Gotti Grandson Lands In Lockup After Mom’s Kidney Transplant Drama Gotti Grandson Lands In Lockup After Mom’s Kidney Transplant Drama
Gotti Grandson Lands In Lockup After Mom’s Kidney Transplant Drama John Gotti’s COVID fraudster grandson has finally reported to prison, after delaying his report date for nearly half a year, authorities said. Carmine G. Agnello, 40, of Oyster Bay, NY, is being held in federal prison in Fairton, NJ, according to Bureau of Prisons records. Agnello was sentenced to 15 months behind bars in April 2026. He pleaded guilty to stealing $1.1 million in federal COVID relief funds and spending the money on cryptocurrency investments. But Agnello insisted he needed to remain free to donate a kidney to his mother, Victoria Gotti, the daughter of notorious “Teflon Don…
Sailors Try To Jump Overboard Amid Aircraft Carrier's Lengthy Iran War Deployment: Reports Sailors Try To Jump Overboard Amid Aircraft Carrier's Lengthy Iran War Deployment: Reports
Sailors Try To Jump Overboard Amid Aircraft Carrier's Lengthy Iran War Deployment: Reports Several sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have reportedly tried to jump overboard, fueling concerns about a mental health crisis in the aircraft carrier's ninth month of deployment during the US-Israeli war with Iran. The attempts were reported by the Navy Times and the Stars and Stripes military news outlets on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The USS Abraham Lincoln left its home port of San Diego on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, with roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines for what was initially expected to be a Pacific deployment. The aircraft carrier was later redirected to the Middl…
Man Who Sexually Abused Child Over 2 Years In Poughkeepsie Is Convicted Man Who Sexually Abused Child Over 2 Years In Poughkeepsie Is Convicted
Man Who Sexually Abused Child Over 2 Years In Poughkeepsie Is Convicted A man who sexually abused a child over two years in Dutchess County has been convicted following a five-day trial, prosecutors said.  Poughkeepsie resident Victor Harris, 42, was convicted on Wednesday, Aug. 12, of six felony sex offenses and one misdemeanor after a jury deliberated for two-and-a-half days, the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office announced.  The jury was unable to reach a verdict on four additional charges. The charges stemmed from incidents at two locations in the City of Poughkeepsie on various dates between July 2022 and April 2024, prosecutor…
Major Trump Departure: Karoline Leavitt Steps Down As White House Press Secretary Major Trump Departure: Karoline Leavitt Steps Down As White House Press Secretary
Major Trump Departure: Karoline Leavitt Steps Down As White House Press Secretary One of President Donald Trump’s most visible aides is preparing to leave the White House after a rapid rise through Republican politics. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will step down at the end of August, Trump announced on Wednesday, Aug. 12. The 28-year-old is leaving the demanding position to devote more time to her family and two young children. She returned to work after giving birth to a daughter in May. Karoline Leavitt with one of her two children in the White House. Wikipedia/Margo Martin “Our wonderful White House Press Secretary, and one of my most trus…
Chilling New Allegations Emerge In Rob, Michele Reiner Murder Case Chilling New Allegations Emerge In Rob, Michele Reiner Murder Case
Chilling New Allegations Emerge In Rob, Michele Reiner Murder Case A grand jury has added a chilling new dimension to the murder case against the son of a celebrated Hollywood couple. An indictment charging Nick Reiner, 32, with murdering his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and photographer-producer Michele Singer Reiner, was unsealed on Wednesday, Aug. 12. The indictment adds a special circumstance allegation that Nick Reiner committed the killings by lying in wait, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. “This was a profound betrayal by someone who was loved and trusted by the very people he is accused of killing,” L…
Green Card Marriage Ring: 11 New Yorkers Charged In 1,000+ Sham Wedding Scheme, Feds Say Green Card Marriage Ring: 11 New Yorkers Charged In 1,000+ Sham Wedding Scheme, Feds Say
Green Card Marriage Ring: 11 New Yorkers Charged In 1,000+ Sham Wedding Scheme, Feds Say Eleven New Yorkers have been charged in an alleged international immigration fraud scheme that arranged more than 1,000 sham marriages and collected tens of millions of dollars, federal prosecutors said.   The defendants were arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 12, after a two-count federal indictment was unsealed, according to the US Department of Justice. The network operated for more than a decade and arranged sham marriages between foreign nationals, primarily citizens of China, and US citizens to fraudulently obtain immigration status, prosecutors allege. Those indicted inc…
Electric Shock Gloves For ICE: DHS Plans $20M Purchase For Agents Electric Shock Gloves For ICE: DHS Plans $20M Purchase For Agents
Electric Shock Gloves For ICE: DHS Plans $20M Purchase For Agents The Department of Homeland Security DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are planning to spend as much as $20 million on gloves capable of delivering electric shocks, federal records and published reports show. ICE published the new requirement Monday, Aug. 10, seeking CTG-5 G.L.O.V.E. devices, short for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, according to the Department of Homeland Security's Acquisition Planning Forecast System. The federal government describes the gloves as a “Conductive Distraction and De-escalation Device” that would be issued to Homeland…
Middle School Employee Shared, Possessed Child Sexual Abuse Files In Hudson Valley: DA Middle School Employee Shared, Possessed Child Sexual Abuse Files In Hudson Valley: DA
Middle School Employee Shared, Possessed Child Sexual Abuse Files In Hudson Valley: DA An employee at a Northern Westchester middle school is facing felony charges after allegedly possessing and sharing child sexual abuse material online, prosecutors said.   Shrub Oak resident Francis John Teeling, 69, an employee of Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School in Yorktown Heights, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 11, according to the Westchester County District Attorney's Office. Teeling worked as an itinerant substitute Food Service employee, according to the Lakeland Central School District.  Teeling was charged via felony complaint with promoting an obscene sexual…
Child Rapist Living In Dutchess County Violated Parole Rules, Locked Up Again: Cops Child Rapist Living In Dutchess County Violated Parole Rules, Locked Up Again: Cops
Child Rapist Living In Dutchess County Violated Parole Rules, Locked Up Again: Cops A convicted New York child rapist was rearrested Tuesday, Aug. 11 for failing to meet the conditions of his parole, police said. John G. Coler Jr., 46, of Beacon, created several new social media and email accounts without notifying authorities, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office said Wednesday, Aug. 12. Coler was required to provide notice of all his activities after he was convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl he knew in 2018 in Clifton Park, according to the New York sex offender registry. But between May 2024 and December 2025, Coler created at least 10 new accounts without letting …
Exhausted Hiker Rescued After Slipping, Falling On Rocks In Catskills Exhausted Hiker Rescued After Slipping, Falling On Rocks In Catskills
Exhausted Hiker Rescued After Slipping, Falling On Rocks In Catskills An exhausted hiker who slipped twice and became stranded on difficult terrain in the Catskills was safely brought off the mountain by a Rockland County-based search and rescue team.  The rescue happened on Indian Head Mountain in Hunter on Monday evening, Aug. 10, after the overdue hiker contacted Chaverim of Rockland for help, The Monsey Scoop reported.  The hiker had set out at around noon but overestimated the route he planned to complete, according to the outlet.  After slipping and falling twice on slick rocks, the hiker became hesitant to continue navigating the terrai…
Teenage Daughter Killed In Intentional Explosion Dad Admitted To Setting: Court Docs Teenage Daughter Killed In Intentional Explosion Dad Admitted To Setting: Court Docs
Teenage Daughter Killed In Intentional Explosion Dad Admitted To Setting: Court Docs A Pennsylvania father accused of intentionally blowing up his family's home, killing his 19-year-old daughter and injuring his estranged wife, has admitted to killing the teen. Brian Jeffrey Shelleby, 47, of Castle Shannon, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and aggravated arson causing bodily injury in a negotiated plea before Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge Bruce R. Beemer on Monday, Aug. 10, court records show.  Shelleby is awaiting sentencing, which is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 10 at 9 a.m. in Courtroom 510, according to his docket. He remains in the Allegheny C…
2 Killed In Head-On Crash Near Hersheypark Identified: Police (UPDATE) 2 Killed In Head-On Crash Near Hersheypark Identified: Police (UPDATE)
2 Killed In Head-On Crash Near Hersheypark Identified: Police (Update) The two men killed in a head-on crash near Hersheypark have been identified, Derry Township police announced in a correction update on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Ronald Lindenmuth, 57, of Phoenix, Arizona, was driving the minivan and was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened at West Hersheypark Drive and North Hockersville Road on Tuesday, Aug. 11, police said. James Eyerly, 63, of Harrisburg, was a passenger in the minivan and was taken to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, where he later died from his injuries, according to police. The 17-year-old Harrisburg boy dr…