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Criminal Probe Opened In Helicopter Crash Killing Albany, Niskayuna Nat'l Guard Members: Report Criminal Probe Opened In Helicopter Crash Killing Albany, Niskayuna Nat'l Guard Members: Report
Criminal Probe Opened In Helicopter Crash Killing Albany, Niskayuna Nat'l Guard Members: Report Officials have launched a criminal investigation into a National Guard helicopter crash near the southern border that killed two members from New York and a third victim, ABC News reports. The incident – which saw a UH-72 Lakota helicopter go down near Rio Grande City, Texas, on Friday, March 8 – is now the focus of an investigation by the Starr County Sheriff’s Office into whether there was any criminal wrongdoing, officials told the outlet. That investigation is separate from a parallel probe being conducted by the Department of Defense. So far, authorities have not publicly said what cau…

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by Michael Mashburn
Capital District
Lifestyle
National Guardsman From Rensselaer 'In Fight For His Life' After Surviving Deadly Chopper Crash National Guardsman From Rensselaer 'In Fight For His Life' After Surviving Deadly Chopper Crash
National Guardsman From Rensselaer 'In Fight For His Life' After Surviving Deadly Chopper Crash To say that Jacob Pratt has a long road to recovery is an understatement. The New York National Guard soldier, a Rensselaer County native from the city of Rensselaer, remains in intensive care after being the sole survivor of a helicopter crash on the US-Mexico border that killed three others. According to the Joint Task Force North, Pratt was aboard a UH-72 Lakota chopper when it went down while flying near Rio Grande City, Texas on Friday, March 8. Earlier Report: NY National Guard Members Killed In Triple-Fatal Crash Return Home; Funerals Set The crash killed New York National G…

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by Michael Mashburn
Capital District
Obituaries
Albany, Niskayuna National Guard Members Killed In Helicopter Crash Return Home; Funerals Set Albany, Niskayuna National Guard Members Killed In Helicopter Crash Return Home; Funerals Set
Albany, Niskayuna National Guard Members Killed In Helicopter Crash Return Home; Funerals Set Two New York National Guard members killed in a helicopter crash on the US-Mexico border that claimed three lives received a hero’s welcome in their hometowns. The remains of Casey Frankoski and John Grassia arrived at Albany County’s Army aviation facility in Latham at around 3 p.m. Monday, March 18. Gov. Kathy Hochul and other local leaders stood in silence as flag-draped caskets carrying the 28-year-old Frankoski and 30-year-old Grassia were loaded into waiting hearses. Earlier Report: National Guard Solider From NY ID'd As Sole Survivor Of Triple-Fatal Crash “The service and sa…

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by Michael Mashburn
Montgomery MD
News
Man Who Muled Teen From Mexico To Maryland Sentenced For Sexual Abusing Minor: Prosecutor Man Who Muled Teen From Mexico To Maryland Sentenced For Sexual Abusing Minor: Prosecutor
Man Who Muled Teen From Mexico To Maryland Sentenced For Sexual Abusing Minor: Prosecutor A Maryland drug and sex trafficker who ferried a young girl from Mexico into the DMV region will spend decades behind bars for his role in a nefarious scheme, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced. Gaithersburg resident Francisco Barahona, 46, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison with all but 30 years suspended after pleading guilty last year to sexually abusing a minor. According to prosecutors, in 2019, Barahona was in the middle of serving a 10-year sentence for federal drug trafficking charges when the victim in the second case came forward to the police to …

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by Zak Failla
Fairfax
Police & Fire
Fairfax Officials Issue Scathing Rebuttal Following ICE Accusation Involving Honduran National Fairfax Officials Issue Scathing Rebuttal Following ICE Accusation Involving Honduran National
Fairfax Officials Issue Scathing Rebuttal Following ICE Accusation Involving Honduran National Officials in Fairfax County are saying they're not the ones to blame for the release of a Honduran national after U.S. Immigrations and Custom Enforcement (ICE) put out a release saying that they are. The story dates back to January 2020, when the Honduran national was arrested by US Border Patrol as an unaccompanied juvenile in Texas, ICE said. They issued him a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge, charging him as inadmissible pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act. USBP charged him with being present in the United States without being admitted o…

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by Cecilia Levine
Middlesex MA
Police & Fire
Convicted Brazilian Rapist Caught Hiding In Malden Convicted Brazilian Rapist Caught Hiding In Malden
Convicted Brazilian Rapist Caught Hiding In Malden A Brazilian citizen, convicted and sentenced for rape in his native country, was caught hiding in Middlesex County, authorities said. He's been able to escape capture for more than four years.  The 43-year-old was arrested in Malden on Tuesday, Dec. 5, according to the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston. Authorities did not release the man's name.  The Brazilian native, who entered the United States illegally in Hidalgo, Texas, in May 2018, was detained and put into removal proceedings by the US Border Patrol. An immigration judge then granted him a release on bond …

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by Khier Casino
Monmouth
News
Eatontown Man Wanted After Arizona Pursuit Near Mexico Border: Authorities Eatontown Man Wanted After Arizona Pursuit Near Mexico Border: Authorities
Eatontown Man Wanted After Arizona Pursuit Near Mexico Border: Authorities A Monmouth County man on federal probation eluded authorities in Arizona after engaging police in a vehicle pursuit on Tuesday, Nov. 7. At 9:56 p.m., police in Wilcox, a town in Cochise County, attempted to stop a 2023 Telluride that was driving at a high rate of speed.  Arthur Mathurin, a 32-year-old Eatontown resident, failed to yield, and continued to drive at an excessive rate of speed, the Cochise County's Sherriff Office said.  Mathurin eventually bailed from his vehicle along with four other people, the sheriff's office said. Police were only able to apprehend one of the p…

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by Sam Barron
Middlesex NJ
News
Latest Scam: US Border Patrol & 'Police Chief' Calling For Bitcoins In South Brunswick Latest Scam: US Border Patrol & 'Police Chief' Calling For Bitcoins In South Brunswick
Latest Scam: US Border Patrol & 'Police Chief' Calling For Bitcoins In South Brunswick Police in South Brunswick are warning residents that a new scam has callers pretending to be with the U.S. Border Patrol, or using caller ID that says they are calling from a non-emergency line at the police department. The so-called "spoofing" incident went as far as having the caller identify himself as the Police Chief, police said. The caller asked for money in the form of bitcoins or an arrest warrant would be served, they said. "The victim said the caller was very believable, and even provided personal identifying information on the victim, such as his Social Security number and driv…

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by Jon Craig
Middlesex MA
News
ICE Arrests Convicted Brazilian Drug Trafficker Hiding Out In Somerville ICE Arrests Convicted Brazilian Drug Trafficker Hiding Out In Somerville
ICE Arrests Convicted Brazilian Drug Trafficker Hiding Out In Somerville A Brazilian citizen was caught hiding out in Massachusetts when he should have been serving a prison sentence in his native country for drug trafficking, authorities said. Officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested Diogo De-Sales Gomes in Somerville on Friday, Feb. 3, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reports.  The 34-year-old, who entered the United States illegally, was convicted and sentenced to prison in Brazil for drug trafficking in February 2022. He was also previously arrested by US Border Patrol near San Luis, AZ after he unlawfully entered t…

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by David Cifarelli
Middlesex MA
News
Hudson Woman Busted For Driving Illegal Immigrants From US To Canada Hudson Woman Busted For Driving Illegal Immigrants From US To Canada
Hudson Woman Busted For Driving Illegal Immigrants From US To Canada A woman from central Massachusetts was charged with unlawfully transporting several illegal immigrants, the US Attorney's Office for Vermont reports. Several people were seen walking south from the Highgate Springs Port of Entry on the US-Canada border in Vermont just after 1 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 16, the office reports. After investigating this as potential illegal crossings, US Border Patrol agents found a Toyota RAV4 close to Exit 22 off I-89 only a short distance away. The car was being driven by Patricia Ruano-Murcia, of Hudson, the office reports.  Six people, who later admi…

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by David Cifarelli
Nassau
Obituaries
'The World Lost A Great Guy': Former Rockville Centre Police Officer, Father Dies At Age 52 'The World Lost A Great Guy': Former Rockville Centre Police Officer, Father Dies At Age 52
'The World Lost A Great Guy': Former Rockville Centre Police Officer, Father Dies At Age 52 Ernest Ziegler Jr. lived life to the fullest, as evident from his many hobbies that included skydiving, motorcycle riding, fishing, boating, and scuba diving. Now loved ones are mourning the loss of the Long Island native and father of three following his death Tuesday, Aug. 16, at the age of 52, according to his obituary. Ziegler grew up in East Meadow and spent the last six years splitting his time between Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania, and Juno Beach, Florida. He was an experienced law enforcement officer, having worked as a US Border Patrol agent and officer in the New York City Police Depa…

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by Michael Mashburn
South Orange
News
SUV Driver Indicted For Hit-Run Route 9W Crash That Killed Woman On Christmas Eve SUV Driver Indicted For Hit-Run Route 9W Crash That Killed Woman On Christmas Eve
SUV Driver Indicted For Hit-Run Route 9W Crash That Killed Woman On Christmas Eve A 27-year-old Mexican national who illegally re-entered the country twice has been indicted for his role in a fatal hit-and-run crash on Christmas Eve in Rockland County, officials announced this week.Jorge Flores-Villalba, who is in ICE custody, was indicted and charged with leaving the scene of an incident causing a personal injury that results in death without reporting it, a felony.  The charge comes following his arrest for a fatal hit-and-run in Stony Point last year. Police said that shortly before 9:45 p.m. on Dec. 24 last year, Flores-Villalba was driving on Route 9W near the …

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by Zak Failla
Fairfield
News
Twice-Deported Man Sentenced For Illegally Reentering US Twice-Deported Man Sentenced For Illegally Reentering US
Twice-Deported Man Sentenced For Illegally Reentering US A man already deported out of the country twice will spend nearly two years behind bars after admitting to illegally entering the United States. Hector Ovidio Diaz Garrido, a citizen of Guatemala last known to live in Norwalk, has been sentenced in Bridgeport district court to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to reentry of a removed alien. U.S. Attorney John Durham said that Diaz Garrido, 41, who has never had legal status in the country, was deported from the U.S. to Guatemala in June 2011 following a March 2010 conviction for assaulting a police officer. In April 2012, Diaz Garr…

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by Zak Failla
Hackensack
Police & Fire
Bergen Sheriff Boosts Final Passover Night Synagogue Patrols After San Diego Shooting Bergen Sheriff Boosts Final Passover Night Synagogue Patrols After San Diego Shooting
Bergen Sheriff Boosts Final Passover Night Synagogue Patrols After San Diego Shooting Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton deployed officers as a force multiplier for local police around houses of worship throughout the county following Saturday morning's California synagogue shooting. Increased patrols already had been deployed for Passover. But given the circumstances -- including that Passover was ending Saturday evening -- those were enhanced even further, the sheriff said. Cureton emphasized that "no specific or credible threat" existed but that precautions were being taken. "Bergen County must continue to be a welcoming place for everyone," he said, "and that starts …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfield
News
Mexican Living In CT Sentenced For Illegally Reentering US Mexican Living In CT Sentenced For Illegally Reentering US
Mexican Living In CT Sentenced For Illegally Reentering US A citizen of Mexico living in Connecticut has been sentenced for reentering the country for the third time after being busted on drug charges. Simon Rodrigo Toral-Contreras, a Mexican citizen last known to live in Waterbury, has been sentenced in New Haven district court to five months in prison, time already served, for illegally reentering the United States after being deported. In May last year, Toral-Contreras was arrested by officers from the Waterbury Police Department for misdemeanor offenses, U.S. Attorney John Durham said. He was deported back to Mexico the following month. In…

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by Zak Failla
Morris
Police & Fire
Bittersweet Goodbye: Retired Roxbury Police Officer Had Profound Impact On Hundreds Bittersweet Goodbye: Retired Roxbury Police Officer Had Profound Impact On Hundreds
Bittersweet Goodbye: Retired Roxbury Police Officer Had Profound Impact On Hundreds Loyal friend. Trusted colleague. Caring community member. This is how hundreds of people describe Silvio Valdes, who retired last month from the Roxbury Township Police Department after 27 years of service. His absence was felt almost immediately at police headquarters, according to a touching tribute on Facebook. "It wasn’t uncommon to ask him a question about a project and the next day have him show up at your house to help," the police department's post says. "Or for him to walk into headquarters and tell you that your tire was low, so he put air in it for you.  "Or for the ladies who…

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by Cecilia Levine
Stamford
News
Honduran Living In Stamford Sentenced For illegally Reentering US Honduran Living In Stamford Sentenced For illegally Reentering US
Honduran Living In Stamford Sentenced For illegally Reentering US A convicted felon living illegally in Fairfield County who is a citizen of Honduras is heading to prison for illegally reentering the country. Erick Sanabria-Hernandes, who was living in Stamford, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of illegal reentry into the United States earlier this year. Sanabria-Hernandes, 34, illegally entered the country and was busted by U.S. Border Patrol officers in May 2004 after he crossed the Mexican border. In August the following year, Sanabria-Hernandes failed to show up to an immigration hearing in San Antonio and h…

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by Zak Failla
Fairfield
News
Mexican National Caught With $260K In Car Sentenced For Heroin Trafficking Mexican National Caught With $260K In Car Sentenced For Heroin Trafficking
Mexican National Caught With $260K In Car Sentenced For Heroin Trafficking A Mexican national is set to spend the next four years behind bars before being deported after pleading guilty to trafficking heroin in Connecticut. John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that 44-year-old Onel Arana-Gervacio - also known as Arana Ricardo Leon Cepeda - has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, one kilogram or more of heroin, and one count of illegal reentry. In October 2016, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama condu…

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by Zak Failla