Sheriff Who Inspired Walking Tall Movies Implicated In Wife’s 1967 Murder Sheriff Who Inspired Walking Tall Movies Implicated In Wife’s 1967 Murder
Sheriff Who Inspired Walking Tall Movies Implicated In Wife’s 1967 Murder Once hailed as a crime-fighting folk hero, and before that, a hulking pro wrestler, Buford Pusser is now at the center of a stunning allegation: investigators say he likely killed his wife in 1967 and staged the scene. Authorities in Tennessee announced on Friday, Aug. 29 at a news conference that fresh evidence points to Pusser, a former county sheriff whose life inspired the iconic movie Walking Tall and its sequels, as the likely culprit in the death of his 35-year-old wife, Pauline Mullins Pusser. Officials said that, were he alive, there would be probable cause to charge him. Investig…
Rudy Giuliani Hospitalized With Serious Injuries After Car Crash Rudy Giuliani Hospitalized With Serious Injuries After Car Crash
Rudy Giuliani Hospitalized With Serious Injuries After Car Crash Rudy Giuliani suffered serious injuries in a New England car crash, his spokesman said. The 81-year-old former New York City mayor was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra, cuts and bruises after his rental car was struck from behind in New Hampshire on Aug. 30, according to Michael Ragusa, who also serves as Giuliani’s head of security. Specific injuries included his left arm and lower leg, said Ragusa. "Prior to the incident, he was flagged down by a woman who was the victim of a domestic violence incident," Ragusa said. "Mayor Giuliani immediately rendered assistance and contacted 911…
Man Forcibly Touches Woman On Amtrak At Station In Dutchess County: MTA, NY State Police Say Man Forcibly Touches Woman On Amtrak At Station In Dutchess County: MTA, NY State Police Say
Man Forcibly Touches Woman On Amtrak At Station In Dutchess County: MTA, NY State Police Say A man was arrested after allegedly groping a woman aboard an Amtrak train arriving at the Rhinecliff Train Station in Dutchess County, New York State Police announced on Saturday, Aug. 30. The incident happened at approximately 12:12 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29, when troopers from Rhinebeck and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation responded alongside MTA Police to the station on Rhinecliff Road in the Town of Rhinebeck. Investigators said the female victim reported that she was seated in the same row as a man she did not know when he forcibly touched her without consent. The suspect, identifie…
Home Intruder Stabbed Hours After Unrelated Knife Attack Outside Bank In Region, Police Say Home Intruder Stabbed Hours After Unrelated Knife Attack Outside Bank In Region, Police Say
Home Intruder Stabbed Hours After Unrelated Knife Attack Outside Bank In Region, Police Say A home intruder was stabbed after forcing his way into an Albany residence, hours after an unrelated knife attack outside a city bank. Officers responded to a residence on Yates Street near Ontario Street for reports of a domestic disturbance at around 9:40 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, Albany Police said. Investigators determined that Calibi McLeod, 27, of Albany, forced his way into the home, sparking a physical fight with the occupants, police said. During the confrontation, McLeod was stabbed in the chest and fled before officers arrived. A short time later, Albany Medical Center staff conta…
Previously Deported Man Raped Child In Region, Police Say Previously Deported Man Raped Child In Region, Police Say
Previously Deported Man Raped Child In Region, Police Say A Brazilian national who was previously deported from the US is accused of raping a minor in Albany County. Marcio Martins-Rodrigues, 35, was arrested Sunday, Aug. 24, following an investigation into a sexual assault involving a minor, Cohoes Police said. He was charged with first-degree rape involving forcible compulsion and second-degree rape following allegations that he engaged in sexual intercourse with a victim younger than 15, police said. Martins-Rodrigues had previously been deported from the United States and is in the country illegally, according to Immigration and Customs Enfor…
Home Health Aide Who Forced Elderly NY Man To Write $18K In Checks At Knifepoint Learns Fate Home Health Aide Who Forced Elderly NY Man To Write $18K In Checks At Knifepoint Learns Fate
Home Health Aide Who Forced Elderly NY Man To Write $18K In Checks At Knifepoint Learns Fate A Bronx woman who terrorized an elderly Rockland County man while working as his live-in home health aide and forced him to write checks to herself has been sentenced to prison, prosecutors announced.  Delores Anderson, 60, was sentenced Wednesday, Aug. 27, to five to 15 years in state prison on each of five counts of second-degree grand larceny. The terms will run concurrently, Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II said on Wednesday. A jury convicted Anderson in May after a one-week trial, finding her guilty of coercing a 78-year-old man in Pearl River into ha…
NY Daycare Worker Accused Of Abusing Boy For Years; More Victims Sought: Police NY Daycare Worker Accused Of Abusing Boy For Years; More Victims Sought: Police
NY Daycare Worker Accused Of Abusing Boy For Years; More Victims Sought: Police A man is accused of sexually abusing a child for years while employed at a Westbury daycare center, Nassau County police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 26. Jose Rodriguez, 49, of Glen Cove, was charged after a victim reported that Rodriguez inappropriately touched him starting in 2016 when he was 10 years old, the Special Victims Squad said in a release. The abuse allegedly continued until the boy was 13. On Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, Rodriguez walked into a Dunkin Donuts where the victim now works. After Rodriguez left the store, the victim contacted police, detectives said. Rodriguez was arreste…
‘Knockout Kings Of Comedy’ Star Reggie Carroll Identified As Shooting Victim ‘Knockout Kings Of Comedy’ Star Reggie Carroll Identified As Shooting Victim
‘Knockout Kings Of Comedy’ Star Reggie Carroll Identified As Shooting Victim Baltimore comedian Reginald "Reggie" Carroll has been identified by authorities as the victim in a fatal shooting last week in Mississippi.  The Southaven Police Department issued an update over the weekend, confirming that Carroll was the target of a shooting on Wednesday, Aug. 20.  According to police, officers were called to investigate a reported shooting on Burton Lane in Southaven, where they found the 52-year-old Carroll suffering from fatal gunshot wounds. One person was arrested and later charged with murder, officials said on Saturday, Aug. 23.  "Our thoughts our …
‘President Bone Spurs’: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Torches Trump In Ugly Social Media War ‘President Bone Spurs’: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Torches Trump In Ugly Social Media War
‘President Bone Spurs’: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Torches Trump In Ugly Social Media War Maryland Gov. Wes Moore went toe-to-toe with President Donald Trump on Sunday in a no-holds-barred online slugfest that saw threats, nicknames, and Baltimore dragged into the middle of the fight. Days after Moore told the president to "keep our name out of your mouth," and invited the 79-year-old Trump to take a walk through Baltimore, the two were again at each others' virtual throats. "Governor Wes Moore of Maryland has asked, in a rather nasty and provocative tone, that I 'walk the streets of Maryland' with him," Trump posted on Truth Social.  "I assume he is talking about out-of-c…
Paramount Pulls Plug On Dexter: Original Sin Paramount Pulls Plug On Dexter: Original Sin
Paramount Pulls Plug On Dexter: Original Sin Dexter: Original Sin just lost its second act, but the franchise’s pulse beats on.  Paramount is shifting its focus to Dexter: Resurrection, bringing Michael C. Hall’s antihero back to center stage. On Friday, Aug. 22, Paramount opted not to proceed with season two of Dexter: Original Sin after announcing a renewal in April.  The Hollywood Reporter says the 1991-set prequel had been idle since its first season wrapped, with no production start ever scheduled. Original Sin featured Patrick Gibson as a college-age Dexter and Christian Slater as Harry, mapping the code that turned …
'Our Future Was Taken': Man Who Fatally Stabbed Victim In Stomach In NY Learns Fate 'Our Future Was Taken': Man Who Fatally Stabbed Victim In Stomach In NY Learns Fate
'Our Future Was Taken': Man Who Fatally Stabbed Victim In Stomach In NY Learns Fate A 55-year-old man will spend more than a decade behind bars for a fatal stabbing that claimed the life of his known acquaintance during a Fourth of July dispute in Westchester.  Mount Vernon resident Nathaniel Hill, 55, was sentenced on Thursday, Aug. 21, to 16 years in state prison after pleading guilty in March to first-degree manslaughter in the killing of 40-year-old Bernard Potillo in July 2024, Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced on Friday, Aug. 22.  The deadly incident happened on July 4, 2024, in White Plains, when Hill stabbed Potillo in the abdome…
ID Released Of Woman, 33, Found Shot Dead Inside Car On Parkway In NY (UPDATE) ID Released Of Woman, 33, Found Shot Dead Inside Car On Parkway In NY (UPDATE)
ID Released Of Woman, 33, Found Shot Dead Inside Car On Parkway In NY (Update) This story has been updated.  The woman discovered dead behind the wheel of a car on the Cross County Parkway in Westchester was killed by gunfire, authorities confirmed. According to the Westchester County Medical Examiner’s Office, 33-year-old Ariela Mejia-Polanco, who had addresses in both Westchester and Rockland counties, died from gunshot wounds. Her body was found around 8 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 17, inside a vehicle stopped on the eastbound Cross County Parkway near the Broad Street exit in Mount Vernon, Westchester County Police said. The discovery initially began when a patrol…