A missing New York man was found dead on his own property this week, and at least one member of his family has been charged in his death. The Greene County Sheriff’s Office says it was initially told last week that Roger Pitt had packed his belongings in his car and driven away. “The initial …
A New York couple and an unamed minor were arrested last week on child abuse charges. Gairelyn O’Donnell, 42, and Fred O’Donnell, 42, were charged with four misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child for “knowingly acting in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical, mental or moral welfare of four …
A convicted rapist and his girlfriend were sentenced Thursday after they pleaded guilty to a murder-for-hire plot against the prosecutor and judge in his rape case. Alexander Kise was sentenced in May 2024 to 35 years in prison for the rape conviction. On Thursday, he got an additional 5 to 15 years in prison for …
A New York state man has been charged with killing his girlfriend earlier this month then setting fire to the apartment where they lived. Buffalo Fire officials responded to the blaze in the first floor apartment of a multi-family residence last Saturday morning at about 8:30 a.m., according to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office. …
A New York state man has been charged with the murder of his wife, whose body was found Tuesday after she was reported missing on Sunday. Police say Chloe Henry, 25, was last seen with 33-year-old Keith Henry and was reported missing around 3 p.m. on Sunday, according to New York State Police. Police say …
A New York state man wanted for the stabbing death of his girlfriend earlier this month has been captured in the Adirondacks. The Albany County District Attorney’s Office said it learned of the capture of Anthony Bechand from New York State Police, WRGB said. Bechand, 53, was last seen in Brighton, on September 14, as …
A New York City man made up a story about a mugging to cover his murder of his girlfriend Wednesday night in the Bronx. Franklin Batallas, 44, told police he and 30-year-old Anthonella Contreras Linaraz were ambushed in Pelham Bay Park just after 8 p.m. when he stopped his car to urinate, WABC reported. He …
Police in the Adirondacks are looking for a man they say stabbed his girlfriend over the weekend and fled. Anthony Bechand, 53, was last seen in Brighton, New York, on Sunday. His truck was located later that day at the intersection of county Route 60 and state Route 86, where it apparently had been sitting …
A man suspected of torturing and killing an elderly couple in their Queens home earlier this week has been captured. New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced the arrest of Jamel McGriff, 42, on Wednesday, saying “eagle-eyed cops” spotted him in Midtown Manhattan and took him into custody. UPDATE: Jamel McGriff was taken into custody …
Police in New York say the shooting death of social media influencer Ariela Mejia-Polanco last week was a targeted killing. According to USA Today, investigators have confirmed that the 33-year-old Mejia-Polanco — known as Ariiela La Langosta on her popular Instagram account — died from gunshot wounds and she was “likely targeted for violence and …
A 27-year-old New York man was arrested over the weekend in the torture murder of his girlfriend, whose brutalized body was found a stairwell of a Bronx apartment building last month. A week-long manhunt finally dredged up Robert Strother, who is charged with murder, manslaughter, hindering prosecution, concealment of a human corpse, and tampering with …
Father now charged with murder after claiming his daughter had been abducted.
