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Enola-East Pennsboro, PA
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Trauma Patient Attacks Nurse At Holy Spirit Hospital, Police Say
A 19-year-old trauma patient attacked a nurse who was helping care for her at a Pennsylvania hospital, leaving the healthcare worker with visible injuries, police announced on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The assault happened at Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center, located at 503 North 21st Street in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, around 5:51 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27, according to East Pennsboro Township police. Officers responded to the hospital after receiving a report that a member of the medical staff had been assaulted. The nurse told investigators that a trauma patient phy…
Sterling, VA
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Duct-Taped Passenger's Emergency Landing At BWI Leads To Federal Indictment In Maryland
The American Airlines passenger who had to be restrained with duct tape and zip ties during a flight that was diverted to Maryland is now facing a much bigger problem on the ground. Layne Lundeen, 67, of Tucson, Arizona, was indicted on charges stemming from a confrontation aboard a Dallas-to-Newark flight that was diverted to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Anne Arundel County on Thursday, Sept. 3. Federal prosecutors announced the indictment on Tuesday, Oct. 13, alleging that Lundeen assaulted a fellow passenger and interfered with flight attendants and cre…
Goshen, NY
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Man Serving Life Sentence Gets More Prison Time For Slashing At Goshen Facility
A 21-year-old man already serving a life sentence for murder has received more time behind bars after admitting to attacking another inmate with a blade hidden inside a pen cap at an Orange County correctional facility. Manhattan resident Jiniye Hooks, 21, was sentenced in Orange County Court on Wednesday, Oct. 7, to an additional nine to 11 years in prison, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The new sentence will run consecutively to the 20-years-to-life sentence Hooks was already serving for a 2024 murder in Manhattan. Acc…
Leonardtown-California, MD
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Woman Was Nine Months Pregnant When Mechanicsville Man Attacked Her In Front Of Kids: Jury
A man who assaulted a woman who was nine months pregnant, in an attack she did not report until after giving birth in Southern Maryland, will face decades in prison. Mechanicsville resident Jeffery Francis Pappaianni, 34, was convicted following an investigation into a series of domestic violence offenses earlier this year in front of children, according to the St. Mary's County State's Attorney's Office. The assault happened on Feb. 22, when Pappaianni repeatedly punched the woman in the face, fracturing her nose, before kicking and punching her in the stomach while she was nine month…
Lexington Park, MD
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Maryland Fugitive Wanted For Sex Assault Of Woman Remains On The Run Weeks Later: State Police
Nearly two months after a woman was allegedly physically and sexually assaulted in Maryland, the man accused of attacking her remains at large, and state police are asking for help finding him. Investigators in Caroline County are searching for 27-year-old Kenneth James Swift Jr., a Wicomico County resident accused of attacking a woman on Monday, Aug. 24, in the 100 block of Riverwalk Terrace in Federalsburg. According to Maryland State Police, Swift allegedly assaulted the woman before leaving the area, setting off an investigation that led authorities to secure a warrant for his arrest la…
Fredericksburg, VA
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Mother Kicks Spotsy Sergeant In Head As Daughter Bites Him During Arrest: Sheriff
A mother-daughter duo in Northern Virginia are both behind bars after one was arrested outside a business during an angry outburst and the other stepped in to intervene. At around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10, a sergeant from the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office was on patrol in the parking lot of 4256 Plan Road, where there was a large gathering outside Durango's Grill. As he approached, he said that a woman from Bowling Green was being escorted out of the restaurant, prompting the sergeant to step in with an assist. Makayla Buie, 25, attempted to flee as the sergeant attempted to d…
Mineola, NY
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Woman Stabs Man Multiple Times With Kitchen Knife During Nassau County Motel Fight: Police
A 57-year-old woman stabbed a man multiple times with a kitchen knife during an argument inside a Long Island motel room, sending him fleeing to the front desk for help, police said. Tammy Taylor was arrested following the stabbing, which occurred in Nassau County around 11:06 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 12, according to Nassau County Police Department Second Squad detectives. Officers responded to the motel after receiving a report of a disturbance involving Taylor and a 47-year-old man, investigators said. The two had been arguing inside one of the motel rooms when the confrontation turned phys…
Coatesville-Caln, PA
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Masked Gunmen Drag Man From Car, Threaten To Kill Him In Coatesville Kidnapping Plot
Three masked gunmen fired a shot at a man, pistol-whipped him, threatened to kill him, and forced him to transfer $2,050 through Cash App during a violent robbery and kidnapping attempt in Chester County, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. The three Coatesville men, Raijon Redd, 31, Steven Pittman Jr., 24, and Brandon Norris, 35, pleaded guilty on Monday, Sept. 28, and were sentenced to prison, the Chester County District Attorney's Office announced on Monday, Oct. 12. The attack happened on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in a parking lot along Business Route 30 in South Coates…
Long Beach, NY
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Selma Blair Seen In Court, Lawyer Provides Apparent Reason For Flight Arrest: Reports
New details are coming to light in the arrest of actress Selma Blair following an apparently bloody flight from Los Angeles to JFK Airport on Sunday, Oct. 11. The "Hellboy" and "Cruel Intentions" actress has been charged with two counts of assault for kicking a Port Authority Police Department officer following what was described as a bloody altercation on a flight from Los Angeles to JFK Airport on Sunday, Oct. 11, ABC News reports. Blair, 54, missed several doses of a "powerful" medication and hit her head before the ordeal, the New York Post reports citing the actress' lawyers. One attor…
Roselle, NJ
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Former Roselle Mayor Arrested On Assault, Harassment Charges
A former New Jersey assemblyman and mayor has been arrested on assault and harassment charges, jail records show. Reginald W. Atkins, 58, of Roselle, who previously served as the borough's mayor, was booked into the Essex County Correctional Facility on Monday, Oct. 12, according to inmate records. Atkins faces charges of simple assault for purposely or knowingly causing bodily injury, simple assault involving threats of bodily injury by physical menace, and harassment involving striking, offensive touching or threats, records show. The circumstances surrounding the alleged incident were n…
Fort Lee, NJ
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Bogus Missing Baby Report Ends With Cops Assaulted, Death Threats In PalPark: Police
A report of a missing 4-month-old baby in Bergen County turned violent when the caller attacked two police officers and threatened to kill one of them, authorities said. Obel E. Simon-Lopez, 23, a Guatemalan national living in Palisades Park, was arrested following the Thursday, Oct. 8 incident, Police Chief George Beck announced Monday, Oct. 12. Officers responded to the area of Broad and Henry avenues around 3:33 p.m. after receiving the missing baby report, Beck said. Police initially could not find the caller at his apartment but later located Simon-Lopez outside on Broad Avenue, w…
Reading, MA
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Reading Son Kills Mom Arguing Over Cats, Captured In VT: Reports
A 22-year-old Massachusetts man who charged in his mother's death was captured after an hours-long manhunt in Vermont, and 19 firearms were recovered from his room in his parents' basement, according to multiple published reports. Police were called to the Hanafin home on Center Avenue in Reading on Thursday, Oct. 8, for a caller who had found his wife, Andria Hanafin, 49, dead in the kitchen, NBC News reports citing Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan. The couple's 13-year-old son was unharmed, however, the older son, Ryan Hanafin, was missing. Ryan had a license to carry a gun, b…
Lyndhurst, NJ
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911 Caller Assaults Lyndhurst Officer, Authorities Say
A man who called 911 claiming he was being attacked ended up arrested after police say he shoved a lieutenant and grabbed his vest during a confrontation in Bergen County. Frederick D. Penamartinez was charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer following the incident near 500 Fifth Avenue in Lyndhurst at approximately 1:21 a.m. Friday, Oct. 9, Deputy Chief Paul Haggerty said. Lt. Francis O'Rourke and Officers Anthony Morreale and Jorge Fernandez responded after a man called 911, reported being attacked and quickly hung up without providing further details. When police arr…
Newark, NJ
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Man Arrested In Viral Attack On Woman Followed Home From Newark Bus Stop: Police
A 41-year-old Hackensack man has been arrested in connection with a violent attack on a woman who was followed home from a bus stop in Newark, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 9. Lee Darryl Harris was arrested after detectives identified him as the suspect in the Friday, Sept. 18 assault, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda Sr. said. The woman had just gotten off work and was walking home around 1:30 a.m. when she noticed a man watching and following her, Miranda said. As she reached her apartment in the 200 block of Leslie Street, the man approached her from behind, police…
Hackensack, NJ
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Man Climbs Through Ex-GF's Hackensack Window, Chokes Her: Police
A Newark man climbed through his ex-girlfriend's kitchen window in Hackensack, grabbed her by the neck and squeezed until she became dizzy, authorities said. Ruben P. Vera, 33, was arrested Thursday, Oct. 8, more than seven months after the alleged attack, Hackensack Police Detective Captain Darrin DeWitt said. The woman told police Vera entered her apartment through a kitchen window about 30 minutes before she called authorities at 12:32 a.m. Sunday, March 1, DeWitt said. Vera approached her, wrapped both hands around her neck and applied pressure until she became dizzy, police said. Whe…
Manassas, VA
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Bomb Threat Reported At Manassas Juvenile Detention Center, Suspect Assaults Cops: Officials
A 38-year-old man is behind bars after making early-morning threats to blow up a detention center in Northern Virginia, police say. Peshwaz Azad Waise put members of the Prince William County Police Department through their paces during a Thursday morning incident that rapidly escalated. Officers were first called shortly before 2:15 a.m. on Oct. 8 to the Juvenile Detention Center in the 14800 block of Dumfries Road in Manassas following a report of a threatening phone call. Investigators say that Waise called the facility and threatened to blow it up. Waise was then tracked down at his M…
Freeport, NY
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Freeport Woman-Beater Who Threatened Girlfriend With Gun Gets Hefty Prison Term: Authorities
A Long Island man who beat his girlfriend near his toddler and later threatened to shoot her was sentenced to prison on Thursday, Oct. 8, prosecutors said. David Chaplin, 58, of Freeport, got 23.5 years to life following his conviction on kidnapping, assault, weapons, and other charges, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said. The violence began when the victim visited Chaplin and his 2-year-old daughter in 2024, prosecutors said. After an argument, Chaplin beat the woman with his fists and a wooden, bat-like object near his daughter, authorities said. The woman suffered a broken…
Rockville Centre, NY
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Gas Station Worker Slashed In Face After Rejecting Robber's Demand In Rockville Centre: Police
A robber struck a 64-year-old gas station worker in the face with a knife after the employee refused to hand over cash on Long Island, police said. Saifuddin Abdus-Samad, 56, of Hempstead, was arrested in Long Beach on Thursday, Oct. 8, following the attack last month, the Nassau County Police Department said. Abdus-Samad entered the BP gas station at 2 Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre on Monday, Sept. 14, around 3:45 a.m. and demanded money from the register, investigators said. When the worker refused, Abdus-Samad struck him in the face with a knife, causing a cut, police said. He the…
Newburgh, NY
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Man Traps Victim In Bathroom, Chokes Her In Newburgh Attack Before Fleeing, Cops Say
A 41-year-old man is accused of attacking a victim inside her own bathroom after she invited him into her Orange County home, police said. Newburgh resident Mark Adams, 41, was arrested following the assault on Tuesday, Oct. 6, the City of Newburgh Police Department announced on Thursday, Oct. 8. On the day of the incident, officers responded to a home near 29 East Parmenter St. just before 7 p.m. after receiving a report of an unknown man inside a residence. The woman told police that Adams, whom she knew, had asked to use her bathroom. After she allowed him inside, Adams asked…
Monsey, NY
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Ex-Mail Carrier Who Shoved 4-Year-Old Boy To Ground In Monsey Sentenced: Report
A former United States Postal Service worker who was caught on surveillance video shoving a 4-year-old boy to the ground in Rockland County has pleaded guilty and received his sentence, according to reports. Stony Point resident Gabriel Stan, 39, pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child on Wednesday, Oct. 7, and was sentenced to three years of probation, six weeks of anger management classes, and a $1,000 fine, The Monsey Scoop reported. Stan was also ordered to stay away from the child. The case stemmed from an incident on Thursday, March 19, on Garden Terrace off …
Farmingdale, NY
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Machete-Wielding Man Chases Victim, Robs Teen On Farmingdale Street: Police
A Long Island man chased a woman’s son down the street with a machete before robbing a 15-year-old boy in Farmingdale on Wednesday, Oct. 7, around 8 p.m., police said. Saul Sanchez, 45, of Farmingdale, was arrested following the incident on Colombia Street, the Nassau County Police Department said. The confrontation began earlier in the day when Sanchez got into an argument with a 36-year-old woman, pulled out a box cutter, and threatened her, police said. He then fled on foot, authorities said. The woman asked her eldest son, 21, to help change the locks on the doors, investigators said. …
Colonie, NY
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Box Cutter Attacker Who Slashed Man’s Neck At Colonie Bus Stop Faces Attempted Murder Case: DA
A Capital Region attacker accused of stabbing another man at a bus stop tried to conceal evidence of the crime before later turning himself in, authorities said. Rasaun T. Kornegay, 46, of Colonie, was indicted Wednesday, Oct. 7 for the attack at a CDTA stop in the town, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said. Kornegay was riding a bike on Central Avenue around 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 when he got into a verbal disagreement with a pedestrian near a bus stop between Colonie Center Mall and Northway Mall, the Colonie Police Department said. As the argument escalated, Kornegay pul…
Montgomery-Walden, NY
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Man Hits Woman With Dumbbell, Chokes Her At Maybrook Home: Cops
A domestic dispute in Orange County turned violent when a man struck a woman in the head with a dumbbell and repeatedly choked and hit her, police said. Frederick Douglas Parks was arrested following an incident in Maybrook on Sunday, Oct. 4, the Village of Maybrook Police Department announced on Tuesday, Oct. 7. At around 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, officers responded to 819 Tower Ave. after receiving a report that a woman had been struck with an unknown object during a domestic dispute. Police later said they found that Parks had hit the woman in the head with a dumbbell, causing a head inj…
Mount Airy-Woodbine, MD
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Loaded 9mm Found As Deputies Stop 5 Fleeing Maryland Home Invasion: Sheriff
They were already on their way out when deputies rolled in. A white GMC Yukon was spotted pulling away from a Maryland home early on Tuesday, just as sheriff's deputies arrived to investigate reports of an assault and shots fired. That proved to be a problem for everyone inside. The SUV was stopped near the Mount Airy home shortly after 12:20 a.m. on Oct. 6, and deputies found five people inside, along with a loaded 9mm handgun on the rear passenger-side floorboard, according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office. Loose rounds matching the weapon were also recovered from the pocket of …
New Britain, CT
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Police ID 45-Year-Old Hartford Man Killed In New Britain Stabbing
Authorities have identified the 45-year-old who was fatally stabbed in New Britain over the weekend. Joseph Lugo, of Hartford, was killed following a stabbing in the 100 block of Columbus Avenue around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, according to New Britain police. Another man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries in the attack. He is expected to survive. Police said multiple people were involved in the incident, but there is no ongoing threat to the community. No arrests have been announced as of Tuesday evening. The investigation is ongoing. …
Acton-Boxborough, MA
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Acton Teen Held Without Bail In Mother, Younger Brother’s Killings
A Massachusetts teenager accused of killing his mother and younger brother at their home will remain in custody without bail after his arraignment on murder charges. Arjun Aravind, 17, faces charges in the deaths of Sudha Venkatesan, 45, and Siddharth Aravind, 14. Police found them inside the family’s Martha Lane home in Acton on Aug. 11, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said. A grand jury indicted Aravind on counts of two first-degree murder, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, and a charge of stealing a vehicle, the prosec…
Colonie, NY
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Fake DoorDash Driver Gets Max Sentence For Violent, Failed Colonie Taco Bell Robbery: DA
A New York man who slashed a Taco Bell employee while trying to rob the fast food joint alongside his girlfriend got a maximum prison sentence Tuesday, Oct. 6, authorities said. Ahmad Morton, 34, of Albany, was sentenced to 15 years in state prison and five years of probation, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said. Morton’s hefty prison term was due in part to his four prior criminal convictions and seven previous years spent in state prison, Judge William Little said at the hearing. “You served seven years and had the chance to do something good, you could have easily stayed o…
Lexington Park, MD
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Maryland DUI Suspect 'Mule Kicked' Deputy, Ripped Bolts From Jail Cell Benches: Sheriff
Na’Jer Khalil Robert Ayres went down swinging during his DWI arrest in Maryland. The Salisbury man took on all comers over the weekend after admitting to having a few beers before getting behind the wheel and parking in a questionable spot, according to the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office. Shortly after 1 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, a deputy on patrol in the area of the US Route 13 Bypass and Coulbourn Mill Road spotted a vehicle parked in the emergency turnaround. While speaking with the driver, later identified as Ayres, investigators say deputies observed multiple indicators of impa…
South Glens Falls, NY
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South Glens Falls Attacker Chokes Victim, Holds Them Captive At Home: Police
A Capital Region man choked and threatened another person inside his home, according to police. Bruce C. Tatsey II, 38, of South Glens Falls, was hit with three charges for the incident at his home on Moreau Drive, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office said Tuesday, Oct. 6. Officers responded to the house around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4 for a disturbance call, authorities said. Investigators determined Tatsey applied pressure to a victim’s neck to impede their breathing and also caused them physical injury, cops said. Additionally, Tatsey is accused of holding the victim against their will,…
Towson, MD
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86 Arrested In Massive Baltimore Sweep Targeting Killings, Shootings, Robberies: Police
For nearly two weeks, the net kept tightening across Maryland. From Sept. 14 through Sept. 26, Baltimore Police joined local, state and federal law enforcement partners for a sweeping warrant operation that resulted in 86 arrests and 92 warrants served across Baltimore, officials announced on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Among those taken into custody were four people wanted in connection with deaths and three suspects tied to attempted murder cases involving non-fatal shootings. The operation reached well beyond those seven cases. Police said warrants were also served in connection with eight …
Manhasset, NY
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Two Nurses Attacked By Patient At North Shore Hospital: Police
A New York City man being treated at a Long Island hospital punched two nurses who were caring for him Monday, Oct. 5, police said. Oshane Bernard, 36, of Queens, was arrested at the scene at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, the Nassau County Police Department said. Cops responded to an assault report inside the hospital around 3:30 p.m. Monday, authorities said. Inside, they learned Bernard became agitated and struck two nurses with a closed fist, according to police. The two injured nurses, both 29-year-old women, were evaluated by hospital staff at the scene, cops said. Ber…
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