'Unconscionable': Wilbur Cross High School Student Detained By ICE; Officials Organizing Help 'Unconscionable': Wilbur Cross High School Student Detained By ICE; Officials Organizing Help
'Unconscionable': Wilbur Cross High School Student Detained By ICE; Officials Organizing Help A Connecticut high school student has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), authorities confirmed. Esdras R., an 18-year-old immigrant from Central America and a rising junior at Wilbur Cross High School, was arrested on July 21 at his workplace. He is currently being held at a detention center in Massachusetts, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker and Superintendent Madeline Negrón said. They called his detention "unconscionable" and described him as a "hard-working student and a fine young man," in a joint press release. “The city and the school district are working …
Support Pours In For Silver Spring Restaurateur Fighting Stage 4 Cancer: 'She Gives And GIVES' Support Pours In For Silver Spring Restaurateur Fighting Stage 4 Cancer: 'She Gives And GIVES'
Support Pours In For Silver Spring Restaurateur Fighting Stage 4 Cancer: 'She Gives And Gives' She’s fed generations of families, students, musicians, and even first responders — now the community is rallying to feed her hope. Ada Villatoro, owner of El Golfo Restaurant in Silver Spring, is fighting stage 4 metastatic breast cancer while still showing up to serve others — just as she’s done for decades. According to a GoFundMe launched by her loved ones, Villatoro immigrated to the DC area in the mid-1980s in search of a better life.  She went on to raise two sons and build a restaurant that has become a gathering place for locals, artists, nonprofits, and families across the r…
ICE Arrests Child Rapist In Ossining After Prison Release, Feds Say ICE Arrests Child Rapist In Ossining After Prison Release, Feds Say
ICE Arrests Child Rapist In Ossining After Prison Release, Feds Say A Salvadoran national convicted of repeatedly raping children was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following his release from a New York prison, officials said. Jacobo Argueta Fuentes, 33, was arrested by ICE’s Buffalo Enforcement and Removal Operations team on Tuesday, July 23, in Ossining, federal authorities said. The 33-year-old, who entered the country illegally around 2011, had been convicted of more than a dozen sex crimes involving minors, including seven counts of rape, two counts of using a child in a sexual performance, four counts of sexual abuse, a…
Maryland Pastor Detained by ICE Forced to Sleep on Concrete Floor With No Bed, Family Says Maryland Pastor Detained by ICE Forced to Sleep on Concrete Floor With No Bed, Family Says
Maryland Pastor Detained by ICE Forced to Sleep on Concrete Floor With No Bed, Family Says A beloved, longtime Maryland pastor is reportedly living in troubling conditions after being detained by ICE and shipped to a detention center in Baltimore. Pastor Daniel Fuentes Espinal, of Easton, the head of Iglesia del Nazareno Jesus Te Ama (Church of the Nazarene Jesus Loves You), was picked up while shopping at a local Lowe's, according to his loved ones. Fuentes Espinal — who has been in the country for 24 years, has no criminal record, and leads a congregation of dozens in Easton — was taken into custody by ICE agents, and transported to a detention center in Baltimore, wh…
Electrolyte Imbalance Kills Westport Dad After Grueling 'Everesting' Challenge Electrolyte Imbalance Kills Westport Dad After Grueling 'Everesting' Challenge
Electrolyte Imbalance Kills Westport Dad After Grueling 'Everesting' Challenge A 43-year-old Connecticut husband and father of three has died after participating in a grueling endurance event in Wyoming called “Everesting.” Slava Leykind, of Westport, suffered an electrolyte imbalance that caused cardiac arrest on July 2. He had been competing in the 29029 Everesting event, where endurance athletes climb a 1,500-foot mountain trail repeatedly until they've ascended a collective 29,032 feet, the height of Mount Everest, according to the Jackson Hole News & Guide. Leykind began climbing at 6 a.m. on the event’s second day. After five and a half hours and six tr…
Ex-Hudson County Corrections Officer Who Killed GF, Best Friend Sentenced: Report Ex-Hudson County Corrections Officer Who Killed GF, Best Friend Sentenced: Report
Ex-Hudson County Corrections Officer Who Killed GF, Best Friend Sentenced: Report A former Hudson County corrections officer who killed his girlfriend and her friend in 2021 has learned his fate. John P. Menendez has been sentenced to 50 years in state prison for the killings of Anna Shpilberg and Luiza Shinkarevskaya, both 40, with his service weapon in Newark in February 2021, NJ Advance Media reports. Police found Shpilberg, of Randolph, suffering a gunshot wound at Edison Place and Bruen Street around 9 p.m., on Feb. 16, 2021, then-Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said at the time. Shi…
Lawler To Pass On NY Governor Race, Will Run For Reelection To House Lawler To Pass On NY Governor Race, Will Run For Reelection To House
Lawler To Pass On NY Governor Race, Will Run For Reelection To House US Rep. Mike Lawler announced he will seek re-election to Congress rather than run for governor, ending speculation about a potential 2026 challenge to Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. In a statement posted to social media on Wednesday, July 23, the second-term Republican said serving New York’s 17th Congressional District has been “the greatest honor” of his life and said his legislative "wins" on taxes, immigration, national security, and digital finance as reasons for continuing his work in Washington.  The 17th District includes all of Rockland and Putnam counties, most…
After 40 Years In US, Reza Zavvar Detained By ICE While Walking His Dog In Gaithersburg After 40 Years In US, Reza Zavvar Detained By ICE While Walking His Dog In Gaithersburg
After 40 Years In US, Reza Zavvar Detained By ICE While Walking His Dog In Gaithersburg Reza Zavvar came to America as a 12-year-old boy. Now, at 52, he sits in a Texas detention center — facing deportation from the only home he’s ever known. Reza Zavvar, a longtime Maryland resident and green card holder, was detained by ICE on June 28 while walking his dog Duke in Gaithersburg, according to a letter written by his sister, Maryam. “It started like any other morning for Reza, with a refreshing walk alongside his beloved dog, Duke,” she wrote. “As Duke sniffed around for just the right spot, an unmarked vehicle suddenly pulled up. "Before Reza could react, ICE agents emerged, …
WATCH: ICE Arrests Ethiopian Rapist In Takoma Park After 20-Year Conviction WATCH: ICE Arrests Ethiopian Rapist In Takoma Park After 20-Year Conviction
Watch: ICE Arrests Ethiopian Rapist In Takoma Park After 20-Year Conviction Immigration officials were busy in Maryland on Tuesday, apprehending an Ethiopian rapist who was taken into custody in Montgomery County. Video shared by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) showed the arrest of Ethiopian criminal alien Abraham Berhanu Taddesse in Takoma Park. According to ICE, charges against the 50-year-old Taddesse include first- and second-degree rape, assault, and indecent exposure. Officials said that he was convicted and sentenced to 20 years. Watch our ICE officers and @CBP partners arrest Ethiopian criminal ali…
Trump Admin Gave ICE Access To Medicaid Data: ‘Grave Breach Of Public Trust,’ Maryland AG Says Trump Admin Gave ICE Access To Medicaid Data: ‘Grave Breach Of Public Trust,’ Maryland AG Says
Trump Admin Gave ICE Access To Medicaid Data: ‘Grave Breach Of Public Trust,’ Maryland AG Says Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is accusing the Trump administration of illegally sharing the private medical data of Medicaid recipients with federal immigration authorities, calling the move a “grave breach of the public’s trust.” The allegation follows reports that the Trump administration entered into an agreement giving US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to sensitive personal health data from the Medicaid system. On Friday, July 18, Brown announced that Maryland has joined a multi-state lawsuit to stop what he called a dangerous and unlawful policy.  A he…
Successful Photographer, Advocate From Monsey Dies At 56 Successful Photographer, Advocate From Monsey Dies At 56
Successful Photographer, Advocate From Monsey Dies At 56 An award-winning photographer and storyteller who hailed from Rockland County before moving to Israel later in life has died after a hard-fought battle with cancer.  Laura Ben-David, a native of Monsey who moved to Israel in 2002 and became a well-known voice for the Anglo-Israeli community, died on Thursday, July 17 at the age of 56, her husband Raphael M. Barishansky announced.  Ben-David had been the social media director at Nefesh B’Nefesh, a nonprofit that helps facilitate Jewish immigration to Israel from the United States and Canada, according to a report fro…
Burlington County Military Base Will Be Used To House Undocumented Immigrants Burlington County Military Base Will Be Used To House Undocumented Immigrants
Burlington County Military Base Will Be Used To House Undocumented Immigrants A South Jersey military base will be used to house undocumented immigrants, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced earlier this week. In a letter to Rep. Herb Conaway, D-N.J., Hegseth said Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Burlington County will be used by the Department of Homeland Security to house undocumented immigrants. This decision "will not negatively affect military training, operations, readiness, or other military requirements, including National Guard and Reserve readiness," Hegseth said. Conaway, along with most of New Jersey's Democrat Congressional delegation swiftl…