By The Associated Press A limousine carrying 18 people crashed over the weekend in upstate New York, killing all the occupants and two pedestrians, making it among the nation’s deadliest ground-traffic accidents. A look at some others: — Sept. 23, 2005: A bus ferrying nursing home residents away from Hurricane Rita caught fire and exploded …
By MICHAEL HILL and BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A limousine on its way to a birthday party blew a stop sign at the end of a highway, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians in the deadliest U.S. transportation accident in almost a decade, officials and a relative of …
By MICHAEL HILL and JOHN KEKIS, Associated Press SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A limousine blew a stop sign at the end of a highway and plowed into a parked and unoccupied SUV, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians in the deadliest transportation accident in the United States in almost a decade, officials …
A New York man jumped to his death from atop a 17-story hotel on Saturday after his young daughter was found dead at the home of his estranged wife. According to the New York Post, Mohammad Torabi was found dead at about 1:20 p.m. on the ground near the Renaissance New York Hotel 57 in …
Authorities in New York arrested a theater director on suspicion of masturbating in front of a juvenile girl. According to Newsday, 35-year-old Robert J. Miller, who also works as a math teacher at an area high school, faces criminal charges including first-degree public lewdness and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the …
Two Dunkin’ Donuts workers in New York were fired after a viral video appeared to show them dumping water on a homeless man who was sleeping in the restaurant. The Post-Standard reported that Jeremy Dufresne was charging his phone at a Syracuse Dunkin’ Donuts on Sunday so he could call his mother to tell her good …
A Colombian veterinarian who was extradited to the U.S. in May admitted in federal court to smuggling liquid heroin into the country by surgically implanting it into live puppies. Per WPIX, Andres Lopez Elorez, 39, pleaded guilty Friday in a Brooklyn court and faces at least 10 years behind bars for his crimes. Officials accused Elorez and …
The man accused of pushing his young brother from a roof of a seven-story apartment building reportedly suffered from schizophrenia and had previously threatened to kill himself by jumping from the same rooftop. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 20-year-old Shawn Smith was arrested early Saturday morning after leading police to the body of his 4-year-old brother, …
Police said a 4-year-old boy in New York City died early Saturday after his adult brother threw him off the roof of their seven-story apartment building. Per The New York Times, Shawn Smith, 20, was charged with second-degree murder after approaching officers at 3:30 a.m. and telling them, “My brother may be hurt. He might be …
A New York couple is headed to court after a woman claims racism was at the root of her termination after one day of employment two years ago. According to the New York Post, Giselle Maurice accepted an offer to care for the two children of banker Joel Plasco and his wife Lynsey Plasco-Flaxman. Upon …
The Chinese immigrant accused of stabbing very young babies along with adults at an unauthorized daycare is offering an unusual defense from behind bars. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 52-year-old Yu Fen Wang was allegedly armed with a knife and meat cleaver when she began slashing individuals inside the illegal facility being operated out of a …
A 12-year-old New York girl who disappeared Wednesday and became the subject of an AMBER Alert was found safe Friday. According to the Albany Times Union, the AMBER Alert for Malaya Johnson was canceled at 1 p.m. after police confirmed she was with family. Since then, George Torres, 19, was charged with kidnapping and endangering the …
