As the lifeguards prepared to end their shift, a 77-year-old Russian grandmother visiting her family in Brooklyn was having such a good time at Manhattan Beach Park she called her daughter and told her to hold off on picking her up. “It’s breezy. It’s good weather,” Liudmila Marchenko told her daughter. “”Give me an hour.” Minutes…
Three people, including an innocent 65-year-old man, were hospitalized early Saturday after a teen triggerman blasted away at a rival in Times Square, officials said. NYPD officers monitoring the Crossroads of the World who heard the shots raced over and apprehended the suspected shooter, a 17-year-old boy, following the 1:20 a.m. shooting at the corner…
A jury found a longtime drug dealer guilty of multiple charges related to drug trafficking in the Scranton area. In October 2023, Junior Rashean Jackson, 38, of Scranton, was selling drugs out of a hotel room rented solely for that purpose. Law enforcement executed a search warrant of the room and found 14 grams of…
A Whittier man accused of using dating apps to scam victims out of more than $2 million was arrested Thursday, July 24. Christopher Earl Lloyd, 39, was charged with 13 counts of wire fraud and one count of engaging in a monetary transaction in property derived from fraud after he allegedly lied to victims that…
A San Jose man arrested for stealing thousands of files containing sensitive missile technologies and trade secrets pled guilty Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced in a news release. San Jose resident Chenguang Gong, 59, a dual citizen of the U.S. and China, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of trade secrets. Gong…
A Taylor man pulled a knife on a teenager when asked why he had been hanging out at a Moosic property for an extended period, according to a criminal complaint. Christopher Gierulski, 39, of 748 S. Main St., faces charges of making terroristic threats and simple assault. According to a criminal complaint: At about 6…
An Old Forge man who threatened another man with a baseball bat is charged with making terroristic threats and criminal mischief, according to a criminal complaint. Darren Damian Brojakowski, 23, 432 S. Main St., repeatedly swung a bat at another man’s door and threatened to damage his car, police said. According to the criminal complaint:…
Two people have been taken into custody and charged in the killing of two others last week at a house in Mathews County, according to a press release posted on social media. The suspects — a man and a woman — came back a day after the killings in an attempt to burn the house…
A high-ranking MS-13 member on Long Island will spend 68 years behind bars for his role in eight murders, including ordering the brutal 2016 slayings of two teenage girls as revenge for a high school brawl. Alexi Saenz, 30, was “the driving force behind a devastating crime wave that terrorized that community for over a…
The sister of a Scranton man shot and killed while working overnight Saturday at the Scranton Lowe’s Home Improvement says the store could have done more to protect her brother. Christina Moeller-Baxter alleged in a Facebook post Wednesday afternoon that the company failed to act. She referenced the criminal complaint, which stated accused gunman Christopher…