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Newark Man Guilty Of Assaulting Pregnant Wife: Prosecutor
A 31-year old Newark man was convicted on Wednesday, June 4, of attacking his pregnant wife, authorities said.
On Sunday, March 5, 2023, Milton Chogllo choked and beat his wife, 32-year-old Christina Leon, outside their home on Bergen Street in Newark, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II said. Leon's 14-year-old daughter witnessed the attack and testified against Chogllo , Stephens said.
Leon was six months pregnant at the time, Stephens said.
Chogllo will be sentenced in July, Stephens said.
NJ Woman Pleads Guilty To Robbing Princeton Bank Using Water Pistol: Feds
A 39-year-old Skillman woman pleaded guilty on Monday, June 2 to robbing a bank in Princeton last year using a water pistol, authorities said.
On Sunday, July 28, 2024, Ciara Brascom entered the TD Bank and demanded cash from the teller, while holding what appeared to be a black handgun, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said.
During the robbery, Brascom threatened that she would use the gun if the bank’s alarm was activated, Habba said. The teller showed Brascom that his register was empty, so the teller and another employee took Brascom to a vault and gave her $60,500 in cash, according to a cri…
Victim Duct-Taped, Killed, Set on Fire After FaceTime Ransom Demand In Baltimore: DOJ
He FaceTimed the victim’s son, duct-taped and gagged his father in a chair, demanded weed and cash—then set the house on fire after riddling the man with bullets.
A Maryland man will spend more than 22 years behind bars for a shocking murder plot straight out of a crime thriller, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Ziyon Thompson, 21, of Baltimore, was sentenced to 22 years and one month in federal prison this week for aiding and abetting the murder of Miguel Soto-Diaz, who flew in from California for a drug meeting that turned deadly, authorities said.
According to the guilty plea, Sot…
Dealer Used Girlfriend, Middleman in Cocaine Trafficking Scheme In Newburgh: DA
A man has pleaded guilty to serious drug and weapons charges stemming from a multi-agency investigation that uncovered a large-scale cocaine trafficking operation in Orange County, prosecutors announced.
Ronald Davis, 53, entered a guilty plea on Wednesday, May 28 in Orange County Court to first-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, both felonies, the Orange County District Attorney's Office announced.
According to court documents and statements made during the plea, the investigation began on September 23, 2024, when D…
Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Brick Armed Robbery: Prosecutor
A 50-year-old Brooklyn man pleaded guilty on Friday, May 23, to committing a robbery at gunpoint in Brick Township in 2023, authorities said.
Per the terms of the plea agreement, Vongvichit Vatthanavong is expected to be sentenced to 12.5 years in prison in July, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said.
On Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, at 12:20 a.m. Brick Township police responded to a report of a robbery at a residence on Pershing Avenue, Billhimer said.
As a homeowner was exiting his vehicle and approaching his residence, he was approached by three masked individuals - one of them armed…
‘Voices Told Me To Burn It’: Carroll County Arsonist Torches Homes, Faces Prison, Deportation
A Maryland man who admitted to setting a fire that destroyed two homes and a shed told a judge that he only did it because “voices told him to.”
Now, he’s headed to prison.
Milton Salguero-Vargus, 24, was sentenced to 10 years behind bars after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree arson for the March 2022 fire that tore through a mobile home park on Woodbine Road in Westminster, prosecutors announced on Wednesday, May 21.
According to the Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office, the fire began around 2:40 p.m. on March 1, 2022, when firefighters from the Winfield Community Volunt…
Doctors Warned Him Not To Drive, He Did Anyway: Now He's Guilty In Deadly Paterson Crash
A Florida man who ran a stop sign and killed a pedestrian in Paterson in 2019 has been found guilty of reckless vehicular homicide, authorities announced.
Alvin W. Mootoo, 52, of Orlando, FL, was convicted by a jury on Monday, May 19, following a trial in Passaic County Superior Court, according to Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes.
The jury returned verdicts of guilty for Death by Auto / Reckless Vehicular Homicide and Assault by Auto, Valdes said.
According to trial evidence, the crash happened on Jan. 2, 2019, when Mootoo was driving a black Buick Encore at approximately 55 mi…
‘He Wanted A Boy’: Husband Who Murdered Pregnant Centereach Native, Stabbed Daughters Sentenced
A New York man who admitted to brutally stabbing his pregnant wife to death and severely injuring their two young daughters will spend the next three decades behind bars.
Drew Garnier, 33, was sentenced to 30 years in prison in Delaware County Court on Tuesday, May 13, for the death of his 29-year-old wife Samantha.
The September 4, 2024, attack occurred inside the family’s home on Houck Road in Masonville. Garnier repeatedly stabbed Samantha and the children, according to prosecutors. Samantha died while the two young girls, though gravely injured, survived the attack.
While reading his …
'Brazen' Metrobus Shooter Who Killed Maryland Teen In Front Of Packed Bus Faces Life In Prison
A man who opened fire on a crowded Metrobus in Maryland—killing one teen and shooting at another—is now facing life in prison, officials announced.
Trevon Hatcherson-Ross, 23, who has no known address, was convicted Wednesday, May 14, on first-degree murder and attempted murder charges for a February 2023 bus shooting in Silver Spring, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office said.
Hatcherson-Ross faces two potential life sentences plus another 45 years when he returns to court for sentencing in August, prosecutors said.
The deadly shooting happened on Feb. 17, 2023, on a Metro Tran…
Jersey City Man Who Stole BMW, Fled From Cops In Montville Learns Fate: Prosecutor
A 20-year-old Jersey City man was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday, April 25, after he fled from police in a stolen BMW through Montville in 2023, authorities said.
Nasir Moses had previously pleaded guilty to eluding and receiving stolen property, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Montville Police Chief Andrew Caggiano said.
On Sunday, July 9, 2023, a Lincoln Park police officer attempted to stop a suspected stolen BMW on Route 202 in Montville leading to a pursuit, authorities said. The BMW accelerated to speeds in excess…
Street Fight Turns Deadly, Lancaster Killer Convicted After Two Mistrials: DA
A Lancaster man who gunned down another man during a street confrontation has been convicted of first-degree murder, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday, April 30.
Wilberto Melendez, 48, formerly of the 700 block of Rockland Street, shot William Earl Cooper Jr., 31, after an escalating series of arguments early on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, prosecutors said.
The dispute ended on the 300 block of South Marshall Street, where Melendez fired four shots, hitting Cooper in the chest and abdomen. Cooper died hours later at a local hospital.
The conviction followed …
Dog, Cash, Perks Traded For $52M In Amtrak Project, Philly Contractor Admits: DOJ
A contractor president conspired to bribe an Amtrak project manager in exchange for millions of dollars in additional work on Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station, federal prosecutors announced on Wednesday, April 30.
Mark Snedden, 69, of Munster, Indiana, pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Federal Program Bribery and Making and Presenting a False Claim before U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone, according to U.S. Attorney David Metcalf of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Snedden was the president and sole owner of a masonry restoration company that had been awarded a $58.4 million…
Victim Left 'Lifeless, Unrecognizable' On Pavement In White Plains: Attacker Learns His Fate
A man will spend over a decade in state prison for the brutal, unprovoked beating death of a man he knew in Westchester, prosecutors announced.
White Plains resident Jare Diaz, 27, was sentenced on Friday, April 25 to 16 years to life for the beating death of 38-year-old Otoniel Guzman-Desdicho in 2022, Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced on Monday, April 25.
As previously reported by Daily Voice, the attack took place on November 26, 2022, around 11:30 p.m. in White Plains, when Guzman-Desdicho, while walking near the Westchester County Courthouse, encoun…
Asbury Park Teen Who Fatally Shot 19-Year-Old Learns Fate: Prosecutor
A 19-year-old Asbury Park resident was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Tuesday, April 22. after being convicted of fatally shooting a man in 2022, when he was 16 years old, authorities said.
Joseph Argilagos was previously convicted of murdering Dariel Vernet last December, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said.
At 5:45 p.m., on Friday, July 8, 2022, Asbury Park police responded to the 100 block of Prospect Avenue and found Vernet, a 19-year-old Asbury Park resident with multiple gunshot wounds, Santiago said. He was rushed to Jersey Shore University Medical Center,…
Jose Morales Guilty Of Grisly 2019 Ansonia Murder Of Baby's Mom; Child Remains Missing
A Connecticut jury has found Jose Morales, 28, guilty in the 2019 slaying of his then-girlfriend and the mother of his 1-year-old daughter, bringing to a close a five-year ordeal.
Morales was convicted of murder on Tuesday, April 22, and faces 25 to 65 years in prison when he is sentenced on July 8, authorities announced.
Prosecutors alleged Morales killed 43-year-old Christine Holloway at their Ansonia apartment in December 2019, then disposed of evidence the next day, CT Post reported.
Their daughter, Vanessa, has not been seen since that night. Morales, however, has not been …
Man Admits Attacking Jewish Barber With Scissors In Yonkers
A man has pleaded guilty to a violent hate crime after slashing a Jewish barber in an antisemitic attack inside the victim’s Westchester County barbershop, prosecutors announced.
Yonkers resident Ahmed Al Jabali, 34, admitted in court Thursday, April 17, to second-degree assault as a hate crime for the attack, which happened on August 29, 2024, in Yonkers, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday, April 21.
Prosecutors said Al Jabali entered Slava Shushakov’s barbershop and asked for a shave before suddenly grabbing a pair of shears. He called the bar…
