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Albany, NY
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Hammer Attack Killing Unborn Baby Lands Albany Teen Dad In Prison For Decades Hammer Attack Killing Unborn Baby Lands Albany Teen Dad In Prison For Decades
Hammer Attack Killing Unborn Baby Lands Albany Teen Dad In Prison For Decades An 18-year-old New York man will spend two decades in prison after admitting he brutally beat his pregnant girlfriend with a hammer in order to kill her unborn baby. Tylique Young, of Albany, was sentenced in Albany County Court Tuesday, Nov. 25,to 20 years after pleading guilty to assault, kidnapping, and robbery for the May attack inside his Orange Street residence. Young held the victim captive for several hours, stole her phone, and repeatedly struck her with a hammer, including blows to her stomach, according to prosecutors. The woman, who was 27 weeks pregnant with Young’s baby, was…

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by Michael Mashburn
Bellport-Brookhaven-East Patchogue, NY
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Robber Pulls Hammer On Apple Store Employee At Smith Haven Mall, Police Say Robber Pulls Hammer On Apple Store Employee At Smith Haven Mall, Police Say
Robber Pulls Hammer On Apple Store Employee At Smith Haven Mall, Police Say Police are investigating after a man stole several iPhones and threatened an employee during a robbery at an Apple store on Long Island. The incident happened around noon Friday, Sept. 5, at the Apple store inside Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove, a Suffolk County Police spokesperson told Daily Voice. A man cut security wires and took two iPhones, police said. When an employee confronted him, the suspect displayed a small hammer and threatened the worker before running out of the mall. No employees or customers were injured. A suspect description was not immediately available. Anyone with…

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by Michael Mashburn
Fairfax, VA
Police & Fire
$190K Fragrance Theft Ring Busted After Ulta Spree Across DMV: Police $190K Fragrance Theft Ring Busted After Ulta Spree Across DMV: Police
$190K Fragrance Theft Ring Busted After Ulta Spree Across DMV: Police Their scent trail finally ran cold. A high-end fragrance theft crew with ties to Washington, DC is off the streets after law enforcement agencies across Maryland and Virginia linked the suspects to a months-long, $190,000 retail crime spree at Ulta Beauty stores, authorities announced. The three-person crew — including two adults and a 17-year-old suspect — is accused of swiping tens of thousands of dollars in designer perfumes from stores across Fairfax, Montgomery, Prince William, Anne Arundel, and other areas. According to the Fairfax County Police Department, the group struck Ulta loca…

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by Zak Failla
Bethlehem, PA
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‘To Ensure She Was Dead’: Bethlehem Husband Slashes Wife’s Throat, Stabs Her Heart 10 Times, DA ‘To Ensure She Was Dead’: Bethlehem Husband Slashes Wife’s Throat, Stabs Her Heart 10 Times, DA
‘To Ensure She Was Dead’: Bethlehem Husband Slashes Wife’s Throat, Stabs Her Heart 10 Times, DA A Bethlehem Township man admitted to slashing his wife’s throat and stabbing her in the heart at least 10 times with a knife and hammer “to ensure she was dead,” authorities said. James Christopher Frank is charged with criminal homicide after police discovered the body of his wife, Deborah Glaser, inside their home on 3rd Street, Northampton County District Attorney Stephen G. Baratta announced on Tuesday, March 11. Bethlehem Township police were called around 8:30 a.m. for a welfare check after a concerned family member grew worried about the couple, according to the DA. Officers attemp…

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by Jillian Pikora
North Babylon, NY
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Man Lures House Cleaner To North Babylon Residence Before Attempted Knifepoint Robbery, DA Says Man Lures House Cleaner To North Babylon Residence Before Attempted Knifepoint Robbery, DA Says
Man Lures House Cleaner To North Babylon Residence Before Attempted Knifepoint Robbery, DA Says A Long Island man is accused of luring a house cleaner to his residence before attempting to rob her at knifepoint. The incident began in North Babylon at an apartment on Weeks Road, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors said 66-year-old Christopher Doran lured a female house cleaner to his residence under the guise of hiring her on Monday, Sept. 2. When the victim arrived, Doran told her she needed to drive him in her car to a bank to withdraw money. After instructing the woman to drive him to several locations between Bay Shore and Babylon, Doran told th…

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by Michael Mashburn
Glen Burnie, MD
Police & Fire
Racially-Charged Road Rage Incident Lands Armed Maryland Man Behind Bars: Police Racially-Charged Road Rage Incident Lands Armed Maryland Man Behind Bars: Police
Racially-Charged Road Rage Incident Lands Armed Maryland Man Behind Bars: Police A road rage incident resulted in a hate crime when a man began using racially-offensive language and assaulted a 24-year-old Black man in Anne Arundel County, police say. Keith Paul Kelly, 63, has been accused of a hate crime following an incident that turned ugly and resulted in him assaulting and pointing a weapon at his victim in Brooklyn during the Wednesday afternoon commute. Police say that at approximately 4:50 p.m. on June 12, officers were called to the area of Marshall Road and 8th Avenue to investigate a reported assault. According to the initial investigation, Kelly used racial…

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by Zak Failla
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Hammer-Wielding Robber Storms Chesco Pizza Joint, Cops Say Hammer-Wielding Robber Storms Chesco Pizza Joint, Cops Say
Hammer-Wielding Robber Storms Chesco Pizza Joint, Cops Say A would-be thief armed with a hammer tried to run out of a Chester County pizza joint with the cash register, authorities report.  The incident occurred at Pasquale's IV Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria at 2058 Newark Road in New London Township on Saturday, Feb. 18, state police said in a statement.  The robber burst into the eatery at about 9:30 p.m., wielding a hammer and apparently trying to take the cash register with him, according to the police report. Incensed, the pizzeria workers descended on their attacker and drove him away empty-handed, troopers added.  The suspe…

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by Mac Bullock
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
DelCo Home Invader Arrested By PA State Police Duct-Taped Adoptive Mom, 80, To Chair DelCo Home Invader Arrested By PA State Police Duct-Taped Adoptive Mom, 80, To Chair
DelCo Home Invader Arrested By PA State Police Duct-Taped Adoptive Mom, 80, To Chair A wanted Delaware County home invader was arrested by Pennsylvania State Police Thursday after he forced his way into his 80-year-old adoptive mother's house armed with a hammer and tied her to a chair with duct tape, authorities said. Christopher Dougherty, 45, was taken into custody by Pennsylvania State Police around 5 p.m., CBSN Philly reports. Dougherty stole approximately $1,150 and her cellphone, then fled the scene of the Middletown Township home in her red 2002 Buick Century with the Pennsylvania registration number, HYH-3785, around 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 11, according to Pennsylvania…

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by Nicole Acosta