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DC Gunman Serving Time In Teen Shooting Caught Sneaking Drugs, Weapons Into Jail: Feds DC Gunman Serving Time In Teen Shooting Caught Sneaking Drugs, Weapons Into Jail: Feds
DC Gunman Serving Time In Teen Shooting Caught Sneaking Drugs, Weapons Into Jail: Feds A DC man already serving time for a drive-by shooting that injured a 14-year-old boy heading to a WWE show with his father has been sentenced to more prison time for smuggling contraband inside while he was awaiting trial.  Stefon Freshley, 29, was sentenced Thursday, Sept. 25, to an additional 36 months in prison for conspiring to sneak dangerous items — including fentanyl, cell phones, and a knife — into the District’s Central Detention Facility, according to the US Attorney’s Office. Freshley, who pleaded guilty in June, admitted to working with other detainees from the Clay Terrace…
Gilgo Beach Murders: New Type Of DNA Evidence Permitted In Rex Heuermann Trial Gilgo Beach Murders: New Type Of DNA Evidence Permitted In Rex Heuermann Trial
Gilgo Beach Murders: New Type Of DNA Evidence Permitted In Rex Heuermann Trial A new form of DNA evidence can be used in the upcoming trial of accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, a Long Island judge ruled. The decision, filed Wednesday, Sept. 3, in Suffolk County Supreme Court, permits prosecutors to introduce nuclear DNA profiles generated from rootless hairs recovered at several crime scenes. Justice Timothy Mazzei found that the method, which relies on whole genome sequencing and specialized computer software to extract nuclear DNA from even degraded or rootless hairs, is generally accepted in the scientific community and therefore admissible in court.…
Gunman Nabbed In Killing Of Capital Region 23-Year-Old Who Testified Against Abusive BF: Police Gunman Nabbed In Killing Of Capital Region 23-Year-Old Who Testified Against Abusive BF: Police
Gunman Nabbed In Killing Of Capital Region 23-Year-Old Who Testified Against Abusive BF: Police Police have arrested a suspect in the killing of a 23-year-old New York woman who was shot to death on Christmas morning after cooperating in her boyfriend’s attempted murder trial. Michael Varlack, age 36, of Albany was arraigned on murder and related charges in Albany County Court on Wednesday, Jan. 17, in the death of Sky Lemmons-Dixon. The young woman was found inside her State Street residence on Monday morning, Dec. 25, with a single gunshot wound to her head, according to Albany Police. Earlier Report: 'A Woman With Dreams': Albany 23-Year-Old Shot To Death After Testifying A…
PA Man Who Kept 'Bag Of Blood' After Brutal Killings, Burnings Learns His Fate: DA PA Man Who Kept 'Bag Of Blood' After Brutal Killings, Burnings Learns His Fate: DA
PA Man Who Kept 'Bag Of Blood' After Brutal Killings, Burnings Learns His Fate: DA A 39-year-old man has been sentenced for killing two men and burning their bodies in an attempt to cover up his crimes, according to a release by the Lancaster County District Attorney's office on Wednesday, Nov. 7. Ezequiel "Zeke" Almodovar of the 1500 block of Hunsecker Road was convicted of two counts of first-degree homicide, one count of reckless burning or exploding, two counts of abuse of a corpse, and one count of tampering with or fabricating on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, the DA previously said and court records confirmed.  The conviction cames at the end of an eight-day jur…
Wrong Driveway Killing: Trial Date Set For NY Homeowner Accused Of Shooting 20-Year-Old Wrong Driveway Killing: Trial Date Set For NY Homeowner Accused Of Shooting 20-Year-Old
Wrong Driveway Killing: Trial Date Set For NY Homeowner Accused Of Shooting 20-Year-Old A trial date has been set for the man accused of opening fire on a car that mistakenly turned into his driveway in upstate New York, killing a 20-year-old woman. Jury selection in Kevin Monohan’s murder trial will begin on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, with the trial expected to start two days later, Washington County District Attorney Anthony Jordan told Daily Voice. He expects the trial to last two to three weeks. Monohan, age 65, is currently locked up without bail, charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Kaylin Gillis. Earlier Report: Wrong Turn Shooting: Suspect In …
‘Say Your Goodbyes’: Ambush Shooter Convicted Of Murdering Long Island Man ‘Say Your Goodbyes’: Ambush Shooter Convicted Of Murdering Long Island Man
‘Say Your Goodbyes’: Ambush Shooter Convicted Of Murdering Long Island Man A man has been convicted of killing a Long Island man outside of his home in 2021, authorities have announced. A jury only debated for approximately two hours before finding Ruben Diego Avila Huicab guilty of shooting and killing a man in Hempstead on Tuesday, June 27, the Nassau County District Attorney announced. According to trial testimony, Avila Huicab, a 33-year-old from North Carolina, drove to Ricardo Cardona’s Hempstead home on the night of January 12, 2021. Earlier Report: Man, Teen Charged For Fatal Shooting Of Long Island Man He was accompanied in a second car by anoth…
Pair Convicted On Murder Charges In Cumberland County Pair Convicted On Murder Charges In Cumberland County
Pair Convicted On Murder Charges In Cumberland County Two Cumberland County men have been convicted in connection with a fatal shooting in 2019, authorities said. On Friday, March 10, Gregrey A. Coombs, 44, and Cleve W. Lewis, 35, both of Seabrook, were found guilty after 12 days of jury trial, according to Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae. Lewis was found guilty of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, burglary and weapons offenses, the prosecutor said. Coombs was acquitted of first-degree murder and burglary charges. He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, the prosecutor said. On Nov. 6, 2019, at 11:27 p.m.,…
Westchester Native Robert Durst Takes Witness Stand In Murder Trial Westchester Native Robert Durst Takes Witness Stand In Murder Trial
Westchester Native Robert Durst Takes Witness Stand In Murder Trial Accused killer and New York native Robert Durst took the witness stand this week to defend himself against allegations that he killed his best friend Susan Berman in 2000 in an effort to cover up his wife's disappearance. Looking frail in a dark prison jumpsuit and wheelchair, Durst again denied killing Berman, who was a close friend of his and his wife Kathleen, who suspiciously disappeared in 1982 under questionable circumstances in Northern Westchester County. Durst grew up in Scarsdale. It is alleged that Durst admitted to killing Kathleen to Berman nearly two decades ago, but regretted…
Western Mass Man Awaiting Murder Trial Plotted To Kill Prosecutor, Witness, DA Says Western Mass Man Awaiting Murder Trial Plotted To Kill Prosecutor, Witness, DA Says
Western Mass Man Awaiting Murder Trial Plotted To Kill Prosecutor, Witness, DA Says A Western Mass man being held at the Hampshire Jail while awaiting trial in connection with the 2019 slaying of his girlfriend, has been charged with allegedly plotting to kill the prosecutor and a witness in the case. Blake Scanlon, age 26, of Westfield, pleaded not guilty to two counts of solicitation to commit murder and one count of solicitation to intimidate a witness before Hampshire Superior Court Judge John Agostini Thursday, May 20, said the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office. Scanlon had been in jail awaiting trial on a charge of murder in connection with the slaying of …
20-Year-Old Charged In Homicide Of Ex-HS Soccer Standout From Westchester Rejects Plea Deal 20-Year-Old Charged In Homicide Of Ex-HS Soccer Standout From Westchester Rejects Plea Deal
20-Year-Old Charged In Homicide Of Ex-HS Soccer Standout From Westchester Rejects Plea Deal Click here for an updated story: Man Charged In Homicide Of Ex-Westchester HS Soccer Standout Switches Plea The 20-year-old former Binghamton University student who allegedly fatally stabbed a 19-year-old former high school soccer standout from Westchester has rejected a plea deal and will face a murder trial. Michael Roque, who is charged with second-degree murder, has pleaded not guilty in Broome County Court this week to the fatal on-campus stabbing of Rye Brook resident Joao Souza. Roque will now stand trial later this year. Souza, a freshman engineering student and Blind Brook High Sc…
Murder Trial Starts In Death Of Former Cuomo Aide Murder Trial Starts In Death Of Former Cuomo Aide
Murder Trial Starts In Death Of Former Cuomo Aide The murder trial of four men accused of murdering a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is now underway. Opening statements began on Monday at the trial of Micah Alleyne, Kenny Bazile, Stanley Elianor and Keith Luncheon, who are facing murder charges after opening fire during a J’ouvert celebration, leading to the death of Carey Gabay, who was struck with a stray bullet in September 2015. Gabay was hospitalized after being struck in the head, and died nine days later from his injury. Two others are facing charges for their roles in the fatal incident, one of whom is being tried in fro…