Tag:

Criminal Complaint

‘Curiosity Killed The Cat’: Students Face Charges After Prank At Virginia High School ‘Curiosity Killed The Cat’: Students Face Charges After Prank At Virginia High School
‘Curiosity Killed The Cat’: Students Face Charges After Prank At Virginia High School Two Stafford High School students learned the hard way that curiosity doesn’t always end well after pulling a fire alarm “just to see what would happen,” authorities said. The incident happened Monday at 12:40 p.m. at Stafford High School on Stafford Indians Lane, according to the sheriff's office. Deputy R.B. Brooks and Fire Marshal J. Ennis responded to a fire alarm activation that wasn’t part of a scheduled drill, officials said, and while reviewing security footage, the pair identified two students as the culprits behind the false alarm. When questioned about their actions, the student…
Stafford Teens Nabbed After 'Coin-Operated' Crime Nets Laughable Loot, Sheriff Says Stafford Teens Nabbed After 'Coin-Operated' Crime Nets Laughable Loot, Sheriff Says
Stafford Teens Nabbed After 'Coin-Operated' Crime Nets Laughable Loot, Sheriff Says A pair of would-be thieves in Virginia learned the hard way that crime doesn’t always pay—especially when the take is just $2.26. On Saturday, Nov. 23, Stafford County deputies responded to Symphony of Suds on Smokehouse Drive around 8:18 p.m. after staff reported two suspects breaking into a self-service machine to steal money.  Surveillance footage tipped off employees, and deputies quickly tracked the pair down behind the Goodwill on Warrenton Road. According to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, the suspects, identified as 19-year-old Dakota Hilliard of Stafford and a 17-year-o…
Woman, 3 Kids Started Brawl At Mays Landing Cinema That Hospitalized 3 Others: Police Woman, 3 Kids Started Brawl At Mays Landing Cinema That Hospitalized 3 Others: Police
Woman, 3 Kids Started Brawl At Mays Landing Cinema That Hospitalized 3 Others: Police An Atlantic City woman and three children were accused of assaulting four people at a Mays Landing movie theater, authorities said. Kierra McQueen, 32, was arrested and charged with simple assault, the Township of Hamilton Police Department said in a news release on Wednesday, Aug. 28.  Officers responded to a report of a large fight at Regal Hamilton Commons at around 8:52 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Investigators said McQueen and the children assaulted four people, including a cinema employee.  Three victims were brought to a hospital for their injuries. …
Levittown Neighbor Exposed Himself To Doorbell Camera: Affidavit Levittown Neighbor Exposed Himself To Doorbell Camera: Affidavit
Levittown Neighbor Exposed Himself To Doorbell Camera: Affidavit A Levittown man is accused of pulling his pants down in front of a neighbor's doorbell camera, according to a criminal complaint filed by Bristol Township police.  Charles George Swenson, 40, is charged with indecent exposure, harassment, and disorderly conduct, authorities said.  The incident happened on the 100 block of Idlewild Road on Sunday, July 21, police wrote in the affidavit. A neighbor showed officers a video of Swenson walking up to their door, spitting on their porch, and then walking away while pulling his pants down and "standing on the masonry wall between the two …
Government Contractor With 'Top Secret' Security Clearance Accused Of Espionage In DC: DOJ Government Contractor With 'Top Secret' Security Clearance Accused Of Espionage In DC: DOJ
Government Contractor With 'Top Secret' Security Clearance Accused Of Espionage In DC: DOJ A government contractor living in Maryland has been accused of espionage by federal officials in Washington, DC, authorities announced. Abraham Teklu Lemma, 50, a naturalized US citizen from Ethiopia who lives in Silver Spring is facing series charges for allegedly conspiring with a foreign government, according to a criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday. Lemma worked as an IT administrator for the Department of State and as a Management Analyst for the Department of Justice, which led to him being granted a "TOP SECRET" security clearance and access to classified systems. Prosecutors sa…
'I'm Going To Punch You': Student Assaults Virginia HS Staff, Authorities Say 'I'm Going To Punch You': Student Assaults Virginia HS Staff, Authorities Say
'I'm Going To Punch You': Student Assaults Virginia HS Staff, Authorities Say Criminal complaints have been filed against a northern Virginia high school student who threatened to punch staff members, authorities said. "I'm going to punch you if you don't get out of my way," the Colonia Forge student apparently told Deputy GM Lum around 8:40 a.m. Thursday morning, April 20, a spokesman for the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said. The student had assaulted one of the staff members before making the threat, the spokesman said. Criminal complaints for assault and battery, as well as, threats against school staff will be filed.
TSA Thwarts Explosive-Carrying Passenger From Boarding at Lehigh Airport: Feds TSA Thwarts Explosive-Carrying Passenger From Boarding at Lehigh Airport: Feds
TSA Thwarts Explosive-Carrying Passenger From Boarding at Lehigh Airport: Feds A passenger with an explosive device tucked away in his luggage attempted to board a plane at the Lehigh Valley International Airport on Monday, Feb. 27, authorities say.  The suspicious item was clocked by Transportation Security Administration agents screening checked bags, the federal agency said. Security officers gave the bag the physical exam after it triggered an alarm in the screening unit, they added.  Inside, agents discovered "an item (...) that appeared to be suspicious and was believed to possibly be a live explosive device," TSA said.  The airport was evacuated as police and…
West Chester Student Charged With Rape West Chester Student Charged With Rape
West Chester Student Charged With Rape A West Chester University student is accused of raping a woman at a house party, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice.  Patrick Dreyer, 20, of Glen Mills, was taken into custody Friday, Feb. 10 and charged with multiple felonies including rape and sexual assault, West Chester Borough Police said in a statement.  In charging documents provided by the District Attorney's Office, investigators said Dreyer and the alleged victim, a 19-year-old woman, were at the same party on the 500 block of South Walnut Street on Sept. 3.  The woman told police she was in …
ICE Seizes Guatemalan Arrested By Fairview PD For Harassing, Threatening Mom ICE Seizes Guatemalan Arrested By Fairview PD For Harassing, Threatening Mom
ICE Seizes Guatemalan Arrested By Fairview PD For Harassing, Threatening Mom A 32-year-old Guatemalan national was seized by ICE agents after Fairview police arrested him for repeatedly violating a restraining order that was granted to his mother. Borough police initially arrested Jose Santos Bello-Rojas for threatening to kill the woman in late January, Capt. Michael Martic said. A temporary restraining order issued by a judge in Hackensack was served to Bello-Rojas along with a criminal complaint, at Bergen New Medical Center in Paramus. Bello-Rojas had been taken there for a psychological evaluation "due to bizarre behavior," the captain said. He called his mot…
Video On Murder Victim's Phone Helps Police Nab His Philadelphia Killer: DA Video On Murder Victim's Phone Helps Police Nab His Philadelphia Killer: DA
Video On Murder Victim's Phone Helps Police Nab His Philadelphia Killer: DA Authorities have arrested the man they say was caught on video fatally shooting another in Norristown.  Eugene Ware, 41, of Philadelphia, is charged with the murder of 35-year-old Tyrone Guy on West Main Street late on Monday, Nov. 21.  He was taken into custody in Bucks County early on Wednesday, Nov. 30, after a "brief standoff" at a home in Sellersville, officials said.  As Daily Voice has reported, detectives wrote in the criminal complaint against Ware that they found Guy's phone on the ground, recording a video, at the scene of the crime. Forensic analysts reviewed the video, which…
PA Owner Of Ex-Catholic Church Uses 'Spell Book' To Set Car On Fire PA Owner Of Ex-Catholic Church Uses 'Spell Book' To Set Car On Fire
PA Owner Of Ex-Catholic Church Uses 'Spell Book' To Set Car On Fire Like a twisted Cinderella story, an escaped hospital patient and the owner of a business that supposedly was previously owned by the Catholic Church, lit a car on fire using a book of spells, and fled— leaving behind a shoe, authorities say. Kristy "Kat" Lynn Malzi, 47, of Hollsopple, reportedly went missing from a western Pennsylvania hospital on August 4, her mother concernedly told tribdem. Just days before, on July 30, Malzi went to a used car lot, BK Klassics in Stonycreek Township, to confront her ex-boyfriend, multiple outlets report citing a criminal complaint filed by police.  Dur…
Raid Of Ex-Con's PA Home Turns Up Loaded Firearms, Meth: DA Raid Of Ex-Con's PA Home Turns Up Loaded Firearms, Meth: DA
Raid Of Ex-Con's PA Home Turns Up Loaded Firearms, Meth: DA A raid of a 64-year-old Pennsylvania man's home turned up several firearms, some loaded and some illegal, and methamphetamine, authorities said. Scott Allen McCaughey, of Plumstead township, is banned from owning weapons due to a 1980 robbery conviction, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. Police served a search warrant at McCaughey's Durham Road home around 6 a.m.  Thursday, April 28, and found a black fully automatic M4 rifle with no serial numbers showing, along with a bolt-action rifle with an obliterated serial number, authorities said. McCaughey was also …
Details Emerge In Ex-College Athlete's Trial In Stabbing Of Somers HS Grad Details Emerge In Ex-College Athlete's Trial In Stabbing Of Somers HS Grad
Details Emerge In Ex-College Athlete's Trial In Stabbing Of Somers HS Grad Chilling details are emerging in the trial of the stabbing of an Northern Westchester man and former college lacrosse player who was nearly disemboweled by his former roommate during a fight over loud music. Justin Corpolongo, a Somers High School graduate, recalled the incident during his alleged assailant’s assault trial in Queens on Monday, March 14. Corpolongo, age 25, described what led to the brutal Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 fight with his former roommate Long Island resident Matthew Stockfeder, age 24, of Melville. See Earlier Story: St. John's Lacrosse Co-Captain Charged With Stabbi…
Connecticut Man Admits To Charge Related To Gun Trafficking Scheme Connecticut Man Admits To Charge Related To Gun Trafficking Scheme
Connecticut Man Admits To Charge Related To Gun Trafficking Scheme A 40-year-old man has pleaded guilty to a charge related to a scheme to unlawfully sell firearms in Connecticut.  Quinn Mooring, of New Haven, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Jan. 13, to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, according to Leonard Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. In March, ATF Task Force officers found out that Mooring was receiving firearms from a source in South Carolina and selling the firearms in Connecticut, the US Attorney's Office reported. In April, investigators made a controlled purchase of a 9mm Glock handgun and a drum m…
NJ Man Threatens To 'Blow Out Brains' Of Federal Judge Overseeing His Case, Officials Say NJ Man Threatens To 'Blow Out Brains' Of Federal Judge Overseeing His Case, Officials Say
NJ Man Threatens To 'Blow Out Brains' Of Federal Judge Overseeing His Case, Officials Say A Newark man was arrested for threatening to kill a federal judge presiding over his civil suit, officials said. Jonathan D. Williams, 46, called the judge's chambers at least twice Monday and told a courtroom deputy that he was going to "put a bullet into the judge's brain," and called him a "scumbag," Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said citing court documents. Then, on Tuesday, Williams showed up to a law firm office in Newark and was denied by two security guards, federal court papers say. Williams pulled down a protective mask he was wearing over his mouth and nose and iden…
Off-Duty NJ Officer Tried Strangling Woman In Domestic Violence Clash, Report Says Off-Duty NJ Officer Tried Strangling Woman In Domestic Violence Clash, Report Says
Off-Duty NJ Officer Tried Strangling Woman In Domestic Violence Clash, Report Says An off-duty Deptford Township police officer is accused of trying to strangle a woman during a domestic violence dispute, according to published reports.  Myron V. Ford, 36, was arrested and charged on Thursday at his apartment by Deptford police, NJ Advance Media says citing court records and a criminal complaint.  Ford was initially jailed and released after a court appearance, NJ.com reported.  Ford was charged with aggravated assault.  Click here for the full report from NJ.com.
Authorities Probe Alleged Jail Attack Of PA Rep. Kevin Boyle Authorities Probe Alleged Jail Attack Of PA Rep. Kevin Boyle
Authorities Probe Alleged Jail Attack Of PA Rep. Kevin Boyle Authorities are investigating an alleged jail attack on a Pennsylvania State representative, who was arrested Friday on charges of harassment and violating a protection from abuse order. Democratic Rep. Kevin Boyle, 41, who represents parts of Philadelphia and Montgomery County, is accused of trying to enter his estranged wife’s house in violation of a PFA order, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports citing a criminal complaint. Boyle, who has been a member of the house since 2011, was stripped of his committee chairmanship days before his arrest. He agreed to seek mental health treatment afte…
Lancaster Man Threatens To 'Blow Up' Court In 12 Harrassing Phone Calls, Police Say Lancaster Man Threatens To 'Blow Up' Court In 12 Harrassing Phone Calls, Police Say
Lancaster Man Threatens To 'Blow Up' Court In 12 Harrassing Phone Calls, Police Say A 40-year-old Lancaster man with a pending court case was arrested after calling court employees 12 times and threatening to "blow the place up," authorities said. Ryan W. Bunting called was using foul language while speaking to the District Court employees regarding a pending case, Manheim Township Police Department said. Workers disconnected the call, but Bunting called back more than 12 times and continued harassing workers, police said. He threatened to “come down there and blow the place up,” which put the employees in fear for their safety, authorities said.  A criminal co…
More Women Join 11 Others Accusing Cuomo Of Sexual Harassment; First Accuser Plans To Sue Him More Women Join 11 Others Accusing Cuomo Of Sexual Harassment; First Accuser Plans To Sue Him
More Women Join 11 Others Accusing Cuomo Of Sexual Harassment; First Accuser Plans To Sue Him The hot water Andrew Cuomo has found himself in for months is heating up as more women have come forward with sexual harassment allegations against New York's third-term governor. Two more women have now come forward to prosecutors to accuse the 63-year-old Cuomo of sexually harassed them, bringing the total number of accusers to 13. The new allegations come days after New York Attorney General’s independent investigators released a scathing 165-page report that determined the governor had acted inappropriately with at least 11 women, including a State Police trooper and multiple state staf…