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Arlington
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Close Family Friend Who Sexually Abused 8-Year-Old Child In DC Facing Life In Prison: Feds
A 42-year-old Maryland woman is facing life in prison and will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life for sexually abusing the 8-year-old child of what federal prosecutors described as a "close family friend." Griselda Martinez-Moz was convicted on Thursday on multiple counts of first-degree child sexual abuse with aggravating circumstances following a seven-day trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia Prosecutors say that "on two occasions in 2015 and 2016, Martinez-Moz sexually abused a child who was eight years old at the time. A close friend of …
Northampton
Police & Fire
Troopers Seek Tips To Find Lehigh Valley Mom's Remains
More than 20 years after her husband was convicted of her murder, state police are still trying to locate Kelly Frances McBride's remains. The 22-year-old mom was reported missing by her father on March 23, 1984, troopers say. She had been living on East 8th Street in Northampton Borough with her husband James and their 5-year-old son. After her dad reported her disappearance, James told investigators that his wife had chosen to leave their home that February. His story was later contradicted by physical evidence and he was eventually convicted of killing her in 2001, state…
Charles
News
Virginia Man Sentenced For Killing Mother After Breakfast Fight In Indian Head
A Virginia man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of strangling his mother to death in Maryland after an argument, the Charles County State's Attorney's Office announced on Friday. Norfolk resident Bandon Kiah Slade, 29, was found guilty following a three-day trial of murder, assault and other offenses in connection to the death of his mother, Lenora Coates-Slade, whose body was found stabbed to death with a plastic bag wrapped around her head in the family's garage three years ago. On Friday, prosecutors announced that he has been sentenced by a judge to…
Essex NJ
Police & Fire
Killer Who Waited On Victim's East Orange Porch To Shoot Him Convicted: Prosecutor
A 55-year-old North Carolina resident was convicted in the June 2021 shooting death of Renown Wilson, a 55-year-old Orange resident, authorities said. James Height was found guilty of aggravated manslaughter in the first degree on Wednesday, August 9 following a two-week trial in Essex County Superior Court, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Height was also convicted on several weapons charges, Stephens said. Height shot Wilson with a .32 revolver inside Wilson's Orange home, Stephens said. Height died a week later, Stephens said. Video footage shows Height walk…
North Orange
News
Repeat Offender Gets More Than Decade In Prison For Role In Middletown Shooting
A Hudson Valley man with an extensive criminal history, including violent felony convictions, could possibly spend the rest of his life in prison for his role in a shooting. Orange County resident Wayne Lewis, age 36, of Middletown, was sentenced on Monday, June 26 to 12 years to life in state prison after pleading guilty to a weapons charge in connection to a shooting in December 2022, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced. According to Hoovler, on the day of the shooting, Dec. 21, 2022, Lewis and a co-defendant were captured on surveillance video in the a…
Hampden
Police & Fire
Karl Exantus Guilty In 2019 Killing In Springfield; Will Spend Life In Prison
A 35-year-old Hampden County man who was found guilty of first-degree murder earlier this month was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Tuesday, June 27, authorities said. Karl Exantus, of Springfield, was accused of shooting Alexis Martinez in a parking lot at Five Town Plaza as Martinez sat in his Jeep Compass in 2019, the Hampden County District Attorney's Office said. Martinez died in that Cooley Street parking lot before he could get help. Hampden DA Anthony Gulluni said he hopes the verdict and sentence will help ease the suffering of M…
Harford
News
Pervy Passenger Gets Life For Raping, Robbing Woman Who Gave Him A Ride In MD: State's Attorney
The man who raped and tortured a driver during a harrowing ride in Maryland will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars. Devon Allen Odell Scott, 40, of Edgewood, was sentenced to life plus 50 years in prison after being convicted earlier this year on rape and robbery charges, the Harford County State’s Attorney announced. The traumatic trip played out when Scott flagged down his 28-year-old victim - who sometimes worked as an unlicensed taxi driver for extra cash - in Baltimore and asked for a ride to the Edgewood area in August 2019, though he would not commit to a specific h…
Montgomery MD
News
Shooter Sentenced For Killing Former Roommate in Front Of Family, Fleeing MD For VA
A man who forced his way into his former Montgomery County home in 2021 will likely never be a free man again after being sentenced for murder 39-year-old James Beverly in front of his family and young daughter in Silver Spring. Treymayne Dorsey, 44, was sentenced to life plus 110 years in prison after being convicted by a jury of murder and multiple other violent offenses following an incident in Beverly’s apartment in the area of Fairland on Nov. 30, 2021, according to Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy. Specifically, Dorsey was found sentenced for: First-degree murder (lif…
Prince William
Police & Fire
'Savage' Man Convicted Of Gouging Unconscious Victim's Eyes Out Causing Forever Blindness In VA
A Prince William County man was convicted of a "savage" attack on a victim in 2021 in which he gouged her eyes out while they were unconscious, leaving them permanently blind, authorities announced. The jury deliberated for approximately 10 minutes on April 7 before finding Cody Dale Davis guilty of one count of aggravated malicious wounding, in connection with the Feb. 2, 2021 assault, the Commonwealth's attorney Amy Ashworth announced. Responders dispatched to a home in Dumfries found the victim inside, laying in a pool of blood suffering facial lacerations and blunt force …
Camden
News
South Jersey Mom Learns Her Fate After Suffocating Baby 'Getting In Way Of Affair'
A New Jersey mom of three has learned her fate after being convicted of suffocating her toddler who prosecutors say she killed in part for interfering with her affair. Heather Reynolds, 45, of Sicklerville, was sentenced by Judge Gwendolyn Blue on Tuesday, Nov. 15 to life in prison without parole for the murder of her 17-month-old son Axel on May 10, 2018, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay announced. Heather Reynolds and baby AxelHeather Knecht Reynolds Heather ReynoldsFacebook/ Heather Knecht Reynolds The judge also sentenced Reynolds to a concurrent 8-year prison term for …
Essex MA
News
Lynn Man Gets Life In Prison For Fatally Shooting 25-Year-Old In 2018: DA
A Lynn man will spend the rest of his life in prison without the option of parole for a triple shooting that killed one man in 2018, authorities said. Victor Figueroa-Flores, age 23, was sentenced after he was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Romel Danis, age 25, on Oct. 28, the Essex County District Attorney's Office reports. Prosecutors said that Figueroa-Flores, along with Nathaniel Pagan, randomly targeted Danis and two other men and mistook them for Trinitario gang members, the office reports. After idly waiting for the men to walk by, Figueroa-Flores shot Danis a…
Lehigh
Police & Fire
PA Man Sentenced For Stabbing Aunt, Husband To Death In Poconos: Report
A Pennsylvania man who stabbed his aunt and her husband to death in the Poconos has learned his fate, WFMZ reports. Lancelot Fortune, 31, of Stroudsburg, was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the 2018 killings, the outlet says citing court documents. Prosecutors say Fortune went to the movies in Philadelphia after killing 56-year-old Isadora Fortune and 54-year-old Richard Fells in their Marcelle Terrace home in Pocono Township, according to the outlet. Click here for more from WFMZ.
South Passaic
News
Deja
VU: Paterson Man Again Convicted Of Murdering Dad Of 6 Who Planned To Open New Restaurant
A Paterson man was convicted of murder for the second time in the shooting death of a city man in 2015. Jurors in Paterson originally convicted Charles Grant four years ago of gunning down Isaac "Blaze" Tucker, a 40-year-old father of six, after they’d walked a few blocks together from a city liquor store. Grant was serving a life sentence for the killing when a state appeals court overturned the verdict -- ruling that certain evidence shouldn't have been presented at his trial -- and sent the case back to Paterson earlier this year. Jurors this time deliberated for roughly a day and a ha…
Orangetown
News
Rockland Man Sentenced For Fatally Shooting 2 Women In Valley Cottage
A 34-year-old man has been sentenced for murdering two women at a Hudson Valley home in 2020. Rockland County resident Robert Williams III, of Hillcrest, was sentenced on Tuesday, Aug. 16, to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the shooting deaths of 27-year-old Kathleen Castor and her mother, 63-year-old Wanda Castor, Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh II announced. According to the announcement, Williams was found guilty in April of the following charges stemming from the double homicide in Valley Cottage: First-degree murder Second-degree murder (two co…
Essex MA
News
Boston Man Gets Life In Prison For 2017 Homicide Of 25-Year-Old Lawrence Man
A Boston man was sentenced to life in prison for killing a 25-year-old man from Lawrence five years ago, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said. Jeffrey Tapia, age 28, was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Jensey Hernandez on Wednesday, June 29, the office reports. Investigators determined Tapia shot Jensey, along with his brother Javier, during an altercation outside of a house party at 234 Bailey Street in Lawrence on July 30, 2017, the office reports. Jensey was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead while Javier has lost complete use…
Norfolk
Police & Fire
NH Man Gets Life In Prison For 'Gruesome' Murder Of NJ Woman In Bridgewater
A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the gruesome death of a New Jersey native in Massachusetts, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said. Julian Squires, 48, from Manchester, was found guilty on charges of murder and kidnapping for his role in the Nov. 3, 2015 killing of Ashley Bortner, 29, of Paulsboro, Cruz said in a release. "The murder of Miss Bortner was particularly gruesome and cruel," DA Cruz said. "I am pleased that the jury saw the facts of this case and found Julian Squires guilty for his role in this heinous crime." New Hamps…
Baltimore
Police & Fire
MTA Bus Driver Killer Sentenced Without Parole
A 25-year-old man who pleaded guilty to the 2020 murder of MTA bus driver Marcus Parks Sr., was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole Thursday, May 5, announced officials. Cameron Silcott got into an argument with the bus driver after Parks told him passengers were not allowed on the bus. Silcott stole Parks's bag, CBS13 reports. When the driver tried to get it back, Silcott shot him 10 times on the bus 1200 block of East Fayette Street on October 8, 2020, according to authorities and the outlet. Nichelle Greene, 29, also pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in …
Mercer
Police & Fire
Life Sentence For Trenton Man Convicted Of Murder, Prosecutor Says
A Trenton man convicted of murder will spend life behind bars, authorities announced Tuesday. Hamilton Morgan was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday, Feb. 17, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said. Morgan was found guilty in August 2021 after firing several rounds at 30-year-old Trenton resident Maurice Rowe, who was pronounced dead at the scene as officers responded to Stuyvesant and Hoffman avenues on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Morgan initially fled after the shooting but was found with a gun and an additional loaded magazine as officers apprehended…
Cumberland
News
PA Man Stabbed Wife Dead With Fire Poker Over Bogus Affair Accusation: Report
A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and subsequently sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his wife to death with a fire poker over unfounded cheating accusations, reports Citizens Voice. Daniel Barrett, 40, of Plymouth (Luzerne County), beat and stabbed his wife, Mary Barrett, to death with a fire poker in January 2021, on suspicions she had been cheating on him, WNEP reported at the time. After Barrett confessed to the crime on Jan. 11, 2021, officers executing a warrant at the home found his wife's body in the basement "clearly deceased" and covered with a sh…
Nassau
News
Long Island Man Sentenced For Murder, Multiple Home Invasion Robberies
A 35-year-old Long Island man has been sentenced for murder and robbery charges stemming from a series of armed home invasions. Tyrone Robinson, of Bay Shore, was sentenced on Wednesday, Nov. 3, to life imprisonment plus 84 years to run consecutively to the life sentence, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Robinson was convicted in February 2020 of the following charges: Murder Seven counts of robbery and attempted robbery of drugs and drug proceeds Seven counts of unlawful use Brandishing and discharge of firearms Four c…
Dauphin
News
Convicted
: Harrisburg Woman Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murdering Boyfriend
A Harrisburg woman has been found guilty and sentenced to life in prison for driving over her boyfriend, according to the Dauphin County District Attorney. Dolly Hendrickes, 40, was convicted of first-degree murder on July 14. Hendrickes was driving her van along Cameron Street in Harrisburg when she got into an argument over family matters with her boyfriend, Andres Claudio Sr., 68, regarding family issues on Oct. 10, 2019. When she stopped at a red light at the intersection of Cameron and Maclay Streets Claudio got out and walked to the median. Hendrickes drove across two lanes of…
Bucks
Police & Fire
Bucks DA Opposes Clemency For Man Who Killed 58-Year-Old Woman
A man convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 58-year-old woman in her Bristol Township apartment in 1990, will appear Thursday morning before the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons seeking clemency -- a motion strongly opposed Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. John Brookins has professed his innocence for nearly three decades, despite authorities linking overwhelming amounts of evidence to him in the Dec. 20, 1990 murder of Sheila Ginsberg, Bucks County Chief Deputy District Attorney Jill Graziano said in a letter to the Board of Pardons. Authorities …
Suffolk NY
News
Long Island Man Sentenced After Retrial For 1998 Double Murder
A Long Island man will spend the rest of his life in prison following a retrial for a 1998 double murder outside a tavern. John Pierotti, age 66, was convicted in February last year of first-degree murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon following a retrial for the murders of Gerard Kennedy and Willis Frost in 1998 outside the Dragger Inn in Baldwin. On Wednesday, Feb. 24, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that Pierotti, a Freeport resident, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Singas said that at approximately 1 a.m. o…
Ocean
Police & Fire
Authorities: NYC Man, 26, Gets Life In Prison For 'Brutal, Senseless' Toms River Shooting Death
A 26-year-old man from New York City has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a drug dealer, authorities said. Anthony Barksdale, also known as Shakar Barksdale and previously from Seaside Heights, was found guilty after a jury trial in the murder of Steven E. Stallworth of Brick. “This was a brutal and senseless murder," Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said Stallworth was shot in the cheek outside the Hampton Gardens apartment building in Toms River on March 5, 2018, with a 9mm, hollow-point bullet from a Ruger automatic handgun, prosecutors …
