Mom Killed On Way To Hobby Lobby: Impaired Driver Now Facing Years For Massapequa Crash Mom Killed On Way To Hobby Lobby: Impaired Driver Now Facing Years For Massapequa Crash
Mom Killed On Way To Hobby Lobby: Impaired Driver Now Facing Years For Massapequa Crash A Georgia woman will spend up to 10 years behind bars for causing a high-speed crash that killed a Long Island mother and injured another person. Rachel Lodice, 22, formerly of Jericho, was sentenced on Monday, July 21, in Nassau County Court after pleading guilty to a slew of charges stemming from the April 2024 crash that killed 64-year-old Cynthia Mitchell. Lodice, who had recently moved to Georgia from Jericho, was high on marijuana when she got behind the wheel of her 2023 Kia Rio and sped more than six miles down Hicksville Road in Massapequa — at times swerving into oncoming traffic,…
Lisbon Grandmother Killed When Intoxicated Driver Plowed Onto Sidewalk, Hit Post Office: Cops Lisbon Grandmother Killed When Intoxicated Driver Plowed Onto Sidewalk, Hit Post Office: Cops
Lisbon Grandmother Killed When Intoxicated Driver Plowed Onto Sidewalk, Hit Post Office: Cops A Connecticut man who drove onto the sidewalk and crashed into and killed a grandmother has been charged nearly a year later, authorities announced.  Ean King, 37, of Norwich, turned himself over to police on Monday, July 21, and was charged with reckless driving, operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol, manslaughter, assault, and multiple traffic infractions, Connecticut State Police said.  Investigators say King was driving a white 2017 BMW X5 north on Main Street in Griswold when he crossed into the other lane and jumped the curb onto the sidewalk on Aug. 29, 2024. Th…
Scary Home Invasion In Dumfries: Man With Stun Device, Scissors Arrested: Police Scary Home Invasion In Dumfries: Man With Stun Device, Scissors Arrested: Police
Scary Home Invasion In Dumfries: Man With Stun Device, Scissors Arrested: Police A 21-year-old Virginia man is facing a long list of charges after he allegedly broke into a woman’s apartment in Virginia with a stun device, forced her into a room with scissors, then came back a second time — and a third. Lee Otis Taylor, of Woodbridge, was charged with burglary with intent to assault after a violent series of domestic-related incidents between Thursday, July 17, and Sunday, July 20, Prince William County Police said. Deputies responded shortly before 10 p.m. on July 17 to the Broadstone at River Oaks Apartments on Chesapeake Drive in Dumfries. Taylor allegedly forced his…
Philly Truck Driver Struck Car After Running Red Light, Fled Scene: Lopatcong Police Philly Truck Driver Struck Car After Running Red Light, Fled Scene: Lopatcong Police
Philly Truck Driver Struck Car After Running Red Light, Fled Scene: Lopatcong Police A 39-year-old truck driver from Philadelphia was arrested and charged with hitting a car and fleeing the scene in Lopatcong, authorities announced Sunday, July 20. On Thursday, June 12, at 4:43 p.m., a 2023 white Cascadia Freightliner struck with Illinois plates ran a red light and struck a 2016 white Jeep Compass traveling northbound through a green light, Lopatcong Township police said. Following an investigation, the driver was identified as Almaz Uulu Beishenbek, police said. Beishenbek was operating the truck for Tornado Shipping Inc, police said. Beisenbek is charged with assault by …
Repeat DUI Driver Slams Into Motorcyclist At Red Light In Stafford, Sheriff Says Repeat DUI Driver Slams Into Motorcyclist At Red Light In Stafford, Sheriff Says
Repeat DUI Driver Slams Into Motorcyclist At Red Light In Stafford, Sheriff Says A repeat DUI offender in Virginia smashed into a motorcyclist while swerving through traffic — just moments after multiple 911 calls warned of her erratic driving, authorities said. The driver, Joanne Strong, 40, of Stafford, was arrested on Saturday, July 19, after deputies say she crashed her white Acura into a motorcycle stopped at a red light on Richmond Highway near Telegraph Road in the middle of the afternoon. According to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, witnesses told deputies that Strong had been swerving across lanes while driving southbound.  The final 911 call came i…
Rifle-Wielding Teen Triggers Police Pursuit, Crash In Stafford County: Sheriff Rifle-Wielding Teen Triggers Police Pursuit, Crash In Stafford County: Sheriff
Rifle-Wielding Teen Triggers Police Pursuit, Crash In Stafford County: Sheriff A Spotsylvania County teen is behind bars after allegedly trying to break into a home with a rifle, then leading deputies on a wild pursuit through multiple Virginia roadways before crashing into a ditch, authorities said. Jameris Asher, 18, was arrested just after midnight on July 18 after deputies say he tried to bust down a woman’s door during what she described as a girl’s night, and then fled with “an AR-style firearm” as law enforcement gave chase. Deputies responded to Cynthias Place for a disturbance with a weapon,” the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. The caller advise…
NJ Woman Nearly Crashed Into Girl Scouts Selling Cookies: Middletown Police NJ Woman Nearly Crashed Into Girl Scouts Selling Cookies: Middletown Police
NJ Woman Nearly Crashed Into Girl Scouts Selling Cookies: Middletown Police A 54-year-old Middletown woman was arrested and charged after she nearly collided with Girl Scouts selling Girl Scout Cookies, authorities announced Friday, July 18. Susan Santos was driving her vehicle at an unsafe speed when she nearly collided with the scouts, Middletown Police said. She is charged with endangering the welfare of a child, endangering another and reckless driving, police said. Santos was processed on the charges and subsequently lodged in the Monmouth County Correctional Institute in Freehold.
CT Mom Charged With Killing Her Baby Boy In Drunken Enfield I-91 Crash: Police CT Mom Charged With Killing Her Baby Boy In Drunken Enfield I-91 Crash: Police
CT Mom Charged With Killing Her Baby Boy In Drunken Enfield I-91 Crash: Police Just days before his first birthday, 11-month-old Isiah Ortiz was killed in an overnight crash on I-91 in Enfield. Now, his mother is facing serious charges, including manslaughter, authorities said.  Fransheska Stuart, 30, of Meriden, was arrested on Tuesday, July 15. Nearly 18 months after she crashed her 2006 Honda Accord just before 2 a.m. on Dec. 10, 2023, near Exit 45 southbound when she lost control, hit a guardrail, and the car flipped onto its side, Connecticut State Police said.  When emergency crews arrived, the metal of the car was compressing Stuart’s c…
Chase Ends In I-91 Glastonbury Crash; Southington Man Hit 120 MPH In Escape Attempt: Police Chase Ends In I-91 Glastonbury Crash; Southington Man Hit 120 MPH In Escape Attempt: Police
Chase Ends In I-91 Glastonbury Crash; Southington Man Hit 120 MPH In Escape Attempt: Police A Connecticut man was arrested after leading state police on a dangerous high-speed chase on I-91 that ended in a crash in Glastonbury, according to authorities. Tyler Marandino, of Southington, was behind the wheel of a gray Dodge Avenger when a state trooper spotted the car speeding in the right lanes near Exit 23 in Rocky Hill around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 15, Connecticut State Police said.  The trooper clocked the vehicle going 95 mph in a 65 mph zone. When the trooper turned on emergency lights and sirens to stop the car, Marandino at first began pulling over, but then it sudde…
Wrong Way DWI Driver Struck Multiple Cop Cars In Wild Pursuit: Lacey Twp PD Wrong Way DWI Driver Struck Multiple Cop Cars In Wild Pursuit: Lacey Twp PD
Wrong Way DWI Driver Struck Multiple Cop Cars In Wild Pursuit: Lacey Twp PD A 33-year-old Manchester man was arrested and charged with a litany of offenses after driving drunk and leading police on a pursuit in Lacey Township on Thursday, July 17, authorities said. At 3:46 p.m., officers responded to a report of a driver, later identified as Ronald Banilov, drinking alcohol from a bottle while swerving in and out of traffic on Route 9 near Lacey Road, Lacey Township police said. Banilov, driving a silver Hyundai Tucson nearly caused several head-on collisions while driving in the wrong lane of Beach Blvd. before striking a vehicle as it fled the scene, police …
Forked River Woman With Warrant Rams Cop, Hits Car, Flees Scene In Wild Lacey Chase: Police Forked River Woman With Warrant Rams Cop, Hits Car, Flees Scene In Wild Lacey Chase: Police
Forked River Woman With Warrant Rams Cop, Hits Car, Flees Scene In Wild Lacey Chase: Police A 27-year-old New Jersey woman was arrested after police say she struck a police officer, hit a civilian’s vehicle, and fled the scene — both by car and on foot. The incident happened on Tuesday, July 15, around 4:28 p.m., when officers stopped a vehicle in a Lacey Road business parking lot near Newark Avenue, police said. The driver, Brooke I. Mathews, of Forked River, tried to flee during the traffic stop, according to Lacey Police Capt. Paul Sullivan Jr. Matthews put her car in reverse and slammed a Lacey police officer and vehicle, Sullivan said. She then sped forward around officers a…
Wrong-Way Drunk Driver With Baby In Backseat Flees Cops, Then Tries Again In Brewster: NYSP Wrong-Way Drunk Driver With Baby In Backseat Flees Cops, Then Tries Again In Brewster: NYSP
Wrong-Way Drunk Driver With Baby In Backseat Flees Cops, Then Tries Again In Brewster: Nysp A Putnam County woman is facing a slew of charges after allegedly driving drunk with a one-year-old in the back seat, giving police a false name, and trying to flee a traffic stop twice, police said.  The incident happened on Wednesday night, July 16, around 10 p.m., when a trooper on patrol spotted a vehicle traveling the wrong way down Main Street (Route 6) in Brewster, nearly causing a head-on crash and committing multiple traffic violations, New York State Police said on Thursday, July 17.  According to police, the driver, later identified as 30-year-old Carol A. Julian-Ramire…