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Spring Valley, NY
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Boy, 9, Shot With BB Gun While Walking In Spring Valley: Man, 24, Charged, Police Say
A 24-year-old man faces charges after police said a 9-year-old boy was shot with a BB gun while walking next to an occupied vehicle in Rockland County. Spring Valley resident Marco J. Guanoquiza-Caillagua, 24, was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 15, following the incident, which happened in Spring Valley the day before on Wednesday, Oct. 14, according to the Spring Valley Police Department. According to police, officers responded to the area of Hoffman Street and Hoyt Street on Wednesday after they were contacted by Chaverim of Rockland. Police learned the boy had be…
Mahopac, NY
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Bus Monitor Accused Of Assaulting 12-Year-Old Student On Mahopac School District Vehicle
A 65-year-old school bus monitor from Westchester County has been arrested after authorities said she physically assaulted a 12-year-old student aboard a moving school bus in Putnam County. Yorktown resident Magalie Speranza was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 8, following an investigation into an incident aboard a Mahopac Central School District bus, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Thursday, Oct. 15. The alleged assault happened on Friday, Oct. 2, while the bus was transporting students. According to the Sheriff's Office, Speranza physically assaulted the 12-yea…
Bridgeport, CT
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Rock Attack At Bridgeport Park Leaves Man In Critical Condition. Who Is He?
A potentially unhoused man is in critical condition after someone smashed a rock into his head at a Connecticut park. As doctors work to save his life, police are working to identify him. First responders were called to Bridgeport's B.J. Brown Park at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14. They found the man beneath an overhang at a bike rack, officials said. He was unconscious and bleeding heavily. A large rock beside him also had blood on it, officials said. Crews took him to St. Vincent’s Hospital, where officials listed his condition as critical. Detectives believe the man may be u…
Newburgh, NY
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Man Attacked In Newburgh Park Days After Being Accused Of Choking Woman In Bathroom
A man accused of trapping a woman inside her bathroom and choking her was seriously injured in an attack at an Orange County park just days later, authorities have confirmed. Newburgh resident Mark Adams was assaulted at Tyrone Crabb Memorial Park near Grand Street and South Street in Newburgh on Friday, Oct. 9, the City of Newburgh Police Department confirmed to Daily Voice on Thursday, Oct. 15. As Daily Voice previously reported, Adams was arrested days earlier on Tuesday, Oct. 6, after police said he attacked a woman inside her home near 29 East Parmenter St. in Newburg…
National Interest
Robot Gropes Teen Girl Outside Restaurant In Livestreamed Incident: Police
A humanoid robot wearing a fake mustache and gold chain groped a teen girl while two suspects livestreamed the incident, authorities said. The red-and-gold robot was seized early on Sunday, Oct. 11, police in Cologne, Germany, said in a news release. The incident happened outside a fast-food restaurant near the city center shortly before midnight on Saturday, Oct. 10. The 16-year-old girl was standing with two friends, who were 17 and 18. Investigators said the roughly four-foot-tall robot approached her from behind, grabbed her buttocks, and made thrusting movements against her. …
Towson, MD
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Baltimore Cops Found Guilty After Assault, False Claims: 'I Maced Him Like Four Times'
A Maryland police officer who tripped over his own feet blamed a fleeing man for the fall, setting off a chain of events that would ultimately land him and a fellow cop in court. Baltimore Police Officers Mordechai Mandelbaum and Menachem Rosenbloom were found guilty on multiple charges on Wednesday, Oct. 14, following an encounter that ended with a surrendering man being pepper-sprayed four times and officers making false claims about what happened. The incident began on June 26, 2025, when the officers responded to a call in the 700 block of East Chase Street and discovered that a man had…
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…
Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
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Mom Stabbed After Stepping In To Defend Daughter During Pennsylvania Pub Fight: Police
A mother was stabbed in both shoulders after stepping outside a Philadelphia pub to intervene in an argument involving her daughter, who was also injured, police said. The stabbing happened in the 5300 block of Woodland Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia on Tuesday, Oct. 13, according to a release issued by the Philadelphia Police Department on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The mother was inside the pub when she heard her daughter arguing with another person outside the establishment, investigators said. When the mother stepped outside, the suspect stabbed her before fleeing the scene, police said. R…
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…
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