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Gunfire Hits Occupied Home In Poughkeepsie — Suspect, 20, Arrested, Cops Say
A 20-year-old man was arrested after an occupied home was struck by gunfire in Dutchess County, police said.
Amir Thigpen, 20, was taken into custody following the incident, which happened at around 12:15 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 17, according to the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department.
The incident began while officers and detectives were investigating an unrelated call when they heard multiple gunshots coming from the area of South Hamilton Street, police said.
Officers searched the neighborhood and found that an occupied residence had been struck by gunfire. Inves…
NY Pagan Religious Leader Admits Disgusting Sex Abuse Of Underage Boys, Authorities Say
A pagan religious leader in New York admitted Monday, Aug. 17 that he traveled to the Capital District to sexually abuse two underage boys, authorities said.
James Yerdon, 56, pleaded guilty to first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child and faces 20 years in prison, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said.
Yerdon, of Adams Center (Jefferson County), also pleaded guilty to possession of child porn in federal court earlier this year and could be looking at several decades behind bars, according to authorities.
In the state case, Yerdon was accused of sexually assaulting …
International Manhunt Ends With BF Captured After GF Found Slashed, Hidden In Closet: DA
An international manhunt for a man accused of slashing his girlfriend’s throat, hiding her body in a closet, and fleeing the country ended with his capture in Honduras, prosecutors announced on Monday, Aug. 17.
Darwin David Espinal-Del Cid, 27, of Telford, Pennsylvania, was taken into custody by Honduran agents with the Technical Agency for Criminal Investigation during an operation coordinated with the FBI early Monday in Pespire, Honduras, according to Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan.
Espinal-Del Cid is accused of killing his girlfriend, 23-year-old Maria Bernarda Popol Garcia, as…
Man Forces Ex Into Car, Attacks Them In Woods Near Reservoir In Hudson Valley: Police
A 40-year-old man is accused of forcing his ex into his car, driving to a wooded area near a Westchester County reservoir, and attacking them, police said.
Ossining resident Freddy Orlando Guamani Orbes, 40, was arrested on Sunday, Aug, 16, in connection with the incident, which happened the day before on Saturday, Aug. 15, New York State Police announced.
According to police, the incident began when Guamani Orbes arrived at his ex's workplace and demanded they get in his car. He then drove them to a secluded wooded area near the Muscoot Reservoir in Somers, police said.&nbs…
New Texts Emerge In Mystery Death Of Designer Aboard Investor’s Hamptons Boat: Report
A Long Island designer found dead on a boat last year complained of being “harassed” by her company’s only investor days before her body was found on his boat, according to a new report.
Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra, 33, had even blocked Christopher Durnan, 61, for months to ignore his calls and texts, the New York Post reported Saturday, Aug. 15.
But Nolan-O’Slatarra’s business partner, Dylan Grace, convinced her to unblock Durnan because he was now on the receiving end of Durnan’s communication, according to the Post. Durnan was concerned about fraud by the operators, according to texts obtain…
NY Cocaine Pipeline To Penn State Frats Lands Aspiring Lawyers, Entrepreneurs Charges (Update)
Aspiring lawyers, entrepreneurs, finance students, and former athletes are among 14 people accused in a cocaine trafficking operation that allegedly moved kilos of drugs from New York to Penn State fraternity houses, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Monday, Aug. 17.
Thirteen defendants were Penn State students at or around the time of the alleged conduct in 2023 and 2024, while the 14th is the father of one of the accused students, according to the Attorney General's Office.
Agostino Abbatiello, of Westbury, New York, and Thomas Robinson, of Pittsburgh, were identified…
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