Norwich, CT
News
CT Man Posed As Officer, Assaulted Woman In Hotel Room: Police CT Man Posed As Officer, Assaulted Woman In Hotel Room: Police
CT Man Posed As Officer, Assaulted Woman In Hotel Room: Police A Connecticut man with multiple fake IDs was arrested after he barged into a hotel room to assault a woman he worked with, police said. The New London County incident occurred on Friday, Feb. 2 in the town of Griswold, according to Connecticut State Police. Posing as a police officer, 45-year-old Jonathan Brand of Norwich is said to have knocked on the door of a hotel room at the Comfort Inn located at 375 Voluntown Road, calling out that he was law enforcement. The woman inside — who later informed police that she knew Brand from where she worked and that he was with her and her boyfri…

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by Sophie Grieser
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Lynn Man Guilty Of Violent Sexual Assault, Home Invasion In Boston: DA Lynn Man Guilty Of Violent Sexual Assault, Home Invasion In Boston: DA
Lynn Man Guilty Of Violent Sexual Assault, Home Invasion In Boston: DA A Lynn man was found guilty on charges in connection with a break-in and sexual assault at a Jamaica Plain apartment in October 2022, officials said. Washington Pearson, 56, was found guilty by a Suffolk County jury of: Armed assault in a dwelling Armed robbery Assault with intent to rape Indecent assault and battery Two counts of strangulation Larceny from a building Armed breaking and entering during the daytime putting a person in fear On Oct. 24, 2022, Pearson used a screwdriver to break into the apartment of two women on the Arborway in Jamaica Plain, the Suffolk County district attor…

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by Khier Casino
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Woman Tried Killing Child: Prosecutor NJ Woman Tried Killing Child: Prosecutor
NJ Woman Tried Killing Child: Prosecutor A New Jersey woman has been charged with trying to kill a child, authorities announced. Alfonsina Anguita, 21, of Manville, became the center of an investigation after a 3-year-old child was hospitalized on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. The child had signs of physical abuse and strangulation, McDonald said alongside Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and Manville Borough Police Department Officer-In-Charge Lieutenant Craig Jeremiah. "Further medical examination revealed patterns and …

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by Cecilia Levine
Manassas, VA
Police & Fire
Man Grabs 14-Year-Old's Neck During Domestic Incident In Virginia: Police Man Grabs 14-Year-Old's Neck During Domestic Incident In Virginia: Police
Man Grabs 14-Year-Old's Neck During Domestic Incident In Virginia: Police A 27-year-old man has been arrested after police said he struck a 14-year-old and grabbed his neck during an argument in Prince William County. Alvaro Jasmany Toledo-Garcia and the boy were arguing at The Crossings at Summerland Apartments located in the 13700 block of Keelingwood Cl., in Woodbridge, around 11 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, county police said. During the incident, Toledo-Garcia struck the boy before grabbing his neck, police said. The two eventually separated, and Toledo-Garcia fled the apartment.  While investigating the incident, Toledo-Garcia returned to th…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hartford, CT
Police & Fire
25-Year-Old CT Man Accused Of Murdering Associate 25-Year-Old CT Man Accused Of Murdering Associate
25-Year-Old CT Man Accused Of Murdering Associate A 25-year-old Connecticut man has been charged with allegedly strangling an associate to death. Litchfield County resident Brian Seholm, of Torrington, was charged on Thursday, Jan, 11, with the April 2023 death of Hartford County resident Dominick Francischelli, age 55, of Southington. During an investigation, the State Medical Examiner's Officer ruled that Francischelli died from compression of the neck and the manner of death as being homicide, said Det. Sgt. Sergeant James Armack of the Southington Police. Southington Police Department detectives applied for and executed multiple searc…

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by Kathy Reakes
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Woman's Screams Lead To Attempted Murder Charge For Christmas Strangler In NJ: Police Woman's Screams Lead To Attempted Murder Charge For Christmas Strangler In NJ: Police
Woman's Screams Lead To Attempted Murder Charge For Christmas Strangler In NJ: Police A 33-year-old man was charged with trying to kill a 52-year-old woman in South Jersey on Christmas. Reports of a woman screaming brought police to N. Franklin and W. Arbor Avenue in Buena Borough just after midnight on Monday, Dec. 25, Franklin Township police said. The Mays Landing woman was disoriented and bleeding from her head, police found after Justin Lopez, of Landisville, had strangled her and thrown a brick at her head, police said. The woman was hospitalized while Lopez was charged with aggravated assault, strangulation, and unlawful possession of a weapon. He was held in the Atl…

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by Cecilia Levine
Manassas, VA
Police & Fire
Man Arrested For Strangling Teen Breaking Up Fight With Woman In Virginia Apartment, Police Say Man Arrested For Strangling Teen Breaking Up Fight With Woman In Virginia Apartment, Police Say
Man Arrested For Strangling Teen Breaking Up Fight With Woman In Virginia Apartment, Police Say A grown man who choked a teenager attempting to intervene during a domestic dispute involving a woman in Prince William County has been apprehended, according to police. Shortly before 9:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 5, officers from the Prince William County Police Department responded to the Woodburn Apartment complex in the 11300 block of Golden Leaf Circle in Manassas, where there was a reported incident involving 39-year-old Joseph Edward Moore III and a woman. According to police, Moore was involved in a verbal altercation with the 34-year-old woman that rapidly escalated, leading him to a…

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by Zak Failla
Hartford, CT
Police & Fire
CT Man Accused Of Strangling Woman CT Man Accused Of Strangling Woman
CT Man Accused Of Strangling Woman A Connecticut man was charged with strangulation after police said a woman reported she was choked and assaulted. The incident took place in Hartford County on Tuesday, Dec. 5 in South Windsor. According to Sgt. Mark Cleverdon of the South Windsor Police, officers were alerted to a woman walking down the street crying.  The woman arrived at police headquarters and told officers that she had been choked and assaulted by Bruce Salisbury, age 56, of South Windsor, Cleverdon said. Salisbury was taken into custody at his home and charged with assault and strangulation. He was released on…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
'Do You Want Me To Choke You Out?' Bus Aide Strangled 6-Year-Old, Montco DA Says 'Do You Want Me To Choke You Out?' Bus Aide Strangled 6-Year-Old, Montco DA Says
'Do You Want Me To Choke You Out?' Bus Aide Strangled 6-Year-Old, Montco DA Says (Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a statement from North Penn School District.) A school bus aide in the North Penn School District is accused of choking a 6-year-old student, said the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.  MacArthur Wilson, a 72-year-old Lansdale resident, is charged with strangulation, attempted simple assault, reckless endangerment, and harassment, according to prosecutors.  Authorities said the bus was in Montgomery Township, about one minute away from the 6-year-old boy's stop when the bus driver told Wilson to sit with him on th…

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by Mac Bullock
Manassas, VA
Police & Fire
Teen Strangled While Breaking Up Fight In Virginia Apartment, Police Say Teen Strangled While Breaking Up Fight In Virginia Apartment, Police Say
Teen Strangled While Breaking Up Fight In Virginia Apartment, Police Say A grown man who choked a teenager attempting to intervene during a domestic dispute involving a woman in Prince William County is at large, according to police. Shortly before 9:40 p.m. on Tuesday night, officers from the Prince William County Police Department responded to the Woodburn Apartment complex in the 11300 block of Golden Leaf Circle in Manassas, where there was a reported incident involving 39-year-old Joseph Edward Moore III and a woman. According to police, Moore was involved in a verbal altercation with the 34-year-old woman that rapidly escalated, leading him to allegedly pu…

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by Zak Failla
Lancaster, PA
Police & Fire
PA Man Knocked Victim Out, Revived Them, Then Choked Them Again: Police PA Man Knocked Victim Out, Revived Them, Then Choked Them Again: Police
PA Man Knocked Victim Out, Revived Them, Then Choked Them Again: Police A Lancaster man is accused of reviving someone he strangled unconscious only to choke them again, according to authorities.  Manheim police said it happened at a house on North Queen Street on Nov. 23.  Corey Lee Aaron, 29, started an argument with the victim before snatching their phone and breaking it, a witness told investigators. He then threatened to kill the victim and choked them until they blacked out, police claimed.  When the victim lost consciousness, Aaron performed rescue breaths and chest compressions until they woke up, authorities said.  That's whe…

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by Mac Bullock
Gettysburg, PA
News
Infant Son Strangled By PA Dad, Maryland Native: ADA Infant Son Strangled By PA Dad, Maryland Native: ADA
Infant Son Strangled By PA Dad, Maryland Native: ADA In one day in a Gettysburg courtroom, a 37-year-old man changed the life of his family, by pleading guilty to strangling his infant son, Adams County Assistant District Attorney Kyle Reuter explained to Daily Voice.  Jonathan Ray Moats, originally of Oakland, Maryland, mostly recently of Palmyra, PA,  was arrested in October following an incident involving his 5-month-old boy, court records show.   Moats has admitted to covering his son's nose and mouth using a blanket when he wouldn't stop crying, while at a home on High Street in New Oxford on Oct. 11, a…

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by Jillian Pikora