Harrisburg, PA
News
Shaken Toddler, Alcohol Given To Minors Lands Foster Father Jail Time: PA AG Shaken Toddler, Alcohol Given To Minors Lands Foster Father Jail Time: PA AG
Shaken Toddler, Alcohol Given To Minors Lands Foster Father Jail Time: PA AG A Bedford County foster father will serve up to eight years in prison for violently shaking a toddler, leaving the child with a brain bleed, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced. Anthony Plotts, 40, of Hopewell, was sentenced on Friday, Feb. 7, after pleading no contest to felony aggravated assault of a child and endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said. The victim, one of three foster children in Plotts’ care, was hospitalized on July 31, 2022, with severe head trauma. Medical professionals determined the child’s injuries were consistent with a "violent shaking" …

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by Jillian Pikora
Mount Joy, PA
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Church Finds Lewd, Threatening Messages: Mount Joy Borough Police Church Finds Lewd, Threatening Messages: Mount Joy Borough Police
Church Finds Lewd, Threatening Messages: Mount Joy Borough Police A Lancaster man with a long history of harassment-related charges is accused of bombarding a Mount Joy church with obscene voicemails and threats, police announced on Thursday, Feb. 6. Crist Allen Wolf, 67, allegedly called a church on the 800 block of Bruce Avenue and left more than 30 messages containing profane and vulgar language over several weeks, Mount Joy Borough police said. Investigators did not disclose the content of the messages or the church’s name, but Google Maps shows the only church in the area to be "Florin Church". Wolf has an extensive criminal record, including mu…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lexington Park, MD
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Security Guard Who Caused TBI Shoving Patient At CalvertHealth Medical Center Learns Fate Security Guard Who Caused TBI Shoving Patient At CalvertHealth Medical Center Learns Fate
Security Guard Who Caused TBI Shoving Patient At CalvertHealth Medical Center Learns Fate A former Maryland security guard was sentenced for manslaughter after shoving a man outside a hospital, causing a fatal brain injury, prosecutors announced. Joshua Walter Messick, 36, of Lexington Park, was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison, with one year of active time and three years of supervised probation, according to the Calvert County State’s Attorney’s Office. The deadly incident happened in 2024 while Messick was working security at CalvertHealth Medical Center in Prince Frederick.  Officials said he was escorting the victim out of the hospital lobby when he forcefull…

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by Zak Failla
Haverstraw, NY
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Former NYPD Officer Admits Role In Husband's Death After Driving Over 100 MPH In Haverstraw Former NYPD Officer Admits Role In Husband's Death After Driving Over 100 MPH In Haverstraw
Former Nypd Officer Admits Role In Husband's Death After Driving Over 100 MPH In Haverstraw A former New York City police officer from the Hudson Valley has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide after driving drunk at over 100 mph and causing the crash that killed her husband in Rockland County, authorities announced.  Bernadine Thomas, age 36, of Maybrook in Orange County, entered the guilty plea on Monday, Feb. 3 before Rockland County Court Judge Kevin Russo, according to New York Attorney General Letitia James.  Thomas admitted to driving with a blood alcohol content of .10 while reaching speeds of up to 109 mph on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Havers…

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by Ben Crnic
Lancaster, PA
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Amish Dad Convicted In Death Of 3-Year-Old Daughter Crushed By Horse-Drawn Wagon In Lancaster Amish Dad Convicted In Death Of 3-Year-Old Daughter Crushed By Horse-Drawn Wagon In Lancaster
Amish Dad Convicted In Death Of 3-Year-Old Daughter Crushed By Horse-Drawn Wagon In Lancaster A Lancaster County father has been convicted after his 3-year-old daughter fell from a horse-drawn cart and was crushed by the wagon in a fatal 2022 farm accident, authorities announced on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Christopher Hoover Martin, 31, of Clay Township, was found guilty of felony child endangerment by Judge Jeffery Wright following a bench trial on Jan. 14, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office said. Martin had allowed his 3-year-old daughter and her 4-year-old brother to ride on a small horse-drawn cart pulling a large tobacco wagon on Aug. 26, 2022. The child fell from the…

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by Jillian Pikora
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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4-Year-Old Abused By Jehovah's Witness Gets Justice: PA AG 4-Year-Old Abused By Jehovah's Witness Gets Justice: PA AG
4-Year-Old Abused By Jehovah's Witness Gets Justice: PA AG A Jehovah’s Witness member from Philadelphia who sexually assaulted a 4-year-old child has been sentenced to up to four years in prison, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Friday, Jan. 31. David Balosa, 62, was convicted in September 2024 of aggravated indecent assault and related charges after a Philadelphia County jury found he used his position in a Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation to befriend a family and later abuse their child in 1998. On Friday, a judge sentenced Balosa to two to four years in state prison, followed by six years of probation. He will also be required…

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by Jillian Pikora
Brick, NJ
Police & Fire
$9K Theft Gets Former Brick Rec Director Probation: Prosecutor $9K Theft Gets Former Brick Rec Director Probation: Prosecutor
$9K Theft Gets Former Brick Rec Director Probation: Prosecutor A former Brick Township recreation official, once celebrated as a top professional in his field, was sentenced to three years probation on Friday, Jan. 31 after he admitted to stealing more than  $10,000 in township recreation fees, authorities said. Daniel Santaniello, 46, pleaded guilty last month to theft, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. Santaniello was previously the recreation director for Brick Township. The New Jersey Recreation & Park Association gave him their "Professional of the Year Award" in 2016. Investigators said Santaniello abused his position to c…

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by Sam Barron
Colonie, NY
Business
Tax Fraud: Colonie Car Dealership Owner Admits Stealing Over $160K Tax Fraud: Colonie Car Dealership Owner Admits Stealing Over $160K
Tax Fraud: Colonie Car Dealership Owner Admits Stealing Over $160K The owner of a Capital Region car dealership formally confessed to dodging hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes. Guy Nicolas, of Colonie, and his business, G&A Auto Care Inc., were sentenced in Albany County Court on Thursday, Jan. 23, months after Nicolas pleaded guilty to grand larceny. An investigation led by the New York Attorney General’s Office found that Nicolas failed to file annual sales tax returns for his car dealership business for all but two years between June 2013 and June 2023, the AG’s office said. During that period, he failed to report more than $2 millio…

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by Michael Mashburn
Brentwood, NY
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Suffolk Officer Brendan Gallagher Released From Hospital After LIE DUI Crash (UPDATE) Suffolk Officer Brendan Gallagher Released From Hospital After LIE DUI Crash (UPDATE)
Suffolk Officer Brendan Gallagher Released From Hospital After LIE DUI Crash (Update) Suffolk County Police Officer Brendan Gallagher, critically injured in a DUI crash on the Long Island Expressway earlier this month, will be released from Stony Brook University Hospital on Monday, Jan. 27, officials announced. Gallagher, a three-year veteran of the Suffolk County Police Department’s Street Takeover Task Force, was gravely injured on Sunday, Jan. 5, when a Ford Mustang driven by a suspected impaired driver sideswiped his vehicle, causing it to overturn near Exit 55 in the westbound lanes of the LIE, police said. The incident occurred as Gallagher conducted a traffic stop.…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster, PA
Police & Fire
Felon On Probation Caught With Drugs After Lancaster Chase: Police Felon On Probation Caught With Drugs After Lancaster Chase: Police
Felon On Probation Caught With Drugs After Lancaster Chase: Police A felon on probation was found with drugs and cash after leading police on a chase through Lancaster Township on Saturday, Jan. 18, authorities announced. Debron A. McCain fled officers attempting to stop him for a traffic violation near Wabank Street and Comet Drive at approximately 12:41 p.m., Lancaster Township police said in a release. The 30-year-old drove west into Millersville Borough, where officers cornered his vehicle. McCain then fled on foot but was subdued with a Taser, police said. A search of his vehicle uncovered a significant quantity of controlled substances and nearly $2,…

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by Jillian Pikora
Mount Olive, NJ
Police & Fire
Mount Olive Daycare Teacher Gets Jail For Assaulting Toddler: Prosecutor Mount Olive Daycare Teacher Gets Jail For Assaulting Toddler: Prosecutor
Mount Olive Daycare Teacher Gets Jail For Assaulting Toddler: Prosecutor A 38-year-old daycare teacher received 90 days in jail on Friday, Jan. 17, after she pleaded guilty to assaulting a toddler in 2024, authorities said. Christina Susco, a Budd Lake resident and teacher at Mount Olive Child Care and Learning Center assaulted the toddler on Monday, March 25, 2024 Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. She pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said. Susco was sentenced to 90 days in the Morris County Correctional Facility and five years probation, authorities said. Susco is no longer employed at the day care center, authori…

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by Sam Barron
Media, PA
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Croydon Carpet Company Fire That Injured Firefighter Lands Arsonist Years In Prison: Bucks DA Croydon Carpet Company Fire That Injured Firefighter Lands Arsonist Years In Prison: Bucks DA
Croydon Carpet Company Fire That Injured Firefighter Lands Arsonist Years In Prison: Bucks DA A Philadelphia man was sentenced to up to six years in state prison for setting a fire that caused over $1 million in damage to a Croydon business and injured a firefighter, officials announced Thursday, Jan. 16. Shayne Holland, 26, pleaded guilty in November to two counts of arson, along with charges of reckless burning, criminal mischief, possession of explosive material, and disorderly conduct, according to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. Common Pleas Judge Gary B. Gilman sentenced Holland to 2½ to six years in state prison, followed by four years of probation, for the Nov. …

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by Jillian Pikora