Wayne Driver Guilty In Hit-Run That Left Pedestrian Seriously Hurt
A Wayne man who struck a pedestrian, crashed into a home, fled with his pit bull, and then falsely reported his vehicle stolen has been found guilty by a Passaic County jury, prosecutors announced.
Nicholas Perota, 23, of Wayne, was convicted on Thursday, May 28 of second-degree aggravated assault, third-degree knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident, fourth-degree assault by auto, and fourth-degree false reports to law enforcement, according to Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes.
The case stemmed from a Sept. 9, 2023 crash on Mountainview Boulevard in Wayne, where pol…
Banned From Internet, Virginia Man Caught With Child Porn Again Months After Release: DOJ
It took Jesse Lee Wise less than four months to reoffend after he was released from prison on child porn charges, federal authorities say.
The Norfolk man was sentenced to 10 more years in prison after he attempted to view child sexual abuse material (CSAM) while on supervised release for a previous conviction.
Wise was released on April 18, 2025, and was caught again on Aug. 13, 2025.
According to court documents, in January 2010, Wise, 42, was sentenced to 17 years and six months in prison, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, after being convicted of attempted enticement o…
Man Who Held Up Wallkill Gas Station With BB Gun, Fled With Cash Gets Prison Time
A Pennsylvania man who robbed an Orange County, NY gas station while showing what at first appeared to be a handgun will spend years in prison, prosecutors announced.
Connor Derrick, 21, of Archbald, Pennsylvania, was sentenced Friday, May 15, in Orange County Court to seven years in prison after previously pleading guilty to second-degree robbery, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler.
Authorities said the robbery happened around 6:15 a.m. on Aug. 14, 2025, at the Sunoco station at 2 Ben Gilman Way in the Town of Wallkill, as previously reported by Daily Vo…
Man Brutally Beat, Robbed 75-Year-Old Victim In Yonkers Alley — Here's His Fate
A man will spend years in state prison for violently robbing a 75-year-old man in a Westchester County alleyway, prosecutors announced.
Yonkers resident Vladimir Puentes, 51, was sentenced on Tuesday, April 14, in Westchester County Court to 12 years in prison following his conviction on charges including first-degree robbery, second-degree robbery, and second-degree assault, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office said on Wednesday, April 15.
Judge Robert Prisco imposed a 12-year prison term on the top robbery counts, along with five years of post-release supervision. A sepa…
Inmate With 2 Former Identities Murdered By SCI Camp Hill Cellmate Who Got Life Sentence: DA
The man accused of fatally beating his cellmate inside SCI Camp Hill has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday, Oct. 29.
Shaquille Tyrin Gibson, 31, of York, entered a nolo contendere plea to Criminal Homicide – Murder of the First Degree immediately before jury selection on Monday, Oct. 27, before the Honorable Christylee L. Peck, according to prosecutors.
Gibson was sentenced to life in prison for the July 1, 2024, killing of 57-year-old Bernard Grover, who had been using multiple aliases — including Kevin Beat…
Con Man Claimed MLB Career While Scamming Women, Dodging Sex Offender Registry In Virginia: DOJ
He said he was going pro in baseball — but what he really went pro in was lying, scamming, and disappearing from the sex offender registry, prosecutors in Virginia say.
Now, he's going to prison.
A Roanoke man who told women he was a Major League Baseball prospect, forged six-figure checks, used burner phones to impersonate team officials, and failed to register as a sex offender pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this year, federal officials announced.
Now, Janike Dunbar Holt — a man who goes by many names — has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison.
Holt, 29 — also known as…
Maryland Prison Inmate Found Dead In Cell, Cellmate Suspect In Homicide Probe: State Police
A Maryland prison inmate was found dead inside his cell, sparking a homicide investigation, authorities announced.
Donyell Cornell Morris, 24, was pronounced dead on Sunday, Aug. 31, after he was discovered unresponsive on his bunk at the Eastern Correctional Institute in Westover, according to Maryland State Police.
Correctional officers found Morris shortly before 5:40 p.m. and called emergency medical service personnel, who pronounced him dead at the scene, investigators said.
Police said Morris had been inside a cell with another inmate before his death. That inmate has been identified…
Murder-For-Hire Plot Targeting NJ Prosecutor, Judges: PA Bowling Alley Owner Convicted
A Pennsylvania man has been convicted of conspiring to kill multiple New Jersey government officials in a murder-for-hire plot, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced on Wednesday, Aug. 27.
Stephen Smink, 62, of Philadelphia, was found guilty on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, of conspiracy to commit murder, five counts of attempted murder, conspiracy to transport weapons, and transporting weapons after a trial in Atlantic County.
Smink targeted Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae, First Assistant Prosecutor Harold Shapiro, two Superior Court judges, and an assistant p…
Melville Attorney Steals $413K From Client’s Real Estate Deal, DA Says
A Long Island attorney is accused of stealing more than $400,000 that was supposed to pay off his client’s loan during a property sale.
Michael Tulchiner, 61, of Bellmore, was arraigned on one count of felony larceny in Suffolk County Court on Friday, Aug. 8.
Tulchiner, the principal attorney at The Law Office of Michael J. Tulchiner in Melville, diverted $413,237 from a mortgage disbursement account between August and December 2022, prosecutors allege.
The money, part of a refinance loan for his client, was designated to pay off a prior loan as part of a real estate closing.
Tulchiner or…
Skateboarder Killed In Levittown Hit-And-Run; Driver Learns Fate: DA
A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to 3 to 6 years in state prison for a deadly hit-and-run that killed a Bucks County skateboarder, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, June 18.
Tajair Anthony Delbridge, 26, pleaded guilty to accidents involving death or personal injury, hindering apprehension or prosecution, tampering with physical evidence, and criminal solicitation to commit false reports, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said.
The crash happened around 10:16 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, when Joel Steven Moreau, 28, was struck and killed while skateboarding along the 1500 b…
