Gunfire At Baby Shower Leads To Hefty Sentence For Central Islip Man
A man who opened fire outside a baby shower, sending bullets into a parked vehicle, will spend decades behind bars after being sentenced as a repeat offender, authorities said.
Michael Lyles, a 37-year-old Central Islip man, was sentenced to 24 years to life in prison after a shooting outside a baby shower in North Amityville, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said Monday, March 23.
Lyles was attending the baby shower at the North Amityville Fire Department on Jan. 27, 2024, when a fight broke out and spilled outside, Suffolk County prosecutors said. Surveillance video showed Ly…
Paroled Predator Convicted After Knife Kidnapping Attack On St. Mary's County Woman
A violent repeat offender who stalked and attacked a woman at knifepoint in Maryland has now been convicted by a jury, prosecutors announced, clearing the way for a potential decades-long prison sentence.
William Francis Dixon, 52, of Mechanicsville, was found guilty after a five-day jury trial in St. Mary’s County, following a March 2025 attack in which he attempted to kidnap a woman while armed with a knife, according to the St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said Dixon was convicted of attempted kidnapping, armed robbery, first-degree assault, theft between $100 and…
Threats To Son Lead To Goshen Man's More Than Decade-Long Sentence: DA
A 47-year-old Orange County father's threatening text messages to his son set off a chain of events that has now landed him behind bars for more than a decade, prosecutors said.
Justin Babik, age 47, of Goshen, was sentenced on Tuesday, Aug. 26, to 15 years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision after being convicted of illegally possessing a loaded firearm while on parole, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced on Wednesday, Aug. 27.
The case began on May 8, 2024, when Babik got into an argument with his son around noon and followed up with threat…
Westwood Band Teacher Who Sexually Abused Students Gives Up Licenses, Eyes Parole In 7 Months
A former New Jersey music teacher and school administrator, incarcerated for sexually assaulting at least two students, has given up his teaching certifications with the force of a revocation, state officials confirmed.
Kurt E. Zimmermann, 56, a father of two from Rockaway, was ordered to relinquish his Teacher of Music certificate and Principal Certificate of Eligibility at a June 26 meeting of the New Jersey State Board of Examiners, according to the board’s formal order.
As of press time, Zimmermann was incarcerated in Bayside State Prison and will be eligible for parole in March 2026, t…
Stabbed While Partying Before Miami Trip: Dauphin Jury Convicts ‘Boogz’ Of Cold-Blooded Killing
A Pennsylvania man was convicted of second-degree murder after stabbing a 22-year-old during a family hangout, just hours before the victim was set to leave for spring break in Miami, authorities announced on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
Davon Hairston, 29 — known on the streets as “Boogz” — was found guilty after plunging a knife into Damien Servidio’s abdomen, nearly severing his spine, inside a Harrisburg apartment on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, around 8:53 p.m., the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office said.
Servidio was laughing with friends and family inside apartment 2A at 3 N. 16th S…
Catskill Child Sex Offender Had Explicit Images Of Kids, Including Infants: Police
A convicted child sex offender in the Hudson Valley is facing a new felony charge after being caught with disturbing images of children on his phone, police said.
Matthew Maurer, 38, of Catskill, was re-arrested Tuesday, June 10, following a months-long New York State Police investigation into reported materials depicting child sexual exploitation.
The case began in late January, when Maurer arrived for a mandatory meeting with his parole officer. During the meeting, the parole officer discovered explicit images and videos involving minors on his phone, police said. Some of the material all…
Violent Parolee Stabbed Man Outside Rotterdam Bar, Police Say
A violent ex-con out on parole is accused of stabbing a man outside a Capital Region bar.
Jason Melendez, 40, of Schenectady, was arrested Wednesday, April 16, in connection with a stabbing attack that left a man hospitalized outside Rotterdam’s Sliderz Bar & Grill.
The incident happened early Saturday morning, April 12, outside the Guilderland Avenue watering hole, according to Rotterdam Police.
A man walked into the emergency room at Ellis Hospital suffering from a stab wound at around 4 a.m., as Daily Voice reported. Hospital staff then contacted Schenectady County law enforcement.…
Duo Caught After Late-Night Burglary Attempt, Police Chases In Newburgh: Cops
Two suspects, including a New Jersey man already on parole and another in possession of narcotics, were arrested after allegedly attempting to burglarize a building in New York and leading officers on two separate chases, police said.
The incident began in Orange County just after midnight on Wednesday, April 2, when a concerned community member reported a suspicious man by a window near Third Street and Johnston Street in Newburgh, prompting a rapid police response, the City of Newburgh Police Department said on Thursday, April 3.
Officers arrived on the scene and, with h…
Duo Busted While Trying To Sell Fentanyl, Cocaine In Kent: Sheriff
A drug bust in Putnam County led to the arrest of two men, including a New Jersey resident, who allegedly arrived to sell fentanyl and cocaine, authorities announced.
The operation took place on Wednesday, March 5, around 2:30 p.m. in Kent, where members of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Enforcement Unit intercepted the suspects when they arrived to sell the drugs, according to Sheriff Kevin J. McConville.
The suspects were identified as Orange County resident Jamel Donaldson, 31, of New Windsor, and New Jersey resident Paul Roeser, 27, of Mahwah.
Donaldson, w…
Attempted Rape, Burglaries By Lancaster Parolee Lead To State Prison Sentence
A Lancaster man who broke into two homes on the same day, attempting to rape one of the residents, has been sentenced to state prison, the Lancaster District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday, Jan. 27.
Mohamed Camara, 33, of the 500 block of St. Joseph Street, was sentenced to 6.5 to 15 years in state prison by Judge Thomas Sponaugle after pleading guilty on Friday to burglary, attempted rape, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, and theft by unlawful taking, according to the DA’s office.
Camara had recently been released on parole for a prior burglary conviction when he commi…
