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Burlington
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Home Health Aide Who Forced Stuffed Animal Into Disabled Patient's Mouth Sentenced To Prison Home Health Aide Who Forced Stuffed Animal Into Disabled Patient's Mouth Sentenced To Prison
Home Health Aide Who Forced Stuffed Animal Into Disabled Patient's Mouth Sentenced To Prison A 36-year-old home health aide convicted of physically abusing a severely disabled girl was sentenced to 23 years in New Jersey State Prison, authorities said. Edmondo DiPaolo pleaded guilty earlier this year to aggravated assault and child endangerment, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. He worked as the 16-year-old girl's caregiver in the family’s Southampton home, she said. The investigation revealed that DiPaolo broke the victim’s femur while changing her diaper in March 2020. Because of her condition, she was unable to swallow. The investigation further reve…

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by Jon Craig
Cumberland
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Injured Girl Running In Street Leads To Abuse Charges For Carlisle Mom: Police Injured Girl Running In Street Leads To Abuse Charges For Carlisle Mom: Police
Injured Girl Running In Street Leads To Abuse Charges For Carlisle Mom: Police A 10-year-old girl found running down a central Pennsylvania street has led to the arrest of a Carlisle mom, police say.  Carlisle police officers responded to multiple reports of a girl with apparent injuries running in the street in the area of North West and West Louther streets on Sept. 6 at 12:30 p.m. The 10-year-old was previously reported as missing by police who told Daily Voice that "she ran away from home during an argument with her mom," — police believe her injuries were sustained before she ran away. She was briefly located by the police but suddenly she ran aw…

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by Jillian Pikora
Essex MA
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Methuen Children’s Center Abused Young Boys, Withheld Food, Locked Them In Closet, Suit Says Methuen Children’s Center Abused Young Boys, Withheld Food, Locked Them In Closet, Suit Says
Methuen Children’s Center Abused Young Boys, Withheld Food, Locked Them In Closet, Suit Says Two moms whose children went to a Methuen daycare have filed a lawsuit claiming emotional mistreatment and physical abuse from the faculty, Boston.com reports. Dyanarah Fermin, of Lawrence, and Karina Rodriguez, of Lowell filed a complaint against The Children’s Center of the Faith United Methodist Church earlier this month in Essex Superior Court.  The moms claim their sons suffered emotional abuse that left them with PTSD, insomnia, night terrors, and other issues from the Lowell Street daycare, the complaint reads.  The suit alleges that employees of The Children's Center lock…

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by Josh Lanier
New Rochelle
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New Rochelle Woman Who Fatally Stabbed Boyfriend Freed From Prison Under New State Law New Rochelle Woman Who Fatally Stabbed Boyfriend Freed From Prison Under New State Law
New Rochelle Woman Who Fatally Stabbed Boyfriend Freed From Prison Under New State Law A woman who admitted to stabbing her boyfriend to death will be released from prison under a new NY state law that gives judges more discretion in sentencing defendants who have suffered domestic abuse. Westchester County resident Jonitha Alston, age 35, of New Rochelle, will be freed after acting State Supreme Court Justice Robert Neary vacated her original 12-year sentence and resentenced her to five years in prison. The move followed a recommendation from Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah for a reduced sentence under New York’s 2019 Domestic Violence Survivors Justic…

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by Michael Mashburn
Burlington
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Ex-Home Health Aide Admits Forcing Stuffed Animal Into Disabled Patient's Mouth: Prosecutor Ex-Home Health Aide Admits Forcing Stuffed Animal Into Disabled Patient's Mouth: Prosecutor
Ex-Home Health Aide Admits Forcing Stuffed Animal Into Disabled Patient's Mouth: Prosecutor A 36-year-old man has admitted to physically abusing a severely developmentally-impaired girl while working as her caregiver in the family’s Southampton home, authorities said. The abuse included forcing water and a stuffed animal into the girl's mouth, they said.  Edmondo DiPaolo, of Pemberton Township, admitted guilt in exchange for a 23-year sentence in New Jersey state prison, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. He pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and child endangerment, Bradshaw said. Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 18 in Mount Holly. The inv…

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by Jon Craig
Cumberland
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PA Man With Disabilities Loses Testicle After Beating With Metal Rod By Caretakers: AG PA Man With Disabilities Loses Testicle After Beating With Metal Rod By Caretakers: AG
PA Man With Disabilities Loses Testicle After Beating With Metal Rod By Caretakers: AG Two "direct support counselors" beat a man under their care with a metal rod so badly that his testicle needed to be surgically removed, according to a release by Pennsylvania's Attorney General Josh Shapiro's office on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022.  August Thorne Young of North Versailles and Eric Walker of Pittsburgh were working for Taylor Maleski Home, LLC, an organization that provides supportive home services to individuals with intellectual disabilities in Allegheny, Indiana, and Westmoreland counties, when they assaulted the man with a metal rod on Nov. 2, 2021, according to the…

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by Jillian Pikora
Garfield-Lodi
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'History Of Ongoing Abuse': Garfield Man Charged With Severely Shaking 3-Month-Old Baby 'History Of Ongoing Abuse': Garfield Man Charged With Severely Shaking 3-Month-Old Baby
'History Of Ongoing Abuse': Garfield Man Charged With Severely Shaking 3-Month-Old Baby A warehouse worker living in Garfield was jailed after physicians found that a hospitalized 3-month-old child had suffered a history of ongoing physical abuse. ICE issued a detainer on Dominican-born Nelson Ventura Delacruz, 31, who remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Saturday. An investigation began after the child was brought to Hackensack University Medical Center on Oct. 2, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. “A medical evaluation determined that the child was suffering from significant injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome,” Musella said. “Additionally, the inj…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ulster Sullivan
Sports
Distance Runner From Hudson Valley Files $20M Lawsuit Against Nike, Former Coach Distance Runner From Hudson Valley Files $20M Lawsuit Against Nike, Former Coach
Distance Runner From Hudson Valley Files $20M Lawsuit Against Nike, Former Coach A former high school track and field standout from the Hudson Valley is suing Nike and her former coach for $20 million for alleged physical and emotional abuse. Mary Cain, a distance runner who cut her teeth while running for Bronxville High School in Westchester for a decade and starring on multiple national teams, is suing Nike and her former coach Alberto Salazar for $20 million, according to multiple new reports. Cain was a standout amateur athlete, competing in multiple national and international events before her career fizzled during four years at the Nike Oregon Project, where she …

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by Zak Failla
York
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SEEN HIM? York Man Wanted For Strangling Woman, Tossing Her Around Kitchen By Neck SEEN HIM? York Man Wanted For Strangling Woman, Tossing Her Around Kitchen By Neck
Seen HIM? York Man Wanted For Strangling Woman, Tossing Her Around Kitchen By Neck A man is wanted in York County after a violent domestic assault incident, according to Carroll Township Police. Police were called to a report of physical abuse in the first block of South Baltimore Street in Franklintown Borough on Tuesday around 5:40 p.m. When officers arrived they were informed that Akeem Settle, 29, of Franklintown, had grabbed a woman by the neck and applied pressure to the point that she could not breathe. The woman also described being “tossed around the kitchen by the neck,” according to a statement released by police. Settle fled the residence prior to the arri…

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by Jillian Pikora
Bucks
Police & Fire
16 Missing Children Across Philadelphia Area Recovered In Multi-Agency Operation 16 Missing Children Across Philadelphia Area Recovered In Multi-Agency Operation
16 Missing Children Across Philadelphia Area Recovered In Multi-Agency Operation A four-week operation by U.S Marshals and other local officials located 16 children who went missing from across the Philadelphia area --  including four believed to be involved in sex-trafficking, authorities announced. "Operation Safeguard," led by the U.S. Marshals Service Offices in Philadelphia, Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services, and Bucks County Children Youth Service, was an "enforcement operation focused on human trafficking and the location and recovery of critically missing and exploited children," that ran from February 15 through March 15, according to a feder…

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by Nicole Acosta
Morris
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LAWSUIT: Morris County Districts Failed To Address Years Of Homophobic Verbal, Physical Abuse LAWSUIT: Morris County Districts Failed To Address Years Of Homophobic Verbal, Physical Abuse
Lawsuit: Morris County Districts Failed To Address Years Of Homophobic Verbal, Physical Abuse A former Morris County student is taking legal action against two districts for allegedly failing to address the years of homophobic bullying he endured, causing him to have an “emotional breakdown,” a report says. Andrew Arcangelo states in a lawsuit filed last week that the West Morris and Chester school districts neglected to take action when he made numerous reports of being punched, kicked, groped and verbally abused, NJHerald reports. The abuse began in 2011, when Arcangelo was a fifth-grader at Bragg Elementary School — and continued at Black River Middle and West Morris Central High…

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by Valerie Musson
East Dutchess
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Bail Denied For Father Charged With Running Sex Cult At Area College Bail Denied For Father Charged With Running Sex Cult At Area College
Bail Denied For Father Charged With Running Sex Cult At Area College Bail has been denied for the father of a former college student in Westchester who allegedly ran a sex cult out of his daughter's dorm room at Sarah Lawrence College. A judge in Manhattan federal court denied the bail appeal of Lawrence Ray, 60, who pleaded not guilty to nine federal charges for allegedly moving into his daughter’s dorm at Sarah Lawrence College near the border of Bronxville and Yonkers and operating a sex cult. Specifically, Ray is charged with: Conspiracy to commit extortion; Extortion; Sex trafficking; Obtaining forced labor; Forced labor trafficking; C…

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by Zak Failla
Essex NJ
Police & Fire
Girlfriend Of Cedar Grove Man Charged In His Suicide: Report Girlfriend Of Cedar Grove Man Charged In His Suicide: Report
Girlfriend Of Cedar Grove Man Charged In His Suicide: Report A Cedar Grove resident originally from Upper Montclair killed himself immediately before he was set to graduate from Boston College and authorities have brought charges against the woman he was dating at the time of his death, Boston.com reported Monday.  Alexander Urtula, 22, jumped to his death from the roof of a parking garage near Northeastern University May 20 after months of physical and verbal abuse by Inyoung You, the Suffolk County District Attorney said. She has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.  You, 21, who also attended Boston College and is now back in her …

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by Paul Milo