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: Blood-Soaked Ex-Rikers Guard Charged NY Cops With Knife Before Fatal Shooting, AG Says
Long Island police officers were legally justified in using deadly force against an ex-Rikers Island jail guard during a welfare check, New York Attorney General Letitia James said. Bruce Boyd, 54, was shot to death by Suffolk County Police after he charged at them with a knife raised at his Brentwood home on Wurz Street Friday, April 4, according to police. A report released Thursday, Nov. 13, by the AG’s Office of Special Investigation concluded that prosecutors would not be able to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt that officers acted lawfully. New York Attorney General’s Office…
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Repeat Armed Robber Could Die In Prison Following Latest NY Convenience Store Holdup
A repeat armed robber could spend the rest of his life behind bars following his latest holdup in the Hudson Valley. Bryan Robinson, 38, of Monticello, was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison as a persistent violent felony offender in Sullivan County Court on Thursday, Aug. 7. It came after a jury convicted him of first-degree robbery and related charges for holding up a Monticello convenience store at knifepoint. Robinson entered the Citgo Gas Station on State Route 42 on Sept. 17, 2023, wearing a face covering and armed with a knife. He went behind the counter, threatened to kill th…
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Home Intruder Tried Stabbing Residents In Region, Police Say
A man armed with a knife tried breaking into a Hudson Valley home before attempting to stab residents inside, police said. Emergency crews in Ulster County responded to an Ellenville residence on Mill Street for an armed home invasion at around 5:45 a.m Tuesday, July 22, according to Ellenville Police. Residents told arriving officers that a man armed with a knife had climbed up onto a small porch and removed a security camera before smashing out a window to get inside. As the man was trying to get inside, he was confronted by occupants and began to stab at them through the window, polic…
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: Mugshot Released Of Ex-College Soccer Star Accused In Brother's NJ Murder
Daily Voice has exclusively obtained the mugshot of 31-year-old Matthew Hertgen, a former Wesleyan University soccer player accused of murder in his brother Joseph Hertgen's death. Hertgen's charges were announced Monday, Feb. 24, by Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey, following the Saturday, Feb. 22 death of 26-year-old Joseph Hertgen in Princeton. Matthew is also charged with third- and fourth-degree weapons offenses for allegedly possessing a knife and a golf club, as well as third-degree animal cruelty for the death of a cat found inside the apartment, Marbrey said. The NY…
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Suspect Nabbed In Region After Knifepoint Robbery Leads To Cross-State Manhunt
From a FedEx delivery to a high-stakes chase, a cross-state manhunt ended in the dramatic arrest in New York of a suspect from Pennsylvania who allegedly fled from a knifepoint robbery in Connecticut. The Putnam County Sheriff's Office just released details on the chain of events that began Monday, Sept. 30, at approximately 3:45 p.m. when it received a description of a vehicle and suspect that had just been involved in the Litchfield County incident in the town of New Milford. The robbery occurred when the suspect followed a victim home after the person retrieved a FedEx package…
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Hudson Valley Man Charged With Burglary After Forcibly Entering Motel Room With Knife: Police
A Hudson Valley man is behind bars after allegedly breaking into a motel room with a knife. The incident occurred in Dutchess County at the Pine Grove Motel in Beekman at 6:40 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1. According to Capt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a call of a burglary in progress. Watterson said an investigation found that Christopher Oritz, age 42, of Beekman, had forcibly entered a motel room while armed with a knife. "This incident is not believed to be random, and there were no injuries as a result," Watterson sai…
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