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Brentwood Stranger Forces Way Into Couple's Home After Being Told To Leave: Police
A Long Island couple found themselves confronting a stranger who allegedly forced his way into their home after they told him to leave, police said.
Marcus Wilkinson, 23, of Brentwood, was arrested following the incident at a Melville Road home in Farmingdale on Saturday, Oct. 17, around 6:10 a.m., Nassau County police said.
Wilkinson first began banging on the front door and acting erratically, police said. The residents, a 42-year-old woman and 44-year-old man who did not know Wilkinson, told him to leave.
Instead, Wilkinson allegedly entered their gated backyard and forced his way …
NJ Attorney Among 2 DUI Drivers Charged In Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Nurse: Report
Two New Jersey women, including a 36-year-old attorney, have been charged with drunk driving following a three-vehicle crash on Staten Island that killed a 66-year-old woman, authorities said.
Shannon Theodore, 36, of Somerset, who was identified as a lawyer by Staten Island Advance, was driving a 2019 Range Rover Velar northbound in the southbound lanes of the West Shore Expressway when she collided head-on with a 2025 Kia Seltos around 5:36 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, the New York Police Department said. The Kia's driver, Duck Park, 66, of Staten Island, was pronounced dead at the sc…
NJ Woman Who Outsmarted Serial Killer, Escaped In Handcuffs Dies At 44
Tiffany Taylor, a New Jersey woman whose testimony helped convict a serial killer she narrowly escaped while handcuffed, has died at age 44.
Taylor died in her sleep, according to her mother, Lola Acevedo, who shared the news in a GoFundMe campaign.
Raised in Jersey City's housing projects, Taylor eventually turned to sex work and robbing men. In 2016, she met Khalil Wheeler-Weaver through a friend and reportedly robbed him after spending several hours together, NJ Advance Media reports. She later agreed to meet him again at a hotel in Elizabeth, where the encounter took a terrifying t…
23 Minutes Of Glory: Suffolk Bank Robber Busted Almost Immediately After Theft, Police Say
A repeat Long Island bank robber was arrested just 23 minutes after his latest caper Friday, Oct. 16, police said.
Raymond Peruggi, 36, walked into a TD Bank on Montauk Highway in Bay Shore and handed the teller a note demanding cash, then fled on foot at 10:24 a.m., the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Cops spotted a man matching the suspect description on East Main Street in Bay Shore at 10:47 a.m. and arrested Peruggi at that scene, police said.
Peruggi, who is homeless, was charged with third-degree robbery and also faces three outstanding misdemeanor warrants, authorities said. …
