Premature Twins Found Severely Malnourished; Croydon Parents Sentenced: DA Premature Twins Found Severely Malnourished; Croydon Parents Sentenced: DA
Premature Twins Found Severely Malnourished; Croydon Parents Sentenced: DA A Croydon couple has been sentenced for starving their premature newborn twins to the point of life-threatening malnourishment, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday, Dec. 4. Courtney Soyka, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of child endangerment and was sentenced to one year less a day to two years less a day in county jail. Marcus Maddela, 45, previously pleaded guilty in late October to child endangerment charges and was sentenced to eight to 23 months in county jail, authorities said. Premature Twins Found Severely Malnourished The investigation began in Decem…
Duo Charged After Deadly Bordentown 7-Eleven Shooting Kills Two: Prosecutor Duo Charged After Deadly Bordentown 7-Eleven Shooting Kills Two: Prosecutor
Duo Charged After Deadly Bordentown 7-Eleven Shooting Kills Two: Prosecutor Two men have been charged with fatally shooting two people outside a 7-Eleven last month, authorities announced Thursday, Dec. 4. Justford Doe, a 23-year-old Philadelphia resident, and Giovanni Varanese, a 21-year-old Cherry Hill resident are charged with murder in the first degree, robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery and multiple weapons offenses, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw and Bordentown Township Police Department Officer-in-Charge Lt. Frank Nucera III said. At 11:30 p.m., on Wednesday, Nov. 5., police responded to the 7-Eleven/Valero gas station on Route 130 and …
Teens Jump Couple At Garden State Plaza AMC Lot, Hold Knife To Woman’s Face, Police Say Teens Jump Couple At Garden State Plaza AMC Lot, Hold Knife To Woman’s Face, Police Say
Teens Jump Couple At Garden State Plaza AMC Lot, Hold Knife To Woman’s Face, Police Say Three North Jersey teens were arrested after police say a woman had a knife pressed against her face and threatened outside the AMC movie theater at Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus last week. Police said a male and female victim had just gotten into their vehicle when they were attacked in the parking lot one night last weekend, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. The female victim told officers she recognized one of the assailants because she had been communicating with him in a casual relationship, Guidetti said. During the assault, police said Joshua Ortiz, 19, of Allendal…
Cocaine Kingpin Busted With 75 Kilos At Inner Harbor Sting In Baltimore Learns Prison Fate Cocaine Kingpin Busted With 75 Kilos At Inner Harbor Sting In Baltimore Learns Prison Fate
Cocaine Kingpin Busted With 75 Kilos At Inner Harbor Sting In Baltimore Learns Prison Fate A Baltimore man will spend more than a decade in prison after an episode of "The Wire" played out in real life and he was busted hauling 75 kilos of cocaine in duffel bags during a sting at National Harbor. Desmond Jones, 45, pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances after a yearlong federal investigation into a Baltimore drug trafficking organization. On Wednesday, federal authorities announced that Jones has been sentenced to 13 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. According t…
Gun Robbery On 38th Birthday Leads To Deadly Shooting; Two Philly Men Sentenced: Bucks DA Gun Robbery On 38th Birthday Leads To Deadly Shooting; Two Philly Men Sentenced: Bucks DA
Gun Robbery On 38th Birthday Leads To Deadly Shooting; Two Philly Men Sentenced: Bucks DA Two Philadelphia men have been sentenced for the 2016 shooting death of Herbert Lyals during a robbery in Bristol Township, prosecutors announced on Friday, Nov. 14. George Javon Clark, 34, was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in state prison by Senior Judge Thomas C. Branca after being convicted in July of third-degree murder, robbery, attempted theft, criminal use of a communication facility, and conspiracy, according to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. John Marquis Wilson, 45, pleaded guilty on Friday to third-degree murder, robbery, criminal use of a communication facility, and c…
Murder-For-Hire: Wife, Ex-GF, Gunman All Sentenced In Husband’s Whitehall Killing Murder-For-Hire: Wife, Ex-GF, Gunman All Sentenced In Husband’s Whitehall Killing
Murder-For-Hire: Wife, Ex-GF, Gunman All Sentenced In Husband’s Whitehall Killing All three defendants charged in a murder-for-hire plot that ended with a man gunned down in a Whitehall Township parking lot have now pleaded guilty and received state prison sentences, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced Wednesday, Nov. 5. Brenda Rodriguez Sentenced Brenda Rodriguez, 52, of Palmerton, was sentenced to 2½ to 10 years in state prison for her role in the killing of her husband, Hector Garcia Gomez. She pleaded guilty in September to Conspiracy – Aggravated Assault, a felony of the first degree, and was sentenced by Judge Robert L. Steinberg. Rodriguez…
Two Charged In Shooting That Killed Recent HS Grad At New Brunswick Park: Cops Two Charged In Shooting That Killed Recent HS Grad At New Brunswick Park: Cops
Two Charged In Shooting That Killed Recent HS Grad At New Brunswick Park: Cops Two people have been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old man in New Brunswick, authorities said Thursday, Oct. 16. Jalen Terrell-Ingram, 20, and a 17-year-old boy from New Brunswick are both facing charges in the Wednesday, Oct. 8, killing of Fernando Buezo Diaz at the Pine Street Park, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and New Brunswick Police Chief Vincent Sabo said. An investigation found that a fight broke out, and during the altercation, Buezo Diaz was shot, officials said. Investigators later identified Terrell-Ingram as being in possession of a …
100K Oxy Pills: Morris County Man Faces Charges, Feds Say 100K Oxy Pills: Morris County Man Faces Charges, Feds Say
100K Oxy Pills: Morris County Man Faces Charges, Feds Say Two new Jersey residents have been charged with distributing more than 100,000 oxycodone pills, authorities announced Tuesday, Sept. 23. Michael Kiszka, a 60-year-old East Hanover resident, and Gregory Kubina, a 50-year-old Whiting resident engaged in a scheme to obtain high-dosage oxycodone pills from several doctors located in New Jersey and sell those pills to street-level drug users, Acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorney Alina Habba said. Kiszka obtained oxycodone pills directly from certain doctors and purchased oxycodone pills that Kubina obtained from other doctors, Hab…
Gunpoint Kidnapping, Stolen Mercedes: 4 Norwalk Men Indicted In Terrifying Bridgeport Attack Gunpoint Kidnapping, Stolen Mercedes: 4 Norwalk Men Indicted In Terrifying Bridgeport Attack
Gunpoint Kidnapping, Stolen Mercedes: 4 Norwalk Men Indicted In Terrifying Bridgeport Attack Federal and local authorities say four Norwalk men face serious charges for a violent kidnapping and carjacking in Bridgeport. Samuel Branch, 27, Giovanni Hudson, 34, Dontae Scullark, 22, and William Hinton, 22, are accused of conspiring to kidnap a victim and steal his Mercedes-Benz in August 2023, the US Attorney for Connecticut said.  According to the indictment, the group stalked the victim outside a restaurant on Boston Avenue in Norwalk. Hudson, holding “a handgun with an extended magazine,” slipped into the backseat of the car and waited. When the victim returned, Hudson “placed…
Man Convicted In 'Cold-Blooded' Execution-Style Murder At Housing Complex In Beacon Man Convicted In 'Cold-Blooded' Execution-Style Murder At Housing Complex In Beacon
Man Convicted In 'Cold-Blooded' Execution-Style Murder At Housing Complex In Beacon A Pennsylvania man has been found guilty in the execution-style killing of a 32-year-old man at a Hudson Valley, NY housing complex, prosecutors announced.  On Tuesday, Sept. 23, Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi said 24-year-old Khyree Pratt of Philadelphia was convicted of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, conspiracy, and weapons charges following a five-day trial and less than an hour of jury deliberations in connection with a May 2022 murder.  Prosecutors said the crime happened on Saturday, May 14, 2022, around 7 p.m. at the Forrestal Heights apartment…
Vigilante Justice Backfires: Columbia Mom Learns Her Prison Fate After Shooting Teens Vigilante Justice Backfires: Columbia Mom Learns Her Prison Fate After Shooting Teens
Vigilante Justice Backfires: Columbia Mom Learns Her Prison Fate After Shooting Teens Vigilante justice is real. Real bad. A Maryland mother who shot two teens as revenge for allegedly robbing her son is going to prison for decades, authorities announced. Howard County officials announced that Dieneba Sekou Traore, 48, of Columbia, has been sentenced to 30 years, with all but 20 years suspended in connection with a 2024 shooting that left two juveniles wounded. The case stemmed from a violent night on Oct. 12, 2024, around 9:10 p.m., when Howard County Police responded to the 8800 block of Centre Park Drive in Ellicott City for reports of shots fired. Police arrived t…
Murder Victim Found 8 Years After Vanishing From Monticello: Support Pours In For Funeral Murder Victim Found 8 Years After Vanishing From Monticello: Support Pours In For Funeral
Murder Victim Found 8 Years After Vanishing From Monticello: Support Pours In For Funeral Loved ones are raising money to give a proper farewell to a Hudson Valley woman whose long-unsolved disappearance has turned into a murder case. The outpouring of support has come to the family of Sullivan County resident Shaniece Harris, who went missing in 2017 at the age of 31. For eight years, her loved ones lived without answers until federal prosecutors announced earlier this year that she was the victim of a homicide.  In June, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that Dwayne Johnson, 46, of Monticello, was charged in connection with Harris’s …