Second Jury Convicts 3 DC Men In Shooting That Left One Dead, Another Wounded: DOJ
A second jury reached the verdict the first one couldn't.
Three DC men were convicted on Friday, Oct. 2, in the 2021 murder of 34-year-old Delonte King, who was shot in the head and back during a burst of gunfire that also wounded another man.
Demonte Gibson, 28, Tre’Quan Nelson, 26, and Asani Forte, 29, were found guilty following a retrial in DC Superior Court, more than a year after their first trial ended with a hung jury.
King was killed shortly after 2 p.m. on Nov. 3, 2021, when gunfire broke out in the 2800 block of 14th Street NW.
Police responding to the shooting found King uncon…
Woman Stabbed, 88-Year-Old Beaten With Cane During Elmont Attack, Police Say
Two women, including an 88-year-old, were hospitalized after an argument inside a Long Island home escalated into a stabbing and assault with a flower pot and cane, police said.
The violence unfolded at a residence on Empire Street in Elmont at about 1:45 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, according to Nassau County Police.
A verbal argument involving 31-year-old Faheem Winstead and the two women, ages 58 and 88, turned physical, detectives said.
Winstead stabbed the 58-year-old woman in the leg and struck her in the head with a flower pot, leaving her with a laceration, investigators said. He then br…
Teen Accused Of Killing Father Now Charged With Murdering Cellmate In York County Prison
A teen already jailed for allegedly killing his 62-year-old father is now accused of killing his 19-year-old cellmate inside a prison in Pennsylvania.
Ahdoneeyah Fears, now 19, of York, has been charged with homicide in the death of fellow inmate Jacob Brady, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Wednesday, Sept. 30.
Brady, 19, was found dead beneath his bunk inside the cell in the York County Prison he shared with Fears on April 14, 2026, investigators said. An autopsy determined Brady died from blunt force trauma and strangulation, according to the York County Coroner's Office.
The inve…
LI Woman Attacked By Westbury Man With Loaded Gun, Suspect Captured After Chase: Police
A Long Island man threatened a woman with a loaded gun and bit her on the lip during an attack Thursday, Oct. 1, police said.
Ernest Naranjo, 22, of Westbury, got into a “disturbance” with a 21-year-old woman at a home in New Cassel around 7:30 p.m., the Nassau County Police Department said.
Naranjo initially bit the woman on the lip, then walked outside, cops said. But he quickly returned, kicked in the front door, and pointed a firearm at the victim, police said.
As the woman feared for her life, Naranjo struck her with the weapon, then fled on foot, investigators said. The victim called…
NY Driver Who Killed Woman In Head-On Nassau Crash Charged 11 Months Later: Authorities
A young Capital Region man has been arrested for a deadly car crash that killed a former elementary school teacher last year, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 2.
Cody Dunton, 21, of Canaan, was charged with manslaughter and assault for the wreck that killed Patricia Balcom, the Rensselaer County District Attorney’s office said.
Dunton was driving recklessly on Route 20 through Nassau on Nov. 10, 2025, when he caused the deadly crash, prosecutors said.
He was traveling eastbound on the road when he suddenly swerved into the westbound lanes and struck Balcom’s vehicle head-on, state police…
Man Slashes Ex's Face, Body With Box Cutter In Tarrytown Attack, DA Says
A man accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend with a box cutter in Westchester County, leaving her with permanent facial scarring and nerve damage, has been indicted on felony assault charges, prosecutors said.
Yonkers resident Julio Murillo, age 40, was arraigned in Westchester County Court on Thursday, Oct. 1, in connection with the July attack in Tarrytown, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced.
Prosecutors said the attack happened on July 2, at around 9:30 p.m., when Murillo went to Tarrytown, where his former girlfriend was staying, and tried …
