Deadly Week Behind Bars: Three NY Inmates Killed in Separate Attacks
Three prisoners were killed in New York State prisons within five days last week, state police said Monday, April 13.
All three men were killed in altercations with other prisoners, according to New York State Police. Additional charges against the three suspects are pending.
The first incident was discovered Monday, April 6 around 4:30 p.m. at Upstate Correctional Facility in Malone, police said. Michael Campbell, 51, was found lying dead under a sheet, according to investigators.
Cops determined Campbell’s cellmate, Andrew Hernandez, had strangled him to death with a shoelace, according …
$76K Tax Fraud: Married Couple Behind Grocery Store In Mount Vernon Charged, DA Says
Two Westchester County business owners are facing felony charges after allegedly failing to pay tens of thousands of dollars in taxes, prosecutors said.
Married couple Estrado Willis, 45, and Eleanor Willis, 46, owners of Mangoville Meat & Grocery at 133 South 4th Ave. in Mount Vernon, were arraigned on March 27 in Mount Vernon City Court, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday, April 9.
Prosecutors allege the pair failed to remit around $76,000 in sales taxes collected from customers between March 2018 and April 2025.
Authorities also …
Infant, Woman Struck During Beating By Coatesville Man, Prosecutors Say
A violent domestic assault case involving a woman and an infant is moving forward in Lancaster County court, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, April 7.
Dajzhon Williams-Toney, 24, of Coatesville, will face trial in the Court of Common Pleas after Judge Mary Sponaugle held all charges for court following a preliminary hearing on Monday, March 17, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.
Williams-Toney is charged with endangering the welfare of children, two counts of simple assault, and two counts of harassment.
He is accused of attacking a woman while she held a baby i…
Branchville Worker With Record Accused Of Stealing From Sparta Dairy: Cops
An employee at a popular ice cream shop in North Jersey was charged with theft following a months-long investigation, police announced Thursday, April 2.
Officers responded to a report on Friday, March 13, involving suspected theft at Sparta Dairy, Sparta Police Capt. Tom Snyder said.
The reporting parties provided documentation and video surveillance showing “potential irregularities involving financial transactions over an extended period of time,” Snyder said.
As a result of the investigation, Maria Rizzo, 36, of Branchville, was taken into custody and charged with theft of movable prop…
Driver Who Mowed Down Jogger While Fleeing Police In Wyandanch Pleads Guilty, Prosecutors Say
A Long Island man who struck and killed a pedestrian while fleeing police in a car chase has pleaded guilty, authorities announced Wednesday, April 1.
Jason Jean-Joseph, 24, copped to second-degree manslaughter, weapons possession, second-degree assault, and several charges related to the chase, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Jean-Joseph, a West Babylon resident, was speeding away from the cops in Wyandanch on June 13, 2025, when he turned onto Wyandanch Avenue and struck 29-year-old Hillel Fuld, authorities said. Fuld had been jogging down the street; he was pronounced…
