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Fugitive ‘Blood Feud’ Murderer Captured In New York After 25 Years On The Run: Authorities
A murderous fugitive from Albania wanted for two “blood feud” murders and another killing has been arrested in New York, authorities said. Valentin Ftoni was on the run for more than 25 years before law enforcement caught up with him Thursday, Oct. 8, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Ftoni had been convicted in absentia for killings in 2000 and 2001, according to Albanian news outlet CNA. He murdered a husband and wife in 2000 for “blood feud reasons” and another man in 2001, CNA reported. Upon his return to Albania, Ftoni faces 25 years in prison on both convictions, the U.S. Marshals sai…
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Power Grid Emergency Issued In NY: What To Know About Unusual October Alert
The world's largest power grid operator has issued an emergency alert as unusually warm October weather and widespread equipment outages put pressure on electricity supplies across the region, including New Jersey and Pennsylvania. PJM Interconnection issued a Maximum Generation Alert and Load Management Alert for Tuesday, Oct. 13, as higher electricity demand and planned equipment outages put pressure on the regional power supply. The alerts mean power companies are being asked to keep as much equipment running as possible, including postponing maintenance that could take power plants or t…
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Duct-Taped Passenger Facing Federal Prison
The American Airlines passenger who had to be restrained with duct tape and zip ties during a flight that was diverted to Maryland is now facing a much bigger problem on the ground. Layne Lundeen, 67, of Tucson, Arizona, was indicted on charges stemming from a confrontation aboard a Dallas-to-Newark flight that was diverted to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Anne Arundel County on Thursday, Sept. 3. Federal prosecutors announced the indictment on Tuesday, Oct. 13, alleging that Lundeen assaulted a fellow passenger and interfered with flight attendants and cre…
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Mom Killed Husband, 3-Year-Old Son At Great Wolf Lodge In Poconos: Police
A family vacation at Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos ended with a father and his 3-year-old son stabbed to death inside their hotel room, and the child's mother charged with both killings, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, Oct. 13. Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, of Towanda, Pennsylvania, is charged with two counts of criminal homicide in the deaths of her husband, Charles "Chaz" Harrison, and their 3-year-old son, identified in court documents only as T.H. The killings happened inside Room 2030 at Great Wolf Lodge, located at 1 Great Wolf Drive in Scotrun, Monro…
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Delta Flight From JFK Evacuated Upon Arrival In Israel After Bomb Threat: Reports
A Delta flight from John F. Kennedy Airport to Tel Aviv was evacuated on arrival Tuesday morning, Oct. 13 due to a bomb threat, according to multiple reports. Passengers on Delta Flight 234 were rushed off the plane shortly landing at Ben Gurion Airport, the main commercial airport in Israel, due to the anonymous claim that a bomb was on board, the Jerusalem Post reported. The plane was then moved to a remote parking area on the tarmac and searched by security teams, according to Israeli news source Ynet. Nothing suspicious was found in the aircraft, officials said. Normal operations resum…
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: Humpback Whale Crashes Into Small Boat Off Long Island Coast: ‘Holy!’
A giant humpback whale crashed into a boat off the coast of Long Island on Saturday, Oct. 10. The shocking collision was captured on video by Steven Heid, who shared the clip on social media. The whale approached Heid’s boat quickly as he was fishing in Moriches Inlet, the video shows. It appeared to be feeding, as dozens of fish are seen flying through the air in the moments before the whale slammed into the boat’s side. View this post on Instagram While the whale made solid contact with the side of the boat, appearing to even “bite” the sid…
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Retired UConn Prof’s Son Faces Bomb Charges Years After Dad Said He Gave Him Explosive Material
A Connecticut man charged with making bombs after police searched his home during a domestic disturbance investigation was previously accused of making explosives in a 2010 case that led to his father’s arrest. Aleksi Javanainen, 30, was arrested on Oct. 3 at his home on Hanks Hill Road in Mansfield. He was charged with illegally possessing explosives, manufacturing bombs, and three misdemeanor counts of first-degree reckless endangerment, Connecticut State Police said. According to his arrest warrant, police began investigating after a woman told troopers that Javanainen kept unlocke…
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Severely Emaciated Dog Rescued From NY Home, Husband And Wife Charged: Authorities
A Long Island husband and wife were hit with animal cruelty charges after their dog was found severely emaciated, weighing nearly half his expected weight, authorities said. Michael O’Brien, 39, and Jenecia O’Brien, 37, both of Sound Beach, failed to provide enough food, water, and veterinary care for their dog, Kobe, from early this year into October, the Suffolk County SPCA said Tuesday, Oct. 13. Kobe, a 5-year-old Coonhound-Boxer mix, weighed just 37 pounds when he was brought for veterinary care, well below the expected 65 to 67 pounds for a dog of his breed and age, the SPCA said. Kob…
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Worker Trapped In Asphalt Silo After Falling Backward At NJ Plant
A 26-year-old worker was rescued after he was trapped inside an asphalt bin in New Jersey on Tuesday morning, Oct. 13, authorities said. At 6:03 a.m., officers responded to AE Stone at 1435 Doughty Rd., after Cameron Briggs fell backwards into a recycled asphalt bin, Egg Harbor Township police said. A partial collapse of the asphalt occurred and Briggs, a Mays Landing resident, ended up trapped in a seated position with his legs straight out and asphalt over his waist, police said. Workers called for emergency assistance after they spent 20 minutes trying to free him, police said. Br…
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Selma Blair Seen In Court, Lawyer Provides Apparent Reason For Flight Arrest: Reports
New details are coming to light in the arrest of actress Selma Blair following an apparently bloody flight from Los Angeles to JFK Airport on Sunday, Oct. 11. The "Hellboy" and "Cruel Intentions" actress has been charged with two counts of assault for kicking a Port Authority Police Department officer following what was described as a bloody altercation on a flight from Los Angeles to JFK Airport on Sunday, Oct. 11, ABC News reports. Blair, 54, missed several doses of a "powerful" medication and hit her head before the ordeal, the New York Post reports citing the actress' lawyers. One attor…
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Second Cornell Gang Rape Case Defendant Seeks To Remove NY AG Letitia James From Case: Report
A second man accused in a high-profile sexual assault lawsuit involving Cornell University is seeking to remove New York Attorney General Letitia James from the criminal investigation, arguing that her public comments about the accuser raise questions about her impartiality as special prosecutor. Winston Lee, one of seven former fraternity members named in the lawsuit, filed a motion in Tompkins County criminal court on Friday, Oct. 9, asking a judge to bar James from overseeing the investigation and participating in any future grand jury proceedings, NBC News reported. The filing com…
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Firefighter's Wife, 81, Killed In NY House Fire; Husband Of 62 Years Loses Home
A former pediatric nurse, foster mother, and longtime fire department auxiliary member has been identified as the woman killed in a Capital Region house fire that also left her husband of 62 years, a lifelong firefighter, without a home. Donna A. (Baker) Stewart, 81, died Friday, Oct. 9, after a fire broke out at her home on Old River Road in Niskayuna, according to her obituary published by Bowen & Parker Bros. Funeral Home. Her husband, Robert N. "Rocky" Stewart, a longtime member of the Verdoy Volunteer Fire Department, is now mourning his wife while facing the loss of the home they …
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Loaded Handgun, BB Gun Found On Man, Teen Trespassing In Albany: Police
Loaded Handgun, BB Gun Found On Troy Man, Watervliet Teen Trespassing In Albany: Police A Troy man and a 15-year-old Watervliet boy were caught with a loaded handgun and a BB gun while trespassing on private property in Albany, police announced on Monday, Oct. 12. The arrests happened around 1:40 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, when Albany police officers patrolling near Western Avenue and Quail Street spotted two males trespassing on private property, according to the Albany Police Department. While investigating the trespassing, officers found Niyell J. Pope, 22, of Troy, carrying a loaded 9mm h…
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NY Man Nearly 3 Times Legal Limit Crashes Into Home, Walks Away: Police
A New York man with a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit crashed into an occupied vehicle before slamming into a home and walking away from the scene, police said. Ryan Deveaux, 46, of Green Island, was arrested following the crash near 4th Street and 3rd Avenue in Watervliet shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, according to a release issued by Watervliet police on Monday, Oct. 12. Deveaux first struck an occupied parked vehicle before leaving the roadway and crashing into the side of a residence, investigators said. A witness called 911 and reported seeing the drive…
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Man Who Killed Ex's Boyfriend, Held Her, 4 Kids Hostage Dies After Shooting Self: Police
A 29-year-old Pennsylvania man who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend's current boyfriend, held her and her four children hostage, then shot himself in the head following a multi-county police chase has died, authorities announced Monday, Oct. 12. Tobias John-Allen Click, of Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, was pronounced dead at approximately 8:25 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, by the Cumberland County Coroner's Office, according to an update from East Lampeter Township Police. Click died from injuries sustained from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, police said. His death came one d…
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Sixth Measles Death Reported In US As Outbreak Tops 1,100 Cases
A 39-year-old woman with a recent measles diagnosis has become the US's sixth measles-associated death as the outbreak climbed past 1,100 cases in Pennsylvania. The woman died Saturday, Oct. 10, the Franklin County Coroner’s Office announced Monday, Oct. 12. She had several underlying conditions, including a past diagnosis of measles that had been treated, the coroner said. Her death meets the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s definition of a measles-associated death, according to the advisory. The coroner’s office did not release her name or further details that could identify…
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119 Amtrak Workers Implicated In $12M Fraud Scheme; 2 NY Medical Providers Sentenced
At least 119 Amtrak employees across seven states and Washington, D.C., were implicated in a $12 million health care fraud scheme — the largest employee criminal conspiracy in the railroad's history, federal investigators said. Three men connected to the scheme, including a Pennsylvania Amtrak employee and two New York medical providers, were sentenced in federal court in New Jersey on Wednesday, Oct. 7, and Thursday, Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The defendants were Devon Burt, 53, of Blue Bell, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Michael DeNicola, 64, a former New York pod…
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Erie Family Massacre IDs: Pregnant Mom, 2 Kids, Parents, Brothers, Baby Due In 5 Days
A family preparing to welcome a baby boy in just five days was nearly wiped out in a mass shooting that killed three generations of relatives, including a pregnant mother, her two young children, her parents, and her two brothers, according to family accounts. Angelina Stone, 24, also known online as Dej Shanti, was eight months pregnant with a son she planned to name Kyrie when she was killed alongside her 5-year-old son, Isiah Hodges, and her 22-month-old daughter, Amari'anna, in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday, Oct. 9. Her mother, Michelle Stone, 44, and brothers Matthew Stone II, 19, and …
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NY Army Veteran, SEPTA Bus Driver Gunned Down On Route, Killer Sentenced
A 24-year-old Philadelphia woman who shot and killed a U.S. Army veteran while he was driving a SEPTA bus has been sentenced nearly three years after the murder that left a family grieving and prompted calls for stronger protections for public transit workers. Zhontay Capers was sentenced to 32½ to 67 years in state prison on Friday, Oct. 9, for the Oct. 26, 2023, murder of Bernard Nicholas Gribbin, 48, of Abington, Pennsylvania, according to Philadelphia County court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Saturday, Oct. 10. Gribbin, a 12-year SEPTA employee and Army combat veteran originally…
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Son, 22, Kills Mom After Argument Over Cats, Moving Out: Reports
A 22-year-old Massachusetts man who charged in his mother's death was captured after an hours-long manhunt in Vermont, and 19 firearms were recovered from his room in his parents' basement, according to multiple published reports. Police were called to the Hanafin home on Center Avenue in Reading on Thursday, Oct. 8, for a caller who had found his wife, Andria Hanafin, 49, dead in the kitchen, NBC News reports citing Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan. The couple's 13-year-old son was unharmed, however, the older son, Ryan Hanafin, was missing. Ryan had a license to carry a gun, b…
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Man Murdered, Dismembered PA Ex-GF After Breakup, Dumped Her Body Parts In NY: DA
A 44-year-old Pennsylvania native, grandmother, and nursing assistant was murdered and dismembered by her ex-boyfriend after ending their relationship, with her killer attempting to dispose of her body parts before police intervened, authorities announced. Damon Foy, 50, of Kerhonkson, New York, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Alberta Dale, 44, originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania, in Ulster County Court on Wednesday, Oct. 7, according to a release from the Ulster County District Attorney's Office issued Thursday, Oct. 8. Foy murdered Dale sometime between Sunday, M…
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New York Mom Drove Drunk With 10-Year-Old Daughter In Car: Police
A New York mother was arrested for allegedly driving drunk with her 10-year-old daughter in the car during a late-night traffic stop, police announced on Saturday, Oct. 10. Zaneta Lachapelle, 43, of Freeport, Long Island, was arrested at approximately 10:10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Officers stopped a 2015 Nissan near the intersection of North Grove Street and Lena Avenue in Freeport for a vehicle and traffic law violation, police said. Lachapelle was behind the wheel, and her 10-year-old daughter was a passenger, investigators said. During …
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Pregnant Woman, 3 Children Among 10 Killed In Erie Family Massacre: Police
A woman who was eight months pregnant, a 5-year-old boy, and a 22-month-old girl were among 10 people killed in a mass shooting at a multigenerational Pennsylvania family home, authorities revealed during a Saturday, Oct. 10, press conference. The shooting unfolded around 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, near East Seventh and Perry streets in Erie, where police responding to a ShotSpotter alert and multiple 911 calls discovered two women shot dead outside a residence and additional victims inside, Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said. The two women found outside the home were 51 and 37 years old, police…
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Philadelphia Officer, Dad Shane Seiber, Killed In Ambush; Eric Lewis Charged With Murder
A Philadelphia police officer and father of two young children was killed and another officer was wounded during a struggle with a gunman on a West Philadelphia porch early Saturday, Oct. 10, police said. Officer Shane Seiber, 40, a 10-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department and U.S. Air Force veteran, was pronounced dead at 9:04 a.m. at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, according to police. Eric Lewis, 35, was taken into custody following a SWAT response and faces charges of murder, attempted murder, and numerous related offenses, police said. The Philadelphia police released n…
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Viral ICE Arrest Leaves Children Crying On NJ Street, 2 Under Investigation: Report
Two people are under investigation for allegedly interfering with an ICE arrest in New Jersey that was captured on video as children cried and clung to a woman being detained, NJ Advance Media reports. The arrest happened in Harrison on Wednesday, Oct. 7, and was captured in a now-viral video shared on Facebook by EllaBella Garcia. The clip, just under one minutes and 30 seconds, shows several children crying and clinging to a woman as immigration agents attempt to take her into custody. The video has drawn widespread attention, with approximately 8,500 reactions, 1,800 comments and 3,…
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Drunk ATV Rider Flips Vehicle With Helmetless Child Aboard In Capital Region: Police
A drunk ATV rider who crashed the vehicle with a child on board has been arrested in the Capital Region, police said Friday, Oct. 9. Theresa Langevin, 57, of Milford, NH, rolled the ATV in a crash in Columbia County on Sunday, July 5, New York State police said. Langevin was in the area of Mahar Road and Frees Road in New Lebanon, according to police. She lost control of the vehicle, causing it to overturn and slide before coming to rest against an earth embankment, investigators said. Both Langevin and the child were not wearing helmets, and she was transported to Albany Medical Center wi…
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NY Man Wearing Suggestive Shirt Arrested For Child Porn: State Police
A New York man was arrested on child porn charges Tuesday, Oct. 6 following a search of his home, police said. Robert J. Bush, 50, of Gouverneur, was wearing a shirt that read: “TO DO LIST: YOUR MOM” when he was arrested, according to a photo released by New York State Police. Authorities searched Bush’s home in the early morning hours Tuesday and found evidence that led to Bush facing charges of possession and promotion of child porn, state troopers said. He was arraigned in Gouverneur Town Court and booked into St. Lawrence County jail, according to authorities. The investigation is ongo…
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Albany Gunfire Suspect Tracked To Watervliet Home, Held Without Bail: Police
A Capital Region man who shot up an Albany intersection earlier this year was arrested Thursday, Oct. 8, police said. Quantay R. Pitts, 27, of Watervliet, was captured Thursday morning at a home in the town, the Albany Police Department said. Officers responded to the area of First Street and Quail Street on Wednesday, Aug. 19, around 9:15 p.m. for reports of gunfire, police said. The cops found evidence of someone shooting at the scene, but no injuries were reported, officials said. Following an investigation, Pitts was identified as the shooting suspect and arrested Thursday with help f…
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‘Boy Meets World’ Star Will Friedle Rushed To Hospital After He Began Peeing Blood
"Boy Meets World" star Will Friedle opened up about a recent health scare after he began urinating blood and his face turned a ghostly white color. The Hartford-born actor, who played Eric Matthews, older brother to Cory, shared his account on the “Pod Meets World” podcast Thursday, Oct. 8. Doctors diagnosed him with a kidney stone. Friedle, 50, said he first spotted the blood during a bathroom trip in the middle of the night. He and his wife, Susan Martens, decided to go to the hospital after she noticed his pale face, according to Page Six. He was still dealing with the stone when …
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Drunk Motorcycle Rider Tracked Down After Fleeing Saratoga County Crash: Police
A Capital Region man with a lengthy criminal history fled a drunken car crash but was later arrested, police said Friday, Oct. 9. Michael D. Redd, 24, of Ballston Spa, was riding a motorcycle when he collided with a car around 3:25 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3 in Milton, New York State Police said. Redd fled the scene at Lewis Road and West Milton Road on his motorcycle, but troopers tracked him to his residence and arrested him without further incident, state police said. Both Redd and the 30-year-old woman driving the vehicle were not injured in the wreck, according to police. Redd’s BAC was me…
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Hearing Set On Bid To Remove NY AG Letitia James From Cornell Gang Rape Investigation: Report
A judge has scheduled a hearing to consider whether New York Attorney General Letitia James should be removed from the investigation into an alleged gang rape at Cornell University after one of the accused men challenged her appointment as special prosecutor, according to reports. The hearing is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 29, at 2 p.m. in Monticello, Los Angeles Magazine reported on Friday, Oct. 9. The legal challenge was filed by Gillio Lopes, one of seven men accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually assaulting a former Cornell student at the university's Chi Phi fraternity hou…
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