Six Guns Seized, Four Men Apprehended In Franklin Township: Prosecutor
Four men were arrested and charged with numerous weapons offenses following an investigation in Somerset County, authorities announced Monday, May 11.
On Tuesday, May 5, law enforcement was conducting a quality of life detail in Franklin Township, amid reports of recent firearm activity, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Acting Chief of County Detectives Meredith McKay, and Franklin Township Public Safety Director Lloyd Fredericks said.
While pulling over a vehicle, officers observed a firearm inside the vehicle and obtained a searc…
Suspect Pulled Gun On Woman In Albany Domestic Dispute, Second Man Punched Two Cops: Police
A New York man was arrested for threatening a woman with a gun during a domestic dispute, and another man was charged with punching two cops while interfering in the investigation, authorities said Wednesday, May 6.
Justin Talley, 47, was involved in a domestic altercation in Albany and menaced a woman with a handgun on Tuesday night, May 5, the Albany Police Department said.
Talley initially fled the scene on the 600 block of Second Street but then returned and was arrested, cops said. Officers found a loaded 9mm handgun in his path, according to authorities.
During the investigation, 48-…
Brewster Man Accused Of Raping Young Girl, Trying To Run From Deputies
A Putnam County man is facing serious rape charges after an investigation into the sexual assault of a young girl, authorities said.
Christian Alexis Lopez Gregorio, age 21, of Brewster, was arrested on Friday, April 3, following a sexual assault investigation, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday, April 9.
The case began on March 27, when the agency received a report of a past sexual assault involving a female juvenile victim.
After an investigation by the Sheriff’s Office Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Lopez Gregorio was located and ta…
LI Cops Manhandled, Injured 80-Year-Old Woman In Roosevelt, Then Filed Bogus Charges: Lawsuit
Nassau County police officers yanked an 80-year-old woman from her car and tossed her to the ground, then claimed she attacked them and filed criminal charges, according to a federal lawsuit.
Betty Cater, now 81, filed the suit Friday, March 20 in New York’s Eastern District. The criminal charges against her were later dropped.
She accused the cops of excessive force, false arrest, fabricating evidence, and malicious prosecution in the suit. Three officers — Michael Shannon, Anthony J. Catinella, and Lt. Daniel Decastro — are named as defendants in the suit, along with Nassau County, its po…
Cop Car Struck At 100 MPH By Fleeing Drugged Rensselaer Driver In Chase: State Police
A drugged driver hit speeds of 100 mph during a police chase around Albany and slammed into a marked cop car before she was arrested and hit with numerous charges, state police said Tuesday, March 17.
Janette Ketcham, a 54-year-old Rensselaer resident, led state troopers and local cops on a chase that began in Troy and ended in Rensselaer, authorities said.
Troopers attempted to pull her over just after 2 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28 but she refused to stop, state police said. Instead, she sped off at speeds exceeding 100 mph and attempted to evade police on I-787, I-90, and eventually into Re…
Drunk-Driving Woman Injuries Two Cops During Long Beach Arrest: Police
A Long Island woman sent two police officers to the hospital while resisting arrest after being pulled over for driving drunk Wednesday, March 11, cops said.
Alisha Thomas, a 36-year-old Long Beach resident, was stopped by officers around 3:30 p.m. while driving southbound on Long Beach Road in North Long Beach, the Nassau County Police Department said on Thursday, March 12.
Thomas, behind the wheel of a green 2026 Infiniti QX60, was failing to maintain her lane, according to investigators. Cops determined she was intoxicated.
But while attempting to arrest Thomas for DWI, she “became vio…
