PA District Attorney Charged With Rape, Strangulation May Lose Bail Following New Crimes: AG
A Pennsylvania District Attorney who was arrested for rape and related charges but was later released may have his bail revoked by Pennsylvania's Attorney General Josh Shapiro after half a dozen new charges were filed in two separate incidents.
Somerset District Attorney, Jeffrey Lynn Thomas II, 36, of Windber, was first accused of entering a known woman’s home in Windber without permission, refusing to leave, then sexually and physically assaulting her on Saturday. Sept. 18, 2021, according to court documents.
For that incident, he was charged with the following, court records show…
NO LIE: Career Bergen Burglar Caught Breaking Into, Of All Places, An Alarm Business: Police
A career criminal from Bergenfield who’s been busted well over a dozen times the past two decades was caught breaking into an alarm business, Maywood police said.
Myles Gerard Shanahan, 61, has a long history of arrests in several towns – Bergenfield, Closter and Tenafly, among them -- mostly for burglary, theft and shoplifting but also for assault and DWI, records show.
He'd been released a few weeks earlier following an arrest for a burglary in Bergenfield when officers in Maywood responded to a late-night alarm at Chief Security Systems on Spring Valley Road on March 29, Police Chief Ter…
Pre-Dawn Prowlers From NYC Caught At Route 4 Car Dealership With Guns, Drugs: Paramus PD
The getaway driver for a pair of car thieves caught prowling a Route 4 car dealership in Paramus before dawn was carrying two guns and several heroin folds, authorities said.
Officer Matthew Orefice chased down one of them while responding to a call of men with flashlights peering into vehicle on the DCH Paramus Honda lot shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday, March 24, Deputy Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said.
He was identified as Mitchell A. Pringle, 34, of Brooklyn.
Officer Ryan Hayo nabbed Pringle's partner, Dramane Guitti, 25, of New York City, Ehrenberg said. He was wearing a black h…
Florida Woman Burns Down NJ Psych Ward Turned Mansion Causing $3.5M In Damages: Police
A woman from Florida was charged with arson in the fire that destroyed a historic mansion and former psychiatric hospital in New Jersey, authorities said.
Evelyn V. Alvino, 20, of Pinellas Park, FL, was charged with aggravated arson, burglary, criminal trespassing, and criminal mischief after an 18-month investigation into the fire, NJ State Police said.
On May 30, 2020, detectives began investigating a fire at the Arthur Brisbane Child Treatment Center.
The former psychiatric hospital was closed in 2005 due to complaints about the conditions there, and it has since been abandoned, accord…
Police: Combative Driver Tangles With Officers At Rochelle Park Auto Shop
A BMW owner fought Rochelle Park police after trying to retrieve his disabled car from a local auto body shop, authorities said.
Responding to the call, Sgt. Chris Bermudez and Officer Brian Monico found Erin Andres Espinal, 26, of Brooklyn in a restricted area of the Essex Street shop refusing to leave his 335i, Lt. James DePreta said.
When they asked him to leave, Espinal became combative, tangling with the officers, he said.
Espinal was subdued after a brief struggle, then taken to a local hospital, the lieutenant said.
He was charged with resisting arrest, aggravated assault on police…
