$10K Reward As Father Sought In Death Of 59-Pound Care-Dependent Son: Montco DA
A father accused of leaving his care-dependent son to die weighing just 59 pounds has been on the run for more than a year — and now a $10,000 reward is being offered to find him.
Vernon Hatchett, 40, of Glenside, is wanted in connection with the death of his 21-year-old son, Tylim Hatchett, who died from neglect on Sept. 18, 2024, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele announced on Wednesday, March 25, 2026.
Tylim Hatchett
Montgomery County District Attorney's Office
Hatchett, who also goes by Khaliyl Ward, has been on the run for approximately 15 months since a warran…
EHT Man Killed GF In Shared Bedroom, Sentenced To Two Decades Behind Bars: Prosecutor
A South Jersey man who admitted to killing his girlfriend in their shared bedroom has been sentenced to decades behind bars, authorities said.
Kevin Dorsey, 53, of Egg Harbor Township, was sentenced on Wednesday, March 18 to an aggregate term of 20 years in New Jersey State Prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter and weapons charges, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said.
Police responded to a 911 call at a Zion Road residence on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, where they found Charlena Burnett suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, prosecutors said. She was later pronounced dead, aut…
LI Mom Stuffed Newborn's Mouth With Paper Towels, Left Baby To Die In Trash Bag: DA
More than three decades after a newborn girl was found dead inside a garbage bag along a Suffolk County roadway, a 55-year-old woman has been indicted for murder.
Denise Merker, 55, was arraigned in Suffolk County Court Monday, March 2, on a count of second-degree murder in connection with the September 1993 death of her newborn daughter, court documents show.
The case dates back to Sept. 27, 1993, when three Department of Transportation employees discovered a green garbage bag beneath a guardrail on the north side of Route 25 in Calverton. Inside the bag, authorities found the body of a fu…
Strip Club Shooter From NJ Sentenced For Murder In Morrisville
A New Jersey man will spend decades behind bars for fatally shooting a Good Samaritan outside a Pennsylvania strip club, prosecutors announced on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.
Pedro E. Rodriguez, 29, of Trenton, was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in state prison for the killing of 28-year-old Mekhi Norman at The Border Gentlemen’s Club on South Pennsylvania Avenue on Aug. 29, 2024, Bucks County District Attorney explained.
Rodriguez entered guilty pleas before Common Pleas Judge Charissa J. Liller to third-degree murder, discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, possession of …
Tour Bus Driver Arrested In NY Thruway Rollover Crash That Killed 5 Passengers: State Police
The driver of a tour bus that overturned on the New York State Thruway, killing five people, including two New Jersey residents last August, was arrested and charged this week, New York State Police announced.
On Wednesday, Feb. 11, the Bureau of Criminal Investigation Violent Felony Warrant Unit in Troop NYC arrested Bin Shao, 56, of Flushing, NY, and charged him with five counts of manslaughter in the second degree, a class C felony, and five counts of criminally negligent homicide, a class E felony, according to State Police.
Shao was processed by New York State Police and transpor…
Child Dies After 8 Hours In Hot Car While Mom Worked In Middletown: Woman Indicted, DA Says
An Orange County mother has been formally indicted in the death of her 2-year-old child who prosecutors say was left inside a vehicle for hours.
Middletown resident Zenaida Soriano-Rincon, 33, was arraigned on Wednesday, Jan. 21, in Orange County Court on charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in connection with the child's death, which occurred in September 2025, the Orange County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Jan. 22.
According to the indictment, the incident happened on Friday, Sept. 19. Prosecutors alleged Soriano-Rincon br…
