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19-Year-Old Convicted For Temple Student's 2021 Murder: Prosecutors
Latif Williams shot and killed Samuel Collington while he unloaded his car in 2021, a Philadelphia court has found.
Williams, 19, was convicted of third-degree murder and related counts following a one-day, said the District Attorney's Office in a release.
Investigators have said Collington, a 21-year-old political science student at Temple University, was the victim of an attempted robbery near campus on Nov. 28, 2021. He was shot twice in the chest during the struggle and later died at an area hospital, according to police.
Collington, a Prospect Park native, was set to…
Federal Jury Convicts NYC Man In $200,000 Shakedown Of Jersey Shore Dad
Federal jurors in Trenton convicted a Brooklyn man for his role in a plot to strong-arm a Jersey Shore resident into giving him and his accomplices $200,000, authorities said.
Endrit Kllogjeri, 27, and his cohorts were tripped up by an undercover detective posing as the Monmouth County victim, federal authorities said.
Francis Garzon, 31, took a deal from the government rather than risk the consequences of guaranteed prison time if he was convicted at a trial, pleading guilty last month to his role in the plot.
Kllogjeri rolled the dice and lost, however.
He, Garzon and an unidentified co…
Deli Shooting: ‘Ruthless’ Killer Who Gunned Down Owner, Customer At Copiague Business Sentenced
A gunman who opened fire on several people inside a Long Island deli, killing its owner and another customer, will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Dionicio Calderon, age 65, of Copiague, was sentenced to 75 years to life in prison in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, March 16. It followed his jury conviction for murder and other charges stemming from a shooting inside the La Vaquita deli in Copiague, on Great Neck Road, in December 2020.
Prosecutors said Calderon walked into the deli shortly after 6 p.m. on Dec. 12, 2020. After drinking for a while, and without warning, he pulled out…
MS-13 Members Convicted Of Murder Of Innocent West New York Man, 19, Other Gang-Related Crimes
Three ranking MS-13 members from El Salvador were convicted by federal jurors in Newark of the murder of an innocent 19-year-old dishwasher from West New York, among other charges stemming from their participation in the international gang.
It was one of many offenses that jurors agreed were committed by Juan Pablo “Humilde” Escalante-Melgar, 31, Elmer “Locote” Cruz-Diaz, 33, and Oscar “Snappy” Sanchez-Aguilar, 25 – among them, extortion, witness tampering, and drug trafficking.
Federal prosecutors told the jurors that Escalante-Melgar and Sanchez-Aguilar instructed an MS-13 member and an …
Music Manager Sentenced For Stealing Thousands From Hudson Valley Rock Band
A music manager who took advantage of a Hudson Valley band to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars will spend time behind bars for stealing from his clients, authorities announced.
Richard Clair, Jr., age 52, a resident of Ohio and former manager of the Orange County-based band “The Racer,” has been sentenced to one year in jail for stealing $50,000 from them while falsely claiming that he was promoting an album and concert tour.
Instead, Clair used the band’s funds to subsidize his own personal expenses, which included groceries, fast food purchases, and over $8,500 in cash withdrawal…
Long Island Man Sentenced For Fatal 2018 Shooting Of 30-Year-Old
A Long Island man has been sentenced for the 2018 murder of a 30-year-old.
On Oct. 19, 2018, at approximately 10:55 a.m., victim Demetrius Winfield was exiting his vehicle, on break from his job, in front of a home on Wellesley Street in Hempstead, the Nassau County District Attorney's Office said.
Winfield and a friend were then shot by Jamik Cannon, age 28, of Hempstead, and his co-conspirator Brian Marshall-Gibson, according to authorities, who said that Cannon and Marshall-Gibson fired at least 15 shots in 14 seconds.
Winfield was shot in the face, chest, and groin and was pronounced d…
