Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Mom Beats Teen With Metal Water Bottle During Girl Fight At Brentwood High School: Police Mom Beats Teen With Metal Water Bottle During Girl Fight At Brentwood High School: Police
Mom Beats Teen With Metal Water Bottle During Girl Fight At Brentwood High School: Police A Long Island mother is accused of attacking a teenage girl with a metal water bottle during a fight involving her daughter at Brentwood High School, Suffolk County police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 11 a.m. A 14-year-old female was leaving the school when she and a 15-year-old girl began exchanging words, according to police. The 15-year-old’s mother, Toni Monroe, 35, allegedly struck the 14-year-old multiple times in the head and body with a metal water bottle. A security guard intervened and broke up the altercation, police said. Monroe was arrested in the school parking lot a shor…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster, PA
News
Woman Forced To Drink Rubbing Alcohol During Horrific Sexual Assault: Lancaster DA Woman Forced To Drink Rubbing Alcohol During Horrific Sexual Assault: Lancaster DA
Woman Forced To Drink Rubbing Alcohol During Horrific Sexual Assault: Lancaster DA A Lancaster man accused of violently sexually assaulting a woman in his home will head to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday, August 11.  Jose Antonio Pitre, 29, waived his preliminary hearing before Judge Adam Witkonis on Tuesday, July 29, according to the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas docket. Prosecutors said Pitre attacked the victim before sexually assaulting her in the basement of his Saint Joseph Street home the afternoon of Wednesday, June 25. The victim told investigators Pitre repeat…

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by Jillian Pikora
Towson, MD
Politics
Maryland Leaders Put Trump On Blast Over DC ‘Liberation Day,’ Baltimore Smack Talk Maryland Leaders Put Trump On Blast Over DC ‘Liberation Day,’ Baltimore Smack Talk
Maryland Leaders Put Trump On Blast Over DC ‘Liberation Day,’ Baltimore Smack Talk Elected leaders in Maryland are keeping a close eye on what is going on in DC after President Donald Trump federalized the nation's capital, citing questionable crime statistics. "Liberation Day," as the president declared Monday, Aug. 11, continued Trump's efforts to federally take over the District, calling it "one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the world," though DC is reportedly at a new crime low since the pandemic. President Trump once again catapulted crime in D.C. into the national conversation.“It has become one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the World,” he s…

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by Zak Failla
Lynbrook-East Rockaway, NY
Police & Fire
Recognize Him? Gunman Opens Fire On Teen At LIRR Platform In Lynbrook, MTA Police Recognize Him? Gunman Opens Fire On Teen At LIRR Platform In Lynbrook, MTA Police
Recognize Him? Gunman Opens Fire On Teen At Lirr Platform In Lynbrook, MTA Police A 17-year-old boy was shot on a Long Island Rail Road platform in Lynbrook, and police want to know if you recognize the suspect, MTA Police announced on Monday, Aug. 11. The shooting happened on Platform B at the LIRR Lynbrook Station at 7:55 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, according to the release. The pictured suspect intentionally fired a gun at the teen, striking him in the torso, investigators explained. The victim was taken to Franklin Hospital, where he is listed in stable condition, police said. Anyone with information about the suspect’s identity or location is asked to contact the MT…

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by Jillian Pikora
Willingboro, NJ
Police & Fire
Trenton Man Killed In Drive-By Shooting In Willingboro: Prosecutor Trenton Man Killed In Drive-By Shooting In Willingboro: Prosecutor
Trenton Man Killed In Drive-By Shooting In Willingboro: Prosecutor A 43-year-old Trenton man was fatally shot while sitting in a vehicle in Willingboro Sunday evening, Aug. 10, authorities said. At 9 p.m., Willingboro Township police responded to Paddock Lane and Poppy Lane and found Bruce Hall fatally shot, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw and Willingboro Township Police Chief Ian Bucs said. This pic was taken many years ago. You been my bro since elementary school, jr high, highschool. Little League... Posted by Adolphus Cato on Sunday, August 10, 2025 No arrests have been made and the shooting is under investigation, authorit…

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by Sam Barron
Arlington, VA
Politics
Feds Storm DC Overnight As Trump Threatens Takeover: ‘Go Home,’ Locals Say Feds Storm DC Overnight As Trump Threatens Takeover: ‘Go Home,’ Locals Say
Feds Storm DC Overnight As Trump Threatens Takeover: ‘Go Home,’ Locals Say The cavalry nobody in the region called for has arrived in DC amid President Donald Trump's ongoing calls to federalize the nation's capital. As promised, federal law enforcement agencies arrived in DC early on Friday morning as officials work to combat a recent rash of youth crime that has drawn the president's ire. The move comes after a 19-year-old former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) worker was brutalized during a carjacking earlier this week. “If DC doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City,” Trump warned thi…

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by Zak Failla
Arlington, VA
Politics
Trump Threatens to Deploy National Guard To ‘Beautify’ Crime-Ridden DC Trump Threatens to Deploy National Guard To ‘Beautify’ Crime-Ridden DC
Trump Threatens to Deploy National Guard To ‘Beautify’ Crime-Ridden DC President Donald Trump is doubling down on his threats to take over Washington, DC, amid a spike in youth crime. The latest call from the president comes after a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee was assaulted by a group of teenagers during a violent carjacking. It was just the latest instance of violence involving minors in DC — who do not face as strict criminal charges as adults would under the current law, something that Trump took umbrage to. In a fiery Truth Social post shared Tuesday, Trump slammed the District’s handling of what he called “out-of-control” v…

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by Zak Failla
Arlington, VA
Politics
Trump Threatens To 'Take Federal Control' Of DC Over Teen Crime Surge Trump Threatens To 'Take Federal Control' Of DC Over Teen Crime Surge
Trump Threatens To 'Take Federal Control' Of DC Over Teen Crime Surge President Donald Trump is calling for federal control of Washington, DC — threatening to “take over” the city himself if violent crime doesn’t stop. In a fiery Truth Social post shared Tuesday, Trump slammed the District’s handling of what he called “out of control” violence by “local ‘youths’ and gang members,” blaming city leaders for turning a blind eye to teen suspects, some “only 14, 15, and 16 years old.” “The Law in DC must be changed to prosecute these ‘minors’ as adults,” Trump wrote, “and lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14.” He attached a bloody photo of a young man…

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by Zak Failla
Prince Frederick, MD
Police & Fire
Service Dog Can’t Stop Random Knife Attack Inside Solomons Library: Sheriff Service Dog Can’t Stop Random Knife Attack Inside Solomons Library: Sheriff
Service Dog Can’t Stop Random Knife Attack Inside Solomons Library: Sheriff A woman walking into a public library with her service dog was suddenly stabbed in the back in what investigators are calling a random and unprovoked attack, officials in Maryland said. Deputies responded shortly after 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 4, to the Southern Branch Library on HG Trueman Road in Solomons, where they found a woman suffering from two stab wounds to her upper back, the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators said the woman had just entered the building with her service dog when 33-year-old Eugene Terrill Harris, of St. Leonard, allegedly pulled a knife from his pock…

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by Zak Failla
Stafford, VA
Police & Fire
Stafford Woman Stabs Friend After She Tried Playing Matchmaker During Boozy Night: Sheriff Stafford Woman Stabs Friend After She Tried Playing Matchmaker During Boozy Night: Sheriff
Stafford Woman Stabs Friend After She Tried Playing Matchmaker During Boozy Night: Sheriff A Virginia woman was arrested after police say she slashed her friend with a kitchen knife — all because she tried to set her up with a man during a night of drinking. Deputies were called around 9:15 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, to a home on George Mason Road for a report of a disturbance involving a knife, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said. Upon arrival, they found a woman with a visible wound who advised deputies that she had been slashed by a friend — Roanetta Washington — during a night of drinking. According to the sheriff's office, things took a turn when the 52-year-old Washington'…

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by Zak Failla
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Police & Fire
'We Were Just F—ing:' Man Leaves Woman With Collapsed Lung In Little Ferry, Police Say 'We Were Just F—ing:' Man Leaves Woman With Collapsed Lung In Little Ferry, Police Say
'We Were Just F—ing:' Man Leaves Woman With Collapsed Lung In Little Ferry, Police Say A woman was left with severe injuries and a collapsed lung after a violent assault inside a Bergen County apartment, police said. The incident happened just after midnight on Friday, Aug. 1, at the Meridia Apartments, located at 110 Bergen Turnpike in Little Ferry, according to Little Ferry Police Chief James Walters. Officers responded to a report of a physical dispute after a caller reported hearing screaming and seeing a man throwing punches through a window of unit 447, Walter said. When officers arrived, they were met by a resident who provided a video showing a man “throwing multiple…

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by Cecilia Levine
Woodbridge, VA
Police & Fire
Virginia Man Tried To Run Down Woman, Friend Before Beating Them In Woodbridge: Police Virginia Man Tried To Run Down Woman, Friend Before Beating Them In Woodbridge: Police
Virginia Man Tried To Run Down Woman, Friend Before Beating Them In Woodbridge: Police A Virginia man is behind bars after he tried to mow down a woman and her friend with his car — then got out and beat them both, police said. Devin Thomas McLean, 35, of Hampton, was arrested on Sunday, Aug. 3, in connection to a wild assault in Woodbridge, according to the Prince William County Police Department. It happened around midnight on July 30 in the 13100 block of Tory Loop, where police say McLean — described as a former acquaintance of one of the victims — spotted two women walking to a car. That’s when police say McLean intentionally tried to hit both women with his vehicle. T…

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by Zak Failla