Boozy Family Party Ended In Fatal Elmont Highway DWI Wreck: Authorities
A drunk Long Island driver whose one-car wreck killed one of his passengers has been indicted, authorities said.
Deodat Ramotar, 35, of Queens, lost control on the Southern State Parkway in Elmont during a snowstorm on Dec. 14, 2025, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said Tuesday, July 21.
Ramotar had spent the previous night and into the morning drinking at a family party before he got behind the wheel, prosecutors said.
Ramash Boodnie, 58, was riding in the backseat of Ramotar’s Hyundai Sonata along with two others, according to investigators. At around 4 a.m., Ramotar was tra…
Murder: Ex-Police Chief's Son Charged In Wife's Killing After Fleeing To Colorado
For months, authorities believed that Karen Kistle died by suicide. But brand-new evidence suggests that her husband, Anthony Kistle, whose father is a retired New Jersey police chief now living in Colorado, may be to blame.
Kistle, 46, was taken into custody just before 11 a.m. during a traffic stop on northbound Interstate 25 near Castle Pines, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said earlier this month.
Kistle was wanted by police in Pennsylvania on charges of criminal homicide in the May 22, 2024, death of his wife, Karen Kistle, at the couple's home in Pike County. He also faces charg…
Hempstead Dogfighter Busted With 1,100 Fentanyl Pills, Loaded Gun Gets Prison Time: Prosecutors
After a dogfighting operation and 1,000 fentanyl pills were discovered at a Long Island man’s home, he was sentenced Tuesday, July 21 to prison time, authorities said.
Kevin Brown, 39, of Hempstead, got seven years and six months after cutting a plea deal back in June, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said.
“This defendant had enough fentanyl in his home to kill tens of thousands of people, but his stockpile of dangerous drugs was just the tip of the iceberg,” District Attorney Anne Donnelly said.
Cops raided Brown’s home in December 2024 after watching him for three months in …
Mount Vernon Murder Of Influencer Solved: Feds Link 6 Gangsters To Carjacking Gone Wrong
A violent street gang blamed for at least five murders was behind the killing of an influencer inside her car in Westchester County, authorities said Monday, July 20.
Ariela Mejia Polanco, 33, also known as Ariela “La Langosta,” was the victim of a carjacking gone wrong in Mount Vernon, the Justice Department said.
The feds said six members of the “Bad Boys 7” Trinitarios street gang targeted Mejia Polanco’s vehicle on Aug. 17, 2025, simply because it was a luxury SUV, not because they knew she was driving it, according to the Rockland/Westchester Journal News.
Mejia Polanco was a friend o…
Oyster Bay One Of Two Lirr Branches To Close Over Weekend, MTA Says — See The Details
Major chances to Long Island Rail Road service are coming for the weekend of Friday, July 24 into Monday, July 27, according to the MTA.
The Oyster Bay Branch and the Hempstead Branch will be shut down entirely, with Hempstead trains stopping at 8 p.m. Friday and Oyster Bay trains stopping at 10 p.m., the MTA announced.
Additionally, Ronkonkoma and Port Jefferson branch trains will only run from Hicksville to points east, with no service to Jamaica Station.
Normal service will resume at 4:30 a.m. Monday, July 27, according to the MTA.
The disruption is part of a long-term project to insta…
Man Stabs Sister To Death, Injuries Brother After Fight Over Barking Dogs In Lancaster County:
A brother admitted he stabbed his sister to death after becoming enraged by barking dogs, then showered before fleeing the home as his wounded brother confronted him with a handgun, prosecutors said.
Bryan Emeric Adolph, 26, of East Hempfield Township, was charged Tuesday, July 21, with criminal homicide, two counts of aggravated assault, and possessing an instrument of crime in the killing of his 28-year-old sister, Elyse Adolph, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office.
The attack happened shortly after 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 20, inside the family's home in the 1100 b…
Murder-Suicide: Man Stabs Girlfriend In Lindenwold, Kills Himself, Prosecutor Says
A 64-year-old Camden man stabbed his girlfriend to death before killing himself, authorities announced Tuesday, July 21.
At 11:39 a.m. on Thursday, July 16, detectives responded to the 500 block of Bilper Avenue and found Marlene Campbell, a 53-year-old Lindenwold resident, with multiple stab wounds, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay and Lindenwold Police Chief Michael McCarthy said.
She was transferred to Cooper University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, authorities said. An investigation identified Gibbs as the suspect, police said.
At 3:23 p.m., Camden County po…
Deep-Sea Search Finds Long-Lost Pan Am Plane Bound For NY Easter Weekend: Video
A mystery buried beneath the Atlantic for more than seven decades has finally given up its secret.
An underwater search team has located the wreckage of Pan American World Airways Flight 526A, a New York-bound passenger plane that sank off Puerto Rico 74 years ago.
NBC’s “Today” reported the discovery on Tuesday, July 21, citing an exclusive expedition by the Discovery Channel.
The aircraft was a Douglas DC-4 named Clipper Endeavor. It left Isla Grande Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for New York’s Idlewild Airport, now John F. Kennedy International Airport, on Friday, April 11, 1952, wh…
13-Year-Old Shown Explicit Anime, Sexually Abused By Reading Man: Berks DA
A Pennsylvania man showed a 13-year-old girl sexually explicit videos and anime and assaulted her, prosecutors announced on Monday, July 21.
Michael Sanchez, 31, of Reading, was charged with aggravated indecent assault, corruption of minors, endangering the welfare of children, and indecent assault following an investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse, the Berks County District Attorney's Office explained.
The investigation began in January 2026 after Berks County detectives received multiple ChildLine referrals from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services reporting …
New Rankings Reveal America's Most Loved Cities
A new travel ranking is giving vacation dreamers a fresh reason to argue over the map.
Travel + Leisure released its 2026 World's Best Awards list of the best cities in the US on Monday, July 7, after readers weighed in on their favorite travel experiences.
The magazine’s readers put Santa Fe, New Mexico, at No. 1 with a score of 88.85, ahead of Charleston, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia, according to Travel + Leisure.
Santa Fe also ranked No. 19 among the best cities in the world. Travel + Leisure highlighted its sunshine, food, skiing, and cultural stops, including the Georgia O'K…
Handyman Secretly Filmed Child Rapes, Unconscious Women, Chesco DA Says; More Victims Sought
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A handyman and residential painter is accused of repeatedly sexually abusing young children, secretly recording assaults on unconscious women, and amassing more than 1,000 child sexual abuse images and videos, prompting prosecutors to warn Monday that there could be many more victims.
David Vincent Rosa, 54, of West Chester, was charged with rape of a child, aggravated indecent assault of a child, unlawful contact with a minor, sexual abuse of children, invasion of privacy, corruption of minors, criminal use of a communication facility, and numerous …
20-Year-Old Manorville Man Murders Homeless Man In NY Then Flees: Police
A 32-year-old man was stabbed to death during an altercation in New York, and a 20-year-old man has been charged with murder, police announced early Tuesday morning, July 21.
The victim, identified as Timothy Stark, who was undomiciled, was stabbed in the back during a confrontation on Express Drive South at Route 112 in Medford at approximately 3:30 p.m. Monday, July 20, Suffolk County Police said. He was taken to NYU Langone Hospital–Suffolk in Patchogue, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.
Joseph Norton, 20, of Manorville, fled the scene in a vehicle after the stabbing, acco…
