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Man Accused Of Vermont Shooting Found Hiding In Springfield Man Accused Of Vermont Shooting Found Hiding In Springfield
Man Accused Of Vermont Shooting Found Hiding In Springfield A 28-year-old wanted fugitive accused of a Vermont shooting was found Tuesday morning, March 19, in a Springfield home, authorities announced.  Walter Jones was arrested around 10:15 a.m. at a home in the 0-100 block on Longhill Street, Springfield police said. He was still wearing his court-ordered GPS monitoring device on his ankle.  Jones didn't show up to his last court date and was busted on a fugitive from justice warrant, police said.  He was ordered to wear the GPS device by a Springfield judge after an arrest on firearms charges in August 2022, authorities said.&nbs…
21-Year-Old Teacher ID'd After Fatal 6-Vehicle Crash On I-83: Authorities 21-Year-Old Teacher ID'd After Fatal 6-Vehicle Crash On I-83: Authorities
21-Year-Old Teacher ID'd After Fatal 6-Vehicle Crash On I-83: Authorities A 21-year-old woman has died and three others were hospitalized following a six-vehicle crash on Interstate 83 on Saturday morning, Pennsylvania State Police in York explained.  Chloe Brown of the 11,800 block of Cross Roads Avenue, Felton, has been identified by York County Coroner Pam Gay following the crash.  State police were called a "multi-vehicle crash" in the southbound lanes on I-83 at Exit 40 A in Fairview Township at 1:21 a.m. on Jan. 13.  First responders arrived to find Brown who had been driving a passenger vehicle, dead at the scene. She was pronounced de…
Trinity College Shows Support For Palestinian Student Shot In Apparent Hate Crime Trinity College Shows Support For Palestinian Student Shot In Apparent Hate Crime
Trinity College Shows Support For Palestinian Student Shot In Apparent Hate Crime A college community in Connecticut, alongside many nationwide, has been left reeling after a student of Palestinian descent was one of three shot in what appears to be a hate crime. Tahseen Ali Ahmad, age 20, who attends Trinity College in Hartford, was one of three men of the same age shot outside of a house in Burlington, Vermont on Sunday, Nov. 26, the school announced. Ali Ahmad and the two other men — Kinnan Abdalhamid and Hisham Awartani, also of Palestinian descent — were lifelong friends visiting a relative’s house near the University of Vermont's campus for the Thanksgiving holid…
Palestinian Haverford College Student Shot In Vermont: Authorities Palestinian Haverford College Student Shot In Vermont: Authorities
Palestinian Haverford College Student Shot In Vermont: Authorities A National Registered Emergency Medical Technician Sprinter and Pennsylvania college student has been identified as one of three Palestinian men shot in Burlington, Vermont on Saturday night, authorities announced on Sunday, Nov. 26.  Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdel Hamid, and Tahseen Ahmed — who were all identified by their families and are all 20 years old — were visiting family friends over the Thanksgiving break when they were shot while walking along North Prospect Street in Burlington at 6:25 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25, Burlington Chief of Police Jon Murad detailed in a release.  An un…
Hartford Man Shot, Killed In Vermont: Suspect At Large, Police Say Hartford Man Shot, Killed In Vermont: Suspect At Large, Police Say
Hartford Man Shot, Killed In Vermont: Suspect At Large, Police Say A 27-year-old Connecticut man was shot dead in an incident that happened in Northern Vermont, police said. The victim, 27-year-old Wilmer Rodriguez of Hartford, was killed in an incident that happened on Saturday, Oct. 14 in Newport Town, Vermont, according to Vermont State Police. On the day of the incident, around 6:45 p.m., police were told that a man had been shot inside a home on Farrar Road. Troopers then discovered Rodriguez's body at the scene, which was later brought to the Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Burlington for an autopsy.  The autopsy con…
Missing Rhinebeck Man Dies After Being Caught In Current Of Brook In Vermont, Police Say Missing Rhinebeck Man Dies After Being Caught In Current Of Brook In Vermont, Police Say
Missing Rhinebeck Man Dies After Being Caught In Current Of Brook In Vermont, Police Say A missing Hudson Valley man hiking the Appalachian Trail died after being caught in the current of a brook in Vermont, according to authorities. Dutchess County resident Robert Kerker, age 67, of Rhinebeck, who had been missing since Sunday, July 9, was located about 2:30 p.m. Friday, July 28, by search crews along the Stony Brook in Stockbridge, Vermont, about 1.5 miles downstream from where the trail crossed the brook. According to Vermont State Police, search crews had focused their efforts Friday on the brook after a witness reported seeing Kerker, an experienced hiker, at the Stony Bro…
Lititz's Luician Li's Funeral Scheduled After Chester County Crash Lititz's Luician Li's Funeral Scheduled After Chester County Crash
Lititz's Luician Li's Funeral Scheduled After Chester County Crash A week after he succumbed to his injuries after a Chester County highway crash, loved ones and neighbors are memorializing Lititz student-athlete Lucian Li.  Investigators have said 42-year-old Matthew DeAngelis was headed the wrong way on Route 202 when he crashed head-on into Li's Volkswagen Taos just after midnight on Friday, July 14.  DeAngelis was pronounced dead at the scene, while 19-year-old Li died on Monday, July 17, Daily Voice reported. The teen's father Eric Chen-Ta Li set up a GoFundMe campaign to finance a memorial in his son's honor. In just three days after …
Gunman Guilty Of 'Execution-Style' Murder Of 18-Year-Old Woman In Troy, Jury Finds Gunman Guilty Of 'Execution-Style' Murder Of 18-Year-Old Woman In Troy, Jury Finds
Gunman Guilty Of 'Execution-Style' Murder Of 18-Year-Old Woman In Troy, Jury Finds Nearly four years after an 18-year-old woman was found shot to death in the middle of a street in the region, a jury has convicted her killer. Isaiah Williams, age 25, of Brooklyn, was found guilty of second-degree murder in Rensselaer County Court on Friday, July 21, in the death of Beyonce Wint. The New York City teen was found shot to death in the early hours of Sunday, Sept. 17, 2019 in Troy’s Lansingburgh neighborhood, in the middle of 111th Street near Fourth Avenue. She had been shot once in the head in an “execution-style” killing, according to Troy Police. Two accomplices to the …
New England Nonprofit Changes Northampton Woman's Life With New Car New England Nonprofit Changes Northampton Woman's Life With New Car
New England Nonprofit Changes Northampton Woman's Life With New Car In a world where car prices have floated towards or reached record highs, one New England organization is doing their part to help low-income families get a ride.  Good News Garage, which launched in Burlington, VT in 1996, is one of the nation’s first car donation nonprofits providing affordable and reliable transportation options for people in need.  The organization has since expanded to New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts, and recently helped a Northampton woman find relief from her transportation struggles.  “I really appreciate the donation of your car," Eva Kiczko…
MURDER-SUICIDE: North Jersey Native Killed By Man With AR-15 Over Summer Break At UVM MURDER-SUICIDE: North Jersey Native Killed By Man With AR-15 Over Summer Break At UVM
Murder-suicide: North Jersey Native Killed By Man With AR-15 Over Summer Break At UVM A 22-year-old North Jersey native was killed by a man with an AR-15 who injured a second victim before fatally turning the gun on himself, authorities said. Mikal Dixon, 27, broke into a Burlington, VT home, where he shot and killed 22-year-old Roxbury High School graduate Kayla Noonan around 2:20 a.m. Monday, July 25, Acting Police Chief Jon Murad said. He also shot the surviving 22-year-old female victim twice, and she remains hospitalized in critical condition, Murad said. Dixon, who knew both of his victims, tried breaking down a door at the apartment but couldn't get in, so he broke …
Police Investigate Suspicious Fire At Greenwich Home With Two Adults, Four Kids Present Police Investigate Suspicious Fire At Greenwich Home With Two Adults, Four Kids Present
Police Investigate Suspicious Fire At Greenwich Home With Two Adults, Four Kids Present A house fire that threatened a Capital District family and left a man hospitalized has been deemed suspicious by authorities. Emergency crews in Saratoga County were called just before 11 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, with reports of a residential fire in Greenwich on Bald Mountain Road. Four children and two adults were in the house when flames broke out and all were able to get out, New York State Police said. One adult suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was med-flighted to a hospital in Burlington, Vermont, according to police. Video from the scene showed extensive damage to the ho…
Worcester Outranks Boston In WalletHub Study Of Most, Least Stressed Cities Worcester Outranks Boston In WalletHub Study Of Most, Least Stressed Cities
Worcester Outranks Boston In WalletHub Study Of Most, Least Stressed Cities Don't get too freaked out by reading this, but people in Boston seem to experience less stress than people in Worcester.  According to WalletHub's list of Most & Least Stressed Cities, Worcester outranks Boston as a more stressful city.    The Heart of the Commonwealth came in at number 106 while Beantown came in at number 122 out of 180 cities, according to the study. Both were the only cities from Massachusetts to appear on the list.  The list was generated by analyzing 40 key metrics from average weekly working hours and unemployment rates to divorce an…
Hero Dog Leads Police To Two People Ejected From Pickup Truck In New England Crash Hero Dog Leads Police To Two People Ejected From Pickup Truck In New England Crash
Hero Dog Leads Police To Two People Ejected From Pickup Truck In New England Crash A dog named Tinsley saved the day after leading police to the scene of a New England crash that seriously injured her owner and another man. New Hampshire State Police reported that at about 10 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 3, a trooper responded to a report of a loose dog on the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge located on Interstate 89 at the border of New Hampshire and Vermont in Lebanon. On January 3, 2022 at approximately 10 PM, Trooper Sandberg of #NHSP #TroopD responded to a report of a loose canine on... Posted by New Hampshire State Police on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 The trooper, along with Le…
Woman Killed In Single-Vehicle Franklin County Crash Woman Killed In Single-Vehicle Franklin County Crash
Woman Killed In Single-Vehicle Franklin County Crash A woman was killed and another injured during a single-vehicle crash in Western Massachusetts. It took place around 12:20 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 2, on Route 21 in Franklin County in Bernardston, said the Massachusetts State Police. When troopers arrived on the scene they found a 2015 Cadillac SRX had left the roadway on the right and crashed into a guardrail and then into a line of trees, state police said. The driver, identified as Holly Hanley, age 60, from Burlington Vermont, and her passenger a 24-year old woman from Essex Junction, Vermont were transported to Baystate Franklin Hospital wh…
MOTEL MURDER: Dealer Convicted Of Cold-Blooded Killing At 'Sensual' Route 1 Getaway MOTEL MURDER: Dealer Convicted Of Cold-Blooded Killing At 'Sensual' Route 1 Getaway
Motel Murder: Dealer Convicted Of Cold-Blooded Killing At 'Sensual' Route 1 Getaway A holdup that left a victim shot dead at a Route 1 couples motel in Woodbridge led to the murder conviction of a Bronx man who federal prosecutors said planned the robbery, supplied the gun and pocketed some of the proceeds. Jurors in lower Manhattan last week found Kasheen “Kash” Samuels, 34, guilty of the felony murder of Andrew Torres, as well as other robbery-related charges, following a nine-day trial, said Audrey Strauss, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Torres, 21, was pronounced dead a little over a half-hour after police responded to the Loop Inn Motel on Ju…
North Jersey Native, Musician Marc DiCianni Dies After Battling Diabetes Complications, 30 North Jersey Native, Musician Marc DiCianni Dies After Battling Diabetes Complications, 30
North Jersey Native, Musician Marc DiCianni Dies After Battling Diabetes Complications, 30 North Jersey native, artist and musician Marc Louis DiCianni died March 30 from complications of diabetes. He was 30. Born in Denville, DiCianni grew up in Sparta and spent time in California before moving to Burlington, Vermont, his obituary says. DiCianni was known for his relentless love of all things music. He often attended live shows, composed and performed his own songs and created art inspired by his own music, his memorial says. “Marc was a selfless and generous soul, frequently contributing to a variety of charitable causes and always living for others,” reads his obituary. “Mar…
Lyndhurst Police: Nodded-Out Vermont Couple Had Drugs, Dozens Of Syringes In Car Lyndhurst Police: Nodded-Out Vermont Couple Had Drugs, Dozens Of Syringes In Car
Lyndhurst Police: Nodded-Out Vermont Couple Had Drugs, Dozens Of Syringes In Car A Vermont couple found sleeping in their car on a quiet Lyndhurst street had drugs and dozens of hypodermic syringes with them, authorities said. Sgt. Richard Holicki, Detective Billy Kapp and Officer Matt Giunta, responding to a call, found the couple nodded out in a Toyota Prius on Kearney Street around 7 p.m. They woke the pair and immediately spotted several syringes on the center console, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. A search, Auteri said, turned up: 13 empty wax paper folds; 151 anticonvulsant pills; 1 pack of Suboxone; small amount of cocaine, including a rock of crack; 86…
Murder Suspects From Vermont Caught In CT Murder Suspects From Vermont Caught In CT
Murder Suspects From Vermont Caught In CT Two men wanted for a Vermont murder were nabbed in Connecticut by police who located the vehicle they were fleeing in on I-91. The incident took place around 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 17, when Enfield Police officers were alerted by an outside agency that Brandon Sanders, 18, and Johnny Ford, 32, were wanted in connection to a homicide in Burlington, Vermont, said the Enfield Police Department. Sanders was located in a vehicle traveling northbound on I-91 near Exit 49 and was taken into custody without incident, police said. Ford was later located at Motel 6 in a room and was taken into …
Connecticut Man, 31, Killed In Vermont Plane Crash Connecticut Man, 31, Killed In Vermont Plane Crash
Connecticut Man, 31, Killed In Vermont Plane Crash A Connecticut man has been identified as the pilot and single occupant of a small plane that crashed in Vermont, according to state police. A state police investigation in Vermont determined that a 1975 Piper PA-34-200T plane traveling from Burlington, Vermont, to Oxford in Connecticut that crashed near Bald Mountain in Vermont earlier this week was being operated by 31-year-old Ramsey Samson Ah-Nee, 31, of Manchester. Vermont State Police investigators were contacted by the Federal Aviation Association shortly before 6 p.m. on May 20 regarding a lost aircraft in the area of Woodford, Vermo…