Dynamite Attack On Long Island Boyfriend Lands Deer Park Woman Prison Time
A Long Island woman who blew off her boyfriend’s hand with a stick of dynamite was sentenced to prison time on Wednesday, May 27.
Keyonna Waddell, 35, got 18 years behind bars and five years of probation for the terrifying attack, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Waddell, of Deer Park, got into an argument with her boyfriend at his apartment on March 22, 2024, according to investigators. The man left the apartment after the blow-up and told Waddell to do the same, police said.
When the man returned, he saw no sign of Waddell, assumed she had left, and went to sleep, auth…
Fast Food Fury: Bat, Pipe, Hammer Used In McDonald’s Lot Beatdown In Cairo, Police Say
Three New York men beat two McDonald’s customers with a bat, a metal pipe, and a hammer in a parking lot assault on Tuesday, May 26, state police said.
Michael W. Martin, 31; Joseph Holloway, 34; and Cody Holloway, 29, were arrested and charged with several assault and menacing counts for the attack in Cairo, New York State Police said Wednesday, May 27.
Martin, of Durham, and the Holloways, of Cairo, approached two victims in the parking lot of a McDonald’s on Route 32 through Cairo around 5 p.m. Tuesday, state police said.
The attackers brandished various weapons, including the bat, pipe…
Domestic Incident Leads To Gun, Cocaine Bust In Cohoes: Police
A New York man was arrested with an illegal gun and cocaine after a reported domestic disturbance, police said.
Messiah Wallace, 20, of Colonie, was busted Monday, May 25 following the disturbance call on Congress Street in Cohoes, the Cohoes Police Department said Tuesday, May 26.
The report mentioned a physical altercation and the presence of a firearm, cops said. Officers arrived to investigate and saw Wallace attempting to leave the area, but he was detained, according to authorities.
Cops found Wallace had ditched a Phoenix Arms .22 Caliber semi-automatic pistol nearby, along with les…
Convicted Albany Man Busted With Loaded 9mm During Traffic Stop: Cops
A New York man with a prior conviction was busted with an illegal loaded gun during a routine traffic stop, police said.
Miguel A. Flores, 23, was a passenger when Cohoes police pulled over a vehicle on I-787 on Friday, May 15 around 8 p.m., the Cohoes Police Department said Monday, May 18.
Flores, of Albany, was found to be in possession of a loaded Taurus G2C 9mm semi-automatic handgun, cops said. He was arrested and charged with six counts of weapons possession, including one for having a weapon despite a prior conviction, authorities said.
The vehicle’s driver, 20-year-old Yandell Moya…
Homeless LI Man Pulled Gun On Three Young Bicyclists In East Meadow: Police
A homeless Long Island man pulled a gun on three young bicyclists on Sunday, May 17, police said.
Ramzee Mayo, 47, was near the Meadowbrook State Parkway overpass above Front Street in East Meadow when three male bike riders, ages 20, 18, and 17, encountered him around 4:30 p.m., the Nassau County Police Department said.
Mayo displayed a handgun, and the three bikers took off in fear for their lives, police said. They dialed 911 while fleeing the area.
Responding officers placed Mayo under arrest without incident and located the weapon, authorities said. He was charged with three counts of…
'Reckless' Evening Gunfire Exchange In Newburgh Leads To Hard Time For Duo
Two men are heading to prison after admitting to illegally carrying and firing guns during a street shooting in Orange County.
Zephaniah Mason, 21, of New Windsor, was sentenced on Monday, April 27, to six years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision, while his co-defendant, Naviean Wheeler, 20, of Newburgh, had previously been sentenced to 10 years in prison with five years of post-release supervision, Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced on Tuesday, April 28.
Both men had pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal possession of a weapo…
Home Argument Leads To Stabbing In Moreau, Arrest Made: State Police
A New York man stabbed an acquaintance in the hand and now faces felony charges, state police said Tuesday, April 7.
Clinton J. Breault, 55, of Moreau, was arrested on Sunday, March 26, after troopers responded to a Moreau home for reports of a stabbing just before 3 p.m., New York State Police said.
Investigators determined Breault and the victim were involved in a dispute when Breault stabbed the other person in the hand, police said. Breault knew the victim prior to the argument, according to authorities.
The injury was not considered life-threatening, and the victim was taken to Glens …
Shots Fired At Moving Car In Hampton Bays, Juvenile Suspect Arrested: Police
A Long Island juvenile opened fire on a moving vehicle with two people inside over the weekend, but no one was hurt, authorities said Monday, March 16.
The juvenile suspect, who was identified only as a male, was arrested hours after the shooting on Saturday, March 14, the Southampton Town Police Department said in an alert.
Cops began investigating after a person pulled up to police headquarters in Hampton Bays around 6:45 p.m. and reported their vehicle was struck by gunfire while they were driving on Red Creek Road near Dewey Lane, police said. The vehicle had multiple bullet holes, but …
Man Shoots Victim, Climbs On His Car, Fires Again In Walden: Here's His Sentence
A 56-year-old man who admitted shooting another man twice during a violent confrontation in Orange County nearly half a decade ago will serve a lengthy state prison term, prosecutors announced.
Pine Bush resident Wilfredo Crespo, 56, was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 9, to 15 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision after pleading guilty to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler said on Monday, Jan. 12.
As previously reported by Daily Voice, the charges stem from a Christmas Eve shooting on Dec. 24, 20…
Corrections Employee Caught With 2 Loaded Guns On I-87 In Clarkstown: Police
A Virginia Department of Corrections employee is facing charges after police said they found two loaded firearms in his vehicle during a welfare check on Interstate 87 in Rockland County, NY.
The incident happened just after midnight on Saturday, Sept. 6, when troopers spotted a 1996 GMC pickup truck parked on the shoulder of I-87 southbound near Exit 13N in Clarkstown, New York State Police said on Monday, Sept. 8.
Troopers approached the driver, identified as Montana Madison, 34, of Virginia, to conduct a welfare check. While speaking with him, they noticed a loaded Kel-Tec .22-caliber se…
Fourth Detainee Who Escaped New Jersey ICE Facility Captured 2,700 Miles Away
The fourth and final detainee who escaped from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in New Jersey last month was captured Thursday, July 17, in Los Angeles, more than 2,700 miles away, the FBI said.
Andres Felipe Pineda-Mogollon, 25, a Colombian national, escaped from Delaney Hall in Newark following a riot on June 12, as previously reported by Daily Voice.
The FBI did not release further details about Pineda-Mogollon's escape.
The three other detainees were identified as:
Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes, a Honduran national who entered the U.S. illegally in 2021, was arreste…
Neighbor Guilty Of Brutal Execution-Style Shooting Of Long Island Dad
A Long Island man has been convicted of gunning down his former neighbor in a ruthless, broad daylight attack that left a father dead outside a North Bellport home, authorities announced on Monday, May 5, 2025.
Shati Smith, 31, of Bellport, was found guilty of Felony Murder in the Second Degree for killing 28-year-old Lee Houpe, a father who is survived by his children, on Wednesday, June 15, 2022.
According to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney, Houpe was standing in a friend’s driveway at 615 Post Avenue around 1:45 p.m. when Smith pulled up in a car, got out, and opened …
Teen Fires Gun, Steals Glocks From Lothian Sporting Goods Store, Police Say
A 19-year-old is facing felony charges after police say he pulled a gun inside a Maryland sporting goods store, stole multiple handguns.
Aaron Delonte Whitley, of Lothian, was arrested on Monday, April 28, after a bold armed robbery at South County Sportsmen on Southern Maryland Boulevard, according to Anne Arundel County Police.
Police say Whitley entered the store in Lothian around 11:40 a.m., browsed for a bit, then pulled out a handgun and demanded the clerk open a display case containing firearms.
While the clerk was retrieving the weapons, Whitley allegedly fired a round into t…
Man Who Murdered 9-Year-Old, Parents In Newburgh Learns His Fate, DA Says
An Orange County man who executed a family inside their home, including a nine-year-old child, has earned quite a lengthy sentence, authorities announced.
On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, Kaliek Goode-Ford, 35, was sentenced to life without parole in Orange County Court by Judge Craig Stephen Brown, according to Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler.
Goode-Ford was convicted in January of all charges against him, including three counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and weapons possession, for the 2020 massacre in Newburgh.
During the trial, prosecutors detaile…
Teen, 18, Accused Of Shooting Victim Several Times, Running From Cops In Newburgh: Police
A teenager has been apprehended in connection to a daytime shooting in Orange County that left a victim seriously wounded with several gunshot wounds, police said.
The events leading up to the arrest began on Tuesday, Feb. 11, when officers responded to Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh just before noon after receiving a report of a shooting victim, the City of Newburgh Police Department announced on Friday, Feb. 28.
Upon arrival, officers found a male victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Hospital staff treated the victim, and he was later listed …
Mugshots Released: SWAT Raid Uncovers 28K Fentanyl Pills, Meth, Ghost Guns In Bergen County
A major drug bust in Bergen County led to the seizure of tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced pills, along with cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, and untraceable firearms, authorities said in announcing the arrests of the three men behind it.
Ramon Morillo, 39, of Fort Lee; Brandon Morillo, 31, of Lodi; and Joseph Diaz, 34, of Fort Lee, were arrested on Thursday, Nov. 7, following a months-long investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotic Task Force, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
The investigation began in July 2024, when detectives identified Mo…
