Pedestrian Struck Dead On PA Rt 144 ID’d: PA State Police
A 73-year-old man was killed when he was struck by a car in Snow Shoe Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, Aug. 11.
Thomas Hipple, of Snow Shoe, was crossing State Route 144 near 730 E. Sycamore Road when a 2016 Hyundai Accent hit him head-on around 9:09 a.m., troopers said.
The two-lane asphalt road is posted at 45 mph and divided by a double yellow line, according to investigators.
Hipple was pronounced dead at the scene. His body came to rest in the grass on the north side of the road, facing west, police said.
The driver, identified as Michael J. Pac…
Speeding Driver Was High, Drunk During Patchogue Crash Injuring Passenger, DA Says
A 21-year-old man is facing DWI charges after crashing his BMW into a tree and seriously injuring his passenger, prosecutors said.
Andy Bonilla-Chicas, of Yaphank, was arraigned on vehicular assault and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, July 22, in connection with a crash along Sunrise Highway Service Road in Patchogue.
Bonilla-Chicas was speeding eastbound when his vehicle veered off the road, went airborne, struck a tree, and landed in an embankment just before 3:30 a.m. Sunday, April 27, according to prosecutors.
The force of the crash threw the front-seat passenger in…
Virginia Man Threatened To Rape Cop’s Daughter, Emailed Child Porn: Feds
What started as a parking complaint ended in disturbing federal charges for a Virginia man.
Xavier Joseph Stafford, 22, of Williamsburg, admitted this week to threatening to rape a police officer's daughter over a simple parking dispute, federal authorities announced.
Specifically, Stafford pleaded guilty on Monday, June 30 to distributing obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children, according to the US Attorney's Office.
According to court documents, on Feb. 14 and 15, a police officer made contact with, and requested he move his vehicle from private property in Wi…
Teen Admits Being High During Rollover Crash That Killed Girl, 15, In Waterford
A New York teen admitted he was high on marijuana and speeding when he flipped his car, killing a 15-year-old girl and seriously injuring her brother.
Everett Hatlee, 18, of Troy, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in Saratoga County Court on Friday, June 13, in the death of 15-year-old Kiera Ebert.
Hatlee admitted he was traveling at an “incredibly high rate of speed” on the evening of June 29, 2024, while impaired by cannabis when he lost control of his vehicle on Fonda Road in Waterford, according to the district attorney’s office.
His Dodge Charger left the road, became a…
'Devil Is Coming': Trenton Man Who Threatened to Shoot White People Learns Fate, Feds Say
A 24-year-old Trenton man was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Thursday, May 22, after previously pleading guilty to making a social media post threatening to shoot white people, authorities said.
In December 2022, Joshua Cobb wrote on social media that he wanted to cause mayhem to the white community, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said.
"It is going to take place in 2023 in the state of New Jersey, I have not chosen a exact date but I am going to be sure it is close to an important holiday to their race," Cobb, who said as a Black man, white people wouldn't understand his struggles, wrote. …
Same Mercedes, Same Deputy, Same Ending: Stafford Driver Busted After Second Chase: Sheriff
A Stafford County man learned the hard way that you can run, but you can’t hide — especially twice — after a deputy recognized his Mercedes from a high-speed pursuit just weeks earlier.
Carlos Lara Sanchez, 20, is facing multiple charges after deputies say he twice tried to flee traffic stops in the same vehicle, only to be caught red-handed pulling into his own driveway on Tuesday, April 29, officials said.
Sanchez's saga began in late March, when a deputy clocked a Mercedes flying northbound on Richmond Highway at 64 mph in a 45 mph zone, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.…
Southern State Triple Fatal: Driver High On Marijuana Sentenced For Causing Farmingdale Crash
A 29-year-old man who was high on marijuana and driving nearly 100 miles per hour when he caused a triple-fatal crash on the Southern State Parkway will spend years behind bars.
Matthew Whyte, of Queens, was sentenced to between 4 ½ and 13 ½ years in prison in Nassau County Court on Thursday, April 24.
It followed his guilty plea to aggravated vehicular homicide for the Nov. 5, 2022, collision that killed Ciara Hare, 18, Florence Oprisan, 18, Jean Marc Miller, 22.
Whyte had been weaving in and out of traffic in a 2018 Subaru WRX while impaired by marijuana, racing another unidentified driv…
Notorious Drifter Who Broadcast Street Takeovers Busted Racing 90 MPH In Farmingville: Police
A 20-year-old Long Island man who regularly broadcasts his illegal street takeovers was busted racing 90 miles per hour on city streets, police said.
Nicholas Mulligan, 20, of Farmingville, was arrested following a traffic stop on the I-495 Service Road in Farmingville late Wednesday night, March 12, according to the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office.
Mulligan, who frequently posts videos of illegal street takeovers, drifting, and racing on his Instagram account, hit speeds of nearly 90 miles per hour while racing another car just before midnight Wednesday, deputies said.
He was driving on a…
Widower Details Every Injury Late Wife Suffered In Bethlehem DWI Crash During Sentencing
Nearly a year after a wife and mother was killed in a head-on, drunk driving crash in the Capital Region, the man responsible is heading to prison.
Matthew Monthie, 29, of Clifton Park, was sentenced to three to 10 years behind bars in Albany County Court on Tuesday, March 4, following his conviction for manslaughter and related charges in the death of Shawna Marzhal.
Monthie was driving westbound on Route 85 in Bethlehem when he crossed over the center line and struck the 53-year-old Marzahl in the eastbound lane early on May 1, 2024, according to prosecutors.
Marzahl, of Selkirk, suffere…
