Video: Man Wanted For Assaulting Springfield Cop Leading Wild Pursuit In Stolen Taxi, Cops Say Video: Man Wanted For Assaulting Springfield Cop Leading Wild Pursuit In Stolen Taxi, Cops Say Video: Man Wanted For Assaulting Springfield Cop Leading Wild Pursuit In Stolen Taxi, Cops Say
Video: Man Wanted For Assaulting Springfield Cop Leading Wild Pursuit In Stolen Taxi, Cops Say A 30-year-old man from Brooklyn, NY is facing a long list of charges after ramming into New Jersey State Police cars in a stolen taxi and fleeing on foot during a wild multi-town pursuit, authorities said. Ashton Charles, who struck a Springfield Township officer while he was outside of his vehicle, was operating a stolen Toyota Sienna wanted in a potential strong-arm robbery in New York, when New Jersey State Police troopers responded at approximately 11:24 a.m. Sunday, June 1, NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. Footage of the incident shared in the comments of a Bridgewater Patch article on F…
Hamptons Cocaine Delivery Service Netting $500K Lands Dealer Major Prison Time Hamptons Cocaine Delivery Service Netting $500K Lands Dealer Major Prison Time Hamptons Cocaine Delivery Service Netting $500K Lands Dealer Major Prison Time
Hamptons Cocaine Delivery Service Netting $500K Lands Dealer Major Prison Time A Brooklyn man who ran a “sophisticated” cocaine delivery service from the city to the Hamptons will spend the next decade behind bars. Michael Khodorkovskiy, 45, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, May 29, after pleading guilty to trafficking cocaine into East Hampton and Montauk during the busy tourist season. “[This] operation was not only expansive, it was sophisticated and targeted,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney. “Our communities deserve to be safe from the violence, addiction, and destruction that follow in the wake of drug…
10-Month Manhunt Ends In Brooklyn For Teen Accused Of Columbia Mall Murder: Police 10-Month Manhunt Ends In Brooklyn For Teen Accused Of Columbia Mall Murder: Police 10-Month Manhunt Ends In Brooklyn For Teen Accused Of Columbia Mall Murder: Police
10-Month Manhunt Ends In Brooklyn For Teen Accused Of Columbia Mall Murder: Police The 10-month manhunt for a Maryland teen accused of gunning down a high school student at a shopping mall has come to an end — in Brooklyn. William “Junior” Marshall III, 18, was arrested without incident early Thursday morning, May 29, at a New York residence, according to police in Howard County, who worked with the US Marshals, and NYPD to track him down after a tip surfaced on social media. William Thomas Marshall III Howard County Police Marshall is wanted for the July 2024 murder of 17-year-old Angelo Little, who was shot and killed inside the Mall in Columbia — one of the…
Dealer Who 'Poisoned' 'Pose' Star Cecilia Gentili Sentenced Months After West Babylon Defendant Dealer Who 'Poisoned' 'Pose' Star Cecilia Gentili Sentenced Months After West Babylon Defendant Dealer Who 'Poisoned' 'Pose' Star Cecilia Gentili Sentenced Months After West Babylon Defendant
Dealer Who 'Poisoned' 'Pose' Star Cecilia Gentili Sentenced Months After West Babylon Defendant A Brooklyn man who distributed the fentanyl-laced drugs that led to the death of transgender activist and Pose actress Cecilia Gentili will spend nearly two decades in federal prison. Michael Kuilan, 45, was sentenced to 19 years behind bars in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday, May 27, for selling the heroin and fentanyl that caused Gentili’s fatal overdose, according to the US Attorney’s Office. Gentili, a beloved LGBTQ advocate, author, and performer best known for her role as Ms. Orlando on the FX series Pose, was found dead inside her Brooklyn home on Feb. 6, 2024. An autopsy found tha…
Jamaican Citizen Behind Fatal Robbery That Killed Poughkeepsie Victim Learns Fate: Feds Jamaican Citizen Behind Fatal Robbery That Killed Poughkeepsie Victim Learns Fate: Feds Jamaican Citizen Behind Fatal Robbery That Killed Poughkeepsie Victim Learns Fate: Feds
Jamaican Citizen Behind Fatal Robbery That Killed Poughkeepsie Victim Learns Fate: Feds A man who illegally returned to the US after deportation will spend decades in prison for leading a violent robbery crew whose final act ended in the fatal shooting of a Hudson Valley resident, federal prosecutors said.  Marcus Ricketts, 48, a Jamaican national, was sentenced on Thursday, May 15, in Brooklyn federal court to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to causing death through the use of a firearm, the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced.  The sentencing follows a series of armed robberies committed across New York City, including a dea…
Minister Repeatedly Had Sex With Underage Girl In Nassau County, Police Say Minister Repeatedly Had Sex With Underage Girl In Nassau County, Police Say Minister Repeatedly Had Sex With Underage Girl In Nassau County, Police Say
Minister Repeatedly Had Sex With Underage Girl In Nassau County, Police Say A man who works as both a minister and hospital chaplain is accused of sexually abusing a minor on Long Island. Reginald Chery, age 46, was arrested at his Brooklyn residence Wednesday, May 21, following an investigation by the Nassau County Police Department’s Special Victims Squad. Detectives determined that Chery repeatedly has sexual relations with an underage girl in Nassau County between Janaury 2014 and August 2016, police said. At the time of his arrest, Chery was employed as a minister at the South Bronx Seventh-day Adventist Church on Crotona Avenue, and served as a chaplain at S…
Hov Hits Albany: Jay-Z Makes Surprise Visit To Capitol With High-Stakes Pitch Hov Hits Albany: Jay-Z Makes Surprise Visit To Capitol With High-Stakes Pitch Hov Hits Albany: Jay-Z Makes Surprise Visit To Capitol With High-Stakes Pitch
Hov Hits Albany: Jay-Z Makes Surprise Visit To Capitol With High-Stakes Pitch Jay-Z’s got 99 problems, and landing a Times Square gaming license just might be one. It’s not every day the New York State Capitol gets a visit from Hov. But the music mogul and business powerhouse made an unannounced stop in Albany on Monday, May 19. Jay-Z, legal name Shawn Carter, met with Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins to discuss something a little glitzier than legislation: a proposed Caesars Palace casino in Times Square, Albany station WRGB reports. The Brooklyn-born rapper’s company, Roc Nation, is part of a bid to secure one of the state’s coveted new downstate gami…
Shoplifting Turns Violent: Cops Detail Drugs, Kicking And Chaos In Lyndhurst Shoplifting Turns Violent: Cops Detail Drugs, Kicking And Chaos In Lyndhurst Shoplifting Turns Violent: Cops Detail Drugs, Kicking And Chaos In Lyndhurst
Shoplifting Turns Violent: Cops Detail Drugs, Kicking And Chaos In Lyndhurst A shoplifting call in Bergen County turned violent when one suspect kicked a police officer and the other was found with cocaine, authorities said. Officers responded to the 400 block of Valley Brook Avenue in Lyndhurst around 4:01 p.m. on Monday, May 19, for a shoplifting in progress involving two men who ran toward Grant Avenue, according to Detective Capt. Vincent Auteri of the Lyndhurst Police Department Officer Michael D’Alessandro canvassed the area and found a man matching the suspect description near Valley Brook and Cleveland Avenues, police said. That man, later identified as Ray…
Trump Reverses $5B NY Wind Halt After $50M Weekly Loss, Whale Claims Debunked Trump Reverses $5B NY Wind Halt After $50M Weekly Loss, Whale Claims Debunked Trump Reverses $5B NY Wind Halt After $50M Weekly Loss, Whale Claims Debunked
Trump Reverses $5B NY Wind Halt After $50M Weekly Loss, Whale Claims Debunked The Trump administration has reversed its highly controversial stop-work order on the Empire Wind 1 project, allowing construction of New York’s largest offshore wind farm to resume, officials announced Monday, May 19. The $5 billion project, spearheaded by Norwegian energy giant Equinor, had already completed more than 30 percent of construction — including seabed foundations and a Brooklyn terminal — when Interior Secretary Doug Burgum halted work on April 16, citing "flawed science." That claim, echoed in a Fox News report and Burgum’s social media post, was not supported by any released…
Gas Station Pumps Out Top-Prize Lotto Ticket In White Plains: Here's Where Gas Station Pumps Out Top-Prize Lotto Ticket In White Plains: Here's Where Gas Station Pumps Out Top-Prize Lotto Ticket In White Plains: Here's Where
Gas Station Pumps Out Top-Prize Lotto Ticket In White Plains: Here's Where It was a good time to fuel up and buy a lottery ticket in Westchester over the weekend.  That's because according to the New York Lottery, a lucky customer who purchased a TAKE 5 ticket at a gas station located at 1169 Knollwood Rd. in White Plains won a top prize of $9,304.50 in the Saturday, May 17 midday drawing.  The win was part of a double-luck day for New York players, as another top-prize ticket was also sold at A & P Fried Chicken in Brooklyn for the same amount. The TAKE 5 game, drawn twice daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., features numbers drawn from a field of on…
Walgreens Announces Dozens Of Upcoming Closures, Including In New Haven County Walgreens Announces Dozens Of Upcoming Closures, Including In New Haven County Walgreens Announces Dozens Of Upcoming Closures, Including In New Haven County
Walgreens Announces Dozens Of Upcoming Closures, Including In New Haven County Walgreens announced this past fall that it will close about 1,200 stores over three years amid a decline in prescription drug payments and a rise in online competition. About 500 of those closures will be in 2025. Now, the locations of some of the specific stores slated to go out of business are emerging and being posted at walgreens.com. Connecticut East Hartford, 922 Silver Lane: Permanently closing on Tuesday, May 20. East Haven, 157 Main Street: Permanently closing on Thursday, May 22. New Britain, 1350 Stanley Street: Permanently closing on Monday, May 19. New Milford, 173 Danbury R…
2 Dead In Mexican Navy Ship Crash With Brooklyn Bridge (UPDATE) 2 Dead In Mexican Navy Ship Crash With Brooklyn Bridge (UPDATE) 2 Dead In Mexican Navy Ship Crash With Brooklyn Bridge (UPDATE)
2 Dead In Mexican Navy Ship Crash With Brooklyn Bridge (Update) Two people are dead and 19 more are injured after a Mexican Navy ship collided with the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday night, May 17, the NYPD confirmed. The crash happened at around 8:26 p.m., when the ship — which had just departed from Pier 17 — suffered a mechanical failure, according to the NYPD. “A preliminary investigation by the NYPD Special Operations Division, FDNY, US Coast Guard, and the NYC Department of Transportation revealed that a naval vessel… experienced a mechanical malfunction,” police said in a statement. “The masts of the vessel then collided with the structure of the Broo…