Taxi Driver Kidnaps Woman, Attacks Her With Screwdriver Before Crashing In Spring Valley: Cops Taxi Driver Kidnaps Woman, Attacks Her With Screwdriver Before Crashing In Spring Valley: Cops
Taxi Driver Kidnaps Woman, Attacks Her With Screwdriver Before Crashing In Spring Valley: Cops A 22-year-old taxi driver is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly kidnapping a woman, attacking her with a screwdriver, and crashing a car during the struggle in Rockland County, police said.  The incident happened around 1:45 a.m. on Monday, May 5, when Spring Valley Police responded to a report of a vehicle that had crashed into a fence at a home on Ridge Avenue. Officers arrived and found a visibly injured and distressed woman at the scene, the department announced on Tuesday, May 13.  According to investigators, the woman had been picked up by a taxi near the Evergre…
DNA Swipe From Water Bottle Nails Man Who Killed Ex’s Mom Decades Ago In Chevy Chase DNA Swipe From Water Bottle Nails Man Who Killed Ex’s Mom Decades Ago In Chevy Chase
DNA Swipe From Water Bottle Nails Man Who Killed Ex’s Mom Decades Ago In Chevy Chase After 24 years of silence, justice finally has been served for a Maryland family. A Washington, DC man has admitted to murdering his ex-girlfriend’s mother inside her Chevy Chase home more than two decades ago — a cold case that stunned the quiet Montgomery County neighborhood and baffled detectives for years. Eugene Teodor Gligor, now 45, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Wednesday, May 7, to second-degree murder in the 2001 slaying of 50-year-old Leslie Preer, who was found face-down and bloodied in her shower after failing to show up for work. Eugene Teodor Gli…
'Dawson's Creek' Star, West Orange Native Assaulted Ex With Cinderblock, Wooden Plank: REPORTS 'Dawson's Creek' Star, West Orange Native Assaulted Ex With Cinderblock, Wooden Plank: REPORTS
'Dawson's Creek' Star, West Orange Native Assaulted Ex With Cinderblock, Wooden Plank: Reports Michael Pitt, who starred on "Boardwalk Empire," "Dawson's Creek" and "Funny Games" has been charged with sexual abuse in New York City, according to numerous records. Pitt, a West Orange native, was arrested and arraigned at Kings Supreme Court in Brooklyn on Friday, May 2, charged with two counts of sexual abuse, assault injury with a blunt object and strangulation, Variety reported.  According to the New York Post, Pitt sexually assaulted an ex-girlfriend, striking her with a wooden plank. He later assaulted his ex-girlfriend with a cinderblock, the Post reported. The incidents occu…
Quakertown Man Claims Woman He Killed Is Alive, Gets Max 40 Years For PA Motel Murder: AG Quakertown Man Claims Woman He Killed Is Alive, Gets Max 40 Years For PA Motel Murder: AG
Quakertown Man Claims Woman He Killed Is Alive, Gets Max 40 Years For PA Motel Murder: AG A New York native who claimed his victim was still alive has been sentenced to the maximum prison term for beating her to death in a Luzerne County motel room, authorities announced. Joseph Alan Sarmiento, 40, of Quakertown, was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in state prison on Thursday, May 1, for the third-degree murder of Helena Johnson, 38, of Massachusetts, according to Attorney General Dave Sunday. Sarmiento had been staying with Johnson at the Red Carpet Inn on North Church Street in Hazle Township in June 2021 when, investigators say, he fatally beat her and left her body in the bathtu…
Waldorf Man Indicted After Missing Woman Found Dead, Buried Near Cedarville State Park Waldorf Man Indicted After Missing Woman Found Dead, Buried Near Cedarville State Park
Waldorf Man Indicted After Missing Woman Found Dead, Buried Near Cedarville State Park A Maryland man who claimed his girlfriend went missing earlier this month has been indicted for murder after her body was discovered buried in a plastic bin in a wooded area near Cedarville State Park, authorities announced. A grand jury returned an indictment charging 24-year-old Keycy Barrera-Rosa with multiple counts of murder, and making a false report in the death of his girlfriend, Lesbia Ramirez Guerra, according to Charles County State’s Attorney Tony Covington. Investigators say Barrera-Rosa contacted the Charles County Sheriff’s Office on April 2 to report that Guerra was mis…
Kingston Man Tied Belt Around Kid's Neck, Tried Lifting Off Floor: Police Kingston Man Tied Belt Around Kid's Neck, Tried Lifting Off Floor: Police
Kingston Man Tied Belt Around Kid's Neck, Tried Lifting Off Floor: Police A Hudson Valley man is facing a slew of charges after allegedly attempting to strangle a child while violating a protection order, police said. Police in Ulster County responded to a Kingston apartment on Wall Street for a violation of a full stay away order of protection just before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15. Arriving officers found Jeffery Roberts, 36, inside the home despite being barred by a court order, Kingston Police said. Residents told investigators that Roberts had placed a leather belt around the neck of one of the children and attempted to lift the child off of the ground by…
WANTED: Man Throws Knife At Boy, Strangles Woman In Kennett Square, Police WANTED: Man Throws Knife At Boy, Strangles Woman In Kennett Square, Police
Wanted: Man Throws Knife At Boy, Strangles Woman In Kennett Square, Police A woman was allegedly strangled and a boy was beaten with a metal broom and nearly stabbed during a violent outburst in Kennett Square, police announced on Tuesday, April 15. Virgilio Ramos-Lopez, 40, is wanted for a brutal assault on the 500 block of Center Street on Monday, April 14 at 10:47 p.m., according to the Kennett Square Police Department. Ramos-Lopez allegedly began arguing with a woman inside the home when the fight escalated and he placed his hands around her throat, police said. A male juvenile tried to intervene — but was instead struck repeatedly in the face with Ramos-Lopez…
Ex-BF Tried Stabbing Woman To Death During Kidnapping In Hudson, Jury Finds Ex-BF Tried Stabbing Woman To Death During Kidnapping In Hudson, Jury Finds
Ex-BF Tried Stabbing Woman To Death During Kidnapping In Hudson, Jury Finds A Hudson Valley man was convicted of attempted murder after kidnapping, choking, and trying to stab his ex-girlfriend to death, jurors found. Orlando Williams, 55, of Hudson, was also found guilty of kidnapping, strangulation, and related charges by a Columbia County jury on Wednesday, April 9, stemming from the horrific attack in March 2024. Hudson Police found the victim “distressed” and covered in mud following the attack at her Hudson apartment at around 10:30 p.m. on March 14, 2024, as Daily Voice reported. She told investigators that she was alone smoking a cigarette on her back deck…
Fredericksburg Woman May Have Broken Attacker’s Arm During Violent Home Invasion, Police Say Fredericksburg Woman May Have Broken Attacker’s Arm During Violent Home Invasion, Police Say
Fredericksburg Woman May Have Broken Attacker’s Arm During Violent Home Invasion, Police Say A masked man who broke into a Fredericksburg home and strangled a woman until she passed out is on the run, according to police. It happened around 10:40 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, in the 1000 block of Hotchkiss Place, officials said. According to Fredericksburg Police, the suspect — described as a heavyset man, about 6-foot-2, wearing all black and a black balaclava — forced his way through the rear basement door of a townhome and attacked a woman inside. Police say the suspect strangled the woman until she lost consciousness. After she came to, another struggle broke out — and she may h…
Point Pleasant Man Choked Woman Into Unconsciousness: Prosecutor Point Pleasant Man Choked Woman Into Unconsciousness: Prosecutor
Point Pleasant Man Choked Woman Into Unconsciousness: Prosecutor A 31-year-old Point Pleasant man was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday, March 27 after he choked a woman until she passed out in 2022. Juan Santiago-Rojas is charged with attempted murder, strangulation and multiple weapons offenses, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. On Monday, Aug. 22, Point Pleasant Borough police responded to a residence on Butler Avenue and found an unconscious woman with serious injuries to her head and neck area, Billhimer said. She was transported to a nearby hospital where she was treated and eventually released, Billhimer said. An investigati…
Ex-Town Worker Strangled Domestic Partner, Faked CPR During 911 Call In Huntington Station: DA Ex-Town Worker Strangled Domestic Partner, Faked CPR During 911 Call In Huntington Station: DA
Ex-Town Worker Strangled Domestic Partner, Faked CPR During 911 Call In Huntington Station: DA A former town employee was formally charged with murdering his domestic partner inside their Long Island home. Georgios Boultadakis, 25, of East Meadow, was indicted for second-degree murder in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, March 26, in the 2022 killing of John Melnikoff Jr. Boultadakis, a former Town of Oyster Bay Parks Department employee, called 911 just after 6 a.m. on Aug. 8, 2022, claiming he had found Melnikoff “passed out” and unresponsive at the bottom of their basement stairs in Huntington Station. The 911 operator instructed Boultadakis on how to administer CPR, and his sta…
Son 'Acting Weird' Stashes Mom's Body In Back Seat Of Her Own SUV Found In Penn Township: DA Son 'Acting Weird' Stashes Mom's Body In Back Seat Of Her Own SUV Found In Penn Township: DA
Son 'Acting Weird' Stashes Mom's Body In Back Seat Of Her Own SUV Found In Penn Township: DA A 31-year-old man is facing charges after police say he left his mother’s body in a car outside of a Pennsylvania home. Her cause of death? Strangulation — and it’s been ruled a homicide, authorities said. Kevin Hyun Ahn, 31, was charged with abuse of a corpse after 61-year-old Hyun Ahn, of Owings Mills, MD, was found dead in a white Toyota RAV4 around 3:46 p.m. on March 24, the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office and Northern Lancaster County Regional Police (NLCRPD) said. Police were dispatched to the 100 block of Fruitville Pike after a woman called to report her estranged brother was “act…