Naresh Bhatt Convicted Of Murdering Missing Manassas Park Wife Whose Body Has Never Been Found
A Virginia man who admitted to dismembering his wife but insisted he never killed her has been convicted of her murder more than two years after she vanished without a trace.
Naresh Bhatt, 39, of Manassas Park, was found guilty of first-degree murder, concealing a dead body, and defiling a dead body in the death of his wife, 28-year-old Mamta Kafle Bhatt, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, according to multiple reports.
The verdict came after a nearly six-week trial in Prince William County, during which Bhatt took the witness stand and admitted to cutting up his wife's body and disposing of her remains …
Lansdowne Police Released Man Found After Teen’s Fatal Shooting, Now He’s Wanted For Killing
A man police found hiding after an 18-year-old was fatally shot and crashed his vehicle in Pennsylvania was released, but is now wanted on charges in the killing, authorities announced Saturday, Nov. 7.
The teen was identified as Richard DeShield Jr., 18, of Lansdowne.
Amir Eskridge, 21, of Yeadon, is wanted on multiple charges in connection with DeShield’s homicide outside the Marshall House Apartments, Lansdowne police said.
A Lansdowne officer was near 260 N. Wycombe Ave. around 10:34 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8, when he spotted a gray Buick LaCrosse with two males in dark hooded clothing …
Holyoke Man Guilty Of 1st-Degree Murder In Brutal Shooting Death Of 36-Year-Old Woman: DA
A 42-year-old western Massachusetts man faces a mandatory life sentence after a jury convicted him of murdering a woman who was found shot inside a Holyoke home more than four years ago.
Pablo Rivera-Ortiz, of Holyoke, was found guilty of first-degree murder on Friday, Nov. 6, Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni announced.
The jury found Rivera-Ortiz guilty of killing Desiree Rivera-Lopez, 36, of North Haven, Connecticut, in July 2022. Jurors agreed that the murder involved both deliberate planning and extreme cruelty.
The case began just after midnight on July 23, 2022, wh…
NJ Father Of 17 Shot In Head Outside Easton Store: Second Man Convicted In Killing
A father of 17 was shot in the head while sitting in a parked vehicle outside a Pennsylvania convenience store. More than three years later, a second Philadelphia man has been convicted in his killing, authorities announced on Friday, Nov. 6.
Rasheed Quayle Tisdale, 32, was found guilty of criminal conspiracy to commit criminal homicide following a four-day jury trial before Northampton County Judge Abraham P. Kassis on Thursday, Nov. 5, District Attorney Stephen G. Baratta announced.
The conviction stems from the Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, shooting death of Legious Robert Minder Sr., 46, a N…
Months-Long Danbury Drug Investigation Ends With 2 Arrests
A months-long investigation into an alleged drug operation at a Connecticut home ended with two arrests after police uncovered cocaine, drug scales, and equipment used to prepare drugs, authorities said.
Wayne Wymss, 42, and Michael Drake, 44, both of Danbury, were arrested Thursday, Oct. 29, after detectives searched a home at 7 High Street Extension, according to Danbury Police.
The investigation began after police received numerous complaints from neighbors about suspected drug use and sales at the home.
Detectives learned Wymss lived there and was allegedly selling drugs out of the hom…
Retired Cop From Poughkeepsie Stayed On Phone With Daughter Before Her Death In Murder-Suicide
A retired NYPD officer from Dutchess County said he spent 14 minutes on the phone with his daughter as her boyfriend held a gun to her head, desperately pleading for her life before hearing the shot that killed her.
Rudy Cantarini, of Poughkeepsie, described the horrifying final moments of his daughter, Andrea Cantarini, 37, who was killed in an apparent murder-suicide inside her Bronx apartment on Tuesday night, Nov. 3, the New York Post reported.
Andrea, a Brooklyn native and nurse at St. Barnabas Hospital, was allegedly shot in the head by her boyfriend, Juan Cornelio D…
16-Year-Old Girl Robbed While Walking Home From School In Lakeview, Cops Say
A 16-year-old girl was attacked and robbed while walking home from school on Long Island, police said.
The victim was walking in Lakeview around 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30 when a different 16-year-old girl sprayed her in the face with an “unknown substance,” the Nassau County Police Department said.
Whatever the substance was, it caused the 16-year-old victim to suffer pain and drop the bag she was carrying, police said.
The attacker then picked up the bag — which held a laptop, headphones, a handbag, and other personal items — and fled the scene with the victim’s things, cops said.
However, …
Temple Hills Killer Caught With Loaded Glock After Fleeing Stolen ATV: Feds
A Maryland man who fatally shot a 23-year-old in the back while he played basketball at an elementary school is in trouble with the law again, this time after a stolen ATV, a foot chase, and a loaded Glock that went skidding across a DC sidewalk.
Savon Lee Blanchard, 33, of Temple Hills, pleaded guilty on Monday, Nov. 2, to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, federal prosecutors announced.
The guilty plea comes 15 years after Blanchard, then 17, was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Alusine Kargbo, 23, of Lanham, who was killed while playing basketball at …
A $75 Deal, A Fake Friend, A Fatal Gunshot: Gaithersburg Killer Learns His Fate
A $75 marijuana deal arranged through a friend's Instagram account cost a Maryland man his life.
For one of the men responsible for turning the transaction into a deadly robbery, it will cost him 45 years in prison.
Demari Brown, 21, of Montgomery Village, was sentenced on Monday, Nov. 2, to life in prison with all but 45 years suspended for the execution-style murder of Henry Krishawn Gilbert, 20, who was shot in the head during a robbery in April 2025.
What Gilbert believed was a routine marijuana sale had actually been orchestrated by Brown and Jorden Hungerford, 20, who prosecuto…
Explosives Found In Colchester Man's Home After Knife Attack With Child Nearby: Police
Police found explosives inside a Connecticut man's home after he allegedly held a knife to another person's throat while a 4-year-old was nearby, authorities said.
Christian Eric Fricker, of Colchester, was arrested Saturday, Oct. 31, and charged with possession of explosives, possession of exploding fireworks, risk of injury to a child, assault with serious injury, and breach of the peace, Connecticut State Police said.
Troopers responded to a Colchester home shortly after 10 p.m. following a report that Fricker had held a knife to the throat of a 44-year-old household member, causing an u…
Englishtown Councilman John Alite, Son Indicted In Loansharking Scheme: AG
A former Gambino crime family associate who reinvented himself as a New Jersey councilman and vowed to do things "the right way" has been indicted alongside his son and another man in an alleged loansharking scheme involving threats of violence, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 30.
John E. Alite, 64, of Englishtown, was indicted on multiple charges of theft by extortion, corporate misconduct, usury, money laundering, terroristic threats, and conspiracy, New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said. His son, John P. Alite, 35, of Manalapan, was indicted on charges of usury, cons…
Nearly $3M Home Depot, Lowe’s Theft Ring Hit Pennsylvania, 18 Other States: Montco DA
A theft ring targeting Home Depot, Lowe’s, and other retailers caused nearly $3 million in losses across 19 states — including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Virginia — authorities announced on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
Eight men have been arrested and a ninth is wanted after investigators uncovered a network of more than 30 people handling thefts, transportation, storage, and resale of stolen merchandise, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele and Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said.
The group committed hundreds of thefts begi…
