Parole Board Flags Concerns, Keeps Erik Menendez Behind Bars Parole Board Flags Concerns, Keeps Erik Menendez Behind Bars
Parole Board Flags Concerns, Keeps Erik Menendez Behind Bars More than three decades after the infamous Beverly Hills murders that shocked the nation, Erik Menendez’s hopes for freedom were dashed as a parole board cited “blind spots” in his rehabilitation and denied his bid for release. Click here for a new, updated story: Parole Board Denies Lyle Menendez Day After Rejecting Brother Erik On Thursday, Aug. 21, the two-member panel ruled that he still has significant work ahead before being considered for release from prison.  The decision follows a May resentencing that made both Erik and his brother, Lyle, eligible for parole after ser…
Man Murdered At NY Hotel Near PA Border Over 'Status On Sex Offender Registry': Police Say Man Murdered At NY Hotel Near PA Border Over 'Status On Sex Offender Registry': Police Say
Man Murdered At NY Hotel Near PA Border Over 'Status On Sex Offender Registry': Police Say A man was found stabbed to death inside a hotel room just miles from Pennsylvania, New York State Police announced on Thursday, Aug. 21. Officers responding to a welfare check discovered the body of Sean M. Dawson, 32, of Alfred, New York, inside his room at the Economy Inn on State Route 244 in Allegany County, approximately 30 minutes from Pennsylvania, around 10:22 a.m., investigators said. He had suffered multiple stab wounds. Detectives determined Dawson had been visited by Briar A. York, 27, of Alfred, two days earlier. During the visit, the two discussed Dawson’s status on the sex of…
'Bungling Fool' Who Copped To Execution-Style Murder On NY Jail Call Convicted In Under Hour 'Bungling Fool' Who Copped To Execution-Style Murder On NY Jail Call Convicted In Under Hour
'Bungling Fool' Who Copped To Execution-Style Murder On NY Jail Call Convicted In Under Hour A Schenectady man has been convicted of murder and multiple weapons charges in the 2023 execution-style killing of a city resident. Jeffrey Bashaw, 56, was found guilty of second-degree murder and related charges by a Schenectady County jury on Wednesday, Aug. 20, in the death of Leroy Chisom. Bashaw and co-defendant Kevin Dingle lured the 41-year-old Chisom from his bedroom on State Street in Schenectady on Oct. 22, 2023, prosecutors said. The two men, wearing masks, gloves, and dark clothing, shot Chisom at least five times each before fleeing in under a minute. Dingle pleaded guilty las…
‘If I Die, It Was Greg’: Pregnant Teen Found Buried On Boyfriend’s Property, Police Say ‘If I Die, It Was Greg’: Pregnant Teen Found Buried On Boyfriend’s Property, Police Say
‘If I Die, It Was Greg’: Pregnant Teen Found Buried On Boyfriend’s Property, Police Say The day before a pregnant Massachusetts teen went missing earlier this month, she sent a chilling text to her sister about her boyfriend: “My phone is at 4% and if I die, it was Greg.” Two weeks later, police found the body of 18-year-old Kylee Monteiro, who had been stabbed to death and buried in the yard of her boyfriend’s grandparents in Rehoboth, authorities said. Gregory Groom, 22, admitted to police that he killed Monteiro, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said. Despite that alleged confession, he pleaded not guilty to murder. Monteiro was last seen alive on Aug. 6. Inve…
Man Learns Fate After Stabbing Grandmother 17 Times In Her NY Apartment Man Learns Fate After Stabbing Grandmother 17 Times In Her NY Apartment
Man Learns Fate After Stabbing Grandmother 17 Times In Her NY Apartment A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to the maximum penalty under the law for the brutal 2022 killing of a grandmother and great-grandmother inside her Westchester apartment.  Deshawn Nunez, of Yonkers, will serve 25 years to life in state prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of 68-year-old Renee Spencer, Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced on Thursday, Aug. 14.  In the late-night hours of Aug. 9, 2022, Nunez stabbed Spencer more than a dozen times inside her Nepperhan Avenue apartment in Yonkers, killing her.  …
NY Man Threatened Family Of Slain UnitedHealthcare CEO, DOJ Says NY Man Threatened Family Of Slain UnitedHealthcare CEO, DOJ Says
NY Man Threatened Family Of Slain UnitedHealthcare CEO, DOJ Says A New York man is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening and harassing a relative of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Saratoga County resident Shane Daley, 40, of Galway, was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 13, and charged with cyberstalking, the US Attorney’s Office said. According to a criminal complaint, Daley called a work phone line used by one of Thompson’s relatives multiple times between Dec. 4 and Dec. 7, 2024 — starting just hours after Thompson’s death in midtown Manhattan. He left a series of voicemails that included harassing and threatening language about Thomps…
Man Gets Murder Charge After Shooting Victim In Chest In NY, Police Say Man Gets Murder Charge After Shooting Victim In Chest In NY, Police Say
Man Gets Murder Charge After Shooting Victim In Chest In NY, Police Say A suspect was arrested and charged with murder just hours after a deadly shooting in Westchester, police said.  The incident happened just before 12:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 11, on the sidewalk near 30 Cliff St. in Yonkers, according to an announcement by the Yonkers Police Department from Monday night.  Officers arrived to find 41-year-old James Hardy of Yonkers with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Investigators said the shooting stemmed from a dispute between Hardy and the suspect. During the argument, the suspect allegedly…
Daughter Indicted For Fatal Stabbing Of Mother, 78, In NY: DA Daughter Indicted For Fatal Stabbing Of Mother, 78, In NY: DA
Daughter Indicted For Fatal Stabbing Of Mother, 78, In NY: DA A woman who was arrested earlier this year for fatally stabbing her 78-year-old mother in Dutchess County has now been indicted on a second-degree murder charge, prosecutors announced. Denise Gilpin, age 50, was arraigned in Dutchess County Court following her indictment by a grand jury in the death of her mother, Olga Hinds-Coley, at their 2 Oak Crescent home in Poughkeepsie on Sunday, April 7, Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi announced on Tuesday, Aug. 5.  On the day of the incident, police responded around 1:19 p.m. and found Hinds-Coley suffering from a stab wo…
Retired Cop Appears In Court On Murder Charge After Shooting Roommate In NY, DA Says Retired Cop Appears In Court On Murder Charge After Shooting Roommate In NY, DA Says
Retired Cop Appears In Court On Murder Charge After Shooting Roommate In NY, DA Says A retired police officer accused of fatally shooting his roommate in Dutchess County last month has now been formally indicted for murder, prosecutors announced.  Former City of Beacon Police Officer Edison Irizarry, 52, of Beacon, was arraigned in Dutchess County Court following the return of a grand jury indictment charging him with second-degree murder in connection with the shooting of his roommate in July, Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi announced Tuesday, Aug. 5.  The charge stems from a fatal shooting that occurred on the night of Monday, July 21, at 8…
Man Admits Stabbing 68-Year-Old Grandmother 17 Times In Her NY Apartment Man Admits Stabbing 68-Year-Old Grandmother 17 Times In Her NY Apartment
Man Admits Stabbing 68-Year-Old Grandmother 17 Times In Her NY Apartment A man has pleaded guilty to murder in the stabbing death of a 68-year-old grandmother and great-grandmother whose body was later found in her Westchester apartment, prosecutors announced. Deshawn Nunez, 24, pleaded guilty on Thursday, July 31, to second-degree murder in the 2022 stabbing death of 68-year-old Renee Spencer, Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced.  Spencer was found dead on August 11, 2022, after building management requested a welfare check on behalf of her family. Officers with the Yonkers Police Department discovered Spencer lying o…
Woman Wanted For NY Murder Of Conrad Gowan: Police Woman Wanted For NY Murder Of Conrad Gowan: Police
Woman Wanted For NY Murder Of Conrad Gowan: Police Suffolk County Police announced on Monday, Aug. 4, that a woman is wanted for the murder of a Jamesport man killed inside his home last year, police announced on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Majorie Quarrie, also known as Nicola Watson, stabbed 36-year-old Conrad Gowan in the neck at his residence on Herricks Lane at 11:43 p.m. Monday, March 4, 2024, according to the Suffolk County Homicide Squad and as Daily Voice previously reported. Gowan, a resident of the home, was transported by the Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead where he was pronounced dead. …
Bryan Kohberger Moved To Solitary At Idaho’s Most Secure Prison After Life Sentence Bryan Kohberger Moved To Solitary At Idaho’s Most Secure Prison After Life Sentence
Bryan Kohberger Moved To Solitary At Idaho’s Most Secure Prison After Life Sentence Bryan Kohberger has been transferred to long-term restrictive housing in J Block at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, prison documents confirmed on Saturday, Aug. 2.  The move comes less than a week after Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the savage stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students in 2022. Life Behind Bars Kohberger, 30, will now spend nearly all his time alone. IDOC officials said inmates in long-term restrictive housing are confined to single-person cells, allowed one hour of outdoor recreation daily, and permitted to shower every…