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Mineola, NY
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LI's Daniel Penny Acquitted In Chokehold Death Of Jordan Neely Aboard NYC Subway Car LI's Daniel Penny Acquitted In Chokehold Death Of Jordan Neely Aboard NYC Subway Car
LI's Daniel Penny Acquitted In Chokehold Death Of Jordan Neely Aboard NYC Subway Car A New York ex-Marine was acquitted in the chokehold death of a New Jersey street artist aboard a Manhattan subway. Daniel Penny was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely by a Manhattan jury on Monday, Dec. 9, following 20 hours of deliberations, CBS News reports. It came days after Judge Maxwell Wiley dismissed a manslaughter charge against Penny after jurors were unable to reach a verdict on the top count. The 26-year-old Penny, a Long Island resident from West Islip, had been accused of killing 30-year-old New Jersey native Jordan Neely aboard a …

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by Michael Mashburn
Bowie, MD
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Former CO Who Fell For Inmate Sentenced For Smuggling Contraband For BF Into Maryland Facility Former CO Who Fell For Inmate Sentenced For Smuggling Contraband For BF Into Maryland Facility
Former CO Who Fell For Inmate Sentenced For Smuggling Contraband For BF Into Maryland Facility An ill-fated romance landed a former corrections officer in Maryland in hot water after conspiring with her inmate boyfriend to smuggle drugs into a Prince George's County facility. Waldorf resident Danielle Dominique Smith, 34, will spend time on the other side of the bars after being sentenced to four months in prison, followed by four months of home detention after she was in an intimate and sexual relationship with an inmate who smuggled contraband into the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections Detention Facility. According to her guilty plea, between November 2009 and A…

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by Zak Failla
Bowie, MD
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Former Correctional Officer Who Fell For Inmate Admits To Smuggling Contraband Into MD Facility Former Correctional Officer Who Fell For Inmate Admits To Smuggling Contraband Into MD Facility
Former Correctional Officer Who Fell For Inmate Admits To Smuggling Contraband Into MD Facility A bad romance led to trouble with the law for a former corrections officer in Maryland who conspired with her inmate boyfriend to smuggle drugs into a Prince George’s County facility. Waldorf resident Danielle Dominique Smith, 34, admitted that she found herself in an intimate and sexual relationship with a prisoner at the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections Detention Facility, with whom she worked with to bring illegal materials into the building. According to her guilty plea, between November 2009 and April 2022, while working as a correctional officer, Smith developed a roma…

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by Zak Failla
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Long Island Prisoner, Woman Use 6-Year-Old To Pass Drugs, Cops Say Long Island Prisoner, Woman Use 6-Year-Old To Pass Drugs, Cops Say
Long Island Prisoner, Woman Use 6-Year-Old To Pass Drugs, Cops Say A Long Island woman was arrested, along with a Suffolk County inmate for allegedly using a 6-year-old child to pass drugs and contraband to the prisoner. The arrests come after Sheriff’s Office Internal Security investigated a promoting prison contraband attempt between prisoner Kadeem Lewis, age 29, and visitor Shanita Limehouse, age 39, of Hempstead in Nassau County for an incident on Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Riverhead Correctional Facility. During the visit, Sheriff’s Office investigators spotted Limehouse using a 6-year-old to transfer contraband to Lewis, said Officer Vicki DiStefano, …

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by Kathy Reakes
Monroe, NY
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District Attorney In Hudson Valley Warns Of 'Alarming Increase' In School Overdoses District Attorney In Hudson Valley Warns Of 'Alarming Increase' In School Overdoses
District Attorney In Hudson Valley Warns Of 'Alarming Increase' In School Overdoses A Hudson Valley district attorney has issued an alert about a recent increase in high school students experiencing medical emergencies after vaping unregulated substances. Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced on Tuesday, March 15, that the county has seen an "alarming increase" in Orange County High School students overdosing after ingesting a variety of substances, such as synthetic marijuana and substances purporting to contain THC or CBD oils, through electronic cigarettes. Hoovler said it has become apparent that high concentrations of other dangerous substances have …

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by Nicole Valinote
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Corrections Officer Smuggled Drugs Into DelCo Jail, DA Says Corrections Officer Smuggled Drugs Into DelCo Jail, DA Says
Corrections Officer Smuggled Drugs Into DelCo Jail, DA Says A 24-year-old corrections officer was charged with smuggling drugs into a Delaware County jail, authorities announced Tuesday. On Saturday, investigators met with a corrections officer at George Hill W. Correctional Facility who stated that he had received information that another corrections officer, Chloe Vadel, was going to bring a large number of drugs into the facility later that day, according to the Delaware County District Attorney's Office. When Vadel arrived for work, she was removed from her post. She acknowledged that she had suboxone in her vehicle, and consented…

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by Nicole Acosta
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Marple PD: Man Calling In Unfounded Reports Of Gunmen At Grocery Store Had Heroin, K2 Marple PD: Man Calling In Unfounded Reports Of Gunmen At Grocery Store Had Heroin, K2
Marple PD: Man Calling In Unfounded Reports Of Gunmen At Grocery Store Had Heroin, K2 A man who called in unfounded reports of gunmen at a local grocery store was found in possession of heroin and synthetic marijuana in Marple Township, authorities said. Officers were dispatched to 2180 West Chester Pike at the Giant Food Store on reports of an individual with a gun around 6:30 p.m. April 2, Marple Township police said. While en route, a second call came in saying that the original caller who reported the subject with a gun, was acting suspicious and leaving the area, authorities said. An officer made contact with the original caller, identified as Andrew Steven Waller…

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by Cecilia Levine
Worcester, MA
Police & Fire
Woman Smuggles Synthetic-Marijuana-Soaked Papers Into MA Prisons Woman Smuggles Synthetic-Marijuana-Soaked Papers Into MA Prisons
Woman Smuggles Synthetic-Marijuana-Soaked Papers Into MA Prisons Papers soaked in synthetic marijuana, “K2,” were smuggled into correctional facilities around Massachusetts by a Marlboro woman who was sentenced for the crime on Thursday, Sept. 9. Caitlin Marcey, 28, was sentenced to two years of probation with the first six months to be served in home confinement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts said. In January, Marcey pleaded guilty to distribution of a controlled substance. She was arrested in June 2019, according to court documents. Marcey’s smuggling scheme involved soaking papers in synthetic marijuana and then mailing them or hand-deliv…

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by Kristin Palpini
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Convicted Montvale Public Masturbator Arrested Again, This Time On Weapons Charges Convicted Montvale Public Masturbator Arrested Again, This Time On Weapons Charges
Convicted Montvale Public Masturbator Arrested Again, This Time On Weapons Charges A convicted public masturbator from Montvale was back in jail, this time after being arrested on weapons charges. Borough police took Marty Napoleon, 38, into custody after finding him with brass knuckles when they responded to his home on a harassment complaint last Thursday, Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. He remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday after a judge initially denied his release. Napoleon spent eight days in the county lockup less than a month ago after Upper Saddle River police said he spot on one officer and tried to head butt another. They'd caught him tre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newburgh, NY
Police & Fire
Wallkill Correction Officer Caught Trying To Bring K2 Into Prison, Police Say Wallkill Correction Officer Caught Trying To Bring K2 Into Prison, Police Say
Wallkill Correction Officer Caught Trying To Bring K2 Into Prison, Police Say A state corrections officer has resigned after he was allegedly nabbed for attempting to bring synthetic marijuana or "K2" into a prison where he was employed. Travon Webb, 30, of Ellenville, was arrested on Monday, Feb. 25, after it was discovered during a search of employees entering the Wall Kill Correctional Facility that he was attempting to bring in some 64 grams of K2, said New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel. An additional search of Webb's personal vehicle yielded another 137 grams of the drug. At the time of his arrest, Webb was employed as a corrections offic…

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by Kathy Reakes
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Westchester Woman Accused Of Trying To Bring Drugs Into Prison Westchester Woman Accused Of Trying To Bring Drugs Into Prison
Westchester Woman Accused Of Trying To Bring Drugs Into Prison A 23-year-old woman from Westchester is facing charges for allegedly attempting to bring synthetic marijuana into a state prison, police said. Yonkers resident Jazmine Harden was arrested on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Gouverneur Correctional Facility in upstate New York when she was busted attempting to bring drugs into the facility. Police said that a Department of Corrections and Community Supervision canine alerted officers to a bag Harden brought into the prison, which contained an unspecified amount of synthetic marijuana. Harden was arrested and charged with introducing prison contraba…

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by Zak Failla
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Woman Nabbed Attempting To Smuggle Drugs Into Fishkill Correctional Facility, Police Say Woman Nabbed Attempting To Smuggle Drugs Into Fishkill Correctional Facility, Police Say
Woman Nabbed Attempting To Smuggle Drugs Into Fishkill Correctional Facility, Police Say A 48-year-old woman was nabbed trying to smuggle drugs into the Fishkill Correctional Facility, according to state police. Diana Guzman of the Bronx was arrested on Saturday, Nov. 3, for attempting to bring 18.3 grams of synthetic marijuana, and 85 sublingual suboxone strips into Fishkill Correctional Facility, said New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks. The drugs were hidden in black balloons on Guzman’s person, said Hicks.  She was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts introducing dangerous contraband into a prison.&n…

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by Kathy Reakes
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Feds: Fort Dix Officer Smuggled Synth Pot, Suboxone To Inmates For Cash Feds: Fort Dix Officer Smuggled Synth Pot, Suboxone To Inmates For Cash
Feds: Fort Dix Officer Smuggled Synth Pot, Suboxone To Inmates For Cash A Fort Dix corrections officer with an apparent penchant for gambling delivered synth pot and suboxone to inmates in exchange for cash before being arrested by federal agents Thursday, authorities said. A U.S. District Court judge in Newark released Paul Anton Wright, 32, of Berlin, on a $100,000 unsecured bond Thursday afternoon after a brief hearing. Between February and September 2015, Wright “received thousands of dollars in cash payments from the relative of an FCI Fort Dix inmate and subsequently delivered contraband, including K2 [synthetic marijuana], to the inmate,” U.S. Attorney C…

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by Jerry DeMarco