Retired LAPD Cop Who Fatally Shot 20-Year-Old In Dutchess County Gets Prison Time Retired LAPD Cop Who Fatally Shot 20-Year-Old In Dutchess County Gets Prison Time
Retired LAPD Cop Who Fatally Shot 20-Year-Old In Dutchess County Gets Prison Time A retired Los Angeles police officer convicted of fatally shooting a 20-year-old man in Dutchess County will spend decades in prison, prosecutors said.  Pleasant Valley resident Thomas Case, age 54, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision on Tuesday, Sept. 8, for first-degree manslaughter, a violent felony, according to the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office.  The sentence stems from the death of Anthony Cuozzo, age 20, who was shot multiple times in Pleasant Valley on Oct. 5, 2024.  As Daily Voice previously reported, Case is …
Double-Homicide Suspect Caught After Pistol-Whipping Woman In Westchester County, Police Say Double-Homicide Suspect Caught After Pistol-Whipping Woman In Westchester County, Police Say
Double-Homicide Suspect Caught After Pistol-Whipping Woman In Westchester County, Police Say A man wanted in connection with a double homicide in New York City was caught at a Brooklyn apartment after assaulting a victim in Westchester County, police said. Brooklyn resident Ronald Rashad Givhan, age 42, was apprehended in Brooklyn on Monday, Sept. 7, following a joint investigation by the New Rochelle Police Department, the NYPD, and the FBI, New Rochelle Police announced on Tuesday, Sept. 8.  Police said the New Rochelle case began at around 4:39 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 6, when officers responded to 23 1st St. for a reported serious domestic assault. There, a 31-year-old New Ro…
Drunk Mom Put 5-Month-Old In Best Western Spa Tub Before Fatal Drowning: DA Drunk Mom Put 5-Month-Old In Best Western Spa Tub Before Fatal Drowning: DA
Drunk Mom Put 5-Month-Old In Best Western Spa Tub Before Fatal Drowning: DA A 25-year-old mother was drunk when she put her 5-month-old daughter in a spa tub at a Best Western hotel before the baby drowned, prosecutors said. Diontae Nicole Beckett, of Philadelphia, will face trial in the death of her daughter, A’zara Beckett of Coatesville, after waiving her preliminary hearing on Wednesday, Aug. 26, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced in an update on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Beckett is charged with involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of children. Baby Found Unresponsive At Hotel A’zara was found unresponsive at the Best Western Plu…
Coke And Heroin In Stolen Car Land Capital Region Trio In Handcuffs: Police Coke And Heroin In Stolen Car Land Capital Region Trio In Handcuffs: Police
Coke And Heroin In Stolen Car Land Capital Region Trio In Handcuffs: Police A Capital Region trio was arrested in a stolen car with cocaine and heroin, police said Tuesday, Sept. 8. Rick C. Sweet, 38; Leah H. Detroye, 29; and Jadyn S. Flexer, 24, were pulled over around 3 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31 in Clifton Park, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office said. Cops spotted the three suspects in a car that had been reported stolen from Ballston Spa earlier that morning, authorities said. They stopped the car on Vischer Ferry Road in Clifton Park and found more than 500 milligrams of cocaine and a small amount of heroin, according to police. All three were charged with fifth…
Boat Flips Off Long Island Coast During Labor Day Outing, Coast Guard Responds Boat Flips Off Long Island Coast During Labor Day Outing, Coast Guard Responds
Boat Flips Off Long Island Coast During Labor Day Outing, Coast Guard Responds At least five people were rescued in boating accidents off Long Island’s South Shore on Monday, Sept. 7, authorities said. The U.S. Coast Guard saved four people when a boat overturned in Fire Island Inlet just before 3 p.m. Monday, the West Islip Fire Department said. At least one other person was rescued in a separate incident, according to the department. One person was hospitalized for minor injuries at Good Samaritan Hospital, while four others declined treatment, officials said. By the time the local departments responded to the scene, the Coast Guard had already scooped up five peop…
Seatmate Reveals What Triggered Unruly Realtor's Mid-Air Meltdown: 'Jesus Is Bull—' Seatmate Reveals What Triggered Unruly Realtor's Mid-Air Meltdown: 'Jesus Is Bull—'
Seatmate Reveals What Triggered Unruly Realtor's Mid-Air Meltdown: 'Jesus Is Bull—' A New Jersey author says he was seated beside the unruly passenger who was later duct-taped aboard a flight last week — and is now revealing what he says triggered the meltdown. Jonathan Cahn, an author and religious leader who leads the Beth Israel Worship Center in Wayne, identified himself as the passenger seated beside Layne Arthur Lundeen, 67, of Arizona, aboard Newark-bound American Airlines Flight 618 in a 48-minute YouTube video shared Sunday, Sept. 7. Cahn said the conversation aboard the Thursday, Sept. 3, flight from Dallas to Newark turned to religion and his newest novel, …
Longtime Rockland Special Education Teacher Dies At 61 Longtime Rockland Special Education Teacher Dies At 61
Longtime Rockland Special Education Teacher Dies At 61 A longtime Rockland County special education teacher who spent more than three decades helping children is being remembered after her death last week.  Thiells resident Maureen Ann O'Grady died surrounded by her family on Wednesday, Sept. 2, at the age of 61, according to her obituary.  Born in New York City on April 4, 1965, O'Grady moved with her family to the North Rockland area at a young age and remained there for the rest of her life. She graduated from North Rockland High School before continuing her education at St. Thomas Aquinas College and Fordham University. O'Gr…
Historic Maryland Townhouses Catch Fire After Flames Jump Alley From Nearby Café Historic Maryland Townhouses Catch Fire After Flames Jump Alley From Nearby Café
Historic Maryland Townhouses Catch Fire After Flames Jump Alley From Nearby Café Someone walked away from the fryer. The fire didn't stay put. An accidental fire tore through a Maryland building and threatened neighboring historic homes on Sunday, Sept. 6, leaving five people displaced and causing an estimated $600,000 in damage. The fire broke out around 3:40 p.m. at Brian's Best Café & Pastries on Cannon Street in Chestertown, where multiple 911 callers reported flames and a person escaping from the second floor. By the time the first Chestertown firefighters arrived, flames had engulfed the side of the two-story business and apartment building, as well as a vehi…
Ex-Penn State Coach, Convicted Child Sex Offender Jerry Sandusky Appeal Case Dismissed Ex-Penn State Coach, Convicted Child Sex Offender Jerry Sandusky Appeal Case Dismissed
Ex-Penn State Coach, Convicted Child Sex Offender Jerry Sandusky Appeal Case Dismissed Convicted child sex offender and former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky's latest bid to overturn his convictions has been dismissed after he declined to proceed with a purported victim recantation that had landed him a new evidentiary hearing. Senior Judge Maureen A. Skerda dismissed Sandusky's third Post-Conviction Relief Act petition on Tuesday, Sept. 8, after determining that the 82-year-old had been fully informed of his rights and understood his attorneys' decision to withdraw the claim involving R.R., identified in court records as Victim 10. Sandusky has 30 days to appeal, a…
Maryland Mother Murdered Days Before 29th Birthday Remembered As 'Beautiful, Caring, Fun' Maryland Mother Murdered Days Before 29th Birthday Remembered As 'Beautiful, Caring, Fun'
Maryland Mother Murdered Days Before 29th Birthday Remembered As 'Beautiful, Caring, Fun' Jordan Holt was two weeks shy of her 29th birthday when the mother of two was murdered in Maryland. Holt was shot shortly after 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, inside a home on the 400 block of Ethels Way in Salisbury, according to Maryland State Police. She leaves behind a 9-year-old son and 9-month-old daughter. Her reported boyfriend, Gage Mitchell, 29, was charged in connection with her murder. TikTok videos of him boasting about a previous Maryland shooting have since gone viral. Court records cited by 47 ABC-WMDT identify Mitchell as the father of Holt’s 9-month-old daughter and say the…
LI Driver, 26, Found Dead Hours After Van Slammed Into Tree And Flipped: Police LI Driver, 26, Found Dead Hours After Van Slammed Into Tree And Flipped: Police
LI Driver, 26, Found Dead Hours After Van Slammed Into Tree And Flipped: Police A Long Island driver was killed in a one-car crash early Tuesday, Sept. 8, police said. Matthew Schneider, 26, of Selden, was driving a 2018 Chevrolet Express eastbound on Express Drive South near Maple Avenue in Holbrook around 3:10 a.m., the Suffolk County Police Department said. Schneider’s vehicle left the road, struck a tree, and overturned, investigators said. However, the wreck wasn’t reported until a passing motorist called 911 around 5:30 a.m., police said. When officers finally responded to the crash, Schneider was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. Schneider’s vehic…
Westchester Man, 26, Battling Cancer For Third Time — But Isn't Facing It Alone Westchester Man, 26, Battling Cancer For Third Time — But Isn't Facing It Alone
Westchester Man, 26, Battling Cancer For Third Time — But Isn't Facing It Alone A 26-year-old man from Northern Westchester who survived cancer twice as a child is facing the disease for a third time — and his community is now rallying around him.   Cortlandt Manor native Ian Manzares was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in November 2025 at age 25, according to family and friends. It is the latest chapter in a battle with cancer that began more than two decades ago. Manzares was just 4 years old when he was diagnosed with stage 4 rhabdomyosarcoma. He underwent treatment and beat the disease, only to receive another cancer diagnosis 10 years…