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Wrestling Standout, 'Devoted' Father From Hempstead Killed In Shooting 'Lit Up Every Room'
Support is building for the family of a young father and wrestling standout from Long Island who was killed in a shooting.
Lee Mauras, age 22, originally from Hempstead, was shot at around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, in a parking lot in downtown Portland, Oregon, police told local station KATU. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities did not speculate on a possible motive for the shooting. No suspects had been arrested as of Tuesday, Oct. 8.
Mauras had recently moved to the Portland area to attend Clackamas Community College, where he had committed to wrestling in the upcomin…
$50K Powerball Ticket Sold At South Jersey Grocery Store
A Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was purchased at an Ocean County grocery store, officials said.
The New Jersey Lottery said the $50,000 Powerball ticket was sold at the ShopRite on Route 70 in Manchester. The ticket matched four numbers and the Powerball in the drawing on Saturday, Apr. 6.
The winning numbers were 22, 27, 44, 52, and 69. The Powerball was 9.
A ticket sold in Portland, Oregon, won the estimated $1.3 billion jackpot. The prize was the eighth largest in U.S. history.
A Powerball ticket worth $150,000 was sold at a gas station in Montvale.
The news Powerball drawing is on W…
Ex-Jersey Shore Man Gets 20 Years, No Parole For Serial Threats Against Police, Judges, Others
A former New Jersey resident with a cockamamie political history must spend the next 20 years in federal prison for threatening to kill police officers, lawyers and judges, among others, in and around Monmouth County.
Eric G. Hafner, 32, formerly of Fair Haven, also made calls and sent messages to state officials while phoning in bogus bomb threats to local and state government offices, a police department, two law firms and the Monmouth Park Racetrack during a two-year terror campaign, federal authorities in Trenton said.
Hafner told newspaper reporters in 2018 that he was on the lam for d…
Target To Close Stores In 4 States, Including NY, Citing Theft, Organized Retail Crime
Citing incidents involving violence and theft, Target announced it is closing nine stores in four states, including one in New York.
The New York store is in Manhattan, at 517 E 117th St.
Three other stores are in California, in the San Francisco/Oakland market, and three in Oregon, in Portland.
The other two stores are in Seattle, Washington.
"We cannot continue operating these stores because theft and organized retail crime are threatening the safety of our team and guests, and contributing to unsustainable business performance," the company said in a statement released Tuesday afternoo…
Oregon Man Confesses To 'Ice-Blooded Murder' Of Woman In Mass More Than 40 Years Ago: DA
An Oregon man has confessed to beating a 24-year-old woman to death with a hammer and raping her in a Massachusetts apartment building more than four decades ago, officials said.
John Michael Irmer, age 68, of Portland, Oregon, was scheduled to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court Central Division on Monday, Sept. 11, for the rape and murder of 24-year-old Pennsylvania native Susan Marcia Rose in October 1979, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office announced.
According to the DA's Office, in August, Irmer walked into the Portland Federal Bureau of Investigation…
Killers, Gangsters, Sex Offenders: US Marshals Capture 76,000 Fugitives
It's a staggering number: 75,846 fugitives were arrested by U.S. Marshals in the fiscal year 2022 -- an average of 303 per day of activity, the service reported.
These included:
9,911 sex offenders, including those charged or convicted of sexual assault, failing to register or comply with the requirements of the national sex offender registry, and other offenses;
5,189 gang members;
5,759 homicide suspects;
1,496 international and foreign fugitives;
986 fugitives charged in the special Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Program, which combines the resources and experti…
NYC Mom Found Dead In Blood-Soaked Hockey Bag Was Stabbed Nearly 60 Times, Autopsy Finds
A Queens mom whose body was found in a blood-soaked hockey bag over the weekend had been stabbed nearly 60 times, an autopsy reportedly showed.
A medical examiner who conducted the autopsy of Orsolya Gaal, 51, listed the wounds, according to multiple reports citing knowledgeable law enforcement sources.
These include injuries to Gaal's carotid artery and trachea, as well as to her torso, left arm, fingers and palms, the New York Post reported.
The medical examiner counted 58 wounds in all, according to News4 New York.
Gaal’s body was found inside the wheeled bag on a walking path off Metr…
Architect, World Traveler, Beloved Family Man — Kenneth McGahren of Pound Ridge, 82
Kenneth McGahren, 82, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 1. An architect, artist, and lover of nature, his last moments were spent in the tranquil, wooded setting of the home he built in 2017 in Pound Ridge.
Ken was born on September 27, 1939 in Bayonne, NJ, youngest of 4 brothers born to Eugene and Cecilia (Paulson) McGahren. He graduated from Pratt Institute in New York City in 1968 and was registered to practice in New York and Connecticut. His early work focused on transportation projects in the New York Metro region as well as municipal transport facilities in Portla…
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High-Speed Head-On, Wrong-Way Crash Kills CT Woman, State Police Say
Connecticut State Police is seeking witnesses and dashcam video footage in a wrong-way fatal crash that left an area woman dead.
The late afternoon crash, killed a New Haven County woman around 5:15 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 4, on I-691 in Hartford County in Southington, when she slammed into a tractor-trailer at a high-speed driving in the wrong direction, state police said.
According to state police, Sharon L. Knight, age 54, of Waterbury, was driving a 2004 Mercedes Benz west in the east lane when she struck the tractor-trailer head-on.
At the time of the crash, the road's surface was dry a…
Undercover Prostitution Sting Nets 5 In Secaucus
Four women and one man were arrested in an undercover prostitution sting in Secaucus, police said.
"A majority of our violent crimes are related to the prostitution at some of our hotels," Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said.
"Therefore, to address the root cause -- prostitution -- we conducted an undercover prostitution sting.
The locations are not being released due to ongoing investigations, the chief said.
The following arrests were made on March 26, Miller said.
Elena Velikaia, 31, of Brooklyn, NY
Nelly Monge, 27, of Paterson
Rosa Escalera, 25, of San Juan, Pue…
Westchester Founder Of 'Proud Boys' Hate Group Steps Aside
The Westchester resident and founder of "Proud Boys," recently labeled a dangerous extremist group by the FBI, isn't so proud after all.
Gavin McInnes, 48, of Larchmont, co-founder of Vice Media, stepped down as leader of Proud Boys, saying the group "is not racist. It is pro-Trump. The media lies about this club constantly."
In earlier media reports, McInnes blamed fake news and Westchester billionaire George Soros for his demise and spreading lies about his group.
On YouTube, McInnes said he was officially disassociating himself from the Proud Boys “in all capacities, forever,…
