West Islip Man Raped Middle School Girl In Gas Station Meet-Up: Cops
A Long Island man raped a 13-year-old girl in his car after meeting her at a gas station, authorities said Thursday, March 26.
Michael Liontonia, a 38-year-old West Islip man, met the victim at 5556 Express Drive South on Monday, March 23 in Holtsville after arranging the meeting by phone, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
He picked the girl up, drove to a secluded area, sexually assaulted her in his car, then dropped her off at the gas station, according to police.
The next day, the girl told her middle school guidance counselor about the assault, cops said. Investigators identif…
Kidnapper Arrested In Hillsborough After Restraining Victim Across Multiple States: Cops
A Florida man is accused of meeting someone he met online in person in Ohio, restraining them with tape, and assaulting them across multiple states before being arrested and then released in New Jersey, authorities said.
On Wednesday, March 4, Asad Hasanov, 31, of Wesley Chapel, FL, met the victim in Ohio after the two connected online, according to Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson.
Hasanov later the victim with tape and traveled across multiple states, during which he repeatedly sexually assaulted the victim, the prosecutor said. The incident ended on March 5 at a TA Truck…
Teen Slatington Raped, Restrained, Strangled, Found In Basement: Prosecutors (Update)
Two men charged in the rape and false imprisonment of a teenage gir have pleaded guilty, prosecutors announced.
Jacquan Tanasse, 20, and Tristan Zawick, 23, both pleaded guilty to Rape, Conspiracy to Commit Rape, False Imprisonment, and Conspiracy to False Imprisonment, District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2026. Tanasse also pleaded guilty to Strangulation.
The charges stem from an assault reported just before 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, when Slatington Police were called to a home in the 200 block of Walnut Street, according to the district attorney’s offic…
