NY Teacher Who Admitted Raping Teen Student Ripped By Judge At Sentencing: ‘Twisted Fantasy’ NY Teacher Who Admitted Raping Teen Student Ripped By Judge At Sentencing: ‘Twisted Fantasy’
NY Teacher Who Admitted Raping Teen Student Ripped By Judge At Sentencing: ‘Twisted Fantasy’ A Capital Region high school teacher was living in a “twisted fantasy, false reality” when he started a sexual relationship with his 16-year-old student, a judge said at his sentencing hearing Friday, Aug. 21. Drake Galarneau, 36, of Cohoes, got four years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of third-degree rape, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said. “What sort of twisted fantasy, false reality were you living in, sir, to think this was appropriate or somehow right for you as a teacher to have a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student?” Judge Roger McDonough as…
Man Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Young Child Multiple Times In Orange County: DA Man Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Young Child Multiple Times In Orange County: DA
Man Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Young Child Multiple Times In Orange County: DA An Orange County man has admitted to sexually abusing a child younger than 13 over a period of several months and is expected to spend nearly two decades in prison, prosecutors said.  New Windsor resident Howard Fitts, 37, pleaded guilty to first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child in Orange County Court on Tuesday, Aug. 18, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced on Friday, Aug. 21.  During his plea, Fitts admitted that between December 2024 and May 2025, he engaged in two or more acts of sexual conduct with a child who was younger than 13, according t…
Thieves Steal Verizon Cable Along Road In Hudson Valley — Police Seek Help Thieves Steal Verizon Cable Along Road In Hudson Valley — Police Seek Help
Thieves Steal Verizon Cable Along Road In Hudson Valley — Police Seek Help Police in Sullivan County are asking for the public's help after thieves stole a large amount of Verizon network cable from utility poles along Route 42.  The theft happened in Woodbourne during the overnight hours of Thursday, Aug. 13, into Friday, Aug. 14, the Fallsburg Police Department announced on Friday, Aug. 21.  According to police, a large quantity of Verizon network cable connected to utility poles along Route 42 was stolen.  The theft occurred in the area of the prison fields between the Woodbourne Mobil gas station and the Town of Fallsburg Department of Public W…
Ex-Abercrombie CEO Competent For Sex Trafficking Trial, Called Possible Ruling ‘Disaster’: Docs Ex-Abercrombie CEO Competent For Sex Trafficking Trial, Called Possible Ruling ‘Disaster’: Docs
Ex-Abercrombie CEO Competent For Sex Trafficking Trial, Called Possible Ruling ‘Disaster’: Docs Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries is competent to stand trial on sex trafficking charges, a judge ruled Thursday, Aug. 20. Jeffries, 82, was previously ruled incompetent to aid in his own defense, but following an extended controversy over his mental state, Judge Nusrat Choudhury compiled a 157-page decision that he would face the charges. “Jeffries clearly possesses a rational and factual understanding of the proceedings to adjudicate his criminal charges,” Choudhury wrote. “Jeffries has learned and retained adequate information about the interstate prostitution and sex t…
Man Caught With Child Sexual Abuse Images After Search Of Hudson Valley Home: DA Man Caught With Child Sexual Abuse Images After Search Of Hudson Valley Home: DA
Man Caught With Child Sexual Abuse Images After Search Of Hudson Valley Home: DA A Rockland County man has been arrested after prosecutors said they found numerous images depicting the sexual exploitation of children on electronic devices seized from his home.   Garnerville resident Chrisner Joseph, age 34, was arraigned on Tuesday, Aug. 18, in West Haverstraw Justice Court on a felony complaint charging him with possessing a sexual performance by a child, Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced on Friday, Aug. 21. The investigation began in April when the Rockland County District Attorney’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force re…
NY Man Strangled Girlfriend With Shirt Before She Pepper Sprayed Him To Escape: DA NY Man Strangled Girlfriend With Shirt Before She Pepper Sprayed Him To Escape: DA
NY Man Strangled Girlfriend With Shirt Before She Pepper Sprayed Him To Escape: DA A Westchester man has been indicted on a dozen charges after prosecutors said he strangled his girlfriend until she lost consciousness, attacked her with a knife, and later repeatedly violated an order of protection.  Yonkers resident Otoniel Morel Tejeda, 37, was arraigned on a 12-count indictment on Friday, Aug. 21, Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced.  The charges stem from an alleged attack inside the couple's Yonkers home at around 12:30 a.m. on Feb. 21. According to prosecutors, Tejeda pushed his girlfriend into a wall and threatened to kill…
Ex-Fiancé Honors Hayden Panettiere With Emotional Birthday Tribute: 'You Are Missed' Ex-Fiancé Honors Hayden Panettiere With Emotional Birthday Tribute: 'You Are Missed'
Ex-Fiancé Honors Hayden Panettiere With Emotional Birthday Tribute: 'You Are Missed' Hayden Panettiere's ex-fiancé shared an emotional tribute on what would have been her 37th birthday as Neutrogena responded to backlash over its past treatment of her. Former world champion boxer Wladimir Klitschko shared the tribute in an Instagram post on Friday, Aug. 21. It came five days after the Rockland County, New York, native was found unresponsive at an apartment complex in Greenville, South Carolina. Panettiere and Klitschko had an on-and-off relationship for about a decade. They were engaged in 2013 and welcomed their daughter, Kaya, in 2014. Klitschko gaine…
US Attorney, 48, Found Dead Inside Federal Office Building US Attorney, 48, Found Dead Inside Federal Office Building
US Attorney, 48, Found Dead Inside Federal Office Building A federal prosecutor with decades of public service was found dead inside a government building, prompting an investigation and expressions of grief from colleagues. Assistant US Attorney Andrew Haden, 48, was found Wednesday, Aug. 19, inside a vacant office at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building in downtown San Diego. Haden had been reported missing late Wednesday before San Diego police located his body hours later, according to multiple reports.  The San Diego Police Department said investigators found no evidence of foul play, and the Medical Examiner’s Office is investigating…
Trump's Name Could Replace Pearl Harbor Hero On Aircraft Carrier: Report Trump's Name Could Replace Pearl Harbor Hero On Aircraft Carrier: Report
Trump's Name Could Replace Pearl Harbor Hero On Aircraft Carrier: Report Naval officials are reportedly considering naming an aircraft carrier after President Donald Trump instead of a heroic Black sailor amid Trump's efforts to attach his branding to federal institutions. The Navy is working to rename the USS Doris Miller, a Ford-class aircraft carrier still under construction, CNN reported on Thursday, Aug. 20. Two sources said officials have discussed naming the carrier after Trump, which would be unprecedented for a sitting president. The ship was named for Doris "Dorie" Miller during Trump's first term in January 2020. Miller helped injured crew m…
Child's Severed Ear Found In Home After Dogs' 2nd Attack; 3 Charged: Court Docs Child's Severed Ear Found In Home After Dogs' 2nd Attack; 3 Charged: Court Docs
Child's Severed Ear Found In Home After Dogs' 2nd Attack; 3 Charged: Court Docs A portion of a 6-year-old girl's ear was found inside a Lebanon County home after two dogs mauled her — their second serious attack on a young child at the residence — according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Aug. 21. Rebecca Hresko, 31, and her parents, Andrew "Andy" Hresko, 70, and Debra Hresko, 61, of the Hresko family, who run Hresko's Bar-B-Que Pit, have been charged for their respective roles in the attacks involving the family's dogs, Chip and Zeus, at their South Lebanon Township home. Rebecca Hresko faces First-Degree Felony Aggravated Assault of a Child, Sec…
NY Animal Rescuer Charged After Pug Dies; 44 Cats, Dogs Found In U-Haul: Police NY Animal Rescuer Charged After Pug Dies; 44 Cats, Dogs Found In U-Haul: Police
NY Animal Rescuer Charged After Pug Dies; 44 Cats, Dogs Found In U-Haul: Police A New York woman transporting dozens of rescue animals to Oklahoma was arrested in Pennsylvania after police found 45 animals packed inside a U-Haul without water and a severely injured pug that had to be euthanized, authorities announced on Friday, Aug. 21. Selma T. Kizil, 57, told Derry Township police she runs an animal rescue on Long Island and was moving the animals to her new home in Oklahoma City when officers discovered them at the Hershey Animal Emergency Center around 9:09 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, according to the department. Officers found the animals throughout the front and bac…
Alex Jones’ $50M Sandy Hook Judgment Slashed To $1.5M In Texas Ruling: Report Alex Jones’ $50M Sandy Hook Judgment Slashed To $1.5M In Texas Ruling: Report
Alex Jones’ $50M Sandy Hook Judgment Slashed To $1.5M In Texas Ruling: Report A Texas appeals court handed Alex Jones a major legal victory by cutting a $50 million judgment against him to $1.5 million, according to Bloomberg Law.  However, the ruling does not affect the $1.4B judgment against him in Connecticut.  The unanimous ruling came Friday, Aug. 21, in the 2022 jury trial involving Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son, Jesse Lewis,  was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.  The parents sued Jones and his media company, Free Speech Systems LLC. Jones had claimed publicly that the shooting never happ…