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Repeat Drunk Driver Who Killed Man Outside Woodbury Diner Gets Years In Prison Repeat Drunk Driver Who Killed Man Outside Woodbury Diner Gets Years In Prison
Repeat Drunk Driver Who Killed Man Outside Woodbury Diner Gets Years In Prison A repeat drunk driver will spend years behind bars for hitting and killing a husband and father outside a Long Island restaurant. Willem Specht, age 63, of Wantagh, was sentenced to between seven and 15 years in prison in Nassau County Court on Wednesday, Sept. 25. It followed his guilty plea to aggravated vehicular homicide and related charges in the death of Joseph Devito. Earlier Report: Repeat Drunk Driver Admits Hitting, Killing Man Outside Woodbury Restaurant Prosecutors said Specht was “highly intoxicated” when he quickly reversed his car from a parking spot, striking the 61…
'How Guilty, Ashamed I Am,' Says Bristol Dad Sentenced For Killing 4-Month-Old Son 'How Guilty, Ashamed I Am,' Says Bristol Dad Sentenced For Killing 4-Month-Old Son
'How Guilty, Ashamed I Am,' Says Bristol Dad Sentenced For Killing 4-Month-Old Son A Bristol Borough man was sentenced to up to three decades in Pennsylvania State Prison for killing his 4-month-old son, authorities said. Tyler Sullivan, 31, was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in state prison on Tuesday, Aug. 27 on murder and child endangerment charges by Common Pleas Judge Gary B. Gilman.  Before being sentenced, Sullivan gave a lengthy, tearful statement, admitting “how guilty and ashamed I am," according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. The baby’s mother and the baby’s aunt both submitted victim impact statements that were read during Tuesday’s hearing…
Child Porn Possession: Former Sports Hall Of Famer From Somers Gets Years In Prison Child Porn Possession: Former Sports Hall Of Famer From Somers Gets Years In Prison
Child Porn Possession: Former Sports Hall Of Famer From Somers Gets Years In Prison A retired teacher and former sports announcer who was once inducted into the Westchester Sports Hall of Fame has been sentenced for receiving child pornography.  Somers resident Richard Leaf, age 76, who is well-known in Westchester for announcing Section 1 boys and girls basketball tournaments for more than three decades, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 2 to a decade in prison for receiving child pornography, according to federal US District Court documents.  Earlier Report - Child Porn Possession: Sports Hall Of Famer From Hudson Valley Pleads Guilty According to federal pr…
DC Metro Rider Gets Prison Time For Unprompted Attack During Morning Commute: Feds DC Metro Rider Gets Prison Time For Unprompted Attack During Morning Commute: Feds
DC Metro Rider Gets Prison Time For Unprompted Attack During Morning Commute: Feds There was no love in the air for a District man on Valentine's Day this year after he was sentenced to prison time for accosting a man nearly three years ago. On Wednesday, federal authorities announced that 36-year-old DC resident Neal Pitt has been sentenced by a judge to 24 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after being convicted of assault with significant bodily injury for an attack on the L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station platform in March 2021. During the morning commute on March 9, 2021, federal prosecutors said that Daniel Olsen was heading to work when…
Second Feuding Street Gang Member Sentenced For Fatal Courtyard Shooting In Southeast DC Second Feuding Street Gang Member Sentenced For Fatal Courtyard Shooting In Southeast DC
Second Feuding Street Gang Member Sentenced For Fatal Courtyard Shooting In Southeast DC A 23-year-old District man who was involved in a criminal street gang will spend decades behind bars for his role in what prosecutors called a "brazen" shooting. Quincy Garvin was sentenced by a judge to 36 years in prison for shooting into a courtyard in the Potomac Gardens area of Southeast DC in 2017 and killing Carl Hardy, who was standing outside, federal authorities announced. Between May 2017 and October 2017, Garvin was part of a gang that operated out of Wellington Park, which resulted in a number of "beefs" with other people in parts of the city, many of which were the result of f…
Violent Yonkers Assault Leaves Victim With Severe Brain Injuries: 3 More Sentenced Violent Yonkers Assault Leaves Victim With Severe Brain Injuries: 3 More Sentenced
Violent Yonkers Assault Leaves Victim With Severe Brain Injuries: 3 More Sentenced Three more people will spend time in prison for taking part in a violent street assault in Westchester that left a victim with a traumatic brain injury after being repeatedly kicked, officials said.  The three men, whose sentences were announced by the Westchester County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday, May 2, took part in a June 2021 gang assault in Yonkers that targeted a 33-year-old man and left him with severe injuries, DA officials said.  Earlier Report - Yonkers Gang Member Found Guilty Of Street Assault, Faces Sentencing: DA The assault was carried out by the “300 Bloodhound …
Central Jersey Man Admits To Killing Stranger Because Of His Race: Prosecutor Central Jersey Man Admits To Killing Stranger Because Of His Race: Prosecutor
Central Jersey Man Admits To Killing Stranger Because Of His Race: Prosecutor A Middlesex County man who attacked and killed a stranger solely motivated by the victim’s race, has been sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 35 years, authorities said. Jamil Hubbard, 30, of Sayreville was sentenced Tuesday April 25 in the death of 56-year-old Jerry Wolkowitz, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. At approximately 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, members of the Freehold Township Police Department and other first responders rushed to the Chesterfield Apartments on Harding Road on a report of a physical altercation…
Gunman Who Killed Music Artist In Virginia Recording Studio Learns His Fate Gunman Who Killed Music Artist In Virginia Recording Studio Learns His Fate
Gunman Who Killed Music Artist In Virginia Recording Studio Learns His Fate A 47-year-old Washington DC man convicted of killing a 32-year-old man in a Virginia recording studio then fleeing to Maryland has been sentenced to prison time. Cinquan Louis Blakney entered an Alford plea of no contest to a second-degree murder charge in the 2019 Woodbridge shooting death of Tristan Sellers, on Thursday, April 13, Prince William County Commonwealth Attorney Amy Ashworth said. Judge James A. Willett subsequently sentenced Blakney to 40 years in state prison with 20 years suspended, and five years of supervised probation upon release. Sellers, who went by "Slim Tristan," w…
Man Sentenced For Role In Attempted Robbery Of New Haven Restaurant Where Employee Was Shot Man Sentenced For Role In Attempted Robbery Of New Haven Restaurant Where Employee Was Shot
Man Sentenced For Role In Attempted Robbery Of New Haven Restaurant Where Employee Was Shot A Connecticut man has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison for his role in the attempted robbery of a restaurant in 2015, during which an employee was shot. Tythrone Ford, age 28, of New Haven, was sentenced on Tuesday, March 15 for the April 2015 incident, said Leonard C Boyle, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in court, at approximately 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 11, 2015, Ford, Treizy Lopez, and another man entered the Smokin’ Wings restaurant, located on Congress Avenue in New Haven, and demanded money at gu…
Man Sentenced For Holiday Time Burglary Spree In Westchester, Ordered To Pay Thousands Man Sentenced For Holiday Time Burglary Spree In Westchester, Ordered To Pay Thousands
Man Sentenced For Holiday Time Burglary Spree In Westchester, Ordered To Pay Thousands A 43-year-old man who went on a holiday-time crime spree in Westchester will spend a decade behind bars after admitting to burglary and robbery charges. Yonkers resident German Martinez was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty on nine counts for a spree that started the day after Christmas in 2019 and continued into the first week of the New Year. Specifically, Martinez pleaded guilty to: Two counts of first-degree burglary; One count of robbery; Six counts of second-degree burglary. Prosecutors said that Martinez broke into several Westchester residences in a burglary …