Man Targeted, Shot Dead In Lebanon: Police
A man was targeted in a fatal shooting in Pennsylvania, on Friday afternoon, Sept. 18, city police said.
Daniel Matos, 33, of Lebanon, was found dead with an apparent gunshot wound when officers responded to the first block of North Jones Street in the city at approximately 1:53 p.m., according to the Lebanon City Police Department.
Officers had been called to the block for a report of a gunshot victim, police said.
The preliminary investigation indicates Matos was targeted and the shooting was “not a random act of gunfire,” according to the release.
Police did not identify a suspect or a…
Netflix Show Takes Over Downtown Metuchen For Season 2 Filming
A New Jersey town got a Hollywood makeover this week.
Netflix's "Big Mistakes", produced by and starring Dan Levy, as well as Laurie Metcalf and Poorna Jagannathan, was filmed in and around Yestercades and Peterson Park, Mayor Jonathan M. Busch said on Thursday, Sept. 27.
Yestercades, a business in town, was transformed for the day into the fictional “Caputo’s Yarn & Crafts,” according to Busch.
According to Netflix’s Tudum, the series centers on Nicky, played by Levy, and Morgan, played by Taylor Ortega, siblings who become tangled up with organized crime after a botched theft meant t…
Person Falls Overboard In Susquehanna River, Helicopter Joins Search: Dauphin County Dispatch
A person fell overboard into the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, prompting a search near Hill Island involving boats, drones, and a State Police helicopter on Friday, Sept. 18, emergency dispatch said.
The water rescue call was logged at 5:23 p.m. on East Hill Island Road in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, according to dispatch records.
Rescue crews began searching the river near the island after the person went overboard, dispatch said.
Crews from Londonderry Township, Swatara Township, and Middletown were on the scene, along with responders from Cumberland, Lancaster, York, and …
23 Years After Joshua Crawford Was Murdered On His Birthday, Frederick Man Charged: Sheriff
For 23 years, the killing of Joshua Wayne Crawford never went away.
Now, a Maryland man has been arrested in the cold case murder of Crawford, who was found dead on what would have been his 21st birthday, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday, Sept. 18.
Tavon Jamar Willis, 46, of Frederick, was taken into custody after a grand jury returned an indictment Friday morning connecting him to Crawford's 2003 murder, according to the sheriff's office.
Crawford was found murdered inside his Exeter Court apartment on July 2, 2003.
He would have turned 21 that day.
The Maryland…
Third Floor Of Virginia Motel Became Protected Drug, Sex Marketplace, Feds Say
The third floor wasn't just another place to spend the night.
Federal prosecutors say it became the moneymaker at a Virginia motel, where rooms cost extra for guests who wanted a protected place to buy and sell drugs or engage in commercial sex.
Now, the woman who helped run it is headed to federal prison for more than a decade.
Kosha Sharma, 53, who operated the Red Carpet Inn in Dumfries with her husband, was sentenced on Thursday, Sept. 17, to 10 years and 10 months behind bars for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and managing a drug-involved premises, according to federal prosecutors.…
Daycare Workers Abused 2 Children In Hackensack, Prosecutor Says
Two teachers' assistants physically abused two children at a Hackensack daycare center, authorities allege.
Deily E. Perez, of the Bronx, and Chillyann V. Spencer, of Paterson, were each charged with two counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
The investigation began on Friday, Sept. 11, when the Division of Child Protection & Permanency contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit about the alleged physical assault of two juveniles at a Hackensack daycare center, authorities said.
Investigators det…
Wyckoff Man Sexually Assaulted Adult Victim: Prosecutor
A Wyckoff man has been jailed on multiple sexual assault charges stemming from an alleged attack on an adult victim, authorities said.
Abdalwali A. Alsaidi, of Wyckoff, was charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, two counts of second-degree sexual assault, and one count of third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
The investigation began on Monday, July 7, 2025, when Wyckoff police contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit about the alleged sexual assault of an adult victim, authorities …
Prominent Mount Vernon Youth Basketball Coach Admits To Sexually Abusing Girl: DA
A prominent Westchester County youth basketball coach has pleaded guilty to repeatedly sexually abusing a girl younger than 13 over five months and is expected to spend over a decade in state prison, prosecutors said.
Mount Vernon resident Dwayne Murray, 63, pleaded guilty on Friday, Sept. 18, to first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, a violent felony, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, Sept. 18.
According to prosecutors, between Oct. 1, 2023, and March 1, 2024, Murray repeatedly subjected the girl to two or more acts of …
Fatal Albany Barbershop Shooting That Killed Worker, Injured Child Leads To Teen Guilty Plea
The final two men behind a deadly burst of gunfire that left a barber dead and two others wounded — including a child — in Albany have been sentenced to state prison, authorities announced Friday, Sept. 18.
Samir Princeton, 22, of Albany, and Dejoune Smith, 21, of Troy, were sentenced by Judge William Little after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter in July, according to Albany County District Attorney Lee C. Kindlon.
Barber Tyrone Staley, 47, was killed after being shot in the torso and shoulder during the May 13, 2023, shooting at Village Barber & Beauty on Second Avenue.
A …
Hundreds Of Grams Of Cocaine Seized In Middletown Drug Bust, 3 Jailed Without Bail: DA
Three Orange County men have been arrested after a long-term narcotics investigation led authorities to hundreds of grams of cocaine seized from homes and vehicles, prosecutors said.
Middletown residents Denzel Warner, 35, Jose Soto, 35, and Darius Monroe, 36, were arrested following an investigation into alleged narcotics trafficking throughout Middletown and surrounding areas, the Orange County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, Sept. 18.
During the investigation, conducted by the Orange County Drug Task Force with the Middletown Police Department and Or…
