Former Yale Med School Employee Admits Stealing, Selling $40 Million In Electronics
A former Yale University School of Medicine employee has admitted to stealing $40 million in computer and electronic hardware from the university.
Jamie Petrone, age 42, pleaded guilty on Monday, March 28, to wire fraud and filing a false tax return, according to Leonard Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Petrone is a former resident of Naugatuck in New Haven County, and she currently resides in Georgia, Boyle said.
Beginning in about 2008, Petrone worked for the Yale University School of Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine and most recently w…
Man Who Tried Sex Trafficking Woman In Maryland May Have More Victims: Police
A man who tried sex trafficking a woman in Maryland may have more victims, police say.
An investigation into Ernest Wilkerson, of Rockville, was launched in December 2021 after a female said she was sex trafficked by him in October of that year, Montgomery County police said.
Wilkerson, 32, was arrested on Jan. 27, 2022 near Heartfields Road in Silver Spring, where he tried to pick up a trafficking victim in his red 2009 Cadillac DTS, authorities said.
His intent was to take her to a hotel to meet with individuals for the purpose of sexual exploitation, police said.
Detectives h…
Philly Woman, Jersey City Man Dead In Horrific Garden State Parkway Rollover Crash
A Philadelphia driver and a Jersey City man in one of the four cars she hit after overturning into oncoming traffic Wednesday night on the Garden State Parkway were killed, New Jersey State Police said.
Sandra Vanderslice, 57, was heading southbound when she lost control of her GMC Suburban, ran off the left side of the road, struck the concrete barrier and overturned near Exit 155 in Clifton around 8:25 p.m., Sgt. Lawrence Peele said.
The GMC then crossed into the northbound lanes, hitting a Cadillac XT-4, a Toyota Camry, Nissan Altima and Volkswagen Passat, Peele said.
Vanderslice a…
Driver Nabbed For Fleeing Scene Of Long Island Crash Seriously Injuring Two
A suspect has been nabbed for allegedly leaving the scene of a crash at a busy Long Island intersection that seriously injured two people, police said.
The crash occurred at around 2:40 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6 in Islandia.
Shawn Kalinyak, 52, of West Babylon, was driving a 2006 Cadillac sedan northbound on Old Nichols Road when the vehicle was struck by a 1993 Ford Econoline van traveling westbound on Express Drive North, Suffolk County Police said.
Kalinyak and Carmen Abreu, 40, of Central Islip, a passenger in the Cadillac, were transported to Stony Brook University Hospital…
