17-Year-Old Missing, Possibly In PA: Washington Twp Police
Keegan Spina, a 17-year-old Washington Township resident, remains missing, authorities said Friday, Aug. 28.
Spira was seen at a SEPTA station platform at 6th and Market Streets in Philadelphia, wearing a light-colored sweatshirt, shorts, backpack, and what appears to be a red/maroon Arizona Diamondbacks knit hat, Washington Township police said. Spira is with Alaric Purcell, a juvenile who has also been reported missing from Camden, police said.
The two may have traveled to the Doylestown, possibly near the Burger King at 556 N. Main Street, police said. Detectives are searching …
E-Bike Assault, Fentanyl Possession Land Albany Man Behind Bars: Authorities
A Capital Region man who beat up a 61-year-old e-bike rider, then tried to smuggle fentanyl into jail has learned his fate.
Keith Hurst, 38, of Albany, got four to six years in prison for a series of crimes, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said Thursday, Aug. 27.
Hurst attacked the electric bike rider on Sept. 27, 2025, around 8 p.m. on Central Avenue, authorities said. He smashed the man in the head with a liquor bottle, then stole the e-bike and fled the area, according to investigators.
However, Hurst was arrested not long afterward and booked into Albany County jail the fo…
Masked Man With Gun, Machete Confronts Driver In Clifton: Police
A masked man armed with a handgun and machete was arrested after pointing the gun at a driver in Clifton, authorities said.
Eddy Calixto, 47, of Clifton, approached an occupied vehicle near Knapp Avenue and Schoonmaker Place at approximately 2:47 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Anderson said.
Wearing black clothing and a black ski mask, Calixto knocked on the vehicle's window and pointed a handgun at the person inside, according to a 911 caller, Anderson said.
Officer Luis Candelaria found Calixto less than a block away, still wearing the ski mask and carryin…
Dog Rescued In Rockaway After Locked In Shed With No Food, Water
Raven is lucky to be alive after she was locked in a shed for four days with no food or water in Rockaway.
Last week, a man who stole an Amazon run and was on the run, stashed Raven inside a shed, Buddha Dog Rescue & Recovery said. Officers were not alerted to Raven's plight Saturday, Aug. 22, forcing her to spend four days trapped with no food or water.
Officers began searching for Raven when they heard her desperately whining from inside one of them, Buddha said. They managed to locate her, and she collapsed. Raven eventually drank some water, but terrified and overwhelmed, she r…
Children Beaten, Groped For Years Lands Lebanon County Man Conviction: AG
A Pennsylvania man has been convicted of abusing two children over a period of years, including beating them with belts and household objects and groping them, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Thursday, Aug. 27.
Fernando H. Silva, 35, of Lebanon County was found guilty Thursday of all charges following a three-day jury trial, according to the Attorney General's Office.
The abuse happened between 2019 and 2024, when the children were pre-teens during most of the conduct, prosecutors said.
Silva was an acquaintance of the children, giving him regular access to them, according to tes…
Visited These 4 Reston Businesses? You May Have Been Exposed To Measles
Measles is back on Virginia's radar.
State health officials issued a warning on Thursday, Aug. 27, after learning that a person with a confirmed case traveled through Reston while infectious on Sunday, Aug. 16, potentially exposing people at four businesses.
The infected person lives outside Virginia, according to the Department of Health, which is working to identify and notify anyone who may have been exposed.
The potential exposure sites are:
Sheraton Reston Hotel, 11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, on Sunday, Aug. 16;
MOTW Coffee and Pastries, 11830 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 200, on Sunda…
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 …
Montville Man Takes Plea, Faces 18 Months In Prison For Deadly ATV Crash
A Connecticut man has accepted an 18-month prison term in an ATV crash that killed his passenger.
Cecil E. Grimes, 33, of Montville, pleaded guilty to misconduct with a motor vehicle on Aug. 3, court records show. The plea avoided a trial scheduled for this month.
Grimes is set to be sentenced Oct. 13. His five-year sentence will be suspended after he serves 18 months. He will then spend five years on probation, according to The Day.
The case stems from a July 18, 2021, crash that killed Ashley Bizzell, 32, of Boston.
Police said Grimes lost control of a Polaris Sportsman 570 on&nbs…
