Paterson Street Shooting Produces Two Arrests Paterson Street Shooting Produces Two Arrests
Paterson Street Shooting Produces Two Arrests Authorities investigating an August shooting in Paterson wound up charging both the accused gunman and another city man who they said was involved in an incident months earlier. Ex-con Jetor Brown, 25, was charged with shooting a 19-year-old city man on Park Avenue on Aug. 24, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint announcement Wednesday. Counts include aggravated assault and various weapons offenses, including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Authorities also charged him with having a gun in a June 12 incident …
Manhunt Underway For Prisoner Who Escapes Custody In Westchester Manhunt Underway For Prisoner Who Escapes Custody In Westchester
Manhunt Underway For Prisoner Who Escapes Custody In Westchester A massive search is underway after a 22-year-old headed to the Westchester County Jail escaped custody. Isaiah Washington, 22, was being transported to the jail in a minivan in Mount Vernon when he managed to slip out of his handcuffs and run off in the area of Manor Ridge Road and Boston Post Road in Pelham overnight Saturday, May 25. Washington had reportedly asked for the handcuffs to be loosened. Multiple police agencies and K9 units joined in the search. Police in Pelham and New Rochelle are working with the NYPD in their search. Information on the crime Washingto…
Woman Driving Drunk Leaves Scene Of Crash In Selden, Police Say Woman Driving Drunk Leaves Scene Of Crash In Selden, Police Say
Woman Driving Drunk Leaves Scene Of Crash In Selden, Police Say An allegedly drunken driver took off on foot after before being taken down by officers following a crash at a busy intersection in Selden, police said. Selden resident Candice Girolando, 37, was driving west shortly after 8:45 p.m. on Sunday, May 5, on Route 25 when she drove into a Jeep at the intersection of Blue Point Road, police said. After crashing, she allegedly fled on foot before she could be apprehended by officers from the Suffolk County Police Department. According to police, after being taken into custody, Girolando fled from officers and was again apprehended shortly thereafte…
Three Injured By Drunk Driver Who Fled Scene Of Crash In Selden, Police Say Three Injured By Drunk Driver Who Fled Scene Of Crash In Selden, Police Say
Three Injured By Drunk Driver Who Fled Scene Of Crash In Selden, Police Say A 37-year-old woman is behind bars after crashing into another vehicle while allegedly driving drunk, injuring numerous people and then running from the scene, said the Suffolk County Police. Candice Giorlando, of Selden, was arrested following the incident that took place around 8:47 p.m. Sunday, May 5, said the Suffolk County Police. According to police, Giorlando was driving a 2011 Dodge Durango westbound on Route 25 when she crashed into a 2001 Jeep at the intersection of Blue Point Road, police said. Giorlando allegedly fled the scene on foot and was apprehended by Sixth Precinct…
Mt. Olive PD: Handcuffed Suspect Nabbed After Bolting Into Woods Mt. Olive PD: Handcuffed Suspect Nabbed After Bolting Into Woods
Mt. Olive PD: Handcuffed Suspect Nabbed After Bolting Into Woods A man in handcuffs didn't get very far after Mount Olive police said he bolted during an arrest. Officers responding to a suspicious-person call Wednesday night found 19-year-old Johnathon Cruz of Oxford parked in his 2015 Acura at the end of Lenape Trail, Cpl. Marianne Wurtemberg said. A computer check turned up an active warrant from the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office, she said.  Cruz was cuffed, but as the officer unlocked his patrol vehicle, he took off into the woods, Wurtemberg said. Mt. Olive officers set up a perimeter, summoned a Morris County sheriff's K9, then found C…
Norwalk Man Nabbed After Halfway House Escape Norwalk Man Nabbed After Halfway House Escape
Norwalk Man Nabbed After Halfway House Escape A man with a conviction for a weapons charge may be heading back behind bars after attempting a great escape from his halfway house in Fairfield County. Branden Huertas, formerly of Norwalk, was arrested by members of the Norwalk Police Department Special Services Division on School Street earlier this week after escaping from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons. According to the indictment that was Huertas, 36, escaped custody at the Chase Center in Waterbury on June 22, where he had been to complete his term of incarceration following a 2015 conviction for unlawful possession of a firear…
SEEN HIM? Manhunt On For Deportee Who Escaped ICE Agents At JFK SEEN HIM? Manhunt On For Deportee Who Escaped ICE Agents At JFK
Seen HIM? Manhunt On For Deportee Who Escaped ICE Agents At JFK A Senegalese national escaped ICE agents who were deporting him at JFK Airport, said authorities who were searching for him. Mohamadou Lamine Mbacke, 31, "was in ICE custody awaiting removal via a commercial airline flight through JFK Tuesday before absconding" at Terminal 4's Gate B23, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Khaalid Walls. The agents apparently had removed Mbacke's handcuffs to bring him through screening when he bolted, authorities said. He hopped into a cab around 9 p.m. and was gone, Walls said surveillance video show. Mbacke, who'd been living in D…
Northern Westchester Woman Caught After Escaping Court Custody, Police Say Northern Westchester Woman Caught After Escaping Court Custody, Police Say
Northern Westchester Woman Caught After Escaping Court Custody, Police Say A 25-year-old Westchester woman attempted to flee from the Town of Cortlandt Court custody this week after being remanded to the Westchester County Jail, a New York State Police spokesperson said. State Police troopers were dispatched to the Town of Cortlandt Court on Monday afternoon, where there was a report of a woman fleeing the custody of court officers. Police said that at approximately 1:50 p.m., Cortlandt resident Danielle Piamonte fled the courthouse after being remanded to the Westchester County Jail by a town justice following proceedings related to her arrest last year for crimi…
Still On The Loose: Connecticut State Police Searching For Escaped Inmate Still On The Loose: Connecticut State Police Searching For Escaped Inmate
Still On The Loose: Connecticut State Police Searching For Escaped Inmate Connecticut State Police have released a wanted poster as they continue to search for a 25-year-old inmate who escaped from a state prison on Sunday. "Jerry Mercado is wanted for ESCAPE from Carl Robinson Correctional Institution in Enfield on 1/7/18," the wanted poster says.  Here is a description of the suspect:  Name: Jerry Mercado  Date of birth: 10/18/1992  Age: 25  Race: White/Hispanic  Height: 5 foot, 4 inches  Weight: 137 pounds  Tattoo: “Time Waits For No One” on his left temple and right side of neck  Aliases: Joshua, Jalyssa  At 3:15 p.m. Sunday, the prison was placed …