Shots Fired At Mom’s Boyfriend’s Truck Lands Waynesboro Man Attempted Homicide Charges: Police
A man is jailed after police said he fired multiple shots at his mother’s boyfriend’s truck in Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Wednesday, May 7.
Jayson Jr. Montalvo, 22, of Waynesboro, was charged with criminal attempt homicide, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, and propulsion of missiles into an occupied vehicle or roadway following the shooting on West Fourth Street around 10:18 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, according to Waynesboro Police.
Officers responded to the Turkey Hill on the 300 block of West Main Street after the victim reported that his girlfriend’s …
Waterbury Teen Extradited From PA, Charged With Fatal Shooting Outside Restaurant: Cops
A teenager accused in a deadly shooting outside of a restaurant is back in Connecticut after being captured in Pennsylvania following a two-year investigation and manhunt, authorities said.
Desire Aitken, 19, of Waterbury, was arrested in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, on April 10, police said. She was extradited to Waterbury last week, where officers served her arrest warrant.
The case stems from a Jan. 30, 2024, killing near the former Bertie's West Indian & American Restaurant on North Main Street, Waterbury.
Waterbury officers responded to 928 North Main St. short…
Vacuum Attack Leads To Felony Charge For Woman In Yorktown: Police
A woman is facing a felony charge after police said she struck a victim with a vacuum during a dispute in Northern Westchester.
Ljendita Gjonbalaj, 52, of Yorktown, was arrested on Wednesday, April 22, and charged with attempted second-degree assault, a felony, the Yorktown Police Department announced this week.
Officers were dispatched to a home just after 1 p.m. on the day of the arrest for a reported physical domestic incident. The victim told police he had been assaulted by Gjonbalaj, authorities said.
Following an investigation, police allege that during the altercation, Gjonbal…
Hamden Man Convicted In Deadly New Haven Shooting Of 27-Year-Old Learns His Fate
A Connecticut man will spend decades behind bars for a deadly shooting that left one person dead and another seriously hurt in a New Haven neighborhood.
Treyvon Battle, 35, of Hamden, was sentenced to serve 80 years in prison on Wednesday, April 22, the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice said.
A jury found Battle guilty of murder, first-degree assault, criminal possession of a firearm, and carrying a pistol without a permit in January.
The charges stem from a shooting that happened on May 27, 2017, on Dickerman Street in New Haven.
Prosecutors said Battle opened fi…
Schenectady Dad Who Slugged Fellow Father At Play Area Convicted Of Assault
A New York man who punched another father in the face outside a children’s play area was convicted of assault on Wednesday, April 22, authorities said.
Joshua Hunter, 47, was found guilty of third-degree assault and seven counts of child endangerment, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said.
Hunter, of Schenectady, was at The Littles Play Café in Latham on Feb. 23, 2025, when he spotted another man speaking with his daughter, investigators said.
He then yelled at the 43-year-old man and they stepped out of the facility, at which point Hunter punched the other man in the face, aut…
Three Arrested After Stabbing At Atlantic City Resort: Police
Two Newark residents and a Maryland man were arrested and charged after a man was stabbed and a woman assaulted at a resort in Atlantic City, authorities announced Wednesday, April 15.
At 10:37 p.m. on Sunday, April 5, officers responded to the Showboat Resort and and located a 38-year-old Severn, Maryland woman who had been assaulted, Atlantic City police said. She was transferred to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The stabbing victim, Quheem Whitehead, a 38-year-old Newark resident, later arrived at a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
After a…
Deadly Week Behind Bars: Three NY Inmates Killed in Separate Attacks
Three prisoners were killed in New York State prisons within five days last week, state police said Monday, April 13.
All three men were killed in altercations with other prisoners, according to New York State Police. Additional charges against the three suspects are pending.
The first incident was discovered Monday, April 6 around 4:30 p.m. at Upstate Correctional Facility in Malone, police said. Michael Campbell, 51, was found lying dead under a sheet, according to investigators.
Cops determined Campbell’s cellmate, Andrew Hernandez, had strangled him to death with a shoelace, according …
