Port Jervis, NY
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Man Dies After Sideswiping Trees, Trailer In Deerpark Crash Man Dies After Sideswiping Trees, Trailer In Deerpark Crash
Man Dies After Sideswiping Trees, Trailer In Deerpark Crash A 69-year-old man died after his vehicle left the road and crashed into trees, a parked vehicle, and a trailer in Orange County, police said. The crash happened at around 9:25 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29, on Peenpack Trail in Deerpark, where troopers responded to the scene, New York State Police announced on Thursday, July 30. Investigators found that Robert S. Jahn, 69, of Sparrowbush, was driving a 2007 Ford eastbound on Peenpack Trail when the vehicle veered off the right side of the road. It then sideswiped several trees before entering a driveway, where it struck an unoccupied 2023…

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by Ben Crnic
Bridgewater-Raritan, NJ
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Aspiring Doctor Charged In Deadly Route 202 Raritan Crash After Running Red Light: Prosecutor Aspiring Doctor Charged In Deadly Route 202 Raritan Crash After Running Red Light: Prosecutor
Aspiring Doctor Charged In Deadly Route 202 Raritan Crash After Running Red Light: Prosecutor Update: The 18-year-old driver charged in the deadly Route 202 Raritan crash Monday, July 27, has since been hit with an additional second-degree charge of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, prosecutors announced on Thursday, July 30. Siddartha Prasad Surapanani, of Belle Mead, was behind the wheel of a Genesis SUV when he struck the driver's side of an Acura SUV at the First Avenue intersection along Route 202 in Raritan just before 6:30 a.m., Somerset County First Assistant Prosecutor Annemarie L. Mueller said. The driver of the Acura, a woman from Bridgewater, was …

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by Cecilia Levine
Mamaroneck, NY
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Masked Man Pulls Woman To Ground, Forcibly Touches Her In Mamaroneck — Cops Investigating Masked Man Pulls Woman To Ground, Forcibly Touches Her In Mamaroneck — Cops Investigating
Masked Man Pulls Woman To Ground, Forcibly Touches Her In Mamaroneck — Cops Investigating Police in Westchester County are searching for a suspect accused of knocking a woman to the ground and forcibly touching her.  The incident happened at around 1:20 a.m. on Sunday, July 26, in the area of Florence Street and Halstead Avenue in the Village of Mamaroneck, according to the Village of Mamaroneck Police Department.  Police said three women were walking home after leaving a local establishment when an unknown man approached one of them from behind and grabbed her.  According to investigators, the suspect forced the victim to the ground and forcibly touched her befo…

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by Ben Crnic
Hackensack, NJ
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Gunfire Erupts At Rochelle Park Home As Sedan Flees, Chief Says Gunfire Erupts At Rochelle Park Home As Sedan Flees, Chief Says
Gunfire Erupts At Rochelle Park Home As Sedan Flees, Chief Says A shooting prompted a large police response in a quiet Bergen County neighborhood late Monday night, July 27. At approximately 10:35 p.m., Rochelle Park Police dispatchers received multiple calls reporting shots fired at 25 Crescent St., according to Rochelle Park Police Chief Dean Pinto. When patrol officers arrived, they found that multiple rounds had been fired at the home from a four-door sedan, Pinto said. The Rochelle Park Police Department Detective Bureau, the Bergen County Sheriff's Office Bureau of Criminal Identification, and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office responded t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Glen Burnie, MD
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Maryland Arson Probe Ends With Attempted Murder Charges Against Glen Burnie Man Maryland Arson Probe Ends With Attempted Murder Charges Against Glen Burnie Man
Maryland Arson Probe Ends With Attempted Murder Charges Against Glen Burnie Man Maryland fire investigators say a blaze that tore through a Glen Burnie home last week was actually an attempted killing, leading to attempted murder and arson charges against a 64-year-old man. The fire broke out around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21, at a home in the 1200 block of Aster Drive, where Anne Arundel County firefighters quickly brought the flames under control. But for investigators, the case was only beginning. After spending the next several days examining the scene, members of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department's Fire/Arson & Explosives Investigative Bureau conclu…

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by Zak Failla
Columbia, MD
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GF Found Strangled In Vanished BF's Columbia Bedroom: Cops GF Found Strangled In Vanished BF's Columbia Bedroom: Cops
GF Found Strangled In Vanished BF's Columbia Bedroom: Cops A Maryland woman walked into her boyfriend's bedroom. She never walked back out. Now, detectives say the man she was dating has vanished. Howard County police have obtained a murder warrant for 24-year-old Darwin Carcamo-Santiago, who investigators say killed his girlfriend, 35-year-old Esmeralda Perez-Mendez of Takoma Park, inside a Columbia home before disappearing. The investigation began Sunday afternoon, July 26, when one of Carcamo-Santiago's friends went to the residence in the 9000 block of Watchlight Court and made a horrifying discovery. Perez-Mendez was dead inside the susp…

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by Zak Failla
Stamford, CT
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No Foul Play Suspected In 4-Year-Old Boy's Fatal Fall From 10th-Story Stamford Window No Foul Play Suspected In 4-Year-Old Boy's Fatal Fall From 10th-Story Stamford Window
No Foul Play Suspected In 4-Year-Old Boy's Fatal Fall From 10th-Story Stamford Window Authorities believe the death of a 4-year-old boy after he fell 10 stories from a Stamford apartment building over the weekend was an accident.  Stamford police said in an update that several women flagged down an officer around 7:20 p.m. on Sunday, July 26, to report that a boy had fallen onto the patio of an apartment building in the 70th block of Prospect Street. The child was pronounced dead at the scene.  Authorities said they believe the child fell from a 10th-floor apartment when a window screen gave way.  A call to Stamford police was not immediately returned.  …

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by Josh Lanier
Bridgewater-Raritan, NJ
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Bridgewater Woman Dead, Some Details Released In Route 202 Raritan Hit-Run Bridgewater Woman Dead, Some Details Released In Route 202 Raritan Hit-Run
Bridgewater Woman Dead, Some Details Released In Route 202 Raritan Hit-Run A person was killed in a deadly hit-and-run crash in Raritan Borough Monday, July 27. At 6:30 a.m., a Genesis SUV entered the First Avenue intersection and struck the driver's side of an Acura SUV Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Meredith McKay, and Raritan Borough Chief of Police Thomas Fisher said. The driver of the Acura, a Bridgewater woman was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. Her identity has not been released. The Genesis driver fled on foot but was quickly apprehended by Rarita…

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by Cecilia Levine
Huntington, NY
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Huntington Woman Found Unresponsive In Pool Dies, Homicide Detectives Investigating Huntington Woman Found Unresponsive In Pool Dies, Homicide Detectives Investigating
Huntington Woman Found Unresponsive In Pool Dies, Homicide Detectives Investigating A woman died after she was found unresponsive in a residential swimming pool on Long Island on Thursday afternoon, police said.  Second Precinct officers responded to a home on Rodsfield Court in Huntington at approximately 3 p.m. Thursday, July 23, after a 911 caller reported that a family member had found Marcia Amarando unresponsive in the pool, according to Suffolk County Police.  The family member pulled Amarando from the water before officers arrived and began CPR. Commack Fire Department Ambulance personnel then took over lifesaving efforts, police said.  Amarando, wh…

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by Jillian Pikora
Springfield, MA
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Police ID Springfield Man Who Died After Being Found Shot In Wooded Area Police ID Springfield Man Who Died After Being Found Shot In Wooded Area
Police ID Springfield Man Who Died After Being Found Shot In Wooded Area A man found with a gunshot wound in a wooded area in Springfield earlier this week has been identified as police continue searching for answers. Sean Pendergrast, 49, of Springfield, was found around 2:40 a.m. Monday, July 13, in the 200 block of Parker Street after officers responded to a report of shots fired, the Hampden District Attorney's Office said Friday. Paramedics took Pendergrast to Baystate Medical Center, where he later died from his injuries. The Springfield Police Homicide Unit, under the direction of Captain Trent Duda, is investigating the killing alongside the Hampden Dis…

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by Josh Lanier
East Haddam, CT
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Police ID Woman Believed To Have Drowned In East Haddam Police ID Woman Believed To Have Drowned In East Haddam
Police ID Woman Believed To Have Drowned In East Haddam Authorities have identified a 68-year-old woman who drowned at a Connecticut home earlier this week. Mary Tracy Shepley was found at a home on Triangle Drive in East Haddam around 9:30 p.m on Wednesday, July 15, Connecticut State Police said.  Initial reports said her family found her in the nearby Moodus Reservoir after the family dog returned home alone and wet.  Paramedics rushed her to an area hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead.  Police have not released any other information. The incident remains under investigation. 

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by Josh Lanier
Allentown, PA
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Woman Found Dead Inside Tent In Allentown Identified: Coroner Woman Found Dead Inside Tent In Allentown Identified: Coroner
Woman Found Dead Inside Tent In Allentown Identified: Coroner A 28-year-old New York native was found dead inside a tent in Pennsylvania, authorities announced Wednesday, July 15. Diamond Y. Jenkins, was pronounced dead at the scene in the 200 block of West Union Street on Tuesday, July 14, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Jenkins was found deceased inside a tent, and is believed to have been experiencing homelessness, authorities explained. An autopsy was completed Wednesday at the Lehigh County Coroner's Office & Forensic Center, the coroner said. Her cause and manner of death remain pending the results of microscopic and toxic…

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by Jillian Pikora