Apr. 24—A Chicago man who scammed an 83-year-old Washington Twp. man out of thousands of dollars was sentenced to probation. Weihong Lian, 49, was sentenced Tuesday by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Richard Skelton to up to five years of community control sanctions after he pleaded guilty March 25 to possessing criminal tools. Lian traveled […]
DIGHTON — Michael Stephens, a former deep-sea fisherman from Dighton, became the second $1 million Lottery prize winner in the Massachusetts Lottery’s new JAWS instant ticket game. The odds of winning were one in 1,344,000, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery’s website. Stephens, who bought the lucky scratch off ticket at the Olde Village Corner […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The family of a woman who died after wandering away from a senior living facility is suing for over $10 million. Back in December, Ki Soon Hyun walked out of the Mt. Hood Senior Living Facility and died of hypothermia. “What happened to our mom is outrageous and sad,” said the […]
BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — A former resident of New Hampshire’s youth detention center testified Thursday that his house leader and another staffer restrained him in a stairwell while two other workers sexually assaulted him. The four members of what he and other teens called “the hit squad” then carried him back to his room and […]
This embedded content is not available in your region. RAMAPO – A 23-year-old Clarkstown resident was charged Saturday with attempting to murder an Orthodox Jewish man by stabbing him multiple times Thursday evening in his driveway on Trailside Place, police said. Police charged Elijah Dean of New City with felony counts of second-degree attempted murder, […]
Apr. 6—A 26-year-old Ohio man was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for a drunken-driving crash that killed 36-year-old Matthew Mischenko nearly four years ago in Spokane Valley. Josiah Stoke, who was 22 at the time of the June 29, 2020 crash, pleaded guilty Tuesday to vehicular homicide. Spokane County Superior Court Judge Timothy […]
The family of a man who disappeared while on a walk in Belhaven called for the public’s assistance in finding their loved one, during a Monday afternoon press conference. Dau Mabil left his home in Belhaven Heights on Monday, March 25, 2024, and has not been seen since. His wife, Karissa Bowley, said Mabil sent […]
Hingham Police are once again warning residents to be aware of a scam that just cost a town resident $9,500 in cash. “The 77-year-old woman received a call from a scammer who claimed to be her grandson,” said police. “He said he had been in a car accident in which he struck a pregnant woman […]
Another California lottery player – another big jackpot winner. Officials on Friday identified the Californian who won the $1.08bn Powerball jackpot last year, satisfying a requirement under state law. Yanira Alvarez won what was Powerball’s third-largest jackpot ever after buying a ticket at Las Palmitas Mini Market in downtown Los Angeles, officials revealed. Her name […]
(KRON) – An 83-year-old Marin County resident was scammed out of $30,000 in a bank fraud scheme, the Marin County Sheriff’s Office said on Friday. Oakland businesses team up for $10 million ‘security enhancement program’ On Tuesday, the 83-year-old resident reported being the victim of an internet scam. The sheriff’s office said the scammers posed […]
Readers may remember an article that appeared here (25 Feb. 2024) titled “Long road from Effinger home to Hotel Lancaster.” As often happens while researching one story, “new” stories are uncovered that beg to be told. Before we move on to building the Hotel Lancaster, we are pausing to “meet” John H. Gardner and “visit” […]
Authorities are investigating whether the deaths of an 83-year-old man who was walking his dogs and a 72-year-old man who lived in a remote cabin are connected to the escape of an Idaho white supremacist prison gang member and an accomplice after a Boise hospital ambush. The escaped prisoner, Skylar Meade, and the accomplice, a […]