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Family Violence
Lebanon, PA
News
More Family Members Charged For Child Rape, Incest, Lebanon County DA
A husband and wife have been arrested as part of a disturbing case of child rapes involving children as young as 5 years old, the Lebanon County District Attorney's Office detailed in a release on Friday, Nov. 1. Katherine Theraisa Longo, 47, of Lebanon, was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 29, as Daily Voice previously reported. Shortly after news of her arrest was shared with Daily Voice, the DA informed us about charges of two more members of the Longo family. Kelly Longo, 43, and her husband, Christopher Longo, also 43, both of Lebanon are in the Lebanon County Prison after being arreste…
Maplewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Maplewood Man Convicted Of Beating Mom Dead As She Slept, Prosecutor Says
A 38-year-old Maplewood resident was convicted on Monday, Oct. 21 of murder charges in his mother's death, which he then framed as a suicide, authorities said. Benjamin Avrut was found guilty of first-degree murder after beating his 70-year-old-mothe Gwen to death, Prosecutor Theodore Stephens said. The jury had rejected Avrut's insanity defense. On Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, Avrut entered his sleeping mother's apartment at The Top, a luxury condominium in Maplewood, Stephens said. When she awoke, Avrut beat her to death with his fists, Stephens said. Avrut, who had a hist…
West Hempstead, NY
News
Estranged Son-In-Law Stabbed Woman To Death Outside West Hempstead Restaurant, DA Says
Prosecutors filed murder charges against a man accused of stabbing his mother-in-law to death as she left a Long Island restaurant. Erick Corado-Gonzales, age 27, of Glen Cove, was indicted on second-degree murder and related charges in Nassau County Court on Tuesday, Oct. 22, in the death of Ana Ruth Espinoza. The incident happened in West Hempstead, outside the La Candela Restaurant on Hempstead Turnpike, just after midnight Sunday, Sept. 29. Earlier Report: Suspect Nabbed, ID Released For Woman Fatally Stabbed Near Long Island Restaurant Prosecutors said Espinoza and other fami…
Lansdale, PA
News
PA Woman Who Shot, Dismembered Parents With Chainsaw Sentenced: DA
An Abington woman charged with shooting her parents and dismembering their bodies with a chainsaw was sentenced Monday, Sept. 30, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office told Daily Voice the following day. Verity Beck, 45, pleaded "guilty but mentally ill" to two first-degree murder counts, the district attorney's office said. She was given two life sentences that will be served concurrently. Beck will also receive mental health treatment while serving her prison time, according to the district attorney's office. Beck's parents were found dead in their Jenkintown home on Tue…
Glen Burnie, MD
Police & Fire
Mother Charged With Attempting To Murder Teen Daughter In Seat Pleasant, Police Say
A Maryland mother who shot her daughter is facing charges for attempted murder, authorities in Prince George's County announced. Seat Pleasant resident Talecka Brown, 32, was arrested in connection to a midday shooting involving her teenage daughter, who suffered critical injuries on Monday. According to the Seat Pleasant Police Department, officers were called at around 4:50 p.m. on Sept. 23 to the 500 block of 69th Street, where there was a reported shooting. Upon arrival, officers were met by a 13-year-old girl suffering from a gunshot wound to her upper body, and she was rushed to an a…
Atlantic City, NJ
Police & Fire
Atlantic City Mayor, Superintendent Indicted For Violent Abuse Of Daughter: Prosecutors
Atlantic City's mayor and schools superintendent were indicted after being accused of physically and emotionally abusing the couple's teen daughter, authorities said. A grand jury indicted Mayor Marty Small Sr., 50, and Dr. La'Quetta Small, 47, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, the Atlantic City Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. They were originally charged in the case on Monday, Apr. 15. Investigators said the couple violently abused their then-15-year-old daughter several times in December 2023 and January. In one incident, Mayor Small was accused of knocking her unconsc…
Millbrook-Dover, NY
News
Millbrook Man Accused Of Smothering His 17-Year-Old Sister To Death
A 32-year-old Hudson Valley man has been charged with allegedly smothering his sister to death at their home. The Dutchess County District Attorney's office said the incident occurred on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2021, at 58 Harts Village Road in the village of Millbrook. Mark Dedaj, of the village of Millbrook, was charged on Tuesday, Sept. 17, with the murder of Maureen Nelson-Lanzi, said Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi. Dedaj is charged with intentionally killing Nelson-Lanzo by smothering her to death in their residence, Parisi said. The New York State Police in…
Harrisburg, PA
News
3-Year-Old Ayla Miller Killed By PA Grandma Denise Johnson: Affidavit
A 56-year-old grandmother is accused of beating her 3-year-old granddaughter to death over Labor Day weekend, Pittsburgh Public Safety announced on Sunday, Sept. 1. Denise Johnson of Pittsburgh's North Side has been charged with criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse, aggravated assault, corruption of minors, and endangering the welfare of children, according to the police and court records. The charges stem from an investigation by homicide detectives after her 3-year-old granddaughter Ayla Miller was found dead by other family members — including another child — in Johnson's apartment, as …
Saint James-Nesconset, NY
News
Accused Murderer Ranted About Pronouns, Trump Before Ex-Wife, Her BF Were Slain In St. James
New details are offering insight into the mind of an accused murderer just hours before he allegedly gunned down his ex-wife and her boyfriend inside their New York home. The Long Island killings happened in St. James, at a residence on Brasswood Road, at around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28. Suffolk County Police said Daniel Coppola, age 50, put his 15-year-old daughter into his car before going inside and shooting his ex-wife, 50-year-old Kelly Coppola, and her boyfriend, 53-year-old Kenneth Pohlman. Earlier Report: Man Kills Ex-Wife, Her BF At St. James Home, Police Say Both vic…
Syosset-Woodbury, NY
Police & Fire
IDs Released For 5 Family Members Killed In Syosset Murder-Suicide
The identities have been released for five family members who were killed in a murder-suicide in a residential Long Island community. The incident happened just before noon on Sunday, Aug. 25 at a residence on a cul-de-sac in Syosset. Nassau County Police say officers who responded to the residence on 76 Wyoming Court for a report of shots fired discovered a man outside the home who "sustained an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound." He has now been identified as Joseph DeLucia Jr., age 59, Nassau County PD Detective Captain Steve Fitzpatrick said at a news conference late Monday morning…
Cambridge, MA
News
Teen Found Killed Inside Lowell Apartment ID'd
Authorities have identified the 15-year-old girl who was found shot multiple times inside an apartment in Lowell. Ahliana Dickey was shot and killed on Friday, June 14, by a family member, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said. Lowell police received a 911 call just after 6 p.m. after the girl was found inside a Lawrence Street apartment with multiple traumatic injuries to her body, authorities said. Investigators found multiple shell casings near her body. The family told Boston25 that Ahliana was supposed to graduate from eighth grade on Friday but died before th…
Springfield, MA
Police & Fire
Victims ID'd In Springfield Family Slaying; Father Charged With Murders: DA
Police have identified the teenage daughter and wife of a Springfield man accused of fatally stabbing them over the weekend along with attacking his new son-in-law just days after the wedding, authorities announced on Tuesday, June 4. Nour Al Kherat, 19, and Ruwaida Salamat, 39, both of Springfield, were killed in an attack at 177 Marion Street on Sunday, June 2, the Hampden District Attorney's Office said. Osamah Al Kherat, 46, of West Springfield, is charged with two counts of murder, armed assault to murder, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, the prosecutor…
Vernon-Rockville, CT
Police & Fire
Man Kidnaps, Holds Woman At Knife-Point In CT, Police Say
A Connecticut man is facing multiple charges, including assault and kidnapping, after he allegedly held a family member captive for hours. The Tolland County incident began on the night of Tuesday, May 7 in the town of Willington. According to Connecticut State Police, a woman went to visit 29-year-old Jonathan Yokabaskas, her relative, where he lived in a tent off Ruby Road. While visiting his campsite, Yokabaskas allegedly threatened to kill her during an argument and would not let her leave, physically forcing her to the ground to stop her from leaving. Police said that when she t…
Cambridge, MA
Police & Fire
Lowell Murder-Suicide Victims ID'd As Husband, Wife, Child
Police have identified the man who police say killed his wife and their child before turning the gun on himself last week. Steven Johns, 52, is accused of killing his wife Kaydion Dawson, 45, and their 7-year-old daughter at their home and calling people before killing himself before officers arrived, the Middlesex District Attorney said Friday, May 3. Officers were called to the Warren Street apartment on Sunday, April 27, just after 6:30 p.m. The caller said he had just killed his wife and child and had several guns in the home. When police arrived they found all three …
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
New Details Emerge In Deadly East Lansdowne Fire, Shooting
The Delaware County District Attorney's Office unveiled new details Wednesday on the shooting and house fire that left six people dead in East Lansdowne. Five residents of the 58 Lewis Avenue home — Canh, Xuong, Britni, 17-year-old Natayla, and 13-year-old Nakayla Le — died by gunshot wounds, DA Jack Stollsteimer said. Xuong and Britni's 10-year-old son Xavier died from smoke inhalation. Investigators now believe the incident began when Canh Le got into an argument with 13-year-old Nakayla on Wednesday, Feb. 7. "That argument turned deadly" when Canh retrieved a…
Columbia, MD
Police & Fire
Dad Kills Teen Children, Himself In Maryland: Police
A 42-year-old dad killed his two teenage children and then himself in Howard County over the weekend police said. Christopher Zanski is believed to have fatally shot 17-year-old Braden and 15-year-old Hailey on the 1400 block of Triadelphia Road in Glenelg, and then himself Howard County police said. Officers found their bodies while performing a welfare check around 11 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, authorities said. There are no indications that anyone else was involved in the incident and a motive has not immediately been identified.
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
'It Might Be Me,' Triple Murder Suspect Told NJ Police After Calling 9-1-1: Affidavit
A 23-year-old Philadelphia man arrested in the murder of his grandparents and uncle in New Jersey called 9-1-1 and then told responding officers that he may be a suspect, according to police paperwork obtained by Daily Voice. Om Brahmbhatt told South Plainfield police that he shot his three relatives as they slept on Nov. 27 with a firearm he purchased online, according to the affidavit. ALSO SEE: Grandparents, Uncle Believed Killed By 23-Year-Old Family Member In South Plainfield Remembered Brahmbhatt called 9-1-1 in the morning hours saying three people had been shot, the pap…
Manassas, VA
Police & Fire
Investigation Into Sex Assault Of A Minor Leads To Arrest In Virginia: Police
Police in Prince William County have charged a man who allegedly sexually abused a family member multiple times over the course of several months last year, authorities announced on Wednesday. Woodbridge resident Joaquin Rodriguez Melendez, 26, has been arrested following an investigation into alleged sexual assault that was reported in Prince William County between May and November 2022. According to a Prince William County Police Department spokesperson, the investigation found that Rodriguez Melendez allegedly sexually assaulted a family member who was under the age of 13 at the tim…
York, PA
Police & Fire
Grandpa Nabbed For 'Strangulation' Of Grandson, PA State Police Say
A Pennsylvania grandfather has been charged after allegedly assaulting his grandson during an argument, the Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Gregory Allen Moul has been charged with strangulation, aggravated assault, simple assault, and harassment following State Troopers' investigation into the assault. The 72-year-old's 16-year-old grandson was being treated at WellSpan York Hospital when PSP was contacted to investigate on Sept. 22, as detailed in the release. The teen explained to the police that he and his grandfather had an argument at the grandfath…
Yonkers, NY
Police & Fire
Man Kills Father With Meat Cleaver In Yonkers: Police
A 47-year-old man faces murder charges for allegedly killing his 76-year-old father with a meat cleaver in a Westchester residence, police said. Yonkers resident August Velasco, age 47, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 29 for the alleged murder of his 76-year-old father, Jose Raul Velasco, Yonkers Police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 30. According to the department, just after 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Yonkers officers responded to 347 Scarsdale Rd. on a report of an unconscious man. Once they arrived at the home, police found Velasco's father dead with numerous seve…
Vernon-Rockville, CT
Police & Fire
'Lostt Boy' Nabbed For Rioting, Damaging Car On CT Roadway
A man with an active warrant for family violence admitted to participating in a "street takeover" event in Connecticut, officials said. Hartford County resident Marc Trevon Mann, age 21, of Bloomfield, turned himself in on Wednesday, Aug. 16 for his part in attacking a convertible car during a "street takeover" event that took place in Tolland County on Tuesday, May 21 in the town of Tolland, according to the Connecticut State Police. Street takeovers involve a group of people blocking a public street off from traffic so participants can perform car stunts like drifting and burnouts, …
Manassas, VA
Police & Fire
Family Of Three Dead In Northern Virginia Stabbing
Three family members died in a stabbing at a Prince William County home Tuesday morning, May 16, authorities said. The three were all found at a home on the 5100 block of Cannon Bluff Drive in Woodbridge around 7:15 a.m., county police said. Officers immediately provided first aid until fire and rescue personnel arrived on scene. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene while both men were taken to an area hospital where they died from their injuries. The individuals were determined to be family members and the altercation was contained to the home. Detectives were inve…
Glen Burnie, MD
Police & Fire
Harwood Father 'Pistol Whips' Son In Head After Assaulting Grandmother: Anne Arundel Police
A Harwood man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting several family members over the weekend, authorities announced. Anne Arundel County police were called to the 4700 block of Flanders Lane around 9:30 p.m., Sunday, March 12 after receiving reports of a shooting. Investigators learned that Robert Lee Bias Jr. was outside of a residence arguing with his mother when he reportedly grabbed her by the jacket, causing her to fall down the porch steps. Two additional victims, identified as Bias' son and daughter, tried to intervene, prompting Bias to go inside and retrieve a handgun.…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Contractor Kills Wife, Teen Son In Morris County Murder-Suicide
A 57-year-old private contractor shot and killed his 58-year-old wife and teen son before turning the gun on himself in Morris County, authorities said. Peter, Kellie and Anthony Ventricelli, 15, were found dead in their Justine Place home in Succasunna around 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 7, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. Peter and Kellie Ventricelli.Kellie Voorhees-Ventricelli The family's bodies were found during a welfare check, after one of the victim's friends said they couldn't be reached, the prosecutor said. "Upon arrival, patrol made entry into the residence and di…
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Boston Man Accused Of Beating Up Family Member Busted On Weapons Charges: DA
Police arrested a 26-year-old Boston man on weapons charges after he reportedly attacked a family member, authorities said. Joseph Dozier of Dorchester faces several charges after police found a laser-sighted 9mm pistol with a high-capacity magazine incident at his home on Greenwood Street, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. A woman called for help on Monday, Oct. 3, after she said Dozier hit her in the head during a dispute and pointed to a gun he had tucked into his waistband, authorities said. When police arrived to arrest him, they found a black-and-whi…
Lynn, MA
Police & Fire
4 Family Members Dead After Apparent Murder/Suicide In Lynn (
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Four family members are dead following an apparent murder/suicide in Lynn, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said. Authorities said a 31-year-old woman shot and killed her father, age 66, and brother-in-law, age 34, at 98 Rockaway Street around 2:53 p.m. She then proceeded to shoot and kill the father of her brother-in-law, outside of a home at 44 Laighton Street, the office reports. The woman was then found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside her vehicle at the nearby Stop & Shop parking lot at 35 Washington Street. Authorities believe 31-year-old…
Alexandria, VA
Police & Fire
Support Surges For Springfield Mother Of 5 Brutally Murdered By Husband
Five children will live the rest of their lives without their mother after she was brutally stabbed to death by who police say was her husband in Virginia. Support was surging for Evelin Cali's children days after Jose Mejia was captured in South Carolina and charged in her murder. Two GoFundMe pages had raised a total of $14,000 to cover funeral costs and provide for Evelin's four children, in addition to her nephew, who she had been raising: Astrid, Kenneth, Daniel, Alex, and Bella. A relative said Mejia called and admitted he had stabbed her before leaving his wallet behind and fleeing…
Norwalk, CT
Police & Fire
Norwalk Police Officer Charged With Strangulation, Assault
A police officer in Fairfield County is facing strangulation and assault charges following what authorities described as a “family violence incident.” Just after 3 p.m. Friday, April 15, police say they received a call about an assault that happened at a home in Norwalk, indicating the offender had left the premises. The victim was transported to Norwalk Hospital for the treatment of minor injuries, Norwalk Police said. Police said officers learned that the offender Jermaine Nash, a 10-year veteran of the department. Nash, age 44, was quickly located, and cooperative, and …
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
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A man killed his dad and then turned the gun on himself in the parking lot of a Maryland hospital the evening of Wednesday, March 16, authorities said. Kintrell T. Mceachern Jr., 24, was visiting family at UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie when he shot his dad, 40-year-old Kintrell T. Mceachern Sr., in the parking lot, Anne Arundel County police said. This happened around 5:30 p.m. Kintrell Jr. fled by car to a wooded area where he apparently shot and killed himself, multiple authorities said. Baltimore County police found Kintrell's body around 6 p.m. The father was …
Gettysburg, PA
News
Six Sleeping Family Members Stabbed To Death By Relative In PA Home
A Pennsylvania man stabbed six sleeping family members to death early Friday morning, multiple media outlets report citing police. Officers were called to a stabbing at a house in the 3000 block of North Front Street in Kensington near Clearfield Street just after 4 a.m., police said to the media. Six people were found stabbed between ages of 26 to 46, outlets report citing police on the scene. The youngest person has special needs and the oldest one is the mother of at least some of the others, NBC 10 Philadelphia reports citing police. All of the victims were taken to an area hospital, …
Mt. Kisco, NY
News
Hudson Valley Woman Indicted For Thanksgiving Stabbing Death Of Brother
A woman from the Hudson Valley is facing murder charges for allegedly fatally stabbing her brother during an argument at her parent’s Long Island home on Thanksgiving, the District Attorney announced. Dutchess County resident Veronica Hardwick, age 51, of Poughkeepsie, has been arraigned on multiple charges for allegedly stabbing her brother Richard Reshard in Nassau County at their parent’s Hempstead home. Specifically, Hardwick was charged with: Second-degree murder; Manslaughter; Criminal possession of a weapon. Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said that on Nov. 25, 2021,…
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