Firebug Who Intentionally Set Massive Blaze That Killed Sterling Woman Convicted On All Counts Firebug Who Intentionally Set Massive Blaze That Killed Sterling Woman Convicted On All Counts Firebug Who Intentionally Set Massive Blaze That Killed Sterling Woman Convicted On All Counts
Firebug Who Intentionally Set Massive Blaze That Killed Sterling Woman Convicted On All Counts Jacob Bogatin may spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of intentionally setting a massive fire in Virginia that killed a 36-year-old woman last year. Jacob Bogatin, 78, was convicted following a three-week jury trial of all counts, including first-degree felony murder, after sparking the October 2025 fire that killed Madelaine Akers on Riptide Square, according to the Loudoun County Commonwealth's Attorney. Loudoun County Fire and Rescue officials said the flames spread rapidly, causing “multiple structural collapses” that prevented crews from entering the building. T…
Woman Admits To Brutal AC Tropicana Casino Assault: Prosecutor Woman Admits To Brutal AC Tropicana Casino Assault: Prosecutor Woman Admits To Brutal AC Tropicana Casino Assault: Prosecutor
Woman Admits To Brutal AC Tropicana Casino Assault: Prosecutor A Clayton woman pleaded guilty to brutally assaulting a person at Tropicana Casino, authorities announced Friday, Sept. 4. Anntanette Johnson pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. Per the terms of a plea agreement, she is expected to be sentenced to three years in prison, authorities said. On Sunday, March 1, Atlantic City police responded to the Tropicana Casino and saw Anntanette Johnson approach the victim who was on the ground and not involved in any altercation, and kick the victim in the face, authorities said. The victim was kno…
Cause Of US Attorney’s Death In Federal Building Revealed By Medical Examiner Cause Of US Attorney’s Death In Federal Building Revealed By Medical Examiner Cause Of US Attorney’s Death In Federal Building Revealed By Medical Examiner
Cause Of US Attorney’s Death In Federal Building Revealed By Medical Examiner A medical examiner has determined how a prominent federal prosecutor died after his body was discovered inside a government building. Former Acting US Attorney Andrew Haden, 48, died by suicide, the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed, according to the Los Angeles Times. The cause of death was hanging. Haden was found inside a vacant office at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building in downtown San Diego late Wednesday, Aug. 19, shortly after he was reported missing. Investigators found no evidence of foul play. The medical examiner classified the manner of death as suicid…
'White Girl,’ ‘Half A Brick’: Wiretaps Detail Montco Cocaine, Marijuana Ring 'White Girl,’ ‘Half A Brick’: Wiretaps Detail Montco Cocaine, Marijuana Ring 'White Girl,’ ‘Half A Brick’: Wiretaps Detail Montco Cocaine, Marijuana Ring
'White Girl,’ ‘Half A Brick’: Wiretaps Detail Montco Cocaine, Marijuana Ring A suspected drug network used code words including “white girl,” “dirtbike,” and even the names of NFL players while moving cocaine and marijuana through the region, investigators announced on Monday, Aug. 31. Ten people have been charged following the months-long investigation, which led authorities to seize more than 250 pounds of marijuana, 7.5 ounces of cocaine, 12 firearms, and approximately $110,000 in cash, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele explained. But a nearly 200-page affidavit obtained by Daily Voice on Monday details how investigators say the sprawling operat…
Dozens Of Shell Casings Link Man To 2 Meriden Shootings, Police Say Dozens Of Shell Casings Link Man To 2 Meriden Shootings, Police Say Dozens Of Shell Casings Link Man To 2 Meriden Shootings, Police Say
Dozens Of Shell Casings Link Man To 2 Meriden Shootings, Police Say More than 40 shell casings covered a Meriden street after gunfire struck a building. Weeks later, another burst of gunfire hit a vehicle across the city. Police say one firearm connected both shootings. Justice Roman, 23, was linked to a May 5 shooting on Crown Street and a June 15 shooting on Camp Street, police said. Officers found more than 40 shell casings in front of a building damaged by gunfire in the 200 block of Crown Street.  Roman was later charged with criminal attempt to commit first-degree assault, criminal possession of a firearm, and risk of injury to a minor in that c…
Maryland Man Forced Women To Have Sex With Up To 10 Men A Day Across 6 States: Feds Maryland Man Forced Women To Have Sex With Up To 10 Men A Day Across 6 States: Feds Maryland Man Forced Women To Have Sex With Up To 10 Men A Day Across 6 States: Feds
Maryland Man Forced Women To Have Sex With Up To 10 Men A Day Across 6 States: Feds A Maryland man who forced women into prostitution across several East Coast states is facing life in prison. Brandon Sartor, 33, a Prince George's County native, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Aug. 27 to two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, according to the Department of Justice. Between December 2024 and April 2025, prosecutors say that Sartor used physical violence, threats, sexual assault, and the withholding of drugs to compel two women to engage in repeated commercial sex acts in Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. His …
New Windsor Man Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Young Child Multiple Times: DA New Windsor Man Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Young Child Multiple Times: DA New Windsor Man Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Young Child Multiple Times: DA
New Windsor Man Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Young Child Multiple Times: DA An Orange County man has admitted to sexually abusing a child younger than 13 over a period of several months and is expected to spend nearly two decades in prison, prosecutors said.  New Windsor resident Howard Fitts, 37, pleaded guilty to first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child in Orange County Court on Tuesday, Aug. 18, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced on Friday, Aug. 21.  During his plea, Fitts admitted that between December 2024 and May 2025, he engaged in two or more acts of sexual conduct with a child who was younger than 13, according t…
Tiny Car Defect Lands Brooklyn Men In Big Trouble In Five Towns: Police Tiny Car Defect Lands Brooklyn Men In Big Trouble In Five Towns: Police Tiny Car Defect Lands Brooklyn Men In Big Trouble In Five Towns: Police
Tiny Car Defect Lands Brooklyn Men In Big Trouble In Five Towns: Police Two Brooklyn men were arrested while traveling through Long Island early Wednesday, Aug. 19, police said. Boubacar Sy, 41, and Darnell Williams, 42, were busted with an illegal weapon on the Nassau Expressway in Inwood around 1 a.m. Wednesday, the Nassau County Police Department said. Sy was behind the wheel of a black 2014 Toyota Camry traveling southbound when cops spotted a defective license plate lamp and pulled the vehicle over, authorities said. Investigators then recovered a loaded SCCY CPX-2 9mm handgun inside the vehicle, according to police. Sy and Williams, in the passenger’s se…
Girl Under 15 Sexually Abused In Albany, Suspect Arrested: Authorities Girl Under 15 Sexually Abused In Albany, Suspect Arrested: Authorities Girl Under 15 Sexually Abused In Albany, Suspect Arrested: Authorities
Girl Under 15 Sexually Abused In Albany, Suspect Arrested: Authorities A Capital Region man has been arrested for sexually assaulting a girl under age 15, authorities revealed Monday, Aug. 17. Julian Lloyd, 31, of Albany, was charged with second- and third-degree aggravated sexual abuse, first-degree sexual abuse, and child endangerment, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said. Lloyd met the girl at 479 State Street in Albany around 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 7 and sexually assaulted her, investigators said. New York State Police looked into the allegations against Lloyd and arrested him Wednesday, Aug. 12, according to prosecutors. At his arraignment M…
EHT Man Admits To Sexually Abusing Stepdaughter: Prosecutor EHT Man Admits To Sexually Abusing Stepdaughter: Prosecutor EHT Man Admits To Sexually Abusing Stepdaughter: Prosecutor
EHT Man Admits To Sexually Abusing Stepdaughter: Prosecutor A 50-year-old Egg Harbor Township man pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting his stepdaughter, authorities announced Friday, Aug. 14. Per the terms of a plea agreement, Rufino Carreron-Peralta faces 18 years in prison after pleadinig guilty to aggravated sexual assault against a victim less than 13 years of age, endangering the welfare of a child by permitting a child to engage in filming a prohibited sexual act, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. In 2003, a girl told Egg Harbor Township police Carreron-Peralta, her stefather, was sexually abusing her, authorities s…
He Hit A Homemade Pipe Bomb With A Hammer, Then His Gaithersburg Home Exploded He Hit A Homemade Pipe Bomb With A Hammer, Then His Gaithersburg Home Exploded He Hit A Homemade Pipe Bomb With A Hammer, Then His Gaithersburg Home Exploded
He Hit A Homemade Pipe Bomb With A Hammer, Then His Gaithersburg Home Exploded Robert Stojinski Jr. learned the hard way what happens when a homemade explosive meets a hammer. The 43-year-old Gaithersburg man was sentenced to 54 years in prison, with all but 25 years suspended, months after a pipe bomb exploded inside his Montgomery County home, blasting a hole between floors and sending pieces of metal shrapnel flying through the house. Robert Stojinski, Jr. Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office And that was only the beginning of what investigators found inside. The explosion happened at Stojinski's home on Empress Court in Gaithersburg on Oct. 24, 202…
Man Who Sexually Abused Child Over 2 Years In Poughkeepsie Is Convicted Man Who Sexually Abused Child Over 2 Years In Poughkeepsie Is Convicted Man Who Sexually Abused Child Over 2 Years In Poughkeepsie Is Convicted
Man Who Sexually Abused Child Over 2 Years In Poughkeepsie Is Convicted A man who sexually abused a child over two years in Dutchess County has been convicted following a five-day trial, prosecutors said.  Poughkeepsie resident Victor Harris, 42, was convicted on Wednesday, Aug. 12, of six felony sex offenses and one misdemeanor after a jury deliberated for two-and-a-half days, the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office announced.  The jury was unable to reach a verdict on four additional charges. The charges stemmed from incidents at two locations in the City of Poughkeepsie on various dates between July 2022 and April 2024, prosecutor…