Worcester Man Faces Guilty Of Killing Acquaintance, Leaving Body In Paxton Woods
A central Massachusetts man faces life in prison without parole after a jury convicted him of killing a man whose body turned up in the woods.
Christopher Fuller, 34, was found guilty of first-degree murder on Thursday, Oct. 22, in Worcester County Superior Court, according to District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.
Fuller is scheduled for sentencing on Tuesday, but a first-degree murder conviction requires a life sentence with no chance of parole.
Investigators determined that Fuller shot Ernest Appiah, 29, of Worcester, on Feb. 28, 2022. The two had left Centerfolds, an adult entertainment…
Cops Find 71-Year-Old Dead In Hyde Park Home — Now Man Faces Murder Charge
A 31-year-old man has been charged with murder after a victim was found dead inside his Dutchess County home during a police welfare check, authorities said.
Nicholus C. Peterson, 31, was arrested on Saturday, Oct. 17, in connection with the death of William Martin Wein, 71, who was discovered inside a home on Albany Post Road in Hyde Park, New York State Police announced on Friday, Oct. 23.
The investigation began on Tuesday, Oct. 6, when officers from the Hyde Park Police Department responded to the home to check on Wein's well-being. There, police found Wein dead inside.
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‘Bounty’ On Missing Man Led To Kidnapping; 2 Charged With Murder: Reading Police
A Pennsylvania man with a “bounty” placed on his head was lured into an alley, assaulted, and later handed over to two armed men now facing murder charges, police announced Thursday, Oct. 22.
Luke Foxx, 21, and Josiah Vaux, 23, were taken into custody in connection with the disappearance of Michael Petrino Jr., who was reported missing by family members in western Lebanon County in late March, according to Reading police.
Both men face second-degree murder, kidnapping, and related charges following a seven-month investigation, police said. Reading officers and the United States Marshals Ser…
Same Two Men Charged In Separate Landover Murders Nine Days Apart: Police
Two murders. Nine days apart. Two of the same accused killers. And Maryland investigators say there's no indication the deadly shootings are connected.
Devin Spivey, 22, of Laurel, and Shamar Evans, 19, of Washington, DC, are now charged in both October 2024 murders in Landover, where 18-year-old Kesean Pollard and 29-year-old Tresean Sparrow Bey were gunned down in separate shootings that remain under investigation by Prince George's County Police.
The first killing occurred on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, when Pollard was found suffering from gunshot wounds inside a vehicle in the 7100 block o…
Man Pleads Not Guilty In Fatal Stabbing Of His Father, 61, In Yonkers: DA
A man accused of stabbing his 61-year-old father to death inside their Westchester County home before fleeing has been indicted on murder charges, prosecutors said.
Yonkers resident Rami Ahmad, 32, was arraigned on Thursday, Oct. 22, before Westchester County Court Judge George Fufidio in connection with the killing of his father, Hekmat Ahmad, 61, according to Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace.
Ahmad was indicted on charges of second-degree murder and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He pleaded not guilty and remains remanded to the Westcheste…
Man Charged In Deadly Drive-By Lawnside Shooting: Prosecutor
A 21-year-old Camden resident is charged with murdering a man in a drive-by-shooting in Lawndale, authorities announced Tuesday, Oct. 20.
At 5:50 p.m., on Friday, Aug. 21, at 5:50 p.m., Lawndale police responded to West Hodges Avenue and learned the victim, George Rivera, a 25-year-old Lawnside resident, had been transported to Cooper University Hospital where he was pronounced dead later that evening, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay and Lawnside Police Captain William Plenty said.
An investigation determined Nicholas Stiegler fatally shot Rivera from inside a red Jeep Com…
Suspect Charged With Murder In Bridgeport Road Rage Shooting
A shooting that killed a Connecticut man started as a road rage incident, police said, and a suspect now faces a murder charge.
Nelson Manuel Batista, 48, was shot near Park Avenue and Cottage Street in Bridgeport around 9 a.m. on Oct. 12, police said.
Officers discovered Batista in the road beside his car on Cottage Street, Bridgeport police said. He had suffered a gunshot wound. He later died at St. Vincent’s Hospital.
Police arrested Jorge Luis Ortiz, 57, Sunday night, Oct. 19, after spotting him walking on the city’s east side. Ortiz ran from an officer before police caught him, …
