NJ Man Posed As Religious Solicitor To Meet ‘13-Year-Old’ In Bensalem: Prosecutors
A New Jersey man who drove to Pennsylvania dressed as a religious solicitor to meet someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl for sex has been sentenced, authorities announced on Wednesday, Aug. 19.
The case began when Oscar Castillo-Peralta, 54, of Pleasantville, NJ, started chatting on a social media app with someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl on Jan. 30, 2025, authorities said. Bensalem police previously identified the app as KIK.
The pair exchanged phone numbers and continued communicating by text, with the conversations becoming sexual over the following weeks, investigators s…
Willimantic Man Charged In 14-Year-Old Cold Case Killing In Chaplin: State
A Connecticut man has been charged in a fatal stabbing that remained unsolved for more than 14 years.
Matthew Vining, 43, of Willimantic, was arrested and charged in the death of Michael Mitchell, 42, also of Willimantic, authorities announced Wednesday, Aug. 19.
Mitchell was fatally stabbed inside a Chaplin home on or around Feb. 22, 2012.
Chief State’s Attorney Patrick J. Griffin said investigators used DNA analysis, surveillance video, cell site information, and eyewitness accounts to identify Vining as a suspect.
The arrest followed a joint investigation involving state and…
Drug Hub Busted In Corinth As Five Suspects Cuffed — Including Familiar Faces: Cops
Five people were arrested in a Capital District drug bust, including at least three with previous drug arrests, according to authorities.
The suspects, all charged with third-degree drug possession, were identified by the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office as:
Andre L. Ovitt, 57, of Corinth
Erica B. Shippee, 39, of Corinth
Thomas A. Allen, 37, of Hadley
Trevor A. Thompson, 27, of Porter Corners
Todd L. Joubert, 63, of Corinth
Cops raided a Corinth residence on Wednesday, Aug. 12 after obtaining a search warrant, the sheriff’s office said Sunday, Aug. 16.
The raid and subsequent investigat…
