Cody Balmer Set Fire At Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Residence While Family Slept, State Police Say Cody Balmer Set Fire At Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Residence While Family Slept, State Police Say
Cody Balmer Set Fire At Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Residence While Family Slept, State Police Say A Harrisburg man is accused of setting fire to the Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept inside, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Sunday, April 13. The blaze broke out around 2 a.m. at the mansion on North Front Street in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, authorities said. Shapiro, his wife Lori, and their children were safely evacuated by Pennsylvania State Police and Capitol Police after troopers banged on their door to wake them. The Harrisburg Bureau of Fire quickly extinguished the flames. No injuries were reported, though the fire caused “signi…
Ex-BF Tried Stabbing Woman To Death During Kidnapping In Hudson Valley, Jury Finds Ex-BF Tried Stabbing Woman To Death During Kidnapping In Hudson Valley, Jury Finds
Ex-BF Tried Stabbing Woman To Death During Kidnapping In Hudson Valley, Jury Finds A Hudson Valley man was convicted of attempted murder after kidnapping, choking, and trying to stab his ex-girlfriend to death, jurors found. Orlando Williams, 55, of Hudson, was also found guilty of kidnapping, strangulation, and related charges by a Columbia County jury on Wednesday, April 9, stemming from the horrific attack in March 2024. Hudson Police found the victim “distressed” and covered in mud following the attack at her Hudson apartment at around 10:30 p.m. on March 14, 2024, as Daily Voice reported. She told investigators that she was alone smoking a cigarette on her back deck…
Would-Be Assassin Admits Plot To Kill Supreme Court Justice In Maryland: DOJ Would-Be Assassin Admits Plot To Kill Supreme Court Justice In Maryland: DOJ
Would-Be Assassin Admits Plot To Kill Supreme Court Justice In Maryland: DOJ A California man who traveled across the country armed with a gun, ammo, zip ties, and a crowbar to kill a sitting Supreme Court justice in Maryland has pleaded guilty, federal prosecutors announced. Nicholas John Roske, age 29, of Simi Valley, admitted in court that he flew from Los Angeles to Dulles International Airport in June 2022, carrying a firearm and ammunition in his checked luggage.  From there, he took a taxi to a Montgomery County neighborhood, where he planned to assassinate a Supreme Court Justice at their home, according to the Department of Justice. He was reportedly …
Doctor Accused Of Trying To Kill Wife On Hawaii Hiking Trail: Reports Doctor Accused Of Trying To Kill Wife On Hawaii Hiking Trail: Reports
Doctor Accused Of Trying To Kill Wife On Hawaii Hiking Trail: Reports A former UPMC anesthesiologist and assistant professor is accused of trying to kill his wife during a birthday hike in Hawaii, authorities announced. Gerhardt Konig, 46, a former University of Pittsburgh and UPMC doctor, pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder during a virtual court appearance on Monday, April 7, according to CBS News Pittsburgh. Konig allegedly attacked his wife, Arielle Konig, 36, during a March 24 hike on the Pali Puka Trail on Oahu, according to ABC News. Arielle refused to take a selfie near the cliff's edge, prompting Konig to shove her into the bushes w…
Stabbing Suspect In US Illegally Tried Escaping NY Interrogation Room With Paperclip: Cops Stabbing Suspect In US Illegally Tried Escaping NY Interrogation Room With Paperclip: Cops
Stabbing Suspect In US Illegally Tried Escaping NY Interrogation Room With Paperclip: Cops An attempted murder suspect in the United States illegally attempted to escape a New York interrogation room using a paperclip, police said. Albino Zacarias-Garcia, 24, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and related charges by Troy Police on Wednesday, April 2. Officers initially responded to a Troy alley near 2nd and Harrison streets for a reported assault at around 1 p.m. Monday, March 31, police said. A 65-year-old victim told investigators he had been attacked with a sharp object. He was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Surveillance footage and w…
Psychiatric Escapee Punched Doctor At Orange County Hospital, Gets Attempted Murder Charge: DA Psychiatric Escapee Punched Doctor At Orange County Hospital, Gets Attempted Murder Charge: DA
Psychiatric Escapee Punched Doctor At Orange County Hospital, Gets Attempted Murder Charge: DA A psychiatric patient who violently attacked his psychiatrist and escaped from Garnet Health Medical Center in Orange County has now been indicted for attempted murder, prosecutors announced. Christopher Morgan, 40, of Monroe, was arraigned on Tuesday, March 18, in Orange County Court on charges stemming from the brutal assault at the behavioral health unit of the hospital in Wallkill earlier this month, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced on Wednesday, March 19. Morgan was initially charged with felony robbery after authorities captured him in Port Jervis on Friday, Mar…
Man Who Murdered 9-Year-Old, Parents In Orange County Learns His Fate, DA Says Man Who Murdered 9-Year-Old, Parents In Orange County Learns His Fate, DA Says
Man Who Murdered 9-Year-Old, Parents In Orange County Learns His Fate, DA Says An Orange County man who executed a family inside their home, including a nine-year-old child, has earned quite a lengthy sentence, authorities announced.  On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, Kaliek Goode-Ford, 35, was sentenced to life without parole in Orange County Court by Judge Craig Stephen Brown, according to Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler.  Goode-Ford was convicted in January of all charges against him, including three counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and weapons possession, for the 2020 massacre in Newburgh. During the trial, prosecutors detaile…
Teen Gets Attempted Murder Charge After Shooting In Orange County: Police Teen Gets Attempted Murder Charge After Shooting In Orange County: Police
Teen Gets Attempted Murder Charge After Shooting In Orange County: Police A 17-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a 2023 Orange County shooting that left a man with four gunshot wounds, police announced.  The shooting happened in Newburgh on June 7, 2023, at approximately 5:06 p.m., when police responded to 26 Liberty Street for a report of shots fired, the City of Newburgh Police Department announced on Thursday, March 13.  Shortly after the gunfire, authorities were told that a male victim had arrived at Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital with four gunshot wounds. Fortunately, the victim survived the attack. A…
Man Who Stabbed Salman Rushdie Over Dozen Times In NY Convicted Of Attempted Murder Man Who Stabbed Salman Rushdie Over Dozen Times In NY Convicted Of Attempted Murder
Man Who Stabbed Salman Rushdie Over Dozen Times In NY Convicted Of Attempted Murder A New Jersey man who repeatedly stabbed author Salman Rushdie on stage at a New York speaking engagement was convicted of attempted murder. Hadi Matar, 27, of Fairview, was also found guilty of assault in Chautauqua County Court on Friday, Feb. 21, for injuring another attendee following two hours of jury deliberations, Buffalo NBC affiliate WGRZ reports. Matar faces up to 25 years in prison when he's sentenced in April. The attack happened at around 10:45 a.m. on Aug. 12, 2022, as Rushdie was about to begin lecturing at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, located about 70 miles sou…
Convicted Murderer Tries To Have Mom Of His Child Killed In Orange County, Gets More Jail Time Convicted Murderer Tries To Have Mom Of His Child Killed In Orange County, Gets More Jail Time
Convicted Murderer Tries To Have Mom Of His Child Killed In Orange County, Gets More Jail Time An already-convicted murderer will spend the rest of his life behind bars for attempting to have the mother of his child killed in 2011 in the Hudson Valley, prosecutors announced.  On Monday, Feb. 10, Newburgh resident Cornelius Stubbs, age 53, was sentenced in Orange County Court following his conviction for first-degree attempted murder, the Orange County DA's Office announced. The sentence will run consecutively to a life-without-parole sentence Stubbs is already serving for a separate 2019 murder case. The conviction stems from an October 2011 incident in which Stubbs ordered an …
14-Year-Old Faces Up To Life In Jail For Fatally Shooting Man At Park In Hudson Valley: DA 14-Year-Old Faces Up To Life In Jail For Fatally Shooting Man At Park In Hudson Valley: DA
14-Year-Old Faces Up To Life In Jail For Fatally Shooting Man At Park In Hudson Valley: DA A 14-year-old boy from Connecticut faces life in prison after being charged with murder in connection with a deadly Yonkers shooting that left one man dead and another wounded, officials said. The 14-year-old Fairfield County resident from Stratford was indicted and arraigned on Thursday, Jan. 30, in Westchester County Court's Youth Part in connection with a fatal shooting at Yonkers' Doyle Park in August 2024, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced. According to the DA's Office, at around 5 p.m. on Aug. 26, 2024, the defendant allegedly opened fire and fatally shot 29-…
Man Who Murdered 9-Year-Old, Parents In Orange County Convicted Of All Charges Man Who Murdered 9-Year-Old, Parents In Orange County Convicted Of All Charges
Man Who Murdered 9-Year-Old, Parents In Orange County Convicted Of All Charges A 35-year-old man has been found guilty on all charges for a horrific Hudson Valley shooting that left three people dead, including a 9-year-old child, and critically injured a 3-year-old boy.  Orange County resident Kaliek Goode-Ford of Newburgh, age 35, was convicted on Thursday, Jan. 23 on all charges connected to a January 2020 shooting in the town of Newburgh that left three people dead, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced. He now faces up to life in prison without parole when he is sentenced on Tuesday, March 18.  During the shooting, Goode-For…