongside his partner, The Blade, against TME, according to TMZ. CPR was administered until the ambulance arrived, Enjoy Wrestling said. All…
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Duct-Taped Realtor Fired, FBI Eyes Charges For Mid-Air Meltdown That Prompted Divert: Report
The man who was restrained with duct tape by a gun range owner and a retired police officer on a Newark-bound flight has been identified as a longtime Arizona real estate broker whose company cut ties with him after learning of the incident, Daily Voice has learned. Layne Arthur Lundeen, 67, of Tucson, AZ, is charged with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct in connection with the Thursday, Sept. 3, incident, Maryland court records show. Lundeen was an associate broker, realtor and vice president member of the executive council at Long Realty Company, where his LinkedIn pro…
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Team USA Triathlete Drowned On Long Island — Then A Warning Sign Went Up: Report
The man who drowned during a morning swim off Long Island was no novice in the water. Spencer M. Korwin, the 38-year-old Manhattan man found dead off Shelter Island on Wednesday, Sept. 2, was a Team USA triathlete who trained for Ironman competitions and built a career around health and fitness, according to his LinkedIn profile. And the waters where Korwin died were not generally considered hazardous for swimmers, Shelter Island Police Chief James Read told The Suffolk Times. Korwin was visiting Shelter Island with his family when he left a dock near Crescent Beach for a swim around 8 a.m…
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Crashed Massachusetts Plane Belonged To Flight School; 2 Dead
A plane that crashed in Western Massachusetts, killing two people and sparking an hours-long overnight search, was part of the fleet of a flight school and rental service, Daily Voice has learned. The aircraft belonged to Plymouth-based Alpha One Flight Services, and the crash was the first fatal one in the business' 38-year history, according to the company. The school's founder, Christopher Hyldburg, released the following statement: "It is with profound sadness we confirm the victims and the aircraft involved in the accident in Ludlow, MA last night was part of Alpha One's a…
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Gun Range Owner Duct-Tapes Passenger To Seat On Newark-Bound Flight
NEW UPDATE: Duct-Taped Realtor Fired, FBI Reportedly Eyes Charges Following Midair Meltdown Richard O'Lenick hates flying. So when an unruly passenger aboard his Newark-bound flight looked him in the eye and said the plane was going to crash on Thursday, Sept. 3, it didn't exactly help. Especially considering 53-year-old O'Lenick, of Sparta, was practically sitting on the man's lap, helping restrain him (scroll down for video). O'Lenick, who owns Gun for Hire in Woodland Park, and his employee, Juan Mejia, a retired Weehawken police officer, were heading home from a gun expo …
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Alix Earle's Dad Reveals How Affair With Eliot Spitzer Escort Began In Daughter's Netflix Show
New Jersey Alix Earle's father is opening up about the early stages of his relationship with his now-wife, which began as an affair after she was thrust into the spotlight in the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal. Thomas "TJ" Earle, a construction magnate from Monmouth County, addressed his relationship with Ashley Dupré on Netflix's "Earle Meets World," recalling how they met while he was still married to Alix's mother, Alisa Earle. The two met "by chance" at a bar while he was married to Alix's mother, Alisa, Earle said in a confessional on the show. Dupré had previously made headlines …
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Albany Cops Chase Down Teen Shooter After Bullets Pepper Buildings: Police
A 15-year-old Capital Region boy has been arrested for attempted murder, police said Friday, Sept. 4. Gunshots were fired in the area of Clinton Avenue and Lark Street in Albany around 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, the Albany Police Department said. Witnesses told responding officers that a teenager was responsible for the shots and was still in the area in possession of a gun, cops said. The teen, a Troy native, was spotted fleeing the area on foot, but police caught up with him less than half a mile away near Spruce Street and Dove Street, authorities said. He was still in possession of th…
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Repeat Felon Busted With Five Guns In Capital Region Learns His Fate: Authorities
A man with a history of gun trafficking who was busted with several weapons in the Capital Region is headed back to prison. Robert F. Bacon, 40, was sentenced Friday, Sept. 4 to 13 years in New York state prison, the Rensselaer County District Attorney’s office said. He’ll also spend five years on probation after his release. Cops raided an apartment on Glen Avenue in Troy on June 25, 2025, leading to seven arrests including Bacon, authorities said. Ten guns were seized in the search, cops said. Bacon, whose last address was in Warrenton, NC, was blamed for possession of five of the guns, …
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Ex-Penn State Coach, Convicted Child Sex Offender Jerry Sandusky Drops Key Claim Before Hearing
Convicted child sex offender and former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky spent nearly a year fighting for a hearing on a purported victim recantation. Five days before it was set to begin, he abruptly dropped the claim — and prosecutors say they had amassed evidence ready to rebut it. Now, the 82-year-old will have to answer to a judge about that decision. Senior Judge Maureen A. Skerda ruled after a status conference on Friday, Sept. 4, that Sandusky may appear remotely at a 9:30 a.m. proceeding Tuesday, Sept. 8, for a colloquy to determine whether he understands his withdrawal. At…
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Trump Weighs In On Lindsay Clancy Mistrial
President Donald Trump is weighing in on the Lindsay Clancy murder case after a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial. In a press conference from the Oval Office, Trump told reporters: "I assume there’s going to be another trial. It’s a terrible situation. Look, she did a horrible, horrible thing. Can’t be worse. “But you’ll find out what the price to pay is. There’ll be a price. It’s going to be a mental institution or jail or something. But I guess they’re going to go through another trial. It’s too bad." On Friday, Sept. 4, as deliberations entered the seventh day, the jury informed …
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Judge Officially Calls Mistrial In Lindsay Clancy Case: What Next?
Lindsay Clancy's murder trial has officially ended in a mistrial after the 12-person jury said it could not unanimously decide whether the Massachusetts mother was criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children. UPDATE: President Trump has weighed in on the Lindsay Clancy mistrial. Click here to read more. Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on Friday afternoon, Sept. 4, the seventh day of deliberations, after Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington filed a last-ditch emergency appeal. The jury stood at 11-1 in favor of acquitting Clancy, though it remained unclear which cha…
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Mom Accused Of Robbing Speedway With 5-Year-Old In Getaway Car: Saratoga Sheriff
A New York woman is accused of robbing a Speedway while masked and armed with what appeared to be a pistol — then fleeing with her 5-year-old child in the waiting vehicle, authorities said. Trisha Lee Cayea-Lord, 44, of Halfmoon, is accused of entering the Speedway at 1513 Crescent Road around 2:14 a.m. on May 7, demanding cash from the register, and taking about $400, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office. Cayea-Lord then ran from the store and got into a waiting vehicle, where her child was inside, the sheriff said following an extensive investigation. She was charged with se…
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'American Idol' Star Caught Shoplifting From Target: Report
A 39-year-old former "American Idol" contestant is facing charges out of a Jersey Shore town for allegedly stealing from a Target store. Antonella M. Barba was charged on Monday, Aug. 10, and charged with shoplifting merchandise valued at less than $200 in Ocean Township (Monmouth County). Barba pleaded not guilty, and the case remains active. A court date is scheduled for Nov. 18. Barba, who lives in East Orange but is a Point Pleasant native, is accused of stealing from the Seaview Square Shopping Center on Route 66, NJ Advance Media reports. According to the outlet, police resp…
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‘Demon,’ Death Penalty Searches Revealed As Bodycam Captures Discovery Of College Soccer Star
Newly released bodycam footage shows the chilling moment a police officer followed an Apple AirTag to a missing PennWest soccer player's Jeep and discovered 18-year-old Karoline Heintz's bloodied body — while newly released phone evidence reveals her boyfriend's searches about demons, murder, fingerprints, and the death penalty. WARNING: The body-camera footage and evidence released in this case contain graphic and disturbing images. Daily Voice is not publishing photographs showing Heintz's body, but this article does include some disturbing descriptions. The footage and dozens of evidence …
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Man Accused Of Killing CT Mother Of 5 Extradited From New York, Held On $3M Bond
A man accused of fatally stabbing a Connecticut grandmother has been extradited back to the state to face a murder charge, police said. Michael Ranger, 55, is accused of killing Jacqueline Yolanda Matthews, 59, at a Concord Drive condominium in Rocky Hill on Aug. 22, police said. She was pronounced dead at an area hospital. Police arrested Ranger in upstate New York two days later. Authorities have released few details about the killing. Rocky Hill police announced that Ranger had been returned to Connecticut on Thursday, Sept. 3. He was charged with murder in violation of a standing crimi…
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Pilot Acknowledged Police Helicopter, Then Turned Toward It Before Fatal Midair Crash: NTSB
A pilot acknowledged a police helicopter crew's request to extend his flight path — but turned toward the runway instead, beginning a bizarre final sequence that ended with his Cessna slamming into the hovering chopper, according to federal investigators's report on Wednesday, Sept. 2. The National Transportation Safety Board has released new findings on the Wednesday, Aug. 19 collision at Carlisle Regional Airport that killed 57-year-old Dr. Paul William Sokoloski of Hershey and seriously injured two Pennsylvania State Police troopers. The report provides the clearest picture yet of what h…
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Crime Down In NY, Hochul Says: Here's How Much Murder, Shootings, Property Offenses Decreased
Crime fell across New York in 2026, with new state data showing declines in overall offenses, violent crime, robberies, murders, and property crime in communities across the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced. The 28 police departments participating in New York's Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative reported a 7 percent decrease in index crime during the first five months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office said on Thursday, Sept. 3. Those departments reported 29,654 index crimes from January through May, down from 31,752 during t…
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AI Goes Dark: ChatGPT, Claude, Grok Hit By Widespread Outages
If your favorite AI chatbot suddenly stopped answering Thursday morning, Sept. 3, you weren't alone. Tens of thousands of users reported problems with some of the world's biggest artificial intelligence platforms as ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini all saw spikes in outage complaints, according to Downdetector. OpenAI's ChatGPT appeared to take the biggest hit. More than 37,000 outage reports had been filed for the service by around 11 a.m. ET, Forbes reported, citing Downdetector. Reports began surging after 9 a.m. and climbed sharply around 11 a.m. OpenAI confirmed it was investigating…
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Horse Slaughter Transport Leads To PA Man’s Arrest In New York: Police
A Pennsylvania trucker transporting horses for slaughter in Canada has been arrested in New York, police said. Robert M. Seitz, of Lewistown, PA, was pulled over around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2 on U.S. Route 11 south of De Kalb, NY, according to state police. Inside his trailer, troopers found multiple horses “tagged for transport to Canada for slaughter,” investigators said. New York State Police had been investigating a facility in Pennsylvania, Rotz’s Livestock in Shippensburg, owned by Bruce Rotz, according to authorities. They received a complaint on Friday, Aug. 28 about Rotz truc…
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The Athletic Reveals Findings On Dianna Russini, Mike Vrabel Relationship
A brand-new report by "The Athletic" found Dianna Russini, one of its lead NFL reporters, violated the outlet's standards by not disclosing her relationship with New England Patriots Head Coach Mike Vrabel. Russini, who lives in Wyckoff, New Jersey, with her husband and children, resigned in April after Page Six published photos of the two at a resort in Sedona, AZ. Pictures showed them lounging around a pool, hugging, and holding hands, which sparked a firestorm of controversy around the league and a heated debate over journalistic ethics. The Athletic said it did not conclude …
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NY AG Sues Trump Admin Over Funding For Gender-Affirming Care For Transgender Teens
New York Attorney General Letitia James said her office is joining several other states in suing the Trump administration over a new federal rule restricting federal funding for gender-affirming care provided to transgender teenagers. James joined 20 other attorneys general and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro in filing the lawsuit on Wednesday, Sept. 2, challenging a rule issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Several other attorneys general are joining New York in the lawsuit, including Connecticut, Maryland, Ma…
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$683K Gold-Bar Scam Targeting 78-Year-Old PA Woman Led By NY Men: Prosecutors
A 78-year-old Pennsylvania woman was convinced that her identity and Social Security number had been compromised before New York scammers directed her to hand over $683,000 in gold bars, prosecutors said. The South Whitehall Township woman, whose name was withheld, was contacted by people claiming to represent “American Bank” weeks before police were called to Luther Crest Senior Living on June 30, according to the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office. The callers told her to transfer her assets into a newly acquired account because her personal information had been compromised, authori…
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Bogus Wilton Mall Active Shooter Call Made By Burglar: Saratoga Sheriff
A bogus report of an active shooter at Wilton Mall sparked a large police response Wednesday evening, Sept. 2, as investigators were closing in on a burglary suspect, authorities said. Detectives with the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office were on Renaissance Lane in Wilton around 5:27 p.m. following up on an Aug. 28 burglary when a 911 call came in reporting an active shooter at the mall, Sheriff Jeffrey R. Brown said. Deputies, New York State Police troopers, and Saratoga Springs police officers rushed to the mall. The report was quickly determined to be false, and investigators said it wa…
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Drugs Found Inside McDonald's Happy Meal Toy Given To Child, Woman Says
A woman claims she found drugs inside a child’s Happy Meal toy at a Connecticut McDonald’s. Brittany Fitzpatrick said in a Facebook post that she had taken her daughter and her niece to the restaurant at 611 South Main Street in Middletown. Fitzpatrick said her niece found the "rocks" inside a "Stranger Things" promotional toy inside a Happy Meal. “She opened it and said there was something wrong with her toy, someone put 'rocks' in it,” Fitzpatrick said. “I took it from her to look and immediately noticed it was weed.” Fitzpatrick contacted police. The Middletown Police Department …
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Drunk Driver Slams Into Saratoga County Pole, Dodges Injury But Not Charges: Police
A drunk Capital Region driver crashed her car into a utility pole but avoided serious injury, police said. Jennifer Siatkowski, 35, of Schenectady, was traveling on Lake Road through Ballston on Friday, Aug. 21 around 5 p.m., the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office said Sunday, Aug. 23. Siatkowski was behind the wheel of a 2013 Hyundai headed westbound when she left the road and hit the pole, investigators said. First responders arrived and treated her for non-life-threatening injuries, according to authorities. At the scene, Siatkowski refused a blood test to determine if she was drunk, poli…
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Fake Check Scheme At Saratoga County Bank Lands Fraudster In Handcuffs: Police
A Capital Region man has been arrested for trying to deposit a fake check for nearly $5,000, police said. Vincent M. Patrick, 41, of Troy, was cuffed Sunday, Aug. 23 on a warrant out of Halfmoon Town Court, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office said. Patrick entered a credit union in Halfmoon on Feb. 2 with a falsified check for $4,853.91 and plans to defraud the establishment, investigators said. He did not succeed, according to authorities. Instead, Patrick was charged with first-degree possession of a forged instrument, then arraigned in Halfmoon court, cops said. He was released on his …
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