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Dog Helps Young Victim Testify Against Former Detective From Hudson Valley In Sex Abuse Case Dog Helps Young Victim Testify Against Former Detective From Hudson Valley In Sex Abuse Case
Dog Helps Young Victim Testify Against Former Detective From Hudson Valley In Sex Abuse Case In a groundbreaking trial, a court-certified support dog named Eddie helped a young child testify against former NYPD detective Wilson Frias, leading to his conviction on charges of child sexual abuse in Westchester County. Frias, 52, of Briarcliff Manor, was sentenced to five years in prison and ten years of post-release supervision after a jury found him guilty of first-degree sexual abuse, a felony, and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. He will also be required to register as a sex offender. The abuse occurred on March 11, 2023, in Frias’s home during a playdate. The vic…
21-Year-Old From Hudson Valley Scheduled To Be Released From Prison Now Held On Rape Charge 21-Year-Old From Hudson Valley Scheduled To Be Released From Prison Now Held On Rape Charge
21-Year-Old From Hudson Valley Scheduled To Be Released From Prison Now Held On Rape Charge A man from the region who was due to be released from prison on an unrelated charge is now being held after being accused of raping a young girl. In early September, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office Corrections Intelligence Unit discovered that an incarcerated man at the Ulster County Jail had been electronically communicating with a 14-year-old girl who did not appear to have a familial connection to him.  The individual was quickly identified as Ronald L. Burris III, age 21, of Saugerties, who was an inmate in the jail on an unrelated charge at the time of disco…
Hudson Valley Drug Dealer Faces 30 Years In Prison After Guilty Verdict Hudson Valley Drug Dealer Faces 30 Years In Prison After Guilty Verdict
Hudson Valley Drug Dealer Faces 30 Years In Prison After Guilty Verdict A dealer in the region who was found guilty of numerous counts of drug sales and possession faces up to 30 years in prison. Dutchess County resident Spencer Green, age 47, of Poughkeepsie, was convicted on Monday, Oct. 21, of 10 felony drug-related crimes with less than an hour of deliberations from the jury. According to Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi, the jury concluded that on multiple dates in late November and December of 2023, at various locations in the town of Poughkeepsie, Green unlawfully possessed cocaine with the intent to sell it, sold the cocaine to individua…
Suspect Nabbed Stealing Items From Car In Handicapped Space At Newburgh Supermarket Suspect Nabbed Stealing Items From Car In Handicapped Space At Newburgh Supermarket
Suspect Nabbed Stealing Items From Car In Handicapped Space At Newburgh Supermarket A Hudson Valley man was charged with alleged robbery and menacing after stealing items from a car parked in a handicapped space and then attacking a person who attempted to intervene. The incident occurred in Orange County around noon on Thursday, Aug. 29, in the parking lot of Market 32 at 39 N. Plank Road in Newburgh. According to Lt. Matthew Nadolny of the Town of Newburgh Police, officers responded to the grocery store for a reported fight in progress.  An investigation determined that Nicholaus Mikus, age 40, of Newburgh, was stealing items from a parked vehic…
Hudson Valley Man Found Guilty Of Stabbing Roommate To Death With Knife To Skull Hudson Valley Man Found Guilty Of Stabbing Roommate To Death With Knife To Skull
Hudson Valley Man Found Guilty Of Stabbing Roommate To Death With Knife To Skull A man from the region faces years in prison after being found guilty by a jury for stabbing his roommate to death. Related: Arrest Made In Gruesome Murder Of Poughkeepsie Man Stabbed In Head Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi announced Tuesday, Aug. 6, that Poughkeepsie resident Andrew Fraser, age unknown, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for killing Dontay Brown.  “Today’s sentencing serves as a critical reminder that our office is dedicated to seeking justice for victims of violent crimes," Parisi said. "The defendant’s actions were&nbs…
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…
Child Rape: Hudson Valley 'Predator' Who Abused Minor For Years Gets Decades In Prison Child Rape: Hudson Valley 'Predator' Who Abused Minor For Years Gets Decades In Prison
Child Rape: Hudson Valley 'Predator' Who Abused Minor For Years Gets Decades In Prison A man from the region who subjected a young child to years of repeated sexual abuse will spend decades in prison. Orange County resident Cecilio Navarro, age 35, of Middletown, was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison in Orange County Court on Tuesday, July 18. It came after a jury convicted him of multiple sex crimes in March 2023. Earlier Report: Guilty: Hudson Valley Man Convicted Of Raping Child According to prosecutors, Navarro began sexually abusing the victim in December 2016, when the victim was under the age of 13. The abuse continued on and off through 2021. Navarro w…
Pastor From Westchester Admits To Killing Estranged Wife With Machete Pastor From Westchester Admits To Killing Estranged Wife With Machete
Pastor From Westchester Admits To Killing Estranged Wife With Machete A pastor from the Hudson Valley admitted to the violent machete assault of his estranged wife in front of their grandchildren and will now face more than two decades in prison. Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark announced that Yonkers resident Victor Mateo, age 65, a former pastor at the Christian Congregation The Redeemer Church in the Bronx, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter on Wednesday, Nov. 17. Clark said that on the morning of Oct. 3, 2019, Mateo parked his vehicle near the home of his estranged wife, Noelia Mateo, age 58, on Ellsworth Avenue in Throgs Neck. As she left h…
Thousands Demand Justice 10 Years After College Athlete Shot, Killed By Cop In Westchester Thousands Demand Justice 10 Years After College Athlete Shot, Killed By Cop In Westchester
Thousands Demand Justice 10 Years After College Athlete Shot, Killed By Cop In Westchester The cacophony of thousands of voices demanding justice for Danroy “DJ” Henry has grown to include some celebrities 10 years after he was killed at the hands of police in Westchester. Nearly 80,000 people have signed a change.org petition urging prosecutors to re-open Henry’s case after he was shot and killed by former Pleasantville police officer Aaron Hess in October 2010. Henry, a football player and junior at Pace University's Pleasantville campus, was at a sports bar with teammates when a fight broke out after their homecoming game in Pleasantville. Hess remained at the scene, and w…
Rockland Man, 21, Accused Of Attempting To Withdraw $3K From Another Person's Account Rockland Man, 21, Accused Of Attempting To Withdraw $3K From Another Person's Account
Rockland Man, 21, Accused Of Attempting To Withdraw $3K From Another Person's Account A 21-year-old man is facing multiple charges for allegedly attempting to withdraw more than $3,000 from another person’s account with a false ID, police said. Officers from the Orangetown Police Department arrested Charles Kadoche at approximately 1:35 p.m. on Thursday, April 23 at Chase bank on Main Street in Nyack. It is alleged that Kadoche was at Chase and presented forged documentation in an attempt to withdraw more than $3,000 from another person’s account. Following his arrest, it was determined that Kadoche was in possession of an undisclosed controlled substance. Kadoche was arres…
Westchester Man Sentenced For Murder Of 7-Year-Old Daughter Westchester Man Sentenced For Murder Of 7-Year-Old Daughter
Westchester Man Sentenced For Murder Of 7-Year-Old Daughter The Westchester father found guilty of murdering his 7-year-old daughter may spend the rest of his life in prison. Neil White, 50, was sentenced to a term of 25 years to life in prison following his sentencing in Westchester County Court on Thursday, Oct. 3. White, who was convicted of second-degree murder for the 2017 murder, reportedly sought to adjourn his trial, but was denied by the judge. Holding her daughter’s favorite rag doll, Michelle Hord, Gabrielle's mother, described the two years since her child’s murder as “a razor-blade cut of trauma, memory, pain, confusion, betrayal and …
Overturned Conviction Of Man Who Killed Fugitive Will Be Appealed By Westchester DA Overturned Conviction Of Man Who Killed Fugitive Will Be Appealed By Westchester DA
Overturned Conviction Of Man Who Killed Fugitive Will Be Appealed By Westchester DA Officials in Westchester County are attempting to appeal a decision by a state appellate panel who recently overturned a conviction of a man who fatally shot a Rockland County fugitive five years ago. Last March, Sparrow Bush resident David Carlson was sentenced by Orange County Court Judge Robert Freehill to five years in prison after he was convicted by a jury for his role in the death of Norris Acosta-Sanchez, who was wanted for having sex with a 14-year-old girl in Ramapo. Carlson befriended Acosta-Sanchez, who eventually confided his crime to him over beers. After several failed attemp…
Rockland Man Sentenced For Sex Abuse Of Child Rockland Man Sentenced For Sex Abuse Of Child
Rockland Man Sentenced For Sex Abuse Of Child A Rockland County man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years to life in prison for the sexual assault of a child and 20 years for sexual conduct against a child. Domingo Mendez- Huales, 39, of Airmont,  was also sentenced to one year in state prison for endangering the welfare of a child, after being found guilty last year during a jury trial on all counts, according to Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe. “The defendant was a friend of the family of the victim and used that friendship to take advantage of an innocent child for his own sexual gratification," said Zugibe. "…