Update: Accused Violent Suspect Who Escaped From Marlborough Hospital Captured, Police Say Update: Accused Violent Suspect Who Escaped From Marlborough Hospital Captured, Police Say
Update: Accused Violent Suspect Who Escaped From Marlborough Hospital Captured, Police Say Update: Marlborough police announced Sunday night, Sept. 24, that officers had captured Isaac Rivera after his brief flight from authorities. Officials did not detail how or where he was caught, but Marlborough police thanked the Milford Police Department for their assistance.  Original: A 24-year-old man charged with several violent felonies escaped from police custody while undergoing a medical procedure, authorities said on Sunday, Sept. 24.  Isaac Rivera is charged with domestic assault and battery, strangulation, assault and battery on a police officer, and ill…
Married PA Trooper Frames GF As 'Crazy', Chokes Her, Places In 72-Hour Hold: Affidavit (VIDEO) Married PA Trooper Frames GF As 'Crazy', Chokes Her, Places In 72-Hour Hold: Affidavit (VIDEO)
Married PA Trooper Frames GF As 'Crazy', Chokes Her, Places In 72-Hour Hold: Affidavit (Video) "F--k around and find out," a Pennsylvania State Trooper told his now ex-girlfriend before he "paint(ed) her as crazy," took her into custody without his supervisor's permission –  choked her when she resisted, which a bystander recorded – then had her commitment to a hospital for mental health for five days, according to a lengthy affidavit and video obtained by Daily Voice.  Pennsylvania State Trooper 37-year-old Ronald Keith Davis of Williamstown who "is married with a family in Dauphin County," fought with his ex-girlfriend at the end of August, Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Cha…
Long Island Man Strangles, Rapes Woman On Drive Home After Befriending Hospital Patient: Cops Long Island Man Strangles, Rapes Woman On Drive Home After Befriending Hospital Patient: Cops
Long Island Man Strangles, Rapes Woman On Drive Home After Befriending Hospital Patient: Cops A Long Island man is locked up without bail after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman he met while the two were hospitalized. Rupert Cruz, age 63, of Coram, was arraigned on rape and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Sept. 21. According to prosecutors, Cruz met the 32-year-old victim in June 2023 while they were both patients at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson. He reportedly offered her a ride home when they were discharged, and she accepted. Once inside the car, Cruz allegedly gave the woman a drink from an opened soda can and began making sexual advances, whi…
Son Slices Hudson Valley Mother's Throat Trying To Kill Her, Police Say Son Slices Hudson Valley Mother's Throat Trying To Kill Her, Police Say
Son Slices Hudson Valley Mother's Throat Trying To Kill Her, Police Say A man is behind bars after allegedly slicing his mother's throat in an attempt to kill her in the region, police said. The attack took place in Ulster County in Ellenville around 1:40 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21 on Roslyn Street. According to Capt. Daniel Waage of the Ellenville Police, police responded to the home on a report of a domestic incident. When officers arrived they found a woman suffering from serious knife wounds to the neck, Waage said.  The woman was rendered first aid and transported to Westchester County Medical Center where she is currently being treated, police said…
28-Year-Old Chokes Woman Unconscious At Capital Region Home, Police Say 28-Year-Old Chokes Woman Unconscious At Capital Region Home, Police Say
28-Year-Old Chokes Woman Unconscious At Capital Region Home, Police Say An altercation inside a home in the region ended with a woman being choked unconscious, police said. Deputies in Saratoga County were called at around 11:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, for a welfare check at a home in Clifton Park located on Huntridge Drive, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators determined that Matthew Sand, age 28, choked the victim “with the intention of impeding her normal breathing or blood circulation,” causing her to lose consciousness. Deputies did not elaborate on what led up to the altercation. There were no other reports of injuries. Sand …
Wanted Violent Kidnapper Found Hiding In Worcester Crawl Space: Police Wanted Violent Kidnapper Found Hiding In Worcester Crawl Space: Police
Wanted Violent Kidnapper Found Hiding In Worcester Crawl Space: Police A 32-year-old man wanted on several violent charges tried to hide from Worcester police and federal agents in a home's attic crawl space Friday morning, Aug. 11. It did not work out for him.  Jarrell Grayson, of Worcester, had outstanding warrants on charges of armed robbery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (knife), kidnapping, and strangulation, Worcester police said.  Worcester officers, state troopers, and US Marshals went to a home on Dorchester Street to serve those warrants, but when they arrived, they saw Grayson scurry across the roof and climb into a third-sto…
Attempted Murder: Husband Admits Beating, Choking Wife Unconscious Inside Long Island Home Attempted Murder: Husband Admits Beating, Choking Wife Unconscious Inside Long Island Home
Attempted Murder: Husband Admits Beating, Choking Wife Unconscious Inside Long Island Home A Long Island man has confessed to brutally beating his wife, at one point choking her unconscious, as the couple’s daughter watched in horror and begged him to stop. The 45-year-old Lake Grove resident, who prosecutors are not naming in order to protect the victim’s identity, pleaded guilty to attempted murder and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, Aug. 2. According to the Suffolk County DA’s office, the victim was awakened at around 2:30 a.m. on May 22, 2022, when the defendant turned the bedroom lights on. When the victim asked the man what he was doing, he became enr…
Long Island Man Murdered Pregnant, Estranged Wife, Faces Life In Prison: DA Long Island Man Murdered Pregnant, Estranged Wife, Faces Life In Prison: DA
Long Island Man Murdered Pregnant, Estranged Wife, Faces Life In Prison: DA A Long Island man is facing life in prison after being convicted of strangling and murdering his estranged wife, officials announced. After only two hours of deliberating, a jury convicted 30-year-old Michael Owen for the murder of Kelly Owen on Thursday, July 27, the Nassau County District Attorney announced. The conviction comes over three years after Kelly’s death. Earlier Report: Estranged Husband ID'd As Suspect In Pregnant 27-Year-Old Woman's Murder On the morning of January 15, 2020, Kelly was in her Farmingdale apartment, located on First Avenue on property she shared wi…
Minor Strangled At Gunpoint In Delco Home, Suspect At Large: Police Minor Strangled At Gunpoint In Delco Home, Suspect At Large: Police
Minor Strangled At Gunpoint In Delco Home, Suspect At Large: Police Police in Delaware County are seeking a man who they said choked a "juvenile" victim in their home and threatened them with a firearm.  Craig Devakow, 38, is wanted for assault, strangulation, terroristic threats, gun possession, and related counts, said Upper Chichester Police.  Investigators say Devakow angrily stormed into the kitchen of a township home on Saturday, July 15. Brandishing a "'shiny black' handgun," Devakow allegedly "started choking the victim with his left hand and held the gun to their neck with his right." "Don't you know who the [expletive] I am?" Devakow sa…
Tewksbury Man Convicted Of Beating Girlfriend To Death In Their Bed Tewksbury Man Convicted Of Beating Girlfriend To Death In Their Bed
Tewksbury Man Convicted Of Beating Girlfriend To Death In Their Bed A 43-year-old Tewksbury man was found guilty this week of first-degree murder in the brutal beating death of his girlfriend in 2019, authorities said.  Eric Griffin was convicted of the murder charge as well as strangulation, two counts of domestic assault and battery and battery, and intimidation of a witness in connection with the killing of  Jennifer Kalicki, 39, of Tewksbury, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office announced Thursday, July 13.  Tewksbury police were called to the home Griffin and Kalicki shared on Sept. 15, 2019, around 8:30 p.m. to reports of a sus…
Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty To Motel Murder In South Jersey Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty To Motel Murder In South Jersey
Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty To Motel Murder In South Jersey A Philadelphia man has pleaded guilty to killing a woman at a motel in Burlington County, authorities said. Alexander Rivera, 27, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. The investigation began just before 11:30 a.m. on May 11, 2022, after officers from the Maple Shade Police Department were called to the Bel-Air Motor Lodge on Route 73 for a report of an unresponsive female. Michelle Johnston, 36, who had previously lived in multiple locations in the Burlington and Camden county areas, was found dead in room 410. An au…
Murder For Man Accused Of Strangling Woman, 25, In South Jersey Home Murder For Man Accused Of Strangling Woman, 25, In South Jersey Home
Murder For Man Accused Of Strangling Woman, 25, In South Jersey Home A 24-year-old man has been charged in the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old woman Monday, July 3 in Cumberland County, authorities said. Steven Gonzalez has been charged with first-degree murder and second-degree aggravated assault, following the strangulation on Monday, July 3, Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McCrae said. Members of the Millville Police Department found the victim dead on the 200 block of Riverside Drive, police said. The woman, whose name was not released, died of strangulation, according to results from the autopsy. The death is being investigated as an act of domestic viol…