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Vernon-Rockville, CT
Breaking News
CT Man Who Strangled Pregnant Mother Of His Child In Vernon Sentenced To Decades In Prison
A Connecticut man who admitted to strangling the pregnant mother of his child will spend the next 34 years behind bars, a judge ruled. But the woman's family said the thought of him someday walking free is a "burden" they will carry for the rest of their lives. Abdul Mboob, 26, was sentenced for the 2023 murder of Anastasia Paul, Tolland Judicial District State's Attorney Craig P. Nowak announced on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty on May 1 to murder and risk of injury to a minor. The prison sentence came after negotiations between prosecutors, the defense, and the court. The state had off…
Montgomery-Walden, NY
Obituaries
Longtime Former Police Officer, Maybrook Village Trustee Dies: 'Remarkable Man'
A retired Orange County police officer who spent more than two decades serving several local law enforcement agencies before continuing his public service as a village trustee has died. William "Billy" Treco died with his family by his side early on Saturday, July 25, according to the Town of Montgomery Police Department. He was also serving as a Village of Maybrook trustee at the time of his death. During a law enforcement career spanning more than 23 years, Treco served with the Town of Montgomery Police Department, the Orange County Sheriff's Office, and the Village of Maybro…
Towson, MD
Your Community
Baltimore Family Torn Apart After Father Of Four Is Detained By ICE On Way To Work
One trip to work changed everything. A Maryland family is scrambling to keep its life together after a Baltimore father was detained by ICE during his morning commute, leaving behind a wife, four children, and the family's only steady source of income. According to a GoFundMe organized by his eldest daughter, Segundo Quizhpi Quizhpi was detained on Saturday, July 11, while on his way to work in Baltimore. Hours later, at 3 a.m. the following morning, his wife learned he had been taken to the ICE detention center in Farmville, Virginia, roughly four hours from the family's home. Sinc…
Forked River-Lacey, NJ
Obituaries
Forked River Siblings Killed In Boat Crash Laid To Rest
Two New Jersey siblings killed in a weekend boating crash are being laid to rest. Mya Golabek, 9, and Sigmund Golabek, 7, of Forked River have been identified as the two victims killed in a boat crash in Barnegat Bay on Sunday, July 19, as first reported by NJ Advance Media. Their obituaries (Mya's and Sugmund's) were shared by the Riggs Funeral Home At 9:09 p.m., Tidewater Custom 280, a 30-foot vessel, struck an Intercoastal Waterway channel marker, causing two children to be ejected into the water, according to Charles Marchan, a spokesman for New Jersey State Police. The children w…
Upper Marlboro, MD
Obituaries
One Month After Turning 37, Largo Man Mark Davis Was Killed Waiting For The Bus
One month after celebrating his 37th birthday, Mark Davis was gone. The longtime DC-area resident, whose life stretched between Washington and Largo, was struck and killed while waiting at a Metrobus stop on Tuesday, July 14, leaving behind a grieving family determined to make sure he's remembered for the life he lived, not simply the way it ended. Davis was standing at the bus stop at Southern Avenue and Suitland Road in Southeast DC when he was hit by a pickup truck, according to his family. "He was a human being with a story, a personality, and people who loved him," loved ones wrote in…
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-GF's New BF Opened Fire In North Arlington Double Homicide, Family Alleges: Report
A father of two who was killed in a double shooting in North Arlington on Sunday night, July 19, had gone to pick up his children when a confrontation with his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend turned deadly, ABC7 Eyewitness News reports. UPDATE: Brian Dominick Lockett, 28, of North Arlington, NJ, and Ezequiel Aquino, 29, of Newark, were identified as the victims by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. A GoFundMe campaign says they were cousins. A separate GoFundMe was launched by Aquino's mother, who sources say buried her other son, Uriel Aquino, four years ago due to an alleged overdos…
Silver Spring, MD
Breaking News
Maryland Family Escapes As Fire Tears Through Silver Spring Home (
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A Maryland family made it out safely after flames tore through their home before sunrise on Monday. Firefighters were called around 5:15 a.m. on July 20 to the 14800 block of Marydale Court in Silver Spring, where crews arrived to find heavy fire pouring from the front entry of a single-family home and extending deeper inside the house. All six occupants, three adults and three children, escaped without injury before firefighters arrived, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson David Pazos. Photos from the scene show the home engulfed in flames during the fire, …
Macungie-Alburtis-Emmaus, PA
Breaking News
NJ Trucker Dad Killed When Overturned Rig Lands On Him In Lehigh County Crash: State Police
A New Jersey truck driver was killed after he was thrown from his commercial vehicle and trapped beneath it during a crash in Pennsylvania, State Police said. The crash happened at approximately 12:13 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, along the 4500 block of Chestnut Street north of Beck Road in Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, according to Pennsylvania State Police and the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Clarence E. Reynolds, 42, of Camden, New Jersey, was driving north on Chestnut Street when his commercial box truck failed to maintain a single lane of travel, police said. The truck trave…
West Haven, CT
Breaking News
West Haven Veteran Michael Howard Kennedy Dies Suddenly At 72
Michael Howard Kennedy of West Haven died suddenly July 4th after a brief illness. He was 72 years old. Mike was born in Shreveport, LA in Caddo Parish on November 6, 1953 to the former Irene Lillian Page and John Thomas Kennedy. His parents predeceased him. Mike resided in West Haven for many years. He also resided in Germany, Colorado, California, and New Jersey. He was a proud graduate of the Parsippany Hills High School class of 1972. After graduation, Mike attended college in New Jersey and Colorado and performed a variety of jobs. However, his…
National Interest
Toms River Pilot, Family Dead In NY Plane Crash: State Police
A 2-year-old New Jersey girl, her mother, and her grandfather pilot were killed in a small plane crash just after taking off from the Adirondack Regional Airport in New York this week. Giuliana Hillgrube, her 33-year-old mother Gabriella, and her 70-year-old grandfather Gabriele Jasper, were identified on Wednesday, July 15 as the victims of the crash two days prior, according to New York State Police. Jasper, a Brick Township-based spine doctor and Toms River resident, was piloting the plane, police said. Hillgrube and her daughter, of Forked River, were passengers. Less than two week…
Millville, NJ
Breaking News
Pregnant Woman, 3-Year-Old Escape House Fire In Millville
A family, which included a pregnant woman and a toddler were able to escape a house fire that destroyed their home in Millville on Saturday, July 11, authorities said. At 4 a.m., firefighters responded to Dorset Avenue and immediately encountered flames, the Millville Fire Department said. Katie Hatfield opened her bedroom door and was met with thick black smoke and extreme heat, Newell Branin Jr. wrote on Facebook. Hatfield had put Jack, 3 years old, on the back roof but she couldn't use the window, being six months pregnant, Branin said. Using 9-1-1, she directed firefight…
Bridgeport, CT
Breaking News
Bridgeport Firefighter Diagnosed With Cancer Again; Support Floods In For Family
Connecticut firefighters are coming together to help a fellow brother-in-arms after he was diagnosed with cancer for the second time in three years. Bridgeport firefighter Jonathan Pabon was in remission after battling lung cancer in 2023 when he found out last month that the disease had returned, according to a GoFundMe. The fundraising campaign hopes to help him and his family as they "face the difficult road ahead," according to organizer Myles Rich. "As Jonathan focuses on his health and treatment, the financial strain of living expenses and medical bil…
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