Huntington, NY
News
Teen, 19-Year-Old Stabbed 2 At Huntington Park, Police Say Teen, 19-Year-Old Stabbed 2 At Huntington Park, Police Say
Teen, 19-Year-Old Stabbed 2 At Huntington Park, Police Say A 19-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy have been arrested in connection with a stabbing that injured two teens near a Long Island park. The incident happened in Huntington Station, at Peter A. Nelson Park on Oakwood Road, just before 9 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, when a group of teenagers and young men got into a fight, according to Suffolk County Police. During the fight, a 14-year-old boy was stabbed and seriously injured. A 17-year-old also suffered stab wounds that were not life-threatening. Both were hospitalized for treatment. Following an investigation by Second Squad detectives, a 15-y…

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by Michael Mashburn
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Man, Woman Brandished Fake Guns At National Night Out: EHT Police Man, Woman Brandished Fake Guns At National Night Out: EHT Police
Man, Woman Brandished Fake Guns At National Night Out: EHT Police Two people were arrested after they brandished fake firearms at Egg Harbor Township's annual National Night Out event on Tuesday, Aug. 5, authorities said. While people were leaving the event, an officer was flagged down by a witness who saw a person in a gray Ford Mustang brandishing a gun, Egg Harbor Township police said. Another witness told police had been pointing a firearm at a group of people, police said. The Egg Harbor Township motorcycle unit navigated through traffic to locate the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop near the Swift-Slaybaugh complex, police said. The occupants, …

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by Sam Barron
Massapequa, NY
News
3 Officers Hospitalized After Violent Arrest In North Massapequa Arrest: Nassau County Police 3 Officers Hospitalized After Violent Arrest In North Massapequa Arrest: Nassau County Police
3 Officers Hospitalized After Violent Arrest In North Massapequa Arrest: Nassau County Police A violent man injured three police officers during a chaotic arrest in North Massapequa, authorities said on Wednesday, Aug. 6. Stephen Reill, 24, was acting disorderly at a home on Mohawk Drive when officers were called around 9:25 a.m., according to a release from Nassau County Police. Reill allegedly refused to obey officers’ commands and became increasingly irate. A struggle broke out, during which Reill became combative and physically resisted arrest, detectives said. Three officers were injured in the scuffle and taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police sa…

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by Jillian Pikora
Berlin, CT
Police & Fire
Stolen $300K Truck From Berlin Torched; Body Shop Caught Using Parts Stolen From It: Cops Stolen $300K Truck From Berlin Torched; Body Shop Caught Using Parts Stolen From It: Cops
Stolen $300K Truck From Berlin Torched; Body Shop Caught Using Parts Stolen From It: Cops A stolen tractor-trailer worth more than a quarter-million dollars has led police through a complex investigation across multiple towns and ended with an arrest at a local auto body shop. The truck, a brand new Peterbilt valued at $300,000, was taken from a lot in Berlin and later found burned out on Interstate 91 in North Haven. Several parts had been removed before the vehicle was torched, police said. Berlin police launched what they called a "lengthy and complicated investigation," which pointed them to New Haven Truck & Auto Body in East Haven. There, officers executed a search war…

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by Josh Lanier
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
US Marshals Arrest Suspended Driver In Deadly Newark Hit-Run Crash: Prosecutor US Marshals Arrest Suspended Driver In Deadly Newark Hit-Run Crash: Prosecutor
US Marshals Arrest Suspended Driver In Deadly Newark Hit-Run Crash: Prosecutor A 36-year-old Newark man was arrested and charged on Tuesday, Aug. 5 in connection with an April hit-and-run crash that left a 53-year-old woman dead, authorities said. Members of the US Marshals Task Force arrested Lavon Cooley, who struck Margie Reyes on April 26 at 4:30 p.m. on Frelinghuysen Avenue in Newark, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said. Cooley is charged with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash, causing death while driving with a suspended license, endangering an injured victim, and possession of a …

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by Sam Barron
Laurel, MD
Police & Fire
Ex-Boyfriend From Laurel Re-Arrested In Cold Case Killing Of DC Officer Denna Campbell Ex-Boyfriend From Laurel Re-Arrested In Cold Case Killing Of DC Officer Denna Campbell
Ex-Boyfriend From Laurel Re-Arrested In Cold Case Killing Of DC Officer Denna Campbell Nearly 30 years after DC police officer Denna Fredericka Campbell was fatally shot in her White Oak apartment, her former live-in boyfriend has been arrested for her murder — again. A Maryland man is behind bars for the second time decades after a cold case killing that shook the DC law enforcement community and resulted in him changing his name. Amir Jalil Ali, 62, of Laurel, was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 5, by Montgomery County officers working with the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force, officials announced Wednesday at an afternoon press conference. Ali is charged in the 1995 murder of his t…

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by Zak Failla
Stafford, VA
Police & Fire
Virginia Man Rubs Genitals On Stranger’s BMW, Caught Dancing In Street: Sheriff Virginia Man Rubs Genitals On Stranger’s BMW, Caught Dancing In Street: Sheriff
Virginia Man Rubs Genitals On Stranger’s BMW, Caught Dancing In Street: Sheriff A Virginia man’s early morning antics at a Royal Farms gas station landed him behind bars after deputies say he rubbed his genitals on a stranger’s BMW before fleeing and breaking into song in the back of a cruiser. Stafford County resident Wendell Rose, 45, is accused of turning a routine gas stop into an offbeat spectacle shortly after midnight on Tuesday, Aug. 5, according to the sheriff's office, leaving deputies shaking their heads. First responders were called to the Royal Farms on Royal Falls Drive after Rose allegedly approached a BMW in the parking lot and began rubbing his private…

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by Zak Failla
Southeast-Brewster, NY
Police & Fire
Duo With Felony Warrants Caught Shoplifting From Southeast Stores: Sheriff Duo With Felony Warrants Caught Shoplifting From Southeast Stores: Sheriff
Duo With Felony Warrants Caught Shoplifting From Southeast Stores: Sheriff Three Hudson Valley residents were arrested in Putnam County after allegedly stealing from multiple businesses, including two linked to felony warrants from out of state, authorities said.  The incident that led to the arrests happened on Wednesday, July 30, around 5 p.m., when Putnam County Sheriff’s deputies received an alert that a vehicle wanted in connection with felony charges in New Jersey was in the area of I-84 and Route 312 in the Town of Southeast, the Sheriff's Office said in an announcement on Tuesday, Aug. 5.  Deputies and investigators quickly located the vehicle in…

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by Ben Crnic
Rutherford, NJ
Police & Fire
Raging Patron At Carlstadt Strip Club Robs, Beats Security Guard: Police Raging Patron At Carlstadt Strip Club Robs, Beats Security Guard: Police
Raging Patron At Carlstadt Strip Club Robs, Beats Security Guard: Police A 33-year-old man caused a scene at a Bergen County strip club, beat up a security guard, and stole his jewelry before being tackled and cuffed by police, authorities said. Carlstadt Police Officers Moustafa Abdulla and Julio Perez-Tavera were called to Stiletto’s on Paterson Plank Road Sunday, Aug. 3, for a reported dispute, Detective Sgt. Mark Wong said. When officers arrived, they saw Indrit Lamcaj yelling at security guards, with "blood on his hands," Wong said. One of the guards had "blood on his mouth and face," the officer noted. Lamcaj ignored repeated police commands to calm down,…

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by Cecilia Levine
North Bergen-Guttenberg, NJ
Police & Fire
Serial Public Masturbator Caught Again On Guttenberg Bench, Police Say Serial Public Masturbator Caught Again On Guttenberg Bench, Police Say
Serial Public Masturbator Caught Again On Guttenberg Bench, Police Say A 63-year-old man with a history of lewd acts was caught masturbating on a bench in Guttenberg, exactly one year after a similar incident in Hackensack, authorities said. Officers responded to an apartment complex near John F. Kennedy Boulevard East and 71st Street around 10:25 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 5, for a report of a man publicly pleasuring himself, the Guttenberg Police Department said in a news release. The man was identified as Mark R. Schmitt, 63, of Hackensack. Police said he gave officers a fake name when questioned. Once they confirmed his identity, they discovered he had an active…

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by Cecilia Levine
Wayne, NJ
News
'I'll Shoot You:' 13-Year-Old Threatens Motel Guests In Wayne, Pair Arrested, Cops Say 'I'll Shoot You:' 13-Year-Old Threatens Motel Guests In Wayne, Pair Arrested, Cops Say
'I'll Shoot You:' 13-Year-Old Threatens Motel Guests In Wayne, Pair Arrested, Cops Say A 13-year-old boy from Paterson was arrested after allegedly threatening motel guests with a loaded handgun in Wayne, police said. The incident happened around 1:36 p.m. on Sunday, July 20 at the Quality Inn, Wayne Police Det. Capt. Dan Daly said in a release. Officers responded to a report of a male with a gun in a bag threatening others at the motel. The caller told police the suspect had been reaching into a fanny pack and saying, “I will shoot you,” Daly said. Police found a man and a woman in the parking lot matching the description, the captain said. They were detained while officers…

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by Cecilia Levine
Silver Spring, MD
Police & Fire
Man Arrested In Cold Case Killing Of DC Cop Denna Campbell In White Oak: Police Man Arrested In Cold Case Killing Of DC Cop Denna Campbell In White Oak: Police
Man Arrested In Cold Case Killing Of DC Cop Denna Campbell In White Oak: Police A decades-old mystery in Montgomery County may finally be getting answers. Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the death of Denna Fredericka Campbell, a 24-year-old DC police officer who was found shot to death in her White Oak apartment nearly 30 years ago, officials confirmed Tuesday, August 5. According to Montgomery County Police, Amir Jalil Ali — also known as Kenneth Burnell Wonsom — found Campbell in their home in 1995. At the time, Campbell was a four-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department. Ali reportedly discovered Campbell’s body in the apartment they s…

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by Zak Failla