Highway Robbery? Taxi Driver Kidnapped, Threatened With Knife During Ride To Wyandanch: DA
A taxi driver was allegedly kidnapped, threatened with a knife, and robbed by two passengers during a ride from Queens to Suffolk County, prosecutors announced on Wednesday, June 3.
James Davender, 20, and Antoine Sims, 20, both of Wyandanch, were indicted on charges including Second-Degree Kidnapping, First-Degree Robbery, and Second-Degree Robbery, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney.
The pair allegedly ordered a taxi to take them from Far Rockaway to Wyandanch around 1 p.m. on April 22, according to the investigation.
During the ride, Davender allegedly bega…
Ocean Twp Man Who Murdered Brother, His Family Learns Fate
Paul Caneiro, an Ocean Township resident, was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences after being convicted of murdering his brother, his sister-in-law and their two children in their Colts Neck home.
In levying the sentence, Judge Marc Lemieux called Caneiro, a "callous, heartless, brutal killer."
At the trial, prosecutors claimed Caneiro shot his brother, Keith dead outside his home on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, angry that Keith was ending their business relationship, according to NJ.com. Caneiro then went into the home and shot and stabbed Keith's wife, Jennifer, before stab…
Ambush Ax Attack On Ex-Coworker Lands Long Beach Man Decades In Prison: Authorities
A Long Island man has been sentenced to decades behind bars for attacking a former coworker with an ax, authorities announced Friday, May 1.
Anthony Calvo, 35, got 22 years in prison for the attack on a 60-year-old employee of Long Beach Taxi, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said.
The victim was walking home from an overnight dispatcher shift at the taxi service around 5:50 a.m. on Feb. 13, 2025, according to investigators.
Calvo, an ex-Long Beach Taxi employee, sneaked up behind him with an ax and struck him three times in the head, face, and arm, prosecutors said. He then f…
Blind 90-Year-Old Among Sexual Assault Victims In Brutal Home Invasions By Pottstown Man: DA
A pair of violent overnight home invasions left two women sexually assaulted — including a blind 90-year-old — in Montgomery County, authorities announced.
Derelle Williams, 37, of Pottstown, has been charged after the attacks in Lower Pottsgrove Township and Pottstown on Wednesday, April 23, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office.
Police were first called to a home on Terraced Hill Court around 7:45 a.m., where a blind, elderly woman was found assaulted in her bedroom overnight, investigators said. She suffered severe injuries, including bleeding in her brain, a bro…
