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Anger Management
Haverhill, MA
Police & Fire
Haverhill Deli Stabbing: Man Who Said ‘Going To Stab Someone Today’ Gets Prison Time
A man who walked into a local deli and stabbed two seniors has now been sentenced to up to a decade in state prison, authorities said. Brian Scrooc, 38, of Haverhill, pleaded guilty in connection with the violent attack inside Mark’s Deli on April 26, 2025, according to Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker. Prosecutors say the attack was sudden, brutal, and random. Assistant District Attorney Michael Sheehan told the court that Scrooc entered the restaurant with a knife and began stabbing a man over 60 who was eating breakfast with a friend. When the second man tried t…
Thurmont-Emmitsburg, MD
Police & Fire
Road Rage Gunman Who Fired At Driver On Route 15 In Frederick County Learns Prison Fate
A Pennsylvania man who turned a Frederick road into a shooting gallery during a fit of road rage will spend the next five years behind bars — no parole, no questions asked. Bryant A. Paradine, 30, of Littlestown, learned his fate on Tuesday, Feb. 25, when a Frederick County judge handed down a 25-year sentence, suspending 20 years but locking him up for five years with no chance for parole after he pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and using a firearm in a violent crime. The encounter went down on Aug. 14, 2024, around 7:30 a.m., when Maryland State Police rushed to the southbound lane…
Nottingham-Perry Hall, MD
News
Caught On Camera: Caregiver Sentenced For Assaulting Vulnerable Man In Baltimore
A Baltimore County caregiver convicted of assaulting a vulnerable adult at a local housing facility has been sentenced after disturbing security footage captured the abuse, the Maryland AG's office announced. Omubo Micah, 55, of Perry Hall, was found guilty of second-degree assault on after a jury reviewed video evidence of the April 2024 incident that showed him forcefully grabbing and striking a resident with intellectual disabilities at Creative Options, Inc. The Creative Options facility, located on the 6100 block of Eastern Parkway, provides housing for individuals with intellect…
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Off-Duty PA Trooper Pleads Guilty To Firing Gun During Road Rage Incident: DA
A state police officer received two years of probation after pleading guilty in connection with a 2022 road rage incident in Chester County, according to the District Attorney's Office. David Levy of Kennett Square will also be required to take an anger management class, prosecutors said in a release. Authorities said Levy was off-duty and driving on Route 1 near Longwood Gardens on Dec. 28, 2022. He was "apparently upset with how the victim was driving" and "interacted aggressively," braking abruptly in front of their car and at one point forcing them off the roadway, according…
York, PA
News
Anger Management Graduate Shoved Gun Into The Back Of Girl's Head At Central PA Subway: Police
A 30-year-old former convict and anger management graduate apparently still has some anger issues, as he got into a fight at a Subway restaurant and shoved a gun into the back of a girl's head, authorities announced on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Aaron David Babner, of Mechanicsburg, got into a "verbal argument" with another man at the Subway located at 90 Newberry Commons on Saturday, Oct. 1, Township police. Sometime during the incident, he left the restaurant, retrieved a firearm from his vehicle, then approached the 16-year-old girl, "and pressed the firearm to the back of h…
Lynn, MA
News
Revere Man Gets 5 Years For 2020 Attack On Danvers Indoor Sports Manager
A man from Revere was sentenced to five years in prison and three years probation for violently attacking the manager of a sports facility in Danvers two years ago. Crismael Lithgow, age 23, pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 14, to several charges for his role in attacking a manager at Danvers Indoor Sports on the night of September 30, 2020, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said. The charges included two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodi…
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Boston Court Officer Threw Man Down Stairs, Broke His Legs Over Couch Dispute: DA
A 53-year-old Boston man who savagely beat another man to the point of needing surgery is a court officer at the Charlestown Division of Boston Municipal Court, authorities said. Anthony Firicano got into an argument with a man at his North End apartment building after the man's friend was making noise while moving a couch, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Firicano threatened to shoot and kill the man and his friend for causing a disturbance before he punched the man in the face and threw him down a set of stairs, the office said. The man broke several bones in both of…
Towson, MD
News
Ex-Girlfriend Admits To Stabbing Teen With Hidden Knife During Altercation In Maryland
A woman has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after stabbing the new girlfriend of her ex-boyfriend in Baltimore, officials say. Jennifer Robin Prout pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder after stabbing an 18-year-old woman multiple times in a provoked fight, according to State's Attorney for Baltimore City. On Oct. 8, 2021, Prout went to the victim's home in the 600 block of Saint Anns Avenue with a knife with the intention to fight her, investigators said. Witnesses stated that Prout aggressively approached the victim, resulting in the victim grabbing Prout's hair. Pro…
Lower Paxton, PA
News
New Details Released In PA Murder-Suicide That Left 3 Kids Without Their Mom
A Pennsylvania man who shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself in front of the couple's infant daughter apparently had a long history of domestic violence, a news report says. Elizabeth Wise of Swatara earlier this year reported being punched in the ribs and abdomen earlier this year by her husband, Brian Womelsdorf, but wanted to make the relationship work, PennLive reports. Court-ordered counseling and anger management classes, she thought, would help, the outlet says. But early Saturday morning, Wise was shot multiple times by her husband after calling 9-1-1 reporting only her …
Springfield, MA
Police & Fire
Springfield Police Officer Sentenced To Anger Management Classes Following Clash in Lobby
Springfield Police Officer Jefferson Petrie has pleaded guilty to assaulting a civilian back in 2017. Petrie pleaded guilty in March, court records show, when he agreed to take anger management classes and stay 100 yards from the victim, Jerry Bellamy. In exchange for complying with the sentence, Petrie’s charges will be dismissed after one year, MassLive reported. Bellamy, however, is not done with the courts. He is suing Petrie and three other officers in U.S. District Court that alleges assault and batter, false arrest, malicious prosecution, and civil rights violation, according to cour…
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities: Man Who Kicked Hamburg Officer In Groin Once Assaulted State Trooper
A man recently arrested for drunkenly assaulting three Hamburg police officers was once taken into custody for slamming a car door on a state trooper, said authorities who charged him. Hamburg police responded to a dispute between the 52-year-old man and an unidentified woman at 100 Quarry Road Sunday evening, police said in a release. Upon arrival, Kurt M. Takach appeared highly intoxicated was immediately uncooperative with officers, authorities said. The property's landlord said Takach was told numerous times before that he was not permitted there due to prior incidents…
White Plains, NY
Police & Fire
Off-Duty Police Officer Admits To Putting Woman In Chokehold In Westchester
A 28-year-old police officer was sentenced to a one-year conditional discharge after pleading guilty to harassment for putting a woman in a chokehold while off duty last year in Northern Westchester. In addition to harassment, Trevor Goff of Yonkers also pleaded guilty to criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, and obstruction of breathing in connection with the June 16, 2017, episode in Pleasantville, according to the Westchester County District Attorney's Office. Goff, of the Yonkers Police Department, was sentenced to a one-year conditional discharge, which means he will serve no jail ti…
