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Brentwood, NY
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Home Invader Who Beat, Stabbed 30-Year-Old To Death On Long Island Gets Prison Time
More than four years after a 30-year-old man was stabbed to death during a home invasion on Long Island, his killer is heading to prison. Ade N’Gaii, age 39, of Harlem, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in Suffolk County Court on Monday, March 27. It came after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of Kristopher Appel in October 2018. Earlier Report: ‘Driven By Greed’: Jury Convicts Man For Home Invasion Murder In Patchogue Prosecutors said N’Gaii and three others first drove to Appel’s home in Patchogue armed with a handgun to steal money and mariju…
Arlington, VA
News
Serial Rapist Gets Life In Prison For Targeted Ground-Level Apartment Sexual Assaults In DC
A serial rapist was hit with two life sentenced for home invasion sexual assaults committed in Washington, DC three years apart, federal authorities announced. DC resident Ronald P. Berton, 48, will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being sentenced to life without the possible release, plus 27 years for a June 2010 home invasion and sexual assault. Additionally, a judge gave him a second life sentence without the possibility of release for an October 2007 home invasion and sexual assault of a second woman. Berton’s downfall came during an investigation into the 2010 sexual assa…
Glen Burnie, MD
Police & Fire
Life Sentences Announced For Killer Of Navy Midshipman's Mother
A man convicted of killing the mother of a US Naval Midshipman has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, officials announced. Angelo Harrod was sentenced on Wednesday, March 1 after being convicted of the murder of 57-year-old Michelle Cummings, who was visiting her son Trey, a member of the Navy football team, for induction day on June 29, 2021. “What was supposed to be a celebratory time turned into tragedy for Mrs. Cummings’ family that summer evening," State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess said in a statement. “Mrs. Cummings was a proud mother and loving wife who was take…
Brentwood, NY
News
‘Cold-Blooded' Killer Sentenced For Murder, Attempted Home Theft Of Long Island Mechanic
Nearly three years after a 69-year-old engine mechanic was found shot to death inside his Long Island home, his killer is heading to prison for decades. Donatila O’Mahony, age 43, of Central Islip, was sentenced to 25 years to life behind bars in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, March 2. It followed her jury conviction for second-degree murder in the killing of Lee Pedersen in March 2020. Earlier Report: 'Motivated By Greed': Woman Convicted In Murder, Attempted Home Theft Of Aquebogue Mechanic According to prosecutors, Pedersen was found dead inside his Aquebogue home on March 8, 2…
Cherry Hill, NJ
News
Salem Man Convicted In 2010 Strangulation Of Camden Girlfriend: Prosecutor
A Salem City man has been found guilty in the choking death of a Camden City woman, authorities said. On Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, a jury convicted Timothy Simon, 54, of first-degree murder in the strangulation of 31- year-old Lawanda Strickland, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay. On July 10, 2010, officers from the Camden City Police Department and the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office responded to the 900 block of Jackson Street in Camden City for a report of a deceased female in her residence, Simon, who was Strickland’s boyfriend at that time, calle…
Arlington, VA
News
Serial DC Rapist Targeting Women In Ground-Level Apartments Faces Life In Prison: Feds
A serial rapist from DC with a history of targeting and terrorizing young women may spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted more than a decade after his alleged crime. District resident Ronald Berton, Jr, 48, was found guilty by a jury of sexually assaulting a 30-year-old woman in June 2010, federal authorities announced on Monday, Feb. 6, following a trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. On June 12, 2010, Berton’s victim was sleeping in her ground-level apartment in Adams Morgan - the same location he previously targeted - when he entered her home a…
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
Arrest Made In Knifepoint Sexual Assault Behind Phillipsburg Alleyway: Prosecutor
An Easton man was arrested over a year after authorities say he held a woman at knifepoint and sexually assaulted her behind a Phillipsburg alleyway. John H. Holmes, 40, of the 200 block of Northampton Street, was charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, criminal restraint, theft, and weapons offenses, Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said in a release on Friday, Feb. 3. The woman had just gotten off of a bus in Easton when Holmes approached her and started following her across the Northampton Street Bridge toward Uni…
Worcester, MA
Police & Fire
'Our Family Has Long Awaited This Day': Worcester Man Admits To Killing Teacher's Aid In 2017
A judge sentenced a Worcester man who admitted to strangling a beloved teacher's aide to death in 2017 to spend nearly two decades behind bars, authorities announced this week. The woman's family said they were pleased with the ruling. Jose Melendez, 60, pleaded guilty Wednesday, Jan 18, to a voluntary manslaughter charge in the death of Sandra "Buffy" Hehir, the Worcester County District Attorney's Office said. A judge sentenced him to 17 to 19 years in prison. Hehir's family thanked Worcester police and prosecutors on their "Justice for Buffy" Twitter account. "Our family has long aw…
Towson, MD
News
Murderer Admits To Brutally Butchering Beloved 'Community Matriarch' In Baltimore Church
Manzie Smith, Jr. could spend the rest of his life in prison after admitting to the grisly murder of a beloved member and volunteer of an East Baltimore church in November 2021. Smith, 63, was sentenced to life in prison with all but 50 years suspended (plus five years of supervised probation) for his role in the murder of 69-year-old Evelyn Player in the bathroom of Southern Baptist Church, where she was a prominent volunteer. Investigators say that Smith stabbed Player dozens of times inside the church on the morning of Nov. 16, 2021. The investigation determined that Player clocked in…
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
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DNA From 1997 Leads To Prison Time In South Jersey Sexual Assault
A Pennsauken man whose DNA connected him to a Mount Laurel home invasion and sexual assault 25 years ago has been sentenced to eight years in New Jersey State Prison. Rodolfo Vasquez, 63, must serve 85 percent of the term before becoming eligible for parole, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw He told the court when entering the plea that he went into a Camber Lane home in June 1997 without authorization and sexually assaulted a woman who was home alone. The victim, whose name is being withheld by the prosecutor’s office, attempted to defend herself and was struck …
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Kohberger Victims, Roommate Were Reportedly Awake During Idaho Slayings: Affidavit
The probable cause affidavit in the quadruple murders of University of Idaho students was unsealed Thursday, Jan. 5 as prime suspect Bryan Kohberger appeared in court, suggesting that at least one of the victims and one surviving roommate were awake during the crimes. It was ultimately DNA on the button snap of a knife sheath that helped police identify the 28-year-old criminology PhD student as the suspect in the Nov. 13 killings of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, according to the affidavit published in NewsNationNow. The affidavi…
Massapequa, NY
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NY 'Torso Killer' Admits To Killing Teacher, 4 Other Murders
More than a half century after a New York dance instructor was found murdered in the backseat of her car, one of America’s most prolific serial killers has admitted to taking the woman’s life, along with four others. Richard Cottingham, age 76, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the February 1968 death of Diane Cusick during a virtual appearance in Nassau County Court on Monday, Dec. 5. Earlier Report: DNA Leads To Arraignment Of Serial Killer For 1968 Murder Of Nassau Woman Cottingham, who became known as the “Torso Killer” after dismembering two of his victims in a Times Square …
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