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Bogus Pizza Deliveryman Targeted Pennsylvania Asian-American Home In 'Disturbing' Trend: Police Bogus Pizza Deliveryman Targeted Pennsylvania Asian-American Home In 'Disturbing' Trend: Police
Bogus Pizza Deliveryman Targeted Pennsylvania Asian-American Home In 'Disturbing' Trend: Police A New York man accused of dressing up as a pizza delivery driver to burglarize the Abington home of an Asian-American business owner has been extradited from Riker's Island to the Montgomery County Jail, authorities said. Fredy Alexander Beltran-Ortiz, a 25-year-old Queens, NY resident, was slapped with five felony burglary-related charges on Monday, Aug. 14, Abington police said. Beltran-Ortiz participated in the "disturbing crime trend" of "targeting the homes of Asian-American business owners due to the stereotype that Asian business owners have items of high value in their homes, invest…
Gunman Wanted In Deadly Reading Shooting Captured In NYC Gunman Wanted In Deadly Reading Shooting Captured In NYC
Gunman Wanted In Deadly Reading Shooting Captured In NYC A gunman wanted on a first-degree murder charge in a deadly shooting in Reading earlier this year has been arrested in New York City, authorities said. Deivis Gutiérrez-García, 21, was captured Wednesday, July 6 in the Bronx, Reading Police Chief Richard Tornielli said. He had been wanted in the Feb. 26 shooting death of 23-year-old Jackson Reyes-Negrón, who was found on the 1000 block of Green Street, police said. Investigators accused Gutiérrez-García of fleeing the city shortly after the murder happened. He is being held at NYC's Rikers Island jail and is awaiting extradition…
Suicidal Fair Lawn Man Who Went To Hackensack ER For Help Charged With Killing Bronx Uncle Suicidal Fair Lawn Man Who Went To Hackensack ER For Help Charged With Killing Bronx Uncle
Suicidal Fair Lawn Man Who Went To Hackensack ER For Help Charged With Killing Bronx Uncle UPDATE: A Fair Lawn man accused of shooting his uncle dead in the Bronx earlier this month was being held on Riker’s Island after being extradited to New York from New Jersey to face justice, authorities said. Jonathan Mejia, 24, was brought from the Bergen County Jail to Bronx Criminal Court, where he was formally charged Wednesday with murder, manslaughter and weapons possession. Prosecutors said Mejia shot Daniel Valdez, 43, in victim's home near West 234th Street in the borough's Kingsbridge section after an argument got physical on May 2. Valdez had let Mejia in, then was shot in the …