Barricaded Man Says He'll Burn Down Norwalk Home With Person Inside To 'Complete Mission': Cops
An intoxicated Connecticut man barricaded himself inside a home in Norwalk and threatened to burn it down with someone inside because he had to "complete a mission," authorities said.
Nabeel Osama Abdallah, 35, of Norwalk, was charged with disorderly conduct, first-degree threatening, interfering with an officer, and resisting arrest, police said.
Authorities were called to a home on Adams Avenue just after 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 23, after Abdallah barricaded himself inside and refused to come out, claiming he had a "mission" to complete, Norwalk police said.
He threatened to burn down the…
Tenafly's Edan Alexander, Hamas Hostage Seen Pleading For Freedom In Newly-Released Video
For the first time since his abduction by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, New Jersey's Edan Alexander has appeared in a video released by the terrorist group.
The harrowing footage, shared on Saturday, Nov. 30, shows the 20-year-old Israeli-American, who hails from Tenafly, crying and pleading for his life in a message directed to Israeli and American leaders.
Speaking in both Hebrew and English, Alexander states he has been held hostage for more than 420 days. “It’s time to put an end to this nightmare,” he says in an emotional appeal to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Plainview Native Marks Second Consecutive Birthday In Hamas Captivity
For the second year in a row, Omer Neutra is spending his birthday in terrorist captivity.
The New York native, from Long Island’s Plainview, was one of 251 hostages taken during the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Another 1,200 men, women, and children were killed in the attacks.
Neutra, who turned 23 on Monday, Oct. 14, moved to Israel when he was 18 to join the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during a gap year, his parents Orna and Ronen said in a video shared by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
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Man Accused Of Threatening Officers, Burning Tires In CT Taken Into Custody, Police Say
Police announced the arrest of a Connecticut man who is accused of burning car tires in his yard and then threatening to kill police officers.
John Katrick, age 52, was taken into police custody on Friday, April 29, following an incident that happened in New Haven County, authorities said.
Police responded to a residence on Home Acres Avenue in Milford at about 4:20 a.m. on Saturday, April 16, after receiving a report that Katrick was playing loud music in his driveway and disturbing the peace of the neighborhood, authorities said.
When officers arrived, Katrick turned the music off,…
Stop & Shop Management, Union Continue Negotiations As Strike Reaches Fifth Day
Stop & Shop and the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) continued their negotiations Monday as 31,000 employees of the supermarket chain Ahold Delhaize USA continue to strike throughout New England, Supermarket News reports.
The negotiations continued Monday, April 15 after running through the weekend.
UFCW Locals 328, 371, 919, 1445 and 1459 walked off their jobs at over 240 Stop & Shop stores in New England April 11, said Supermarket News.
When the strike began on Thursday, April 11, many stores were forced to close and customers were instructed to leave.
But by Friday, …
