A toddler was found dead with head and neck injuries in a Brooklyn apartment Sunday night. New York police were called to the apartment shortly before 10 p.m., WPIX reported. Authorities said the 3-year-old’s mother had left the child with a family friend, a 54-year-old man, who was babysitting. According to WNYW, the tot boy …
On Tuesday, a New York woman pleaded not guilty to murdering her 11-month-old daughter who died after she was found in a utility tunnel on Sunday. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported that Persia Nelson, 24, is also charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of her daughter, Halo Branton, who was discovered in …
The mother of an 11-month-old baby girl found dead in a utility tunnel on the campus of the General Electric Company has now been charged with murder. An autopy revealed little Halo Branton died of exposure and hypothermia, Schenectady County District Attorney Robert Carney said on Tuesday. Persia Nelson, 24, was initially charged with second-degree …
A 32-year New York sheriff’s deputy died early Sunday morning after he was involved in a brawl at a Genesee County casino. Police said Sgt. Thomas A. Sanfratello, who was on assignment at the casino, and casino security were escorting two patrons from the bar area following an altercation, the Democrat and Chronicle reported. One …
An 11-month-old New York baby girl, abducted Saturday night, was found Sunday morning but was pronounced dead at a Schenectady hospital. Halo Branton was kidnapped in southwest Schenectady at about 9:15 p.m. Saturday, according to the Daily Gazette. Police said at the time they were concerned the little girl was in imminent danger. An Amber …
Police are investigating the death of an 11-year-old central New York boy who appears to have died from a drug overdose. Ashton Degonzaque, a 6th grader at Grant Middle School in Syracuse, was found unconscious and not breathing at his home on Thursday and was rushed to Upstate University Hospital in critical condition but died …
A 48-year-old ex-convict who became a counselor for at-risk youth at the Queens public defenders office is back behind bars, accused of killing a man and cutting his body up to dispose of it. Sheldon Johnson was released from prison last May and made a name for himself speaking about his former time as a …
The shotgun-wielding homeowner who fired two shots at a car that turned into his driveway accidentally, killing a 20-year-old woman, was sentenced to the maximum allowed on Friday. Kevin Monahan was convicted on January 23 on second degree murder, reckless endangerment, and tampering with evidence, as CrimeOnline reported. On Friday, Judge Adam Michelini told the …
Police on Long Island are investigating after several body parts — belonging to a man and a woman — were found in a park in Suffolk County on Thursday. According to the county medical examiner, a woman’s head, parts of two legs, and an arm, and two arms belonging to a man were found, WABC …
New York police are searching for a suspect seen on surveillance video driving off in an SUV with a 5-year-old girl inside. The little girl was dropped aff at a YMCA about 10 minutes later, and the stolen vehicle was found abandoned in the Bronx at about 10 p.m. According to WPIX, the child’s mother …
A Maricopa County grand jury has indicted Raad Almansoori on multiple counts related to a carjacking and a stabbing in Arizona, where he fled after killing a woman in a Manhattan hotel earlier this month. According to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, which refuses to extradite Almansoori to New York, the grand jury indicted him …
A 24-year-old New York man’s parents are in critical condition after he allegedly stabbed them in their sleep and then chased them out of the house and continued the assault. Joshua Wilck, a US citizen, reportedly went into the Long Island bedroom of his 64-year-old mother and 60-year-old father on Saturday night and attacked them …
