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Minibike Fails Rider In Race With Stafford Cops
A minibike operator who told police he fled a traffic stop because he thought he could get away, didn't, authorities in Stafford said.
Stafford County Deputy AT Leckemby was heading east on Garrisonville Road near Onville Road when he noticed a minibike with no lights on it around 8:35 p.m. Nov. 23, the Stafford County sheriff's office said in a release.
The operator, later identified as Gunther Raimund, 24, looked back at Leckemby when he initiated a traffic stop, then hit the gas, authorities said.
Leckemby followed the minibike down Garrisonville Road, onto Richmond Highway, and in…
Ex-Nurse Avoids Jailtime For Stealing Boston Patients' Opioids: Feds
A former nurse who admitted to stealing opioids from her patients and a locked medicine cabinet at two Boston-area hospitals will not serve any jail time, federal authorities announced.
Lisa Tarr, 33, of St. Petersburg, Fla., was sentenced to five years of probation, with the first year being spent in home detention, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Tarr pleaded guilty last year to four counts of unlawfully obtaining controlled substances by fraud, deception, and subterfuge.
Tarr was a student nurse at a Boston-area hospital in August 2018, where she told investigators she…
App Leads To Teen Car Thief, 'Violent Struggle' With Cops In Hudson, Police Say
They say there’s an app for everything, and that includes catching car thieves.
Police in Columbia County were called at around 3:45 p.m. Thursday, May 4, with reports that a woman’s SUV had been stolen in Hudson, near Warren and 5th streets, according to Hudson Police.
Fortunately for the victim, she has an app on her phone that allowed investigators to track the vehicle right to the suspect’s doorstep.
Using the app, officers found the vehicle approximately four blocks away, near Columbia and 1st streets, where they identified the suspect as Darrick Sanchez, age 18, of Hudson. …
Alleged Norwalk Drug Dealer Nabbed Again, Police Say
An accused drug dealer was busted for a second time following a year-long investigation in Fairfield County.
Donald "Showbizz" Flamer, age 42, of Norwalk, was arrested on Tuesday, Feb. 7 following the execution of search warrants at his Norwalk home on Ely Avenue, said Lt. Joe Dinho, of the Norwalk Police.
The warrants are the result of a year-long investigation into continuing narcotics trafficking by Flamer who is currently out on bond from a Wednesday, April 13, 2022, narcotics arrest, Dinho said.
Dinho said Flamer posted bail for the April arrest and had conditions of r…
Westbury Man Charged After Police Recover Firearm, Oxycodone Pills, Cocaine, Pounds Of Cannabis
A 23-year-old man is facing charges after police reported recovering 101 oxycodone pills, cocaine, pounds of cannabis, and a firearm from a Long Island home.
Walter LinderNavarro, of Westbury, was arrested during an investigation that happened at 1:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14, in Westbury, the Nassau County Police Department said.
NCPD said detectives conducted an investigation at a home on Bowling Green Drive and arrested LinderNavarro.
Police said the following items were recovered during the investigation:
Seven bags containing a white powdery substance believed to be cocaine, wei…
Nurse Admits To Stealing, Injecting Herself With Pain Meds From Boston Hospitals: Feds
A former nurse at a Boston-area hospital admitted in federal court this week to swiping medication meant for patients, authorities said.
Lisa Tarr, 33, of St. Petersburg, Fla., pleaded guilty to four counts of unlawfully obtaining controlled substances by fraud, deception, and subterfuge at a Boston court, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.
Tarr admitted to stealing medication when she was a nursing student working at a Boston-area hospital in 2018 when she took fentanyl and injected it into her veins in 2018, the prosecutor said. She told investigators that she stole an IV…
Baltimore Drug Dealer Sentenced For Selling Heroin, Fentanyl Across Four States
A Baltimore man has been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing and distributing controlled substances, officials say.
Devin Cunningham, 27, was involved in the selling and distributing of narcotics including fentanyl, heroin, and other controlled substances to Maryland and surrounding states from 2017 until 2020.
Specifically, between January 2017 and December 2020, "scores of customers from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia traveled to the Forest Park area of Baltimore and purchased between a half of a gram and several grams of fentanyl or h…
