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'Everyone Is Dead': Teen Threatens To Shoot Up Chelsea School Following Fight: DA 'Everyone Is Dead': Teen Threatens To Shoot Up Chelsea School Following Fight: DA
'Everyone Is Dead': Teen Threatens To Shoot Up Chelsea School Following Fight: DA A 14-year-old boy was charged Monday, Oct. 23, in juvenile court after he allegedly said he planned to shoot up Shore Educational Collaborative school in Chelsea after he got into a fight last week, authorities said.  The boy was charged with making a bomb threat and was being held on a $750 bail, the Suffolk County District Attorney said. If he makes bail, he will be on house arrest except for when he goes to an alternate school placement, and he must stay off social media.  Chelsea police were called to Shore Educational Collaborative on Oct. 17 after the boy attacked …
Chesco Teen Sentenced For Toddler Brother's Shooting Death Chesco Teen Sentenced For Toddler Brother's Shooting Death
Chesco Teen Sentenced For Toddler Brother's Shooting Death A Coatesville teenager could spend almost two years on house arrest for the 2022 death of his 4-year-old brother, a Chester County court has ruled.  Victor Lara-Ortiz, 18, was sentenced to six to 23 months of home confinement at his sentencing hearing before Judge Analisa Sondergaard in West Chester on Tuesday, Feb. 14, said District Attorney Deb Ryan.  The sentence draws to a close the tragic chapter that began on Feb. 28, 2022, according to the DA's Office.  On that day, while Lara-Ortiz was out of the house, authorities say his little brother Roman Aguilera-Ortiz walked into the teen's…
Quincy Man Accused Of Racially Motivated Attack Deemed Dangerous, Given Home Confinement: DA Quincy Man Accused Of Racially Motivated Attack Deemed Dangerous, Given Home Confinement: DA
Quincy Man Accused Of Racially Motivated Attack Deemed Dangerous, Given Home Confinement: DA A Quincy man who is accused of yelling "Go back to China" before driving into a man and carrying him on his hood last week was deemed a dangerous individual at a Thursday, Dec. 8, hearing, authorities said.  John Sullivan, 77, won't wait for his trial behind bars, however, as Judge Neil Hourihan ruled that Sullivan will be sequestered from the public with house arrest, the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office said. The Quincy man will have to pay a $10,000 surety bond — far less than the prosecution's ask of $50,000 — and wear a GPS monitor as part of the home confinement cond…
Salem Man Sentenced To Prison For Crash That Killed Off-Duty Officer: DA Salem Man Sentenced To Prison For Crash That Killed Off-Duty Officer: DA
Salem Man Sentenced To Prison For Crash That Killed Off-Duty Officer: DA A Salem man who admitted to recklessly causing the death of a 56-year-old police officer will spend a year in prison, authorities said.  Juan Martinez pleaded guilty Tuesday, Sept. 27, to vehicular homicide in the wreck that killed Dana Mazola on June 25, 2020, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said. A judge sentenced him to serve a year of a two-and-a-half year prison sentence with six months of house arrest when he's released, the prosecutor said. He must also forfeit his license for 15 years.  Martinez was driving near 317 along Jefferson Avenue in Salem just after 11 p.m. whe…
Accused Nancy Pelosi Laptop Thief Returns To Ren Faire: Reports Accused Nancy Pelosi Laptop Thief Returns To Ren Faire: Reports
Accused Nancy Pelosi Laptop Thief Returns To Ren Faire: Reports The Mechanicsburg woman accused of stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s laptop during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will be heading to the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire for a second time, according to numerous outlets citing court documents. Riley Williams, 25, has been granted permission to visit the annual event in Manheim a second time, PennLive reports. She was spotted in photos and videos breaking into the United States Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, and stealing Pelosi’s laptop before later disposing of it, FBI officials previously said. She was arrested Jan. …
Accused Nancy Pelosi Laptop Thief Goes To Ren Faire: Reports Accused Nancy Pelosi Laptop Thief Goes To Ren Faire: Reports
Accused Nancy Pelosi Laptop Thief Goes To Ren Faire: Reports The Mechanicsburg woman accused of stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s laptop during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will be heading to the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire this weekend, according to numerous outlets citing court documents. Riley Williams, 25, filed the request in federal court to be permitted to visit the annual event in Manheim, Lancaster Online reports. She was spotted in photos and videos breaking into the United States Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, and stealing Pelosi’s laptop before later disposing of it, FBI officials previously said. She was arreste…
Ephrata Man Attacks Hospital Workers: Police Ephrata Man Attacks Hospital Workers: Police
Ephrata Man Attacks Hospital Workers: Police A 21-year-old man from Ephrata attacked hospital workers and scratched at them, police allege. Damon M. Ruoss, was an emergency room patient at Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital at 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, August 9, according to a release by the Ephrata police department.  For an unknown reason Ruoss allegedly assaulted four hospital employees. "One victim was punched in the face and scratched, another victim was scratched and two other victims were spit on by Ruoss," police say.  He also damaged a hospital room by punching the drywall, according to the release. He has been …
Winthrop Man Under House Arrest For Pointing Replica Rifle At Passing Cars Winthrop Man Under House Arrest For Pointing Replica Rifle At Passing Cars
Winthrop Man Under House Arrest For Pointing Replica Rifle At Passing Cars A Winthrop man is under house arrest for threatening people with a realistic-looking replica of an assault weapon, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said.  Gregory Gill, age 23, was caught sitting atop a military vehicle and pointing the weapon at passing cars before Winthrop's Independence Day parade on Saturday, July 2, Hayden said.  Gill was also apparently shouting, "Heat shot, boom," loud enough for each car to hear. Gill and the weapon were later taken into police custody. Hayden commented on the fragility surrounding the incident following the recent m…
MD Teen Felon Under House Arrest Runs Out Of Gas In PA Driving Stolen Car: Police MD Teen Felon Under House Arrest Runs Out Of Gas In PA Driving Stolen Car: Police
MD Teen Felon Under House Arrest Runs Out Of Gas In PA Driving Stolen Car: Police A 16-year-old boy with a felony record has been arrested in Pennsylvania after running out of gas while driving a car he was accused of stealing in Baltimore, police say. The 2013 Ford Fusion the teen was driving was spotted partially parked in the roadway at Auction and Graystone Roads in PennTownship around 2:30 p.m. on Friday, May 14, by Northern Lancaster County Regional police. He told police that he had pulled over because he ran out of gas and then gave the police a license that belonged to someone else, according to the police. Police soon learned the car was stolen and were able…
PA Man Who Assaulted Teen Sought By Police After Escaping House Arrest PA Man Who Assaulted Teen Sought By Police After Escaping House Arrest
PA Man Who Assaulted Teen Sought By Police After Escaping House Arrest A man who assaulted a 16-year-old is being sought by police after he escaped from house arrest, according to a release by the police. Chambersburg police are asking the public for help locating Elijah Pough Jr., 46, originally of Steelton, who escaped from GPS monitored house arrest in Chambersburg on Thursday, Mar. 17, according to a release by the police department. Charges related to his escape are being filed by the department. Pough was originally arrested for an assault of a 16-year-old in the 500 block of South Second Street just before midnight on Sept. 30, 2021, according to an …
Amish Father, Son Sentenced For Sexually Abusing Children For 10 Years: Lancaster DA Amish Father, Son Sentenced For Sexually Abusing Children For 10 Years: Lancaster DA
Amish Father, Son Sentenced For Sexually Abusing Children For 10 Years: Lancaster DA A Lancaster County father and son have been sentenced after pleaded guilty to sexually abusing young children over a ten year period, according to the Lancaster County district attorney's office. Daniel Glick Beiler, 52, of Strasburg, was sentenced to serve a minimum of 10 to a maximum of 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to nine felony and six misdemeanor charges including statutory sexual assault, two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and unlawful sexual contact with a minor, according to a release by the district attorney's office. Beiler's two victims were 13 and …
CT Man Admits To Violating Federal Sex Offender Registration, Notification Act CT Man Admits To Violating Federal Sex Offender Registration, Notification Act
CT Man Admits To Violating Federal Sex Offender Registration, Notification Act A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to register as a sex offender. New Haven County resident Christopher Poskus, age 47, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty to the charges on Thursday, Oct. 14, according to Leonard Boyle, acting United States attorney for the District of Connecticut. The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act requires sex offenders to register and keep their registration current in the jurisdictions where they live, work or go to school. Boyle said that Poskus was convicted of possession of child pornography in 2010. Following his release fr…
House Arrest Reduced For PA Woman Accused Of Stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Laptop House Arrest Reduced For PA Woman Accused Of Stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Laptop
House Arrest Reduced For PA Woman Accused Of Stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Laptop The Pennsylvania woman accused of stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's laptop successfully petitioned the court to allow her 13 hours a day outside her home while she awaits trial, according to court records. Riley June Williams, 22 of Harrisburg, was arrested in Jan. on charges related to illegally entering the US Capitol building and later was charged with stealing Pelosi's laptop, according to the US Department of Justice. Williams' defense team filed the petition with US District Court in D.C. on Tuesday. The request was apparently made on the grounds that she needs to seek employmen…
Ex-AC Mayor Who Spent $86,000 In Youth Sports Donations On Himself Gets 30 Days In Fed Pen Ex-AC Mayor Who Spent $86,000 In Youth Sports Donations On Himself Gets 30 Days In Fed Pen
Ex-AC Mayor Who Spent $86,000 In Youth Sports Donations On Himself Gets 30 Days In Fed Pen UPDATE: Former Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam was sentenced Thursday to a plea-bargained 30 days in federal prison, 11 months of house arrest and 200 hours of community for scamming donors out of $86,000 that he told them was going to a youth basketball team. Frank Gilliam, 49, used the money on fancy clothes, expensive meals, and trips that were “completely unrelated to the operation of a youth basketball team,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachel A. Honig said. “I stand before this court a fractured human being,” Gilliam told U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez via videoconference in Camde…
Registered Rockland Sex Offender Gets House Arrest For Violating Federal Release With Minor Registered Rockland Sex Offender Gets House Arrest For Violating Federal Release With Minor
Registered Rockland Sex Offender Gets House Arrest For Violating Federal Release With Minor A registered sex offender from Rockland County who spent a year in federal prison for assaulting a woman on a flight from Israel to Newark Liberty International Airport was sentenced Thursday to time served for sexually abusing a minor after his release, authorities said. Yoel Oberlander, 39, of Monsey had served a plea-bargained year behind bars for the airborne May 2016 assault when he was arrested by Ramapo police in June 2019. Oberlander later admitted that he’d picked up an underage victim for sex in his car during what was three years of federal supervised release, U.S. Attorney Craig…
Missing Mom Case: Michelle Troconis' New Attorney Claims Bail Conditions Humiliating, Too Harsh Missing Mom Case: Michelle Troconis' New Attorney Claims Bail Conditions Humiliating, Too Harsh
Missing Mom Case: Michelle Troconis' New Attorney Claims Bail Conditions Humiliating, Too Harsh A new attorney hired to represent Michelle Troconis, the former lover of Fotis Dulos, who is charged in the death of his missing Fairfield County wife, Jennifer Farber Dulos, didn't take long to file new motions on her behalf. Hartford-based Jon Schoenhorn was hired on Wednesday, Feb. 5, and immediately filed a motion to have the case moved to the Hartford Judicial District. In the motion, Schoenhorn argues the crimes Troconis is accused of committing took place in the Hartford area, not in Fairfield County. “Although the state alleges this crime occurred in the town of New Canaan, the se…
Missing Mom Case: Estranged Husband, Ex-Girlfriend Released From Custody After Posting Bond Missing Mom Case: Estranged Husband, Ex-Girlfriend Released From Custody After Posting Bond
Missing Mom Case: Estranged Husband, Ex-Girlfriend Released From Custody After Posting Bond Wearing a blue shirt and sports coat, Fotis Dulos the estranged husband of missing Fairfield County mother of five Jennifer Farber Dulos walked out of a Stamford courthouse after posting a $6 million bond. Dulos, 52, put up more than $400,000 in cash on Thursday, Jan. 9, to win his freedom after his arrest on charges of murder, felony murder, and kidnapping, in connection with the disappearance of New Canaan's Jennifer Dulos, officials said. The fee to obtain a bond in excess of $5,000 is seven percent of the amount plus $150 under Connecticut law. Before leaving the courthouse just before…
Estranged Husband's Bond Stays At $6M In Missing Mom Case Estranged Husband's Bond Stays At $6M In Missing Mom Case
Estranged Husband's Bond Stays At $6M In Missing Mom Case Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of missing Fairfield County mother Jennifer Farber Dulos, will remain behind bars on a $6 million bond after a judge ruled the amount "appropriate."  Dulos, who has been charged with felony murder, murder,  and kidnapping, will likely have the funds to bail out within a day, his attorney Norm Pattis said on the Stamford Superior Courthouse steps following his client's arraignment on Wednesday, Jan. 8. Related story: Attorney Arrested At Gunpoint In Missing Mom Case Allegedly Dug Makeshift Grave Pattis argued to have the bail reduced to …
Fairfield Father Accused Of Killing Ex-Wife Freed On $2M Bond Posted By Son Fairfield Father Accused Of Killing Ex-Wife Freed On $2M Bond Posted By Son
Fairfield Father Accused Of Killing Ex-Wife Freed On $2M Bond Posted By Son The son of a Fairfield man accused of killing his ex-wife earlier this year has been released after his son posted a $2 million bond. Following a hearing this week in Bridgeport Superior Court, a judge allowed James Taylor, 75, to be released from custody under the condition that he lives with his son Chris Taylor, a member of the Bridgeport Board of Education. Taylor was arrested in February after he allegedly shot and killed his ex-wife. Officers responded to a Catamount Road home at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 3, where Catherine Taylor was found dead at the scene. According to repor…
Passaic County Rapper Juelz Santana Admits Bringing Gun To Newark Airport Passaic County Rapper Juelz Santana Admits Bringing Gun To Newark Airport
Passaic County Rapper Juelz Santana Admits Bringing Gun To Newark Airport Passaic County rapper Juelz Santana admitted in federal court on Thursday that he brought a gun into Newark Airport earlier this year. Santana, 36, of Totowa -- whose real name is Laron L. James -- is likely looking at federal prison time because of a prior felony conviction out of Bergen County, which prohibits him from carrying a firearm. He remained free on house arrest with an ankle bracelet monitor pending sentencing, thanks to a $500,000 bond that his mother secured with her Englewood home. U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler scheduled sentencing for Dec. 12 in Newark federal court…
Fairfield County Hairdresser Charged In Crash That Killed Father Of Two Fairfield County Hairdresser Charged In Crash That Killed Father Of Two
Fairfield County Hairdresser Charged In Crash That Killed Father Of Two A local hairdresser wanted on a warrant for second-degree manslaughter was nabbed by Bridgeport police at 3:50 a.m.Wednesday by an officer checking out a suspicious vehicle. Dionna Silas, 24, of Bridgeport, was caught on Main and Fairview Avenue sitting in a running car after midnight shift Officer Phil Norris checked out the car and discovered the wanted woman who originally gave officers a fake ID, said Av Harris, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police Department. Silas was wanted in connection with a June 2016 motor vehicle crash that killed 43-year-old Luis Batista of Bridgeport.  During …
Ridgefield Police Officer Nabs Newark Fugitive Ridgefield Police Officer Nabs Newark Fugitive
Ridgefield Police Officer Nabs Newark Fugitive RIDGEFIELD, N.J. -- A Ridgefield police officer nabbed a fugitive out of Newark who'd removed his house-arrest bracelet before fleeing, authorities said. Nori Howard, 26, was a passenger in a black 2011 Honda stopped by Officer Eustachio Fabrizio on westbound Edgewater Avenue for various equipment violations, Police Chief Thomas J. Gallgher said Tuesday. Howard, who initially lied about his identity, was taken into custody on warrants from the Essex County Sheriff's Department, Gallagher said. Borough police charged him with providing false information, then sent him back to the Essex Coun…