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Mass Man Guilty Of 1st-Degree Murder In Brutal Shooting Death Of North Haven Woman: DA
A 42-year-old western Massachusetts man faces a mandatory life sentence after a jury convicted him of murdering a woman who was found shot inside a Holyoke home more than four years ago.
Pablo Rivera-Ortiz, of Holyoke, was found guilty of first-degree murder on Friday, Nov. 6, Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni announced.
The jury found Rivera-Ortiz guilty of killing Desiree Rivera-Lopez, 36, of North Haven, Connecticut, in July 2022. Jurors agreed that the murder involved both deliberate planning and extreme cruelty.
The case began just after midnight on July 23, 2022, wh…
Emaciated, Infected Dog Rescued From New York Home, Officials Say
An emaciated and infected dog has been rescued from a Long Island home, authorities announced Friday, Nov. 6.
The suffering dog was discovered at residence in Islip on Sunday, Oct. 25, the Suffolk County SPCA said.
It was “suffering from severe emaciation, a severe chronic skin infection, and serious infections in both ears,” the SPCA said. Rescuers immediately transported the dog to a veterinarian for emergency care, according to the group.
The SPCA will provide additional details about the rescue operation and the dog’s condition at a press conference Monday, Nov. 9, the organization sai…
Comcast Cofounder Who Helped Build Cable Giant Dead Weeks After $20M Gift
A Philadelphia cable television pioneer who helped build Comcast and recently joined his wife in giving $20 million to the city’s art museum has died, the company announced Friday, Nov. 6.
Julian A. Brodsky died Thursday, Nov. 5, at 93, according to Comcast’s announcement.
“Julian was an extraordinary leader, a brilliant financial mind, and one of the architects of cable television,” Comcast Chairman Brian L. Roberts said.
Brodsky and Daniel Aaron helped Ralph Roberts build the company following the 1963 purchase of American Cable Systems, a cable operation serving 1,200 subscribers in Tup…
Wife Recalls Final Desperate Phone Call With Husband Before Drowning In Florida Floodwaters
A Massachusetts native is mourning her husband after a deadly Florida flood trapped the father of four inside his vehicle as he pleaded for help during a final FaceTime call with his wife.
Stacy Petit Bennett, a Walpole native, lost her husband, 34-year-old Joshua Bennett, on Monday, Nov. 2, when fast-moving floodwaters submerged his vehicle in Palm Bay, Florida.
Joshua had gone out for coffee when rising water surrounded his vehicle
"He called me on FaceTime, and he was just crying like, 'I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do.' And he said he's in the middle of a ri…
Missing Girl, 10, Found Dead In Car Trunk, Foster Mom Charged With Murder
A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who vanished from her foster home more than a week ago was found dead inside the trunk of a car in South Jersey, with bruising and scars suggesting a history of abuse, authorities announced Thursday, Nov. 5.
Malayshia Alford's foster mother, Caprice Williams, 36, has been charged with murder, abuse of a corpse, and several other related offenses, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced during a Thursday evening news conference.
The child's remains were discovered by Philadelphia police in Linwood, located in Atlantic County, following an invest…
CT Woman Killed In Home, Husband Found Dead Miles Away: Brother Speaks Out
A Connecticut woman was killed at her home earlier this week, and her husband's body was found several miles away with a self-inflicted gunshot wound soon after, officials said. Investigators are trying to piece together what happened, but the woman's family believes it has answers.
Amanda Dark, 41, and her husband, John Dark, 44, were found dead Tuesday morning, Nov. 3, after police responded to a reported suicide at a home on Roxbury Road in New Britain, city officials said Thursday.
Officers found Amanda's body in a bedroom at their home with a gunshot wound. John was later found with a …
Months-Long CT Drug Investigation Ends With 2 Arrests
A months-long investigation into an alleged drug operation at a Connecticut home ended with two arrests after police uncovered cocaine, drug scales, and equipment used to prepare drugs, authorities said.
Wayne Wymss, 42, and Michael Drake, 44, both of Danbury, were arrested Thursday, Oct. 29, after detectives searched a home at 7 High Street Extension, according to Danbury Police.
The investigation began after police received numerous complaints from neighbors about suspected drug use and sales at the home.
Detectives learned Wymss lived there and was allegedly selling drugs out of the hom…
Retired Nypd Cop Recounts 14-Minute Call Before Daughter's Murder-Suicide: Report
A retired NYPD officer from Dutchess County said he spent 14 minutes on the phone with his daughter as her boyfriend held a gun to her head, desperately pleading for her life before hearing the shot that killed her.
Rudy Cantarini, of Poughkeepsie, described the horrifying final moments of his daughter, Andrea Cantarini, 37, who was killed in an apparent murder-suicide inside her Bronx apartment on Tuesday night, Nov. 3, the New York Post reported.
Andrea, a Brooklyn native and nurse at St. Barnabas Hospital, was allegedly shot in the head by her boyfriend, Juan Cornelio D…
Woman Drove Off After Crashing Into CT Man, Leaving Him Gravely Injured: Police
A 21-year-old Connecticut woman is facing multiple charges after police say she crashed into a pedestrian and left him critically injured on the side of the road before she drove away.
Carly Snyder, 21, of Monroe, is accused of the crash near the intersection of Main Street and Plymouth Avenue in Norwalk at 10:09 p.m. on June 2, Norwalk police said.
The victim, an adult man, suffered serious, life-threatening injuries. Instead, the driver fled, leaving him on the side of the road.
A damaged SUV helped investigators crack the case.
Norwalk Police Department's Accident Reconstruc…
Mom's Topless NYC Marathon Run Was About Much More Than Turning Heads
A New Jersey mother who survived two types of breast cancer is going viral for running the New York City Marathon topless, proudly displaying the scars left behind by the disease she fought to overcome.
Lauren Spiezia, 33, completed the 26.2-mile race Sunday, Nov. 1, in 4 hours, 54 minutes, and 5 seconds, according to official marathon results.
Diagnosed with breast cancer at 31, Spiezia underwent chemotherapy, a bilateral mastectomy, and reconstruction. Rather than cover the scars left behind, she made them part of her message: "Today, I’m running the NYC Marathon with my scars uncove…
Family Says Object Thrown From Woodbridge Overpass Killed Passing Driver, 43
A Connecticut driver whose death was initially reported as a crash was killed by an object thrown from an overpass, his family says.
Todd Atkins, 43, died after the incident at the Racebrook Road overpass on Wilbur Cross Parkway in Woodbridge around 5:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Connecticut State Police said.
In a statement shared on social media, the family said an object appears to have been thrown from Racebrook Road, also known as Route 114, and "went through Todd’s windshield.”
“He died from blunt force trauma to his torso,” the family said. “Todd did nothing wrong ex…
Mom Reveals What Led Up To Parking Garage Murder-Suicide That Left Her Husband, 2 Children Dead
A mother whose husband killed their two children and himself is revealing the struggles he faced before the murder-suicide — and the help he had agreed to seek.
Anna DeMase Lynch shared those details after her husband, Patrick Lynch, and their children, James, 8, and Caroline, 6, were killed in the Tuesday, Nov. 3 murder-suicide in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, as previously reported by Daily Voice.
“My husband made the irreversible decision to kill our two children and himself this evening,” Anna wrote on Facebook.
Patrick was laid off in August and became depressed shortly afterward, she wr…
Community Mourns Retired CT Police Captain, Father Of 2 Killed In Fiery Cheshire Crash
Two Connecticut communities are in mourning after a retired police captain and a devoted father of two who ran a family business were killed in a fiery Camaro crash. Friends and family say their deaths have left a void in the lives of loved ones.
John D’Aniello, 42, of Waterbury, and James Zabel, 43, of Meriden, died Sunday, Nov. 1, when their 1978 Chevrolet Camaro crashed into a tree and caught fire on Waterbury Road in Cheshire.
Police said Zabel was driving when the car left the road around 10:45 p.m. Emergency crews pulled both men from the wreckage and rushed them to a hospital, where …
