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  • Sacramento hit-and-run suspect who left pedestrian in critical condition arrested

    Sacramento hit-and-run suspect who left pedestrian in critical condition arrested

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    (FOX40.COM) — A person accused of a hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian with critical injuries was arrested.

    At around 1 a.m. on Friday, the Sacramento Police Department responded to reports of a collision near 16th Street between a vehicle and a pedestrian. Upon arrival, officers said they found a 32-year-old man with significant injuries. He was transported to a local hospital and remains in critical condition.

    The driver reportedly fled the scene but was later identified by SPD as 41-year-old Joe Johnson of Sacramento. At around 7 p.m. Johnson was arrested in the 2300 block of Broadway and booked at the Sacramento County Main Jail on felony hit-and-run related charges.

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  • Victim speaks out after being doused in flaming liquid, set on fire on No. 1 train in Manhattan

    Victim speaks out after being doused in flaming liquid, set on fire on No. 1 train in Manhattan

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    GREENWICH VILLAGE, Manhattan (WABC) — A man is speaking out after being set on fire onboard a subway train in Manhattan.

    In exclusive video obtained by Eyewitness News, first responders are seen rushing to help Petrit Alijaj after a stranger doused him with a flaming liquid.

    At the time, the 23-year-old victim was with his fiancée and cousins on a No. 1 train. After the attack, video shows Alijaj at the corner of Varick and King Street with his shirt off and in visible pain.

    “I was on the train and a maniac like put fire on my body, and he left the train,” said Alijaj over the phone from the hospital.

    Alijaj says it happened in a split second around 2:45 p.m. on Saturday as his southbound train was pulling into the Houston Street station. He tells Eyewitness News that the suspect didn’t say anything to him, but proceeded to give him a weird look.

    “He had a cup with the fire and the train stopped at Houston Street. We thought when he go for the foor, we thought he’s leaving, he’s getting off. He waited for the door to open and then he put the fire on me,” Alijaj said.

    Now Alijaj has burns all over his body.

    Fortunately, no one with him was hurt. He says he was able to successfully shield his family from the burning liquid.

    “When I saw it, I protect the others with my body,” he said.

    Aljaj says he is traumatized, and that the only place he’s ever seen anything like this is in the movies.

    Police arrested 49-year-old Nile Taylor shortly after the incident occurred on Saturday.

    Taylor is charged with assault, arson, and reckless engagement. He is also charged with petty larceny and criminal possession of a weapon.

    Unrelated to the incident, authorities separately charged Taylor with criminal possession of stolen property, after he picked up a phone that a woman dropped on the train platform.

    Though the suspect is in custody, it provides little comfort to Alijaj.

    “They caught the guy, they will keep him in prison for a week and they will release him,” Alijaj said.

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  • Officer ran tags of 15 vehicles outside ex’s apartment, Florida cops say. He’s charged

    Officer ran tags of 15 vehicles outside ex’s apartment, Florida cops say. He’s charged

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    An officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office resigned and was charged with one count of offenses against computer users after an internal investigation, a Florida sheriff said.

    An officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office resigned and was charged with one count of offenses against computer users after an internal investigation, a Florida sheriff said.

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    A police officer visited his ex-girlfriend’s apartment complex and looked up the tags of 15 vehicles parked outside, Florida authorities said.

    The officer faces a criminal charge and has resigned from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, according to Sheriff T.K. Waters.

    Allen Lesage, 34, was charged with one count of offenses against computer users, Waters said in a May 23 news conference.

    His attorney information is not available in Duval County records as of May 23.

    An internal affairs investigation found that Lesage used the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles database on April 13 to run the tags of vehicles at his ex’s building for “personal reasons.”

    The officer wasn’t on duty or working on an assignment at the time and was likely trying to find out information about his ex-girlfriend or someone visiting her, Waters said.

    Lesage is the sixth employee of the department to be arrested so far this year, Waters said.

    The sheriff added the arrests don’t feel good, but they show that no one is above the law.

    “More importantly is to show our public that we hold our police officers accountable and corrections officers accountable when they do things they have no business doing like violating the law,” Waters said.

    Lesage had been with the department for nearly six-and-a-half years, according to the sheriff.

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  • 75-year-old mom and her daughter found stabbed to death in home, Pennsylvania cops say

    75-year-old mom and her daughter found stabbed to death in home, Pennsylvania cops say

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    A mother and daughter were discovered stabbed to death in a Pennsylvania home, authorities say.

    A mother and daughter were discovered stabbed to death in a Pennsylvania home, authorities say.

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    A 911 call led to the discovery of a mother and daughter stabbed to death in a Pennsylvania home, according to police and news reports.

    Officers in Philadelphia made the discovery when they responded to the home Tuesday, May 21, for a report of a “person with a gun,” according to a police report.

    Police said Angela Trejo, 75, and Alma Barberena, 58, were found dead in the basement of the home. They had both been stabbed multiple times, police said.

    Trejo and Barberena were mother and daughter, according to WCAU and WPVI.

    “They were excellent neighbors, and it’s hard to believe,” Jack Burkhardt told WPVI.

    Police have not released a motive for the stabbings. Investigators were interviewing two people Tuesday and said the stabbings may have been caused “from a domestic dispute,” according to KYW.

    By Wednesday, police said a man had been taken into custody. Charges have not been announced.

    “You would think that this is a very safe environment so for two women to be dead, that breaks my heart honestly speaking,” Marylee Rodriguez, a neighbor, told WCAU.

    Mike Stunson covers real-time news for McClatchy. He is a 2011 Western Kentucky University graduate who has previously worked at the Paducah Sun and Madisonville Messenger as a sports reporter and the Lexington Herald-Leader as a breaking news reporter.
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  • Tutor arrested in connection with child pornography distribution

    Tutor arrested in connection with child pornography distribution

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    (FOX40.COM) — A tutor was recently arrested after hundreds of sexually graphic images of children were found in his possession, according to the Modesto Police Department.

    On May 9, MPD detectives said they followed up on a cyber tip received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about an individual who uploaded and downloaded image files that contained child pornography.

    The downloads were traced back to 57-year-old Ronald McMurtry of Modesto, who police said tutors children ages 6 and up at a private school. Subsequently, MPD executed a search warrant for all electronic devices possessed by McMurty in his residence. There, law enforcement said it found several electronic devices that included hundreds of child pornography images.

    Police said no evidence suggests the students tutored by McMurty were victimized, however, they encouraged anyone with information related to the case to contact Detective Nancy Lopez at 209-342-6180.

    McMurty was booked into the Stanislaus County Public Safety Center for alleged possession and distribution of child pornography.

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  • Man dies at Sacramento jail shortly after arrest

    Man dies at Sacramento jail shortly after arrest

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    (FOX40.COM) — A man who was arrested and in the process of being fingerprinted died at the Sacramento County Jail on Sunday morning, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office.

    At around 4:20 a.m., SCSO said a 55-year-old man was brought into custody by another agency, the Sacramento Police Department, for two misdemeanor warrants. Deputies said the man was “medically cleared for incarceration,” but did not specify what he was examined for.

    About one hour after the medical examination, deputies said they attempted to fingerprint the man as part of the intake process. While being fingerprinted, the man became unresponsive, according to SCSO.

    Deputies said medical staff and first responders attempted first-aid, CPR, and administering Narcan to the man. Despite those efforts, he was pronounced dead at the jail.

    The sheriff’s office said the incident is under internal investigation. The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office will determine the cause of death and release the name of the deceased after notification has been made to his next of kin.

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  • Death of first-year law student was mystery for 23 years, cops say. Now, arrest made

    Death of first-year law student was mystery for 23 years, cops say. Now, arrest made

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    A Georgia man was arrested in connection with the 23-year cold case murder of UGA law student Tara Louise Baker, state investigators say.

    A Georgia man was arrested in connection with the 23-year cold case murder of UGA law student Tara Louise Baker, state investigators say.


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    After 23 years, a suspect has been arrested in the cold case death of a University of Georgia law student, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

    Edrick Lamont Faust, 48, of Athens, is charged with murder and other offenses following a decades-long investigation into the death of Tara Louise Baker, the agency said in a May 9 news release. She was 23 at the time.

    “Tara Louise Baker was a hardworking student with a bright future ahead of her,” GBI Director Chris Hosey said in the release. “Tara’s life was stolen from her in a horrific act of violence.”

    Faust’s arrest comes more than two decades after Baker, a first-year law student at UGA, was found dead in her burning apartment in Athens, according to investigators. Crews responded to the fire on Jan. 19, 2001, and determined it was intentionally set.

    State investigators, with help from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department and other agencies, spent more than 20 years examining the circumstances surrounding Baker’s death.

    Authorities didn’t disclose how or if Faust and Baker knew each other. It’s also unclear what led to Faust’s arrest.

    Faust is charged with:

    • Murder
    • Felony murder (two counts)
    • Aggravated assault
    • Concealing the death of another person
    • Arson
    • Possession of a knife during commission of a felony
    • Tampering with evidence
    • Aggravated sodomy

    “While this arrest does not bring her back to us, I pray that it helps bring closure to the Baker family as they continue their healing journey,” Hosey said.

    Authorities said they plan to hold a news conference in the coming days.

    Athens is about a 70-mile drive northeast from downtown Atlanta.

    Tanasia is a national Real-Time reporter based in Atlanta covering news across Georgia, Mississippi and the Southeast. Her sub-beat is retail and consumer news. She’s an alumna of Kennesaw State University and joined McClatchy in 2020.

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  • American Soldier Arrested In Russia, Accused Of Stealing – KXL

    American Soldier Arrested In Russia, Accused Of Stealing – KXL

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — An American soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing.

    That’s according to two U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press.

    U.S. officials say the soldier, Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, was stationed in South Korea and was in the process of returning home to Fort Cavazos in Texas.

    Instead, he traveled to Russia. According to the officials, the soldier was arrested late last week in Vladivostok, a Pacific port city, and remains in custody.

    The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel details.

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  • Schenectady Police investigating Albany Street stabbing

    Schenectady Police investigating Albany Street stabbing

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    SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Schenectady Police Department reported the investigation of a stabbing that occurred on Friday night near the 1700 block of Albany Street. Officers say when they arrived at the scene around 8:25 p.m. they found a 43-year-old victim who had been stabbed several times and had life-threatening injuries.

    The victim was reportedly transported to Albany Medical Center to be treated for his injuries. His condition was stabilized at the hospital.

    Upon further investigation, police report finding camera footage of the incident and a suspect description. After about an hour and a half, police were able to locate the suspect who they say is Belford Atchison, 23, of Schenectady. Atchison was detained and interviewed before being arrested.

    Charges

    • First-degree assault
    • Third-degree criminal possession of a weapon
    • First-degree reckless endangerment

    Atchison was held for arraignment at Schenectady County Jail. Schenectady Police ask anyone with information on the incident to contact their tip line at (518) 788-6566.

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  • Hesperia pastor is arrested, accused of sexually abusing foster children

    Hesperia pastor is arrested, accused of sexually abusing foster children

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    A Hesperia pastor is in police custody following an investigation into allegations he sexually abused two minors under his care as a foster parent.

    Jose Manuel Lozano is awaiting trial at the High Desert Detention Center in Adelanto, where he is being held in lieu of $5-million bail. Investigators described his alleged victims as girls ages 16 and 10.

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    The 54-year-old Hesperia resident led bilingual services for a predominately Latino and Spanish-speaking congregation at Zion Assembly Church of God Hesperia, an affiliate of Zion Assembly Church of God International, headquartered in Tennessee. A representative from the latter said in an interview that the organization condemns Lozano’s “ungodliness” and that he was removed from office March 15, when the allegations came to light. He was arrested last week.

    Pastors at neighboring churches said they were shocked and dismayed upon hearing of Lozano’s arrest.

    “It just reminds us of all the ways we have systems to protect children,” said Tom Beasley, pastor at Hesperia Community Church. He said he did not know Lozano personally, nor did any of his congregants.

    “We have to do our due diligence,” Beasley said of his role as a pastor. “It is a broken world we live in.”

    Lewis Busch, pastor of nearby Zion Lutheran Church and School, said he felt “profound sadness” at hearing about the arrest. He said he also felt concern for young people and anxiety about the potential ramifications for ministry work.

    “We’re about helping people and healing people,” Busch said. He worries that Lozano’s arrest has further sullied the reputation of clergy.

    Zion Assembly Church of God Hesperia is holding services in Lozano’s absence with interim pastor Henry Rodriguez in his place. Rodriguez did not respond to The Times’ request for comment, and the church’s Instagram and Facebook pages have been taken down.

    Since 2018, Lozano’s congregation had been renting space from Sovereign Way Christian Church, according to that church’s pastor, Stephen Feinstein. He said he knew Zion Assembly Church of God Hesperia as a good tenant that communicated well. The news “came as such a shock,” he said.

    He said the Sovereign Way Christian Church campus has security cameras in nearly every room, but law enforcement hasn’t asked for any video.

    “Sexual abuse is a problem in every institutional setting,” Feinstein said.

    Local authorities believe Lozano may have targeted other victims, and officials are asking anyone with information to contact San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy Frankie Zavala with the Hesperia station at (760) 947-1500 or to call an anonymous tip line at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463).

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  • Yuba County deputies arrest two homeless men for alleged wire and grand theft

    Yuba County deputies arrest two homeless men for alleged wire and grand theft

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    (FOX40.COM) — Two homeless men were recently arrested in connection to a series of wire thefts and other crimes, according to the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office

    “In response to the high number of wire theft crimes reported lately by unsuspecting
    victims, deputies with the Yuba County Sheriff’s Department set out this past Friday
    evening,” YCSO said in a press release.

    On April 26, Yuba County deputies said they were on patrol in the more rural parts of the county when they observed two people on bicycles who matched the description of a recent wire
    theft suspect who was recorded on a trail camera. Deputies said the alleged culprits were a 23-year-old man and a 43-year-old-man who were both homeless.

    The two men were arrested after evidence allegedly connected them to wire theft crimes, according to YCSO. They were book into the Yuba County jail under suspicion of grand theft, vandalism, burglary, and other related crimes.

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  • Orlando Police Make Arrest in 2020 Homicide

    Orlando Police Make Arrest in 2020 Homicide

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    The Orlando Police Department recently announced an arrest in a 2020 homicide.

    On April 25, 2020, at 11:10pm, Orlando Police Department responded to a drive-by-shooting that occurred in the 5100 block of Else Street, Orlando, Florida. There were multiple victims injured from this shooting.

    Dexter Antonio Rentz Junior was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

    Recently, 24-year-old Christopher Burke was apprehended by the Orlando Police Department Fugitive Investigative Unit.

    According to OPD, Burke was charged with Second-Degree Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Second-Degree Murder.

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  • 15-Year-Old Arrested in Deadly Central Florida Fairgrounds Shooting

    15-Year-Old Arrested in Deadly Central Florida Fairgrounds Shooting

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    The Orlando Police Department arrested a 15-year-old in a deadly Central Florida Fairgrounds shooting that killed a woman.

    On March 2, 2024 at approximately 10:37pm, the Orlando Police Department began receiving calls in reference to shots being fired in the area of the flea market parking lot of the Central Florida Fairgrounds at 4603 W. Colonial Drive.

    A short time later, the Orlando Police Department was notified that a woman had been shot.

    Responding officers located the victim in the parking lot with an apparent gunshot wound and began life-saving efforts.

    The victim was transported to the hospital where she was pronounced deceased. The victim has been identified as 35-year-old Veronica Ramirez.

    Members of the OPD Fugitive Investigative Unit recently located and arrested 15-year-old Jadon Maxey.

    Maxey is charged with Second Degree Homicide with a Firearm.

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  • Sacramento bodycam footage shows retail theft suspects captured

    Sacramento bodycam footage shows retail theft suspects captured

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    (FOX40.COM) — Bodycam footage released by the Sacramento Police Department shows the pursuit of retail theft suspects before their arrest.

    On Thursday, SPD officers on motorcycles responded to a retail theft call. The suspects were located in a vehicle, pulled over, and arrested. The merchandise was also recovered, according to SPD. Footage of the incident was posted on the agency’s social media page.

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  • Woman accused of abusing dogs in Billerica released from custody following hearing

    Woman accused of abusing dogs in Billerica released from custody following hearing

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    BILLERICA — A Cape Cod woman with a criminal history involving animal abuse is again facing animal cruelty charges after authorities say videos surfaced showing her beating and torturing her dog while she lived on Boston Road.

    Amanda Marie Cianciulli, 36, of Centerville (Barnstable), who was arrested on Friday, has since been released from custody following a 58A dangerousness hearing that took place in Lowell District Court this week. As part of her release, she was ordered to stay away from all animals, including her four dogs.

    The Billerica Police issued a press release stating Cianciulli “used a shock collar in a manner and purpose so as to torture a dog while it was secured in a cage,” and that she struck the dog while pinning it to the ground during a separate incident.

    Cianciulli’s attorney, Stephen Barton, claims his client was training the dog, not abusing it. He also asserted that the woman who shared the videos of the alleged abuse with police had been blackmailing Cianciulli.

    “This was not gratuitous, sadistic violence against animals,” Barton said. “This was (Cianciulli) training pit bulls who had been left at shelters and disciplining them so they could be placed with families.”

    An incident report states the alleged abuse was brought to the attention of the Billerica Police on April 15 when a 30-year-old woman who said she used to live with Cianciulli at 23 Boston Road shared two videos of the violent behavior that she had captured on her cellphone.

    Police said one video showed Cianciulli “holding a dog down and hitting it with an unknown object in the head while yelling ‘how’s it (expletive).’” The report states she forcefully struck the dog seven times “in quick succession” over three seconds.

    In the other video, police said Cianciulli is seen putting a shock collar on a dog that is confined to a crate, while saying “‘guess what? Craaank’ (while manipulating what I suspect to be the shock collar remote).”

    “The dog then begins to loudly yelp and she says ‘Doesn’t (expletive) feel nice, does it?’” police said in the report. “As the dog continues to yelp she says ‘cut it out!’”

    The report later states the duration of the shock was 45 seconds, while adding Cianciulli “did torture” the dog “by utilizing the e-collar on the level of 100 while the dog was contained and not engaged in any behavior that would result in the need to shock the dog.”

    The 30-year-old woman told police the videos were taken a month and a half previously. When asked why she waited over a month to report the abuse, she told police “she was trying to figure out how to do it without escalating the tension that was already present in the household,” the report states. The woman further claimed she was in fear of Cianciulli evicting her, but she has since moved out.

    According to the police report, Cianciulli owns four dogs, all pit bull mixes, including 2-year-old “Millie,” the target of the alleged abuse in both videos. The 30-year-old and another witness claimed seeing abuse inflicted on all four dogs over the previous 10 months. The alleged abuse included Cianciulli punching the dogs, throwing them into walls, and forgetting to feed them. The witnesses also claimed Cianciulli was running an illegal kennel at the Boston Road residence.

    When questioned by police, Cianciulli said all her dogs are rescues and “she just needed to do some fine tuning with them but they did not require training,” the report states. Cianciulli said Millie, meanwhile, “needed a lot of fine tuning as lately there are rules and regulations with the dogs not being followed.”

    She admitted to using an “e-collar” on Millie, using the “vibrate setting.” Cianciulli denied ever punching, kicking, or slapping the dogs.

    After she was placed under arrest, Cianciulli’s four dogs were transported to a veterinarian for examinations. The outcome of those examinations were not immediately available.

    Barton claims the videos the police have depict Cianciulli disciplining Millie after she had attacked another dog. Barton described it “as an act of discipline,” while comparing the shock from the collar as a dog getting zapped by an invisible fence.

    Barton said he plans to call on an expert witness who trains military dogs who he says will testify that the shock Cianciulli applied does not cause pain.

    “It’s not a pain that’s inflicted, it’s a vibration that’s inflicted,” he said, adding the expert witness’ testimony will be, “It stuns them and makes them shake.”

    Barton added the woman who brought the videos to police is a tenant who Cianciulli’s family has been trying to evict for months.

    “This is all about disciplining very difficult dogs to deal with, so they can be placed with families, and a vindictive tenant who wants to stay and live for free,” Barton said.

    This is not the first time Cianciulli has been accused of abusing a dog.

    In May 2014, Cianciulli was arrested after a neighbor told police he saw her discipline her pit bull, “Ace,” by choking the dog with its collar, punching it and kicking the animal. She allegedly did this after the animal had escaped her home on Boston Road.

    Cianciulli was charged with animal cruelty for this previous incident of abuse. Lowell District Court documents state the case was continued without a finding for one year while she was on probation. During that probationary term, Cianciulli was required to complete an anger management course. She was additionally granted supervised visits of Ace, but could not regain custody of the dog until completion of the probation.

    Court documents show since Cianciulli stayed out of trouble for the full year, the animal cruelty charge was dismissed, and she was allowed to retake possession of Ace.

    Ace is one of the four dogs referenced in the incident report about Cianciulli’s latest arrest.

    Following Cianciulli’s arrest on Friday, she was held at the Billerica Police station on a bail that was set at $5,000. Court documents show she posted the bail and was released.

    Cianciulli was arraigned on Monday by Judge John Coffey on two counts of animal cruelty. A 58A dangerousness hearing requested by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office was held the same day. The hearing was used to determine if Cianciulli poses a threat to the public, and if so, if she should remain in custody as her case progresses in court.

    Following the hearing, Coffey decided Cianciulli is not a danger, and released her with conditions, including not to possess any dogs, or animals in general, and to have no avoidable contact with animals.

    Cianciulli is scheduled to return to court for a pretrial hearing on May 23.

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  • Driver facing criminal charges for high-speed Mustang crash at Lowell-Dracut line

    Driver facing criminal charges for high-speed Mustang crash at Lowell-Dracut line

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    DRACUT — The driver sent to a trauma center last month after crashing a neon-green Ford Mustang near the Lowell-Dracut line is facing a pile of criminal charges due to the violent single-vehicle wreck that left behind a trail of destruction on Hildreth Street.

    Christopher Jopson, 30, of Dracut, is facing a total of 10 charges due to the crash, including five counts of vandalizing property (a felony), and one count each of negligent operation of a motor vehicle, unregistered motor vehicle, uninsured motor vehicle, speeding, and marked lanes violation.

    This isn’t the first time Jopson has been in this situation, according to Lowell District Court documents.

    Jopson was arrested for another alleged reckless single-vehicle crash that occurred with him behind the wheel on Old Road in Dracut nearly two years ago. During that wreck, a Dracut Police report states Jopson totaled another Ford Mustang, this one black.

    Court documents additionally show Jopson was arrested in March 2023 for an incident in Dracut that included a response from the Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council SWAT Team, and again in June 2023 following a violent episode at the Cornelius F. Kiernan Judicial Center in Lowell.

    Each of those cases are pending in court.

    The crash on Hildreth Street took place at approximately 12:20 p.m. March 8. First responders arrived to find the brightly-colored and mangled 2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302 came to a rest in a yard after smashing through a fence in front of 430 Hildreth St. in Lowell.

    A Dracut Police incident report states Jopson was entrapped in the vehicle, “unsecured between the driver and passenger seat, with his head at the dashboard and his legs facing the rear of the vehicle.”

    Lowell and Dracut firefighters were able to extricate Jopson using hydraulic rescue tools. He was transported to Lowell General Hospital and then flown by medical helicopter to Lahey Hospital in Burlington. Medical records available in court documents state he suffered an elbow fracture, and a facial laceration. Records also state Jopson experienced a seizure, which Jopson’s attorney, Ernest Stone, has said caused the crash.

    As for the crash scene, police said debris and car parts from the vehicle spanned approximately 200 feet from the intersection of Hildreth and Hovey streets, to where the vehicle came to a rest. Several bystanders and drivers reported witnessing the vehicle being operated erratically, speeding, traveling on the wrong side of the road, and going through a red light on Hildreth Street just prior to the crash.

    “He went around two cars, and he was coming directly at me,” driver Tracey Walton, of Dracut, told The Sun at the scene that day. “Then he switched back into the lane he was supposed to be in. I thought he was going to hit me.”

    The laundry list of damaged property from the chaotic crash — which led to the vandalism charges — included a mailbox unit for an apartment complex, a picket fence lining a parking lot by Henry Avenue, a street sign, a cement wall, and a telephone pole that was snapped in half.

    Surveillance footage of the vehicle’s treacherous route, captured by cameras at the nearby Hannaford, showed the Mustang went airborne at one point. Police said the Mustang’s estimated speed was 80 to 100 mph. The speed limit in that section of roadway is 30 mph.

    The Registry of Motor Vehicles sent a correspondence to Jopson, dated March 11, stating his driver’s license was “suspended indefinitely because of an immediate threat” to public safety, according to the RMV paperwork available in court documents.

    Court documents state Jopson was arraigned by Lowell District Court Judge William Travaun Bailey on April 3. Due to this latest arrest, Jopson’s release from custody due to the aforementioned previous charges was revoked, and he was ordered held without bail.

    In an affidavit filed in support of a motion to reconsider the revocation of release, Stone stated Jopson suffers from epilepsy, and that he endures seizures multiple times a week. Stone said in the affidavit that Jopson “suffered a seizure without warning while driving causing the crash.”

    According to the defense attorney, Jopson is in the process of having a surgery within the coming months to address the seizure disorder, and needs to attend preoperative meetings.

    Stone also stated in the affidavit that the Mustang, which had been purchased recently from a dealership in Henderson, Nevada, was both registered and insured at the time of the wreck.

    The motion to allow Jopson’s release from custody was ultimately denied by Judge Michael Fabbri following a hearing on April 11.

    A Dracut Police incident report states the other motor vehicle crash involving Jopson occurred in the 40 block of Old Road on May 14, 2022. In that crash, Jopson was uninjured. When police arrived on scene, they found him standing outside the totaled 2010 Ford Mustang that had come to a rest in the eastbound lane, facing west.

    Jopson claimed, according to police, that he had turned onto Old Road from Sicard Avenue when a car entered his lane, forcing him to swerve. The Mustang spun out, eventually exiting the road and striking a tree stump.

    The skid marks in the roadway did not match Jopson’s story, police wrote in the report, adding that a driver who was behind the Mustang at the time of the crash also refuted Jopson’s claims of another car causing the wreck.

    The witness told police he observed the Mustang speeding and being operated recklessly, before it crossed the yellow lines and crashed.

    The witness said he stopped at the crash scene, where he claimed to hear Jopson tell another bystander “that he was going to tell police that a car pulled out of a side street in front of him and caused the crash so he wouldn’t get in trouble.”

    Jopson was subsequently charged with operating to endanger and marked lanes violation.

    “The vehicle had the potential to be a danger for any vehicle traveling on Old Road as the vehicle entered both lanes of travel during the incident,” police said in the report. “The vehicle left the roadway on both sides of the road causing potential danger to any possible pedestrians in the area.”

    Less than a year later, on March 19, 2023, a Dracut Police incident report states officers were dispatched to a residence on Sicard Avenue for a disturbance involving Jopson and one of his family members. Jopson is alleged to have pulled a 3-inch folding knife on the family member. After the police were called, Jopson retreated into his residence.

    Police said they made contact with Jopson, who refused to leave the home “stating he did nothing wrong” and what he did was self-defense. Due to the presence of a weapon, NEMLEC SWAT was summoned. Jopson was ultimately charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.

    On June 26, 2023, Jopson was charged with vandalism, disruption of court proceedings, and disorderly conduct after he allegedly became irate during a clerk’s hearing in Lowell District Court. An arrest report from a court officer states Jopson punched a table and threw a chair while “yelling and screaming obscenities” until he was taken into custody by officers.

    Jopson is slated to return to court for a pretrial hearing on May 14.

    Stone declined to comment.

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    The following arrests were made recently by local police departments. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Massachusetts’ privacy law prevents police from releasing information involving domestic and sexual violence arrests with the goal to protect the alleged victims.

    LOWELL

    • Quincy Ambe, 31, 1571 Varnum Ave., Lowell; operation under influence of alcohol, operating motor vehicle after license suspension, leaving scene of property damage accident.

    • Denise Grullon, 37, 74 Elm St., Apt. 2L, Lowell; warrant (failure to appear for suspended license), disorderly conduct.

    NASHUA, N.H.

    • Alexis Smith, 24, 5 Strawberry Bank Road, Apt. 16, Nashua; endangering welfare of child, four counts of simple assault, two counts of resisting arrest/detention.

    • Christopher Rowley, 34, 12 Cedar Lane, Merrimack, N.H.; criminal mischief, criminal threatening.

    • Jason Carl Normand, 34, 8 Whitney St., Apt. A, Nashua; criminal trespass.

    • Nicholas Travers, 33, 10 E. Pearl St., Apt. 2, Nashua; violation of protective order.

    • Timothy Dulac, 52, 130 Mammoth Road, Hooksett, N.H.; operating motor vehicle after certified as habitual offender, nonappearance in court, driving motor vehicle after license revocation/suspension, driving without giving proof.

    • Alex Metallic, 81, Palm St., Apt. 3, Nashua; violation of protective order, stalking.

    • Jacob Dumont, 24, no fixed address; criminal trespass.

    • Brian Keith Bolyard, 28, 52 Palm St., Apt. 1, Nashua; theft by unauthorized taking ($0-$1,000), theft by unauthorized taking ($1,501 or more), three counts of simple assault, obstructing report of crime/injury, driving motor vehicle after license revocation/suspension for driving under influence.

    • Lisa Dimambro, 44, 44 Pelham Road, Hudson, N.H.; driving under influence, resisting arrest/detention, simple assault.

    • Eliezer Rosario-Medina, 24, no fixed address; nonappearance in court.

    • Emma Harris, 18, 3 Jackson St., Nashua; theft by unauthorized taking ($0-$1,000).

    • Larry Thompson, 43, 18 Fifield St., Nashua; violation of protective order, witness tampering, stalking.

    • James Eric Mackerchar, 50, 8 Copp St., Nashua; nonappearance in court.

    • Timothy Powell, 68, 10 Progress Ave., Nashua; two counts of simple assault.

    • Chester Sylvester, 56, no fixed address; warrant.

    • Erlene Brouillard, 52, 13 Myrtle St., Apt. 320, Nashua; driving motor vehicle after license revocation/suspension.

    • Shawn McLaughlin, 33, 120 Flagstone Drive, Nashua; warrant.

    • Giovanna Rodriguez, 18, 12 Marshall St., Apt. 309, Nashua; operation of motor vehicle without valid license.

    • Edison Munoz-Parrales, 22, 34 Harbor Ave., Nashua; disobeying an officer, operation of motor vehicle without valid license, speeding (25 mph over limit of 55 mph or less).

    • Shaquille Shepherd, 31, 39 Abbott St., Apt. 1, Nashua; failure to appear at arraignment, two counts of resisting arrest/detention, three counts of simple assault, out of town warrant.

    • Luis Cecenas, 31, 29 Chestnut St., Apt. B, Nashua; resisting arrest/detention.

    • Jeffrey Fink, 37, 92 Amherst St., Apt. B, Nashua; driving motor vehicle after license revocation/suspension.

    • Colleen Ryan, 62, 22 Main St., Apt. B, Hollis, N.H.; driving under influence, aggravated driving under influence.

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    The following arrests were made recently by local police departments. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Massachusetts’ privacy law prevents police from releasing information involving domestic and sexual violence arrests with the goal to protect the alleged victims.

    LOWELL

    • Leslie Carneiro, 32, homeless; warrants (failure to appear for possession of Class A drug, and receiving stolen property).

    • Joshua McDermott, 41, 365 East St., Apt. D4, Tewksbury; warrant (failure to appear for vandalizing property).

    • Isaac Lombardi, 44, 701 Hickory Lane, Louisville, Ky.; warrants (larceny under $1,200, conspiracy).

    NASHUA, N.H.

    • Erica Carmen Ramos, 40, 29 Temple St., Nashua; nonappearance in court.

    • Steven Coburn, 64, 31 Yarmouth Drive, Nashua; out of town warrants.

    • Kevin Gray, 32, 100 Ridgecrest Drive, Cheshire, Conn.; nonappearance in court.

    • Hilario Alejandro Campos, 23, 85 Langholm Drive, Nashua; suspension of vehicle registration, driving motor vehicle after revocation/suspension.

    • Oscar Verde Reyes, 34, 29 New Dunstable Road, Nashua; operation of motor vehicle without valid license, uninspected motor vehicle.

    • John Meadows, 34, 21 South St., Concord, N.H.; criminal trespass.

    • Brandon Paul Lavoie, 23, 60 Prescott St., Nashua; nonappearance in court.

    • John Peter Wilcox, 52, no fixed address; disorderly conduct.

    • Stefano Renda, 30, 155 Chestnut St., Apt. 2, Nashua; theft lost/mislaid ($0-$1,000), credit card fraud ($0-$1,000).

    • Jerry Summers, 41, 46 Spring St., Apt. 14, Nashua; three counts of simple assault, criminal mischief.

    • Jonathon Rogers, 36, 27 Newcastle Drive, Apt. 4, Nashua; driving motor vehicle after license revocation/suspension, driving motor vehicle without giving proof.

    • Sean Buckley, 41, 10 Barker Ave., Nashua; driving under influence (second offense), disobeying an officer, operating motor vehicle with suspended/revoked license for driving while intoxicated, traffic control device violation.

    • Taher Bashir, 18, 356 Laurel St., Apt. 1, Manchester, N.H.; theft by unauthorized taking ($1,001-$1,500), theft by deception ($0-$1,000), receiving stolen property, theft by unauthorized taking ($0-$1,000).

    • Connor Gorman, 22, 7 Alex Circle, Nashua; two counts of simple assault.

    • Larry Thompson, 43, 18 Fifield St., Nashua; violation of protection order, stalking, second-degree assault.

    • Luis Antonio Fernandez Feliciano, 46, 39 Kinsley St., Apt. A, Nashua; operation of motor vehicle without valid license.

    • Jeremy Moncada, 34, 77 Lock St., Apt. 4, Nashua; criminal trespass.

    • Ronalda Brunner-Cummings, 60, 445 S. Main St., Nashua; driving motor vehicle after license revocation suspension, driving without giving proof.

    • Louis Jean Soucy, 47, no fixed address; criminal trespass.

    • Leo Laterza, 55, 1 Beacon Court, Apt. 2FL, Nashua; failure to appear at arraignment.

    • Jose Perlera, 20, 9 Pratt St., Lunenburg; out of town warrant.

    • Melissa Graves, 48, 31 Pemberton Road, Nashua; warrant.

    • Philip Levesque, 45, 25 Gleneagle Drive, Nashua; violation of restraining order, stalking.

    • Randy Howard Widmer, 37, no fixed address; nonappearance in court.

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  • San Francisco man arrested after allegedly vandalizing mosque, leaving community ‘living in fear’

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    A San Francisco man suspected of vandalizing a Nob Hill mosque was arrested Wednesday evening while visiting the scene of his alleged crime for the second time in as many days.

    San Francisco resident Robert Gray, 35, was booked on one felony count of vandalism with damage of more than $400 and a misdemeanor violation of civil rights by damaging another property. He currently sits in a county jail.

    Neither Gray nor a representative were reached for comment.

    San Francisco Police officers responded to a call from congregants of Masjid al-Tawheed mosque around 7:55 p.m. on Wednesday. Mosque-goers told police that Gray was the man who had vandalized their sanctuary on April 4, having recognized him for security footage.

    Arriving officers detained Gray after they concluded he matched the description of the suspect wanted in the attack.

    “Through the course of their investigation, officers developed probable cause [for] arrest,” Police spokesperson Paulina Henderson said in a statement.

    Henderson said the investigation was still active and police were looking for more information.

    Surveillance video obtained by the San Francisco Standard shows a man with a skateboard smashing multiple mosque windows on April 4.

    The man returned to the mosque, according to the Standard, on Tuesday and Wednesday. During the latter incident, mosque congregants confronted Gray and distracted him long enough to call police, who arrived in time to arrest him.

    “Community members were living in fear for the last two weeks,” said Yemeni American Aseel Fara, 24, a Masjid al-Tawheed mosque member and a San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commissioner.

    Fara said the incident shocked many community members who emigrated to San Francisco because of its pluralistic society.

    He said he received a call from another Bay Area mosque that suffered similar vandalism incident wanting to review surveillance footage to see if Gray was involved.

    “You don’t expect this here,” he said. “This has been very divisive and hopefully we can begin to heal thanks to this arrest.”

    The news of Gray’s arrest was celebrated by the Council on American-Islamic Relations Bay Area chapter.

    “We are relieved that an arrest has been made in these distressing incidents,” CAIR Bay Area Executive Director Zahra Billoo said in a statement. “It’s important for our community to see tangible actions being taken to protect our places of worship, where everyone has the right to feel safe and secure.”

    Billoo said that the number of complaints of Islamophobia made nationwide is at a 30-year high.

    There were 8,061 reports received by CAIR last year. The organization said nearly half of those complaints took place in the last three months since the Oct. 7 Hamas’ assault on Israel that sparked a war, resulting in the killing of 30,000-plus Palestinians by Israeli forces. That number of Islamophobic complaints represents a 56% increase in incidents from 2022 to 2023, according to the organization.

    “This arrest sends a clear message that hate-driven behaviors will not be overlooked and serves as a reminder of the ongoing challenges we face in combating Islamophobia,” Billoo said.

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    LOWELL — As officers escorted alleged murderer Timmy Chan into the courtroom on Thursday morning, the mother of his alleged victim, 20-year-old Nathaniel Fabian, broke down into tears as she sat in the courtroom gallery.

    The still-grieving mother, Stacey Braley, said afterward that she had hoped Chan would face her as he walked into the courtroom.

    “I wanted him to see my face and I wanted to see his,” said Braley, who keeps a trinket containing Fabian’s ashes around her neck. “I wanted to know if he felt any sorrow or guilt for what he did.”

    Chan, 21, of Lowell, charged with crimes including first-degree murder for allegedly gunning down Fabian in October 2021, was in Middlesex Superior Court on Thursday for his final pretrial conference. His trial is slated to begin with jury impanelment on April 29.

    If convicted, Chan faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

    During the conference held before Judge Robert Ullman, Middlesex Assistant District Attorney Ashlee Mastrangelo provided background of the evidence set to be presented during the trial. Mastrangelo and Assistant District Attorney Christopher Tarrant are prosecuting the case.

    The shooting occurred shortly before 10:30 p.m. Oct. 13, 2021, in the area of Loring and Westford streets, outside the home of one of Fabian’s friends. Lowell Police reports state responding officers discovered Fabian on the ground, in an alleyway near 89 Loring St. He had a wound to the right side of his chest and the left rear side of his back, according to police. The Lowell resident was rushed to Lowell General Hospital’s Main Campus, where he was pronounced dead approximately 40 minutes later.

    Chan, who was 19 at the time, was apprehended by police the following night.

    The night of the shooting, Fabian had been involved in a dispute with multiple people, including his ex-girlfriend, Samantha Chum, of Lowell, as well as Chan. Fabian was dating another female at the time of the conflict, and that female had become the target of Chum’s ire, according to Mastrangelo.

    “Samantha and her friends began sort of bullying this girl online, torturing her, calling her different names … sort of derogatory names about her,” Mastrangelo said during the conference.

    The female Fabian was dating contacted Fabian and asked him if he could get Chum and the other people allegedly harassing her to leave her alone.

    “That sort of sparks among many group chats … quite a bit of inflammatory and enraged arguments over the course of the evening,” Mastrangelo said.

    A police report states there were “numerous threatening messages” sent by Chum to Fabian via text “to the effect ‘You or (Fabian’s girlfriend) is gonna die, which one is it gonna be.’”

    Police reports state Chum later told police she had texted with Fabian between 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Police said Fabian was shot “by approximately 10:28 pm.”

    Chum told police that she texted people the night of the shooting — including sisters Izzy (identified in police reports as Chan’s girlfriend) and Mirenda Lach, and Jesse “Dia” Segal Wright — informing them of her issues with Fabian. Police added, however, that Chum denied “all knowledge of sending anyone to hurt Nathaniel and denied asking or suggesting anyone to do anything of the sort.”

    Police said they additionally spoke to Fabian’s girlfriend — whose name is redacted from reports — who told them just before Fabian was shot he had sent her screenshots of threatening messages people were sending him.

    The messages were from Chan, Chum, Wright and Brian Lach, of Lowell, who was 21 at the time. Police identified Brian Lach as the brother of Izzy and Mirenda Lach. The messages included demands that Fabian come outside his friend’s home in the 300 block of Westford Street, which belonged to Ivan Correa.

    Police said Wright admitted to them that she drove Chan and Brian Lach to the area of Westford Street, but claimed she “thought they were going there to fight Nathaniel.”

    Wright allegedly dropped Chan and Brian Lach off by Leroy and Grove streets, while she circled the block. According to police, Wright said she heard gunshots prior to picking Chan and Brian Lach up by Westford Street and Dover Park.

    According to police reports, when investigators showed Wright a photo of Chan during questioning, she positively identified him and quoted him as allegedly saying, “I got him, I got him,” when he got back into the car.

    Police said Brian Lach told them during questioning that he was aware Chum and Fabian’s girlfriend were having a feud, and he claimed that Fabian had threatened to shoot his house. Brian Lach also told police, according to a report, that he thought he was going to fistfight Nathaniel. However, police said Brian Lach alleged that Chan showed him a handgun before the shooting occurred.

    Brian Lach told police that Chan was walking a few feet ahead of him as they approached two men, who turned out to be Fabian and Correa. Brian Lach alleged hearing Chan say, “he might have something — take off,” at which point he saw Chan raise the handgun and fire. Brian Lach said he heard several gunshots as he fled.

    Wright picked them up with the vehicle a short time later.

    “Brian asked Timmy where the gun was because he didn’t want it in the car,” police said in the report. “Timmy said he got rid of it.”

    While talking about the case in the past, Chan’s attorney, Jeffrey Sweeney, said self-defense played a role in the shooting. Sweeney explained after the shooting occurred, Correa is seen in surveillance footage going back up to his apartment. Sweeney said police later searched Correa’s apartment, where they discovered a firearm.

    Police reports state that when Chan first spoke to authorities, he admitted he and Brian Lach went to meet up to fight Fabian, but “Nathaniel showed up with something he thought was a rifle wrapped in a blanket.” When Chan was asked by police if he actually saw a rifle, Chan said, “no but he was carrying it like one,” police reports state.

    No charges have been brought against any of the others involved in the case, much to the dismay of members of Fabian’s family.

    “It’s not right that they destroyed all our lives and they get to live theirs with no worries,” Alecia Brangan, Fabian’s aunt, has previously said. “They’re all going on with their lives, their careers and we can’t do anything about it.”

    In addition to murder, Chan is charged with carrying a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, and carrying a loaded firearm without a license.

    Jury impanelment is expected to be completed within two days, with jury instructions and opening statements scheduled to begin either April 30 or May 1. The case is expected to wrap up late in the week of May 6.

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