Somerset Attorney Among 2 DUI Drivers In Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Nurse: Report
Two New Jersey women, including a 36-year-old attorney, have been charged with drunk driving following a three-vehicle crash on Staten Island that killed a 66-year-old woman, authorities said.
Shannon Theodore, 36, of Somerset, who was identified as a lawyer by Staten Island Advance, was driving a 2019 Range Rover Velar northbound in the southbound lanes of the West Shore Expressway when she collided head-on with a 2025 Kia Seltos around 5:36 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, the New York Police Department said. The Kia's driver, Duck Park, 66, of Staten Island, was pronounced dead at the sc…
Wife Grabbed Gun, Husband Pulled Trigger: Lexington Park Couple Convicted Of Murder
Giving someone a ride to work shouldn't cost a person their life, but that's exactly what happened to a Maryland man who found himself trapped in a driveway with an increasingly hostile husband and wife.
Now, nearly a year after the deadly confrontation in Lexington Park, David Scott Jones, 59, and his wife, Djhonna Mari Jones, 47, have both been convicted of first-degree murder for their roles in the Oct. 27, 2025, shooting.
The victim had arrived at the couple's home to pick up someone for work, and everything appeared routine until another vehicle pulled in behind him as he was backing o…
Jersey City Woman Who Outsmarted Serial Killer, Escaped In Handcuffs Dies At 44
Tiffany Taylor, a New Jersey woman whose testimony helped convict a serial killer she narrowly escaped while handcuffed, has died at age 44.
Taylor died in her sleep, according to her mother, Lola Acevedo, who shared the news in a GoFundMe campaign.
Raised in Jersey City's housing projects, Taylor eventually turned to sex work and robbing men. In 2016, she met Khalil Wheeler-Weaver through a friend and reportedly robbed him after spending several hours together, NJ Advance Media reports. She later agreed to meet him again at a hotel in Elizabeth, where the encounter took a terrifying t…
NJ Transit Bus Nearly Plunges Off Ridgewood Cliff, Driver Escapes Through Window
An NJ Transit bus nearly plunged over a steep, rocky embankment in Bergen County on Friday afternoon, Oct. 16, but a steel guardrail and several large boulders stopped it from going over the edge, incident photographer Boyd A. Loving reports.
The out-of-service bus was traveling down a steep hill on Glenwood Road in Ridgewood, just above NJ Transit's Ho-Ho-Kus train station, when the incident occurred, Loving said.
The driver, who was the only person aboard, managed to escape through an emergency window before firefighters arrived and was not injured.
Out of an abundance of caution, NJ Tra…
23 Minutes Of Glory: Bay Shore Bank Robber Busted Almost Immediately After Theft, Police Say
A repeat Long Island bank robber was arrested just 23 minutes after his latest caper Friday, Oct. 16, police said.
Raymond Peruggi, 36, walked into a TD Bank on Montauk Highway in Bay Shore and handed the teller a note demanding cash, then fled on foot at 10:24 a.m., the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Cops spotted a man matching the suspect description on East Main Street in Bay Shore at 10:47 a.m. and arrested Peruggi at that scene, police said.
Peruggi, who is homeless, was charged with third-degree robbery and also faces three outstanding misdemeanor warrants, authorities said. …
Cocaine, Billy Club Found On East Hampton Man Passed Out Behind The Wheel: Police
A Long Island man found slumped over his steering wheel at a gas station Friday, Oct. 16 is now facing several charges, police said.
Thomas R. Piacentine, 37, of East Hampton, was impaired behind the wheel, had cocaine in his vehicle, and possessed a “Billy club,” the Southampton Town Police Department said.
Cops arrived near 500 County Road 39 in Southampton, a Sunoco gas station, on Friday and found an unconscious man in a vehicle and identified him as Piacentine, authorities said. Officers then observed the drugs and the weapon, police said.
Piacentine was charged with third-degree weap…
Man Shatters Glass Doors At 2 Businesses In Newburgh Plaza, Burglarizes 1: Police
A 62-year-old man has been arrested after police said he smashed the glass entrances of two businesses at an Orange County shopping plaza and burglarized one of them.
Newburgh resident Duane H. Williams, 62, was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 15, following an investigation into overnight break-ins at South Plank Plaza, located at 181 South Plank Rd. in Newburgh, according to the Town of Newburgh Police Department.
The events leading to his arrest began on Wednesday, Oct. 7, around 8:30 a.m., when officers responded to the shopping plaza after receiving a report of a…
