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Car Hits Building, Starts Fire: Arrest Made In Ossining Crash That Displaced Single Mom
Nearly two weeks after a car slammed into a multi-family home in Westchester and triggered a fire that displaced more than a dozen residents, police say they’ve caught the driver who fled from the scene.
On Monday, April 8, 33-year-old Tevin Mackey of Ossining turned himself in to police in connection with the crash, which happened at around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, when a 2011 Subaru Impreza barreled into the corner of a home at 62 South Highland Ave., Ossining Police announced on Tuesday, April 8.
The Impreza struck the building’s utility connections in the crash,&…
Delivery Driver Carjacking, High-Speed Lancaster Chase: Homeless Man Gets Time In State Slammer
A 21-year-old homeless man has been sentenced to four to eight years in Pennsylvania state prison after he pleaded guilty to robbing a woman at gunpoint, stealing her car, and leading police on a high-speed chase, police said.
Matthew Daniel Reyes was sentenced by Judge Thomas Sponaugle after pleading guilty Monday, March 24 to multiple charges, including robbery of a motor vehicle, criminal conspiracy, unlawful possession of a firearm, and fleeing police, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.
Reyes declined to speak in court before sentencing, though his attorney sa…
Trio Beat, Stabbed Man To Death At Homeless Camp Steps From Central Islip Police Station: DA
Three foreign nationals were formally charged with murdering a homeless man just steps from a Long Island police station.
Brayan Heredia-Escobar, 19, of Guatemala; Jhon Lopez-Camps, 18, of El Salvador; and Julio Beltran, 39, of El Salvador, were indicted for second-degree murder in Suffolk County Court in the brutal killing of 39-year-old Salvadoran national Candido Saravia-Martinez.
The victim was found slain in a makeshift tent in Central Islip, near the intersection of Suffolk and Carleton avenues, at around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, as Daily Voice reported. The scene was just steps f…
Murder-Suicide Ends In LA Fitness Parking Lot In Lindenhurst
Two men are dead following a suspected murder-suicide that ended outside a Long Island gym.
Officers were called to a Lindenhurst residence on Nevada Street for a man lying in the front yard just before 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3. They found Marek Gusciora, 66, dead from a gunshot wound to his chest, Suffolk County Police said.
A little over an hour later, detectives located Augustyn Jedra, 69, who is homeless, dead in a parked vehicle behind the LA Fitness on Park Avenue, roughly four blocks south of the Nevada Street scene, police said.
Jedra died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound…
Dual-Wielding, ‘Moaning’ Man Stabbed Griswold Friend Who Took Him In: Police
An argument between friends escalated into a grisly stabbing incident earlier this week when an intoxicated man, wielding two knives, attacked another, authorities said.
Alan Frazier, 44, of Jewett City, faces charges of second-degree assault, threatening, and reckless endangerment following the alleged attack on Dec. 18, Connecticut State Police said.
A Griswold man called police around 6:15 p.m. to report that Frazier, a homeless friend he had allowed to stay at his Main Street home, had attacked him with two knives and punched him in the face, according to a police report.
The argument …
Holiday Heart: Spring Valley Church To Host Christmas Dinner For Homeless, Lonely
Christmas is usually a season of joy and family gatherings. But for the homeless or lonely, it can be challenging to cope.
To help, the First Baptist Church of Spring Valley will serve Christmas dinner and distribute coats and food packages to the homeless, indigent, and lonely on Christmas Day.
Deacon Michael Williams said the church, whose theme is "Love thy Neighbor," will also deliver dinners and food packages to homebound members, their neighbors, and the homeless in Spring Valley and surrounding communities.
According to Williams, the number of attendees can reach 200…
Shirley Man Who Forced Homeless Teen Into Prostitution In Exchange For Food, Shelter Sentenced
A Long Island man will spend more than a decade in prison for forcing an 18-year-old homeless woman into prostitution.
Javesh Persaud, 34, of Shirley, was sentenced to 12 years behind bars in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, Dec. 11, after pleading guilty to sex trafficking and related charges.
Prosecutors said Persaud met the victim in July 2023 on Omegle, an online chat platform. She had been sleeping in New York City subways and told Persaud she was homeless.
Persaud offered her food, clean clothes, a shower, and a place to sleep. He then drove the victim to a parking lot in Shirley …
