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Penn State Frat Brothers Ran NY Cocaine Ring: PA AG
More than a dozen people, most of whom were Penn State students at the time, and the father of one are accused in a years-long cocaine trafficking operation tied to two fraternity houses, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Monday, Aug. 17.
Fourteen people were charged following a statewide investigating grand jury probe dubbed "Operation Drugs Unlimited," which uncovered kilos of cocaine allegedly transported from Philadelphia and New York to State College in 2023 and 2024, Sunday said.
Agostino Abbatiello, of Westbury, New York, and Thomas Michael Robinson, of Pittsburg…
Locked-Up NY Stabbing Suspect Arrested Again For Jail Toilet Assault, Police Say
A Capital Region man locked up for stabbing a restaurant employee is facing new charges for a jailhouse assault, authorities said Sunday, Aug. 16.
Shayne F. Vaccaro, 22, of Halfmoon, slammed another prisoner’s head into a toilet at Saratoga County jail on Sunday, July 19, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office said.
The victim was hospitalized with injuries to his face and head, while Vaccaro was charged with second-degree assault, authorities said. He was arraigned in Milton Town Court, then sent back to jail, police said.
Vaccaro is being held without bail for a stabbing on Feb. 15 at a ma…
NY Couple Used Incinerators, Burner Phones To Hide Man's Murder: Both Get Life In Prison
A married couple convicted of killing a man inside their Dutchess County home and carrying out an elaborate scheme to cover up the murder will spend the rest of their lives in federal prison.
Jamie Orsini, 38, and Nicholas Orsini, 36, both now of Amsterdam, New York, were each sentenced to life in prison in connection with the 2020 murder of Steven Kraft, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced.
Jamie Orsini was sentenced on Tuesday, Aug. 11, while Nicholas Orsini received his sentence on Thursday, Aug. 13, federal prosecutors said. The pair…
Ex-Cambridge Professor Found Dead Amid Plagiarism Scandal: Reports
Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor embroiled in a plagiarism scandal, has been found dead at his home in London, England, according to multiple published reports. He was 41 years old.
Arday's death came one week after he resigned from the University of Cambridge, where he became the youngest Black professor when he was hired as a sociology professor in 2023.
Police were called to a report of an unresponsive man inside a London property on Friday, Aug. 14, NBC News reports, citing London's Metropolitan Police. The man, whom NBC identified as Arday, was pronounced dead at the scene. Hi…
