Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
Fairfield Pedestrian Killed In Early Morning I-95 Crash: Police Fairfield Pedestrian Killed In Early Morning I-95 Crash: Police
Fairfield Pedestrian Killed In Early Morning I-95 Crash: Police A pedestrian was killed in a crash on I-95 in Connecticut that shut down the highway and backed up traffic for miles early Friday morning, Feb. 27.  The crash happened on the southbound side of the highway between exits 22 and 23 in Fairfield around 2:30 a.m., Connecticut State Police said.  Police did not provide any information on the pedestrian's identity. Police closed the southbound lanes as they investigated. The shutdown caused major delays along one of the state’s busiest highways during the early morning hours. Authorities reopened one of the area's busiest thoroughfare…

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by Josh Lanier
Waterbury, CT
News
Man Shot Several Times In Waterbury Isolated Attack Man Shot Several Times In Waterbury Isolated Attack
Man Shot Several Times In Waterbury Isolated Attack Police are investigating after gunfire broke out on a busy stretch of North Main Street in Waterbury. Officers were sent to the area of 1900 N. Main Street at 11:18 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, for reports of shots fired. When they arrived, they found that the shooting followed a disturbance between two people. Police said the incident was isolated. One man was shot several times. He was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. His injuries are not life-threatening, and he is in stable condition. The investigation remains active. Patrol officers and members of the Waterbury Police Detectiv…

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by Josh Lanier
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Final Fugitive In Maywood Armed Jewelry Store Robbery Captured In NYC After 22-Month Hunt Final Fugitive In Maywood Armed Jewelry Store Robbery Captured In NYC After 22-Month Hunt
Final Fugitive In Maywood Armed Jewelry Store Robbery Captured In NYC After 22-Month Hunt The final fugitive wanted in connection with a 2024 armed robbery at a Maywood jewelry store has been captured in New York City after a 22-month investigation, authorities said. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of 26-year-old Cristian Ricardo Vera Castillo of Brooklyn, NY, in connection with the April 23, 2024 robbery at a jewelry store on West Pleasant Avenue in Maywood. Two male suspects entered the business and brandished firearms, pointing them at an employee and a customer inside the store, Musella said. One of the suspects grabbed the employee and a brief str…

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by Cecilia Levine
Stephentown-Berlin, NY
Police & Fire
Woman Found With Over $50K In Stolen Motorcycles, ATV In Stephentown, Police Say Woman Found With Over $50K In Stolen Motorcycles, ATV In Stephentown, Police Say
Woman Found With Over $50K In Stolen Motorcycles, ATV In Stephentown, Police Say A 36-year-old woman is facing charges after police said stolen motorcycles, an ATV, and other property valued at more than $50,000 were found at a Capital Region residence where she was living. Rensselaer County resident Natasha C. Ryan of Stephentown was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 18, and charged with second-degree criminal possession of stolen property, New York State Police announced on Tuesday, Feb. 24. The investigation began on Sept. 25, when the Lee Police Department in Massachusetts contacted State Police seeking help in finding property reported stolen from their jurisdiction.&nbs…

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by Ben Crnic
Lexington Park, MD
Police & Fire
Late-Night Jump-Start Turns Deadly As Man Trapped In Chaptico Barn Dies: Fire Marshal Late-Night Jump-Start Turns Deadly As Man Trapped In Chaptico Barn Dies: Fire Marshal
Late-Night Jump-Start Turns Deadly As Man Trapped In Chaptico Barn Dies: Fire Marshal A late-night attempt to jump-start a car ended in horror in Maryland when a barn suddenly went up in flames, trapping a 62-year-old man inside as the inferno ripped through the structure. Firefighters in St. Mary's County were dispatched just after 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24, to the 36100 block of Roosevelt Boulevard in Chaptico for a reported barn fire with entrapment, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. 911 callers reported that a barn was on fire and a person was trapped inside. Crews from Leonardtown, Mechanicsville, and several nearby departments arrived to find a 50-b…

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by Zak Failla
Mount Airy-Woodbine, MD
Police & Fire
Body Found After Massive Mount Airy House Fire Erupts Through Snow-Covered Roof Body Found After Massive Mount Airy House Fire Erupts Through Snow-Covered Roof
Body Found After Massive Mount Airy House Fire Erupts Through Snow-Covered Roof A body was pulled from the wreckage of a house fire in Northern Maryland on Monday afternoon after crews battled tricky conditions in Mount Airy. Shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 23, a multi-county effort was launched when a home went up in flames in the 13900 block of Foggy Bottom Drive, according to officials. Units from the Mount Airy Fire Station arrived first on the scene to find fire showing through the roof of a single-story home. Crews had to contend with fire conditions on the first floor that extended into the attic space. During suppression efforts, crews identified a large hole…

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by Zak Failla
Lancaster, PA
News
Lancaster Spa Workers Raped At Gunpoint By Dauphin County Man, Shot By Police; Sentenced Lancaster Spa Workers Raped At Gunpoint By Dauphin County Man, Shot By Police; Sentenced
Lancaster Spa Workers Raped At Gunpoint By Dauphin County Man, Shot By Police; Sentenced A Dauphin County man who raped two spa workers at gunpoint before being shot by police as he fled has been sentenced to decades behind bars, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday, Feb. 23. Christopher A. Rivera, 38, of Middletown Borough, was sentenced to 60 to 120 years in state prison by Judge Jeffrey Conrad on Friday after a jury found him guilty following a three-day trial in October. The jury convicted Rivera of two counts each of robbery, rape by forcible compulsion, and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse by forcible compulsion, as well as four counts…

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by Jillian Pikora
Fairfax, VA
Police & Fire
Woman Found Dead At Hybla Valley Bus Stop, Police Warn Person Of Interest May Be Dangerous Woman Found Dead At Hybla Valley Bus Stop, Police Warn Person Of Interest May Be Dangerous
Woman Found Dead At Hybla Valley Bus Stop, Police Warn Person Of Interest May Be Dangerous A person of interest has been identified after a woman was found dead at a bus stop in Virginia, police say. Officers from the Fairfax County Police Department responded shortly after 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 23, to the area of Richmond Highway and Arlington Drive in Hybla Valley for a report of a woman suffering from trauma inside a bus shelter. She was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. Police believe the woman arrived at the bus stop between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., Fairfax County Police Public Affairs Bureau Capt. Chris Cosgriff said. Detectives are now seeking Abdul Jalloh, 32…

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by Zak Failla
Lampeter-Strasburg, PA
News
Amtrak Employee Dad Of 2 Struck, Killed By Train In East Lampeter; Community Rallies (UPDATE) Amtrak Employee Dad Of 2 Struck, Killed By Train In East Lampeter; Community Rallies (UPDATE)
Amtrak Employee Dad Of 2 Struck, Killed By Train In East Lampeter; Community Rallies (Update) A 39-year-old father of two killed while working on the railroad in Lancaster County is being remembered as a devoted dad, husband, and union brother — as thousands pour in to support his family. Jeremy Charles, of Holtwood, was struck by a train on railroad tracks around Greenfield Road in East Lampeter Township, near High Steel, on Monday, Feb. 23, according to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office. Coroner investigators responded to what was described as a pedestrian struck incident and pronounced him dead at the scene. He was transported to the Lancaster County Forensic Center for furth…

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by Jillian Pikora
Mechanicsville, MD
Police & Fire
Hoarding Conditions Block Firefighters As Fatal Blaze Erupts In Mechanicsville Home: Officials Hoarding Conditions Block Firefighters As Fatal Blaze Erupts In Mechanicsville Home: Officials
Hoarding Conditions Block Firefighters As Fatal Blaze Erupts In Mechanicsville Home: Officials Flames tore through a Maryland home before sunrise Friday — but firefighters could not go inside to help fight the fire. One person was found dead inside a house in the 39000 block of Walnut Circle in Mechanicsville after crews were forced to battle the blaze from the outside due to what officials described as “extensive hoarding conditions.” The Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department responded at approximately 6:40 a.m. on Feb. 20 for a reported house fire with possible entrapment, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office. Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire on the seco…

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by Zak Failla
Waldorf, MD
Police & Fire
Waldorf Dash-In Horror: Three Indicted After Man Gunned Down In Parking Lot, Sheriff Says Waldorf Dash-In Horror: Three Indicted After Man Gunned Down In Parking Lot, Sheriff Says
Waldorf Dash-In Horror: Three Indicted After Man Gunned Down In Parking Lot, Sheriff Says Three men have been indicted in connection with a late-night shooting at a Maryland Dash-In that left one man dead and another critically injured. Charles County Sheriff’s detectives have charged three suspects in connection with an October 2025 murder at the Westlake Dash-In in Waldorf, authorities announced on Tuesday. Officers responded at 12:14 a.m. on Oct. 29, 2025, to the Dash-In in the 2000 block of Smallwood Drive West in Waldorf for a report of a shooting, according to the sheriff's office. Investigators determined that unknown suspects fired multiple rounds in the parking lot, st…

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by Zak Failla
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Helpless Victim Sexually Assaulted By Fairview Man Accused Of Raping Teen In His Care: Cops Helpless Victim Sexually Assaulted By Fairview Man Accused Of Raping Teen In His Care: Cops
Helpless Victim Sexually Assaulted By Fairview Man Accused Of Raping Teen In His Care: Cops A 44-year-old Fairview man who was previously charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl he was the legal guardian of is now facing additional first-degree sexual assault charges in a separate case involving a helpless or incapacitated person, court records show. As previously reported by Daily Voice, Carlos M. Leon, raped the girl between ages 13 and 16, between November 2024 and January 2026 while acting as her legal guardian, according to police papers and Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella. The criminal complaint says that the alleged conduct included acts of sexual penetration a…

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by Cecilia Levine