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Albany, NY – The New York State Police Academy conducted pepper spray training for its 215th Basic School recruits. The training included supervised exposure to Oleoresin Capsicum (OC), commonly known as pepper spray. OC, an oily resin found in pepper glands, is utilized as a less lethal tool during civil disturbances or when arresting violent or resistive suspects. The training is designed to ensure recruits can still effectively use their police powers in real-world scenarios, even if they are contaminated with OC during its application. Following the exposure, recruits were required to complete an obstacle course, issue proper police commands,…

Pittsburgh, PA – A Pine Township man with multiple warrants, who was involved in a standoff with police on Thursday, has been taken into custody, according to Sheriff Kevin M. Kraus. James Bernard Lee-Livingston, 28, had been a fugitive since a bench warrant was issued for a probation violation linked to a December guilty plea for a DUI charge. Additionally, there is an active warrant for Lee-Livingston out of the City of Pittsburgh related to drug charges and a firearms violation. The standoff began after Lee-Livingston was involved in a domestic dispute in Pine Township earlier that day, which led…

Frederick, MD – A jury in Frederick County Circuit Court has found 46-year-old Christopher Kraft of Monrovia, MD, guilty of First Degree Assault, Second Degree Child Abuse, Neglect of a Child, and two counts of Second Degree Assault. The verdict was delivered on Wednesday after a three-day trial presided over by Judge Scott Rolle. On March 3, Frederick County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a welfare check request concerning a child. Deputies encountered the witness, the child, and Kraft, learning that Kraft had struck the child in the face before pulling the child to the ground and standing on their…

BALTIMORE, MD – The upcoming Powerball jackpot on Saturday is estimated at $243 million, with an estimated annuity option, according to lottery officials. On Wednesday, a Powerball player in Frederick won $500,000 with a Double Play second-tier ticket. The winning ticket was bought at Wawa, located at 5440 Urbana Pike in Frederick County. The designated Double Play numbers drawn were 06, 32, 51, 62, and 69, with the Powerball being 26. This latest win marks the sixth second- or third-tier Double Play ticket sold in Maryland this year. On Wednesday, Maryland recorded 1,359 Double Play winners of varying prize amounts…

JACKSON, NJ – On Wednesday night, nearly two hundred residents came out to meet the local Jackson Township Republicans at their monthly meeting at the VFW hall on Magnolia Drive. During the annual meeting, candidates and club members discussed the 2024 election cycle in which the club is running Nino Borrelli, Mordy Burnstein, and Giuseppe Palmeri for council. All three candidates are supporters of President Donald Trump. Get your free Trump-Vance lawn sign in Jackson here. To thank their guests, the team also handed out nearly 150 Trump-Vance campaign lawn signs for free. “We are here to support President Donald…

Queens, NY – Three men, Jone Smith and brothers Ryan and Brandon Dash, have been indicted by a Queens grand jury on 41 charges including kidnapping, robbery, and burglary. The trio allegedly forced their way into a Douglaston residence last month, holding a family, including children and elderly members, hostage with weapons. One woman escaped the house with her 1-year-old child to seek police assistance. District Attorney Melinda Katz stated, “As alleged, these defendants broke into a home and held a family hostage with a loaded gun, a hammer, and a crowbar. A young mother bravely fled with her infant…

Columbus, OH – Detectives from the Columbus Division of Police are seeking assistance from the public to identify two suspects involved in an aggravated robbery. On Sunday, at approximately 6:25 p.m., a victim was sitting in his vehicle when six suspects approached him. The suspects displayed handguns, demanded the vehicle, and then fled the scene in the victim’s car. Shortly thereafter, patrol officers located the stolen vehicle and initiated a pursuit. This chase culminated in a crash in the downtown area, leading to the apprehension of four of the six suspects. Police have released images of the two remaining suspects…

LANCASTER, Pa. — An 18-year-old from Columbia will be tried as an adult for the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend after a Lancaster County judge denied a petition to move her case to juvenile court. Janiyah Torres, charged with criminal homicide and third-degree murder in the death of Anthony Serrano Jr., was 17 years old at the time of the incident in August 2023. Judge Christopher Hackman ruled Tuesday that transferring the case to the juvenile system “will not serve the public interest.” The decision followed a three-day hearing held earlier this month. Assistant District Attorney Janie Swinehart, who supervises…

CHESAPEAKE BEACH, MD – On Thursday at approximately 8:43 a.m., Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian in the area of Bayside Road and Bristol Drive in Chesapeake Beach. Deputies determined upon arrival that the pedestrian sustained life-threatening injuries and called the Crash Reconstruction Team for investigation. Preliminary findings reveal that a 2017 Toyota 4Runner, driven by Steven O’Neill, 42, of Chesapeake Beach, was traveling southbound on Bayside Road when the incident occurred. The pedestrian, identified as Chloe Clagg, 20, of Chesapeake Beach, was running across Bayside Road into the travel lane…

Queens, NY – Christian Inga has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury on charges that include predatory sexual assault, first-degree rape, and first-degree criminal sexual act, following an attack on a 13-year-old girl and her friend in June. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz stated that the indictment follows a nightmarish daytime attack in Kissena Park, Flushing, on June 13 at around 3:30 PM. Inga, armed with a machete-style knife, allegedly threatened and forced the children into a wooded area. He is accused of binding them, gagging them, and then raping and sexually assaulting the girl. The defendant, aged…