Branchville Worker With Record Accused Of Stealing From Sparta Dairy: Cops
An employee at a popular ice cream shop in North Jersey was charged with theft following a months-long investigation, police announced Thursday, April 2.
Officers responded to a report on Friday, March 13, involving suspected theft at Sparta Dairy, Sparta Police Capt. Tom Snyder said.
The reporting parties provided documentation and video surveillance showing “potential irregularities involving financial transactions over an extended period of time,” Snyder said.
As a result of the investigation, Maria Rizzo, 36, of Branchville, was taken into custody and charged with theft of movable prop…
Driver Who Mowed Down Jogger While Fleeing Police In Wyandanch Pleads Guilty, Prosecutors Say
A Long Island man who struck and killed a pedestrian while fleeing police in a car chase has pleaded guilty, authorities announced Wednesday, April 1.
Jason Jean-Joseph, 24, copped to second-degree manslaughter, weapons possession, second-degree assault, and several charges related to the chase, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Jean-Joseph, a West Babylon resident, was speeding away from the cops in Wyandanch on June 13, 2025, when he turned onto Wyandanch Avenue and struck 29-year-old Hillel Fuld, authorities said. Fuld had been jogging down the street; he was pronounced…
Woman Hit Wife With Car, Baseball Bat In Schenectady, She Admits In Plea Deal
A New York woman admitted to attacking her wife and a friend with a car and a baseball bat before leading state police on high-speed chases with kids in the car, authorities said Friday, March 27.
Juanita Moore, a 25-year-old Schenectady resident, copped to one count of first-degree assault and one count of first-degree attempted assault on Wednesday, March 25, the Schenectady County District Attorney’s office said.
The incident began on Halloween 2024, when Moore hopped in a Hertz rental car and drove to a home “where she knew her wife was staying with a friend,” the district attorney’s of…
LI Cops Manhandled, Injured 80-Year-Old Woman In Roosevelt, Then Filed Bogus Charges: Lawsuit
Nassau County police officers yanked an 80-year-old woman from her car and tossed her to the ground, then claimed she attacked them and filed criminal charges, according to a federal lawsuit.
Betty Cater, now 81, filed the suit Friday, March 20 in New York’s Eastern District. The criminal charges against her were later dropped.
She accused the cops of excessive force, false arrest, fabricating evidence, and malicious prosecution in the suit. Three officers — Michael Shannon, Anthony J. Catinella, and Lt. Daniel Decastro — are named as defendants in the suit, along with Nassau County, its po…
