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Mom Died Fearing Daughter's Accused Killer Would Never Face Trial: Now, He Will
Janet Pizzelli became known for her fight to see the man accused of killing her 27-year-old daughter, Mary Rose Fealey, face justice.
But when the 61-year-old mother died of breast cancer in December 2025, less than two years after her daughter's murder, she believed that day might never come. Now, months after her death, the outcome she had hoped for has arrived: David Shroitman, the 30-year-old Somerville man charged in Fealey's killing, has been found competent to stand trial.
On Thursday, Aug. 13, Superior Court Judge Peter J. Tober made the ruling, following another…
Man Caught With Child Sexual Abuse Videos, Images Depicting Toddlers In Hudson Valley: Nysp
An Ulster County man is facing felony charges after police said they discovered child sexual abuse material at his home.
Richard D. Wade Jr., 46, of Port Ewen, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 12, following an investigation by New York State Police, the agency announced on Friday, Aug. 14.
The investigation began earlier in August after State Police received a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, authorities said.
As part of the investigation, State Police executed a search warrant at Wade's residence in Esopus on Wednesday. Investigators …
Sleeping Child Thrown Onto Walmart Parking Lot Pavement: Police
A sleeping child was thrown onto the pavement outside a Lancaster County Walmart, leading to a man's arrest, police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 12.
Justin Martin Wagner, 41, of Lancaster, was arrested following the incident at the Walmart at 890 East Main St. in Ephrata Township at 6:58 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, according to the Ephrata Police Department.
Wagner had been causing a disturbance inside the store before witnesses saw him take a sleeping child from a shopping cart, lift the child into the air, and throw the child onto the pavement in the parking lot, police said.
Wagner was la…
Hidden Camera Found In Athletic Club Bathroom In Westchester, Employee Flees To Kansas: Cops
A Rockland County man has been arrested after investigators said he hid a recording device inside a New York Athletic Club bathroom in the Westchester County location where he worked, where several victims, including children, were allegedly recorded.
West Nyack resident Ryan Mack, 33, was charged with second-degree unlawful surveillance, a felony, New Rochelle Police announced on Thursday, Aug. 13.
The investigation began on Sunday, July 5, when the New York Athletic Club contacted the department after a hidden recording device was discovered inside a bathroom at the club, acco…
Man Caught In Stolen Car On Taconic State Parkway In Westchester, Police Say
A Queens man was arrested after police said they caught him driving a stolen car on the Taconic State Parkway in Westchester County with a suspended license.
William Saquinga-Lema, 32, of Jamaica, Queens, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 11, following a traffic stop on the parkway, Yorktown Police announced on Thursday, Aug. 13.
The incident began shortly before 8 a.m., when Yorktown Police were alerted by the Westchester County Real Time Crime Center about a stolen vehicle in the area of the Taconic State Parkway.
Officers searched the area, found the wanted vehicle, and pu…
Fraudster Sold 266% Of Westchester Home He Never Owned, Stole $3 Million From Investors: Feds
A fraudster stole more than $3 million by selling properties across Long Island and Westchester County, including at least one he owned no part of, according to federal investigators.
Alberto Gomez, 48, of Boca Raton, FL, used a Queens-based accounting practice to carry out the brazen scheme, the Justice Department said Monday, Aug. 10.
Gomez’s most ambitious project centered on a Mount Vernon property, where he met with seven different investors and convinced them they were entering exclusive agreements to co-own the property with him, investigators said.
Through the scheme, Gomez effecti…
