Good Samaritan Run Over After Intervening In Armed Woodbridge Robbery, Police Say
A man who tried to help a woman being robbed in Virginia was beaten, robbed, and then run over by a car in a brutal early morning attack, police said.
Officers responded shortly before 5:30 a.m. on Monday, June 16, to the 2000 block of Daniel Stuart Square in Woodbridge for a reported assault, according to the Prince William County Police Department.
The victim, a 26-year-old man, told police he saw several men approach a woman he knew and “demand her property.”
When the man intervened, the suspects “assaulted him and brandished a firearm before taking his property,” police said.
As the m…
Man Admits Stealing Car With Victim's Mother Inside, Hitting Her In Chester: Here's His Fate
A man who stole a car with an elderly woman still inside and struck her daughter with the vehicle during a harrowing Orange County carjacking has pleaded guilty and will serve time in state prison, prosecutors said.
Edward Keegan, age 34, of Chester, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, June 11, in Orange County Court to third-degree robbery, a felony, in connection with the violent incident that took place on February 21 outside Liquor King in the Chester Mall at 78 Brookside Ave., Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced on Friday, June 13.
Prosecutors say Keegan jump…
Man Demands Narcotics In Bethpage CVS Robbery, Arrested Nearly A Year Later: Police
A man walked into a CVS pharmacy, demanded drugs, and fled with stolen items in Bethpage — but he didn’t get far for long, police announced on Thursday, June 12.
Charles Harry, 28, of Wheatley Heights, was arrested after a nearly year-long investigation into a robbery on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, according to the Nassau County Police Department’s Major Case Squad.
Harry allegedly stormed into the CVS at 308 Broadway around 9:10 a.m. and forced his way into the employees-only pharmacy area, where he demanded narcotics from workers. Detectives say he grabbed multiple items before running from …
Two Teens Robbed Montclair Woman Walking Dog At Gunpoint: Police
Two Jersey City teens were arrested and charged on Monday, June 9 with robbing a woman at gunpoint while she was walking her dog in Montclair, authorities said.
On Sunday, June 1 at 12:45 p.m., a woman was walking her dog on Willow Street when she was stopped by Wesley Garcia, 18, and Kirvin De La Rosa, 19, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II and Montclair Police Chief Todd M. Conforti said.
Garcia, De La Rosa and a third suspect were wearing ski masks and demanded the woman's jewelry at gunpoint, authorities said. The suspects were driving a stolen Acura TLX that was later recover…
Armed Waterbury Carjacking Ends When Suspects Crash Car Into Naugatuck Wall; Gun, Drugs Found
Police arrested a man and a woman after they led officers on a high-speed chase across multiple Connecticut cities and towns following a violent carjacking that ended in a crash, authorities said.
Adrianna Carrasquillo, 20, and Juwan Butler, 28, both of Waterbury face multiple charges from the Sunday, June 8, incident, police said.
It all started when an armed assailant approached a man sitting in his car near Pine and Bishop Streets in Waterbury around 5:45 p.m. They demanded he get out of the vehicle before they stole the car and sped away, police said.
The dr…
SWAT Team Arrests Kearny Gym Owner Who Beat Worker With Handgun: Cops
A Kearny gym owner was arrested after allegedly beating a store employee with a handgun during a violent robbery, then fleeing to a nearby gym, police said.
The incident happened on Friday, June 6, at 3 p.m. on Schuyler Avenue, after Edsel M. Brown, 35, of Kearny, was confronted by an employee at Seabra Foods for stealing merchandise, Kearny police said. Brown then pulled out a black handgun and beat an employee with it," police said.
The victim was taken to a local hospital and later transferred to a trauma center due to the severity of the facial injury.
Detectives quickly iden…
