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NY Mom’s Killing Leaves Two Kids In Shock, Fundraiser Launched: ‘Devastating And Unimaginable’
A New York woman who was shot and killed last week left behind two children, and now a fundraiser has been launched to support them. Mellissa K. Pelc-Lohr, 50, was found shot dead near her home in Brushton on Tuesday, Oct. 27, New York State Police said. “A devastating and unimaginable loss, Mellissa leaves behind two children, Allison Pelc and Freddie Pelc, who are now facing the heartbreaking reality of life without their mother,” organizer Michelle Gunter wrote in a GoFundMe. “No child should ever have to experience this kind of loss.” Pelc-Lohr’s ex-husband, Norman Lohr Jr., killed her…
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Infant Hospitalized For Broken Bones In Capital Region, 24-Year-Old Man Arrested: Police
A Capital Region beat up an infant child and sent the baby to the hospital, leading to his arrest, police said. Aylan Yousen, 24, of Malta, was cuffed Saturday, Oct. 31, one day after the infant arrived at the hospital, New York State Police said. State troopers responded around 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30 to Albany Medical Center for reports of a baby with “multiple unexplained injuries,” state police said. While the baby’s injuries were not life-threatening, the child suffered multiple fractured bones, according to investigators. The ensuing investigation led to Yousen’s arrest the next day, …
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Pro Soccer Star, 30, Dies After On-Field Collision With Goalkeeper
A professional soccer player has died after suffering cardiac arrest following a collision with a goalkeeper during a match in Spain. Jesús de Miguel Alameda, a 30-year-old striker for Spanish soccer club CD Tenerife, died on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The team confirmed his death in an Instagram post after he collapsed during a match against FC Andorra the previous day. De Miguel was struck in the chest by goalkeeper Jesús Owono's knee as the Andorra player rushed outside his penalty area to clear a long ball, Reuters reported. The 30-year-old fell to the ground and was motionless as players from bo…
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HOA Fees Skyrocket To $30K A Year, Leaving Homeowners Facing Financial Ruin
Homeowners fear losing everything after their homeowners association hiked fees to a staggering $30,000 a year, leaving some wondering how much longer they can afford to stay in what they thought would be their forever homes. Residents of Magnolia Cove, a subdivision in Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, learned on October 26 that their HOA fees would double to $2,500 a month, according to local news reports. That puts annual HOA dues at $30,000, before homeowners pay their mortgages, property taxes, and insurance. However, That eye-watering figure is just a third of what the boar…
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Ballot Scanners Fail In NY County Amid Key Race That Could Help Decide Control Of Congress
Voters throughout a county in New York faced issues with their paper ballots not being accepted on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3 — which might impact the results of a high-stakes race that could help decide which party takes control of Congress. The issue was reported in Westchester County, NY, with the county's Board of Elections saying they were "aware of an issue involving paper ballots that is preventing voting machines from accepting ballots at polling locations throughout the County," the county said in a statement. Westchester County is part of New York's 17th congressional dis…
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NYC Marathoner In 'Perfect Health' Dies After Collapsing At Mile 24: Report
A 24-year-old New York City marathon runner whose family said she was in "perfect health" died two days after collapsing with about two miles left in the race, apparently of rhabdomyolysis, a rare muscle condition brought on by exertion causing muscle breakdown, the New York Times reports. Rachel Apa was a Lewisberry, PA, native and former Division I basketball player at Bucknell University, her LinkedIn shows. She had been running her first-ever New York City marathon. Her father, Steve Apa, told The Times that he'd been tracking her and texting with her while she ran. Rachel was …
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Child Dies Amid New York State Of Emergency: First Measles-Linked Fatality In 30 Years
A child’s death has marked a grim milestone in New York’s measles outbreak, prompting renewed calls for vaccination. The New York State Department of Health announced Monday, Nov. 2, the state’s first known measles-associated death in more than 30 years. The child lived in Lewis County, in northern New York’s North Country, between the Adirondack Mountains and the Tug Hill Plateau. In a joint statement, the NY Health Department and Lewis County Public Health Department expressed condolences and asked the public to respect the family’s privacy. The release did not disclose the child’s age o…
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Liberty Bell Vandalized: Coated With Oily Substance; Ring Attempted, Feds Say
A Pennsylvania woman splashed an oily substance onto the Liberty Bell and a North Carolina man pushed the historic landmark until it swayed during a visit to Philadelphia, federal prosecutors said. Dawn Hawa, also known as Dawn Benitez, 50, of Ephrata, and Sean Gerlach, 50, of Fairview, North Carolina, were each charged by information in connection with the incident, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf announced on Monday, Nov. 2. The pair visited the Liberty Bell Center with others on or about May 16, 2026, according to court filings described by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Gerlach jumped over th…
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PA Dad Of 3 Killed Piloting Florida Learjet Remembered For Faith, Childhood Dream
A Pennsylvania father of three who dreamed of flying as a boy is being remembered for his faith and dependability after he was killed piloting a Learjet that crashed in Florida. Captain Jeff Gregory, 55, was identified as the pilot of N722BD, by his family following NTSB's press conference on Monday, Nov. 2. Gregory was among nine people killed when the Learjet 60 crashed in Palm Beach County on Sunday, Nov. 1. The aircraft was traveling from Austin, Texas, to North Eleuthera in the Bahamas. His Pennsylvania roots included attending Limerick Chapel in Montgomery County, where he spent his …
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Bodycam Shows Deadly Police Shootout With Suspected NJ Sailboat Thief
Newly released body camera and home security footage sheds light on the deadly police shooting of a 27-year-old man accused of stealing a 40-foot sailboat from a New Jersey marina before sailing it to Rhode Island. Brendan Norris, of Newport, RI, was killed Wednesday, Aug. 26, after police confronted him aboard the stolen vessel in Newport Harbor, as previously reported by WJAR. The Newport Police Department released portions of the footage on Oct. 30, as part of its first Critical Incident Community Debriefing, which includes narration, police radio communications, and other details about …
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Black Bear Spotted At NY School Campus, Triggers Lockout — And Jokes
Does a bear poop in the woods? Well, it definitely poops on a school campus in New York. A black bear was spotted on the campus of Taconic Hills Central School District in Craryville, Columbia County, on Monday afternoon, Nov. 2, the district announced. The bear was seen around 1 p.m. near the campus tennis courts, prompting an immediate order for all students to move indoors, THCSD said in a Facebook post. A brief lockout was initiated, and the bear was spotted near a window. “We think he was just looking to join a science class and expand his knowledge,” the district joked. “Unfortunatel…
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17-Year-Old NY Killer Cuts Plea Deal After Gunning Down 15-Year-Old Boy: Authorities
A New York teenager admitted to killing a 15-year-old boy by shooting him in the back, authorities said. The 17-year-old suspect pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter on Monday, Nov. 2, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said. He was 16 at the time of the fatal shooting and cannot be named under New York law, according to prosecutors. Officers responded to reports of gunfire and found the victim shot in the back on the 500 block of Clinton Avenue near North Lake Avenue on June 23, 2025, just after 11 p.m., authorities said. The boy was treated at the scene and taken to Alba…
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80-Year-Old Gynecologist Sexually Assaults Three Patients: Prosecutor
An 80-year-old Pennsylvania man is charged with sexually assaulting patients in his New Jersey, authorities announced Monday, Nov. 2. Jerome Check sexually assaulted three patients in his Mount Laurel office, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw and Mount Laurel Police Department Chief Timothy Hundall said. The sexual assaults occurred between December 2024 and March 2025, when Check, a reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist, was alone in the examination room with the victims during their appointments, authorities said. Two of the victims believed t…
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Man In Blackface Kicked Out Of NJ Dave & Buster's, He Says: 'Liberals Did This To Me'
A man wearing blackface claims he was kicked out of a North Jersey Dave & Buster's after trying to order a beer in what he described as the "spirit of Halloween." The man, whose TikTok handle is @johnross.319, shared a video claiming he was removed from the Dave & Buster's at Willowbrook Mall in Wayne. In the video, reshared by Instagram account @newjerseygossip, the man can be seen wearing blackface and a baseball cap while speaking directly to the camera. "I'm at Dave and Buster's tonight... I got kicked out of here after I ordered a beer like this in the spirit of Halloween," he…
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Rutgers Frat House Assault Among 2 Attacks On Halloween Night, Campus Police Say
Two people affiliated with Rutgers University were hospitalized following separate assaults near the College Avenue campus in New Brunswick early Sunday, Nov. 1, including one involving an edged weapon, authorities said. The attacks happened between midnight and 1:30 a.m., according to Rutgers University Police Chief Kenneth Cop. In the first incident, a victim was walking along Stone Street when he got into a verbal exchange with a group of unidentified men, police said. The argument turned physical, and the victim was punched and struck with an edged object before the attackers fled …
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6 Shot At Halloween Party Near UDel, Police Say
Six people were shot at a Halloween party near the University of Delaware campus in Newark late Halloween night, according to police and the NY Post. BREAKING: Chaos erupted near the University of Delaware campus after shots were fired into a Halloween crowd on East Main Street.Six people shot and rushed to hospitals. The shooter is still on the loose.This lawlessness in our college towns has to end. Pray for the victims.… — Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) November 1, 2026 The shooting happened around 11:13 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, on the south sidewalk of East Main Street, directly acros…
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NY Man Who Raped Stepdaughter Over Decade Found Guilty: DA
A 52-year-old man has been convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting his stepdaughter over more than a decade, beginning when she was just 5 years old, prosecutors said. Liberty resident Joseph Wallace, 52, was found guilty of three counts of predatory sexual assault against a child and one count of third-degree rape following a five-day jury trial, Sullivan County District Attorney Brian Conaty announced on Friday, Oct. 30. According to prosecutors, the abuse began on July 1, 2010, when Wallace sexually assaulted his 5-year-old stepdaughter while they were alone at the …
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Man Who Killed, Dismembered NY Mother Of 4 Learns His Fate Over Decade Later
More than 12 years after a Sullivan County mother was murdered and her dismembered remains were discovered in the woods, her killer has been sentenced to years behind bars. Keymarroo Guiden, 53, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, received the sentence on Friday, Oct. 30, for the 2014 murder of his girlfriend, April Parker, 31, of Monticello, Sullivan County District Attorney Brian Conaty announced. Guiden was sentenced by Sullivan County Supreme Court Judge Stephan Schick after a jury convicted him of second-degree murder on June 23, following a 12-day trial. The case dat…
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Ex-Mobster Turned NJ Councilman, Son Indicted In Loansharking Scheme: AG
A former Gambino crime family associate who reinvented himself as a New Jersey councilman and vowed to do things "the right way" has been indicted alongside his son and another man in an alleged loansharking scheme involving threats of violence, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 30. John E. Alite, 64, of Englishtown, was indicted on multiple charges of theft by extortion, corporate misconduct, usury, money laundering, terroristic threats, and conspiracy, New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said. His son, John P. Alite, 35, of Manalapan, was indicted on charges of usury, cons…
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NY Mail Carrier Slashed In Head — Assailant Gets Prison Time, Feds Say
A 50-year-old man previously convicted of robbery will spend more time in prison for a violent, unprovoked attack that left a New York City mail carrier with several deep cuts to his head, federal prosecutors said. Bronx resident John Garcia, 50, was sentenced to 82 months in federal prison for attacking a US Postal Service employee who was delivering mail in the Bronx, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Thursday, Oct. 29. The attack happened on July 16, 2025, when Garcia approached the on-duty mail carrier from behind and assaulted him w…
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EMS Workers Attacked By Patient In Rensselaer County, Assault Charges Filed: Police
An ambulance patient attacked two EMS workers who were attempting to help her on Wednesday, Oct. 28 in the Capital Region, police said. Jennifer Euber, 36, of Mechanicville, was arrested Thursday, Oct. 29 after she was discharged from the hospital, New York State Police said. State troopers responded around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday for reports of a “combative individual” being transported to Samaritan Hospital, authorities said. The Troy Police Department assisted EMS workers at Oakwood Avenue in Brunswick, and state police continued investigating at the hospital, where they determined Euber ki…
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New York Native Killed In Pennsylvania Motorcycle Crash
A motorcyclist killed in a collision with a sedan on Route 30 in Pennsylvania has been identified, the coroner’s office announced Friday, Oct. 30. Richard Pieper, 62, of Paradise, PA, originally of New York, was pronounced dead at the scene on Lincoln Highway at Simmontown Road in Salisbury Township, according to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office. The crash happened around 3:53 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, emergency dispatchers said. The coroner’s office responded at 4:56 a.m., and a coroner investigator pronounced Pieper dead, according to the release. Pieper was transported to the Lancas…
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Loaded Gun, Drug Residue Found In Capital Region Traffic Stop, Police Say
A police K9 helped state troopers uncover a loaded handgun and items with drug residue during a Northway traffic stop in the Capital Region, police said. Nicholas D. Vanasse, 36, of Brownington, VT, was a passenger in the vehicle when troopers pulled it over on Interstate 87 in Round Lake on Sunday, Oct. 25, around 8:15 p.m., New York State Police said Thursday, Oct. 29. The investigation uncovered an illegally possessed loaded handgun and multiple items containing drug residue, police said. Troopers seized the items and arrested Vanasse. Vanasse was charged with second-degree weapons poss…
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Newborn Found Dead In Movie Theater Toilet: Nearly 30 Years Later, Mom Faces Murder Charges
Nearly three decades ago, a newborn baby boy was found dead inside a Long Island movie theater bathroom. On Wednesday, Oct. 28, his mother was arrested hundreds of miles away in Hampton, Virginia, as detectives cracked the 1996 cold case. Michelle Chronick Tyson, 59, is facing multiple counts of second-degree murder in connection with the death of her newborn baby in November 1996 when she was 29 years old, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. Investigators say that at around 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 18, 1996, the newborn was found inside a toilet in the women's bathroom o…
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Autopsy Results Released In Deaths Of Woman, Ex-Husband In New York: Police
Autopsy results in two suspicious deaths in New York separated by 200 miles were released Thursday, Oct. 29. Mellissa K. Pelc-Lohr, 50, of Brushton, was killed Tuesday, Oct. 27 by a gunshot to the head, New York State Police said. Her death was ruled a homicide. Norman E. Lohr Jr., 50, of Michigan, died from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, according to state police. Lohr was Pelc-Lohr’s ex-husband, state troopers confirmed to the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. “Just days ago, I was celebrating my 30th birthday in Las Vegas with my mom, her boyfriend, and my brother. I never imag…
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Patrick Stewart Dead At 86: English Actor Leaves Behind Decades Of Iconic Performances
Patrick Stewart, the iconic British stage actor who became a familiar face in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the "X-Men" films, has died at 86, his representatives announced. Stewart died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home, longtime spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak told The Hollywood Reporter Thursday. His family shared a statement on social media that he died following “a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.” He is survived by two adult children and his wife, singer Sunny Ozell. Bush Novak told THR that loved ones gathere…
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Cocaine, Weed, Guns Found In Large-Scale Police Operation In Capital Region: Troopers
Half a pound of cocaine and two handguns were seized as part of an expansive investigation across Schenectady County on Wednesday, Oct. 28, state police said. Qasim K. Bradford and Ronald C. Anderson, both 47-year-old Schenectady men, were arrested following the searches, New York State Police said. Troopers found more than half a pound of cocaine, cannabis, drug paraphernalia, and two illegal handguns when they searched a property rented by Bradford, according to authorities. In another search at Anderson’s home in Schenectady, investigators found “felony-weight narcotics,” state police s…
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An award-winning writer who spent nearly a decade working on some of the biggest fights on Bravo's "Real Housewives" franchises has found a new way to deal with the drama: killing off the housewives. Fictionally, of course. Timothy Hedden, a longtime reality television editor who worked on "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," "Atlanta," and "Potomac," has released his debut novel, "Dead Housewives of Philadelphia," a murder mystery inspired by his 25 years behind the scenes. After watching thousands of hours of reality TV footage, Hedden decided writing a novel in which housewives get murd…
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Attempted Murder Suspects Arrested Days After Capital Region Shooting: State Police
Two men have been arrested for attempted murder following a shooting in the Capital Region, police said. Devin Mackey, 23, and Demetries Mackey, 21, both of Hudson, are accused of shooting a 44-year-old man on Tuesday, Oct. 20 in Stockport, New York State Police announced Thursday, Oct. 29. Police responded around 4:20 p.m. Oct. 20 to Hill Street in Stockport and located a man suffering from gunshot wounds, authorities said. The victim was rushed to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, state police said. The Mackeys were arrested Monday, Oct. 26, according to state police. …
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Head-On Collision With Box Truck Kills Capital Region Woman, Police Say
A Capital Region driver was killed when her car collided head-on with a box truck on Wednesday, Oct. 28, police said. Lenore M. Nevins, 50, of Coxsackie, was traveling through New Baltimore in a 2023 Nissan Altima on Wednesday morning when the crash occurred, New York State Police said. Nevins was making a left turn from County Route 51 to head north on Route 9W around 10:30 a.m. when her car entered the southbound lane and struck a southbound 2016 Hino box truck, according to investigators. Nevins was airlifted to Albany Medical Center in critical condition and later pronounced dead, pol…
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PhD Student Who Killed Infant, Abused Twin Baby Brother Sentenced
A former PhD student from New Jersey who killed her friend’s infant son and abused his twin brother was sentenced in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Oct. 28, court records show. Nicole Elizabeth Virzi, 32, of Saddle Brook, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, aggravated assault, and endangering the welfare of children in the death of 6-week-old Leon Katz and injuries to his twin brother. Leon was alert, behaving normally, and had no head injuries when his parents left him with Virzi at their Pittsburgh apartment, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, Oct. 29. His p…
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