Bar Patron Shot Security Guard, Paralyzing Him In Freeport, Jury Finds
A Hempstead man has been convicted of attempted murder for a 2023 shooting at a Freeport bar that left a security guard paralyzed and another man seriously injured.
A jury found Tiray Clemmons, 34, guilty on all counts Tuesday, Sept. 16, following a trial in Nassau County Court.
The shooting happened on July 15, 2023, outside Agua on the Mile after Clemmons was denied re-entry to the bar following an argument with management.
“Tiray Clemmons was furious that he had been thrown out of a Nautical Mile bar, and he wanted payback,” said Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly.
He retu…
Dad Dead, Mother Paralyzed, 'Bubbly' 7-Year-Old Left Reeling After I-95 Crash In Elkridge
A 7-year-old Maryland girl is facing an unimaginable reality.
Her father is gone. Her mother is paralyzed. Her future—once filled with swim meets, Girl Scout adventures, and time with her two dogs—is now shaped by grief and recovery.
Her name is Novi.
She was not in the car early on Sunday, June 8, when her parents, Saidou and Tearraney Zanguina, were involved in a devastating crash on I-95 in Howard County.
But her world changed forever in a matter of seconds.
According to Maryland State Police, the five-vehicle crash happened just after 2 a.m. on southbound Interstate 95, north of Ma…
‘My Baby Was Shot': Hershey Grad Paralyzed After Gunman Opens Fire Outside Home
A rising football star from Pennsylvania has been left paralyzed after he was gunned down outside his home in a shocking overnight attack.
Michael Blidi Jr., a 2023 graduate of Milton Hershey School, was shot on the front sidewalk of his Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, home early Thursday, May 29. The unknown shooter pulled up in a vehicle, got out, and opened fire around 12:32 a.m., hitting the 19-year-old in the abdomen before fleeing, according to the police.
He was left critically injured with a spinal cord wound, paralyzing him from the waist down, according to his father, Michael Blidi Sr. …
Virginia Infant Left Brain Damaged, Blind After Being Brutally Shaken By Soldier: DOJ
A Virginia soldier violently shook a crying newborn until she flipped and landed on her head—then lied about it, leaving the child with permanent brain damage and blindness, officials said.
A former US Army soldier based at Fort Belvoir has pleaded guilty to brutally shaking a 16-day-old infant, causing severe injuries that left her legally blind and permanently brain damaged, according to federal prosecutors.
Austin Blair Johnson, 35, entered the guilty plea on Friday, May 30, in US District Court in Alexandria, the US Attorney’s Office announced.
Johnson was serving active duty when the …
8-Year-Old Paralyzed By Hit-Run Driver Captured After Several Weeks In Chester: Cops
A Pennsylvania man has been arrested in connection with a Feb. 4 hit-and-run that left an 8-year-old boy paralyzed, police said.
Caleb Campbell, 22, was taken into custody on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, following an intensive investigation by Chester Police, authorities announced. He was arraigned the following day and ordered to be held on $500,000 cash bail.
On Feb. 4, at approximately 4 p.m., Chester Police responded to reports of a juvenile pedestrian struck by a vehicle, at 9th Street and Tilghman Street, that fled the scene. Officers found the victim, identified by family as 8-year-old …
Hudson Valley Man Driving High Sentenced After Crash Paralyzed Teen
A Hudson Valley man was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to driving high on pot and causing a crash that paralyzed a teen.
Orange County resident Chauncey Smith, age 23, of Pine Bush, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 16, to three to nine years in prison in connection with the Monday, August 14, 2023 crash, said Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler.
The teenage victim, who was paralyzed as a result of the crash, spoke at sentencing about the impact the defendant’s crimes had on his life, Hoovler said.
Smith admitted to the police that he had smoked marijuan…
Bartender Left Paralyzed In Break-In Shooting At PA Home
One minute, Dom Travis-Bey was getting ready to call it a night in his Upper Darby home.
The next, he was on his dining room floor, nearly incapacitated.
The 28-year-old Philadelphia native came to around 3 a.m., and tried to stand up. That's when he realized, he'd been shot three times.
Travis-Bey, a bartender at Street Light Kitchen in Drexel Hill, mustered up all of his strength, crawled over to his front porch and began calling for help up and down Greenwood Avenue.
About 20 minutes later, he had the attention of a police officer driving up the block, who called an ambulance.
The l…
Long Island Man Convicted For Crash That Paralyzed Friend
A Long Island man has been found guilty of causing a car crash that left his friend paralyzed.
Anthony Chiantella, age 27, of Bayville, was convicted on Thursday, April 15, for the February 2019 crash on the Wantagh State Parkway shortly after jury members were shown a video of him bragging about breaking the law.
The crash took place around 4:41 p.m., on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, when Chiantella, who was drunk and under the influence of cocaine, was driving 24-year-old Nicholas Mustakas’ 2007 Honda Accord at more than 130 miles per hour northbound on the Wantagh State Parkway when he lo…
Family Of Essex County Mom Paralyzed By Falling Pole Gets $125M Verizon Payout
In what is reportedly the largest settlement in New Jersey history, the family of an Essex County mom who was paralyzed by a falling utility pole will get $125 million from Verizon, reports say.
West Orange mom Maria Moser Meister, 50, was waiting for a bus on her way to work when a the pole fell in Union City on Jan. 23, 2017, NJ.com reports.
The pole, which was co-owned by Verizon through an agreement with PSE&G, was rotted at the base and snapped after 43 years, causing lifelong injuries to Meister’s body and head.
As a result of the incident, Meister suffered from multiple spinal a…
