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Man Admits to Disability Fraud While Exploiting Elderly in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS – Gino Rives, a 36-year-old man from Edmundson, pleaded guilty on Thursday to five counts of theft of government funds, involving a scheme where he falsely claimed disability benefits while…

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Man Arrested After Stabbing Multiple People, Including Elderly Man in Queens

QUEENS, NY – A series of stabbing incidents in Queens, has led to the arrest of 27-year-old Jermain Rigueur. The incidents began on January 8, when a 61-year-old man was stabbed in…

Bronx Woman Convicted At Trial For Laundering Over $2 Million In Funds From Victims Of Romance Fraud Schemes

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that a jury returned a guilty verdict against NADINE JAZIMNE WADE on all four counts in the…

81-Year-Old Woman Scammed Out of $99,000, Wall Police Identify Suspect

WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Wall Township Police Department has issued an arrest warrant for Shiva Penmetsa, a 31-year-old man from Jersey City, in connection with a computer scam. The scam resulted…

Kentucky Woman Sentenced To Two Years For Forgery Of Federal Judge’s Signature

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On December 8, 2023, Sunshine Ann Miller, 44, currently of Whitley City, Kentucky, was sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Honorable Katheryn A. Crytzer, in the United States…

Lake St. Louis Woman Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Ailing Uncle

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Tuesday sentenced a woman from Lake St. Louis, Missouri to 15 months in prison for stealing from her elderly, ailing uncle. Judge…

Florida Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Smearing Dog Poop on Her 76-Year-Old Neighbor

St. Petersburg, FL – You might want to think twice next time you ask your inconsiderate neighbor to clean up after their dog relieved itself on your lawn. In St. Petersburg, Florida,…

Another Elderly New Yorker Attacked on Subway Train

NEW YORK, NY – Another elderly New Yorker has been randomly attacked while riding the subway system. A 73-year-old woman became the latest victim of subway violence in New York City after…

101-Year-Old Woman Critical After Lodi House Fire

An apartment fire that broke out on Friday is under active investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Lodi Police Department. The incident occurred at a Rennie…

North Jersey Man Accused of Financially Exploiting 90-year-old Woman

TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Interim Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Al Garcia unveiled the indictment of an Essex County man, John Boston, 47, of Verona, for allegedly exploiting a 90-year-old…

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Queens Man Slammed Child Headfirst Into Pavement After Robbing 83-Year-Old Woman

QUEENS, NY – Laurence Gendreau has been convicted for a shocking random assault in which he picked up a 6-year-old boy and slammed him onto the pavement headfirst. The incident occurred outside…

Philly Man Who Stabbed Elderly Female Relative Said He Had to Do It

WOODBURY HEIGHTS, NJ – Attempted murder charges have been filed against a man who is said to have stabbed a 70-year-old relative in her abdomen. The emergency call came in from a…

Jewelry Scammers Targeting the Elderly in NYC Robberies

NEW YORK, NY – The New York City Police Department is seeking public assistance in identifying a group of individuals involved in a series of grand larcenies across the city. The first…

Daughter, Husband charged for neglect, death of elderly mother

PARKESBURG, PA – Attorney General Michelle Henry has announced the filing of charges against Kaci Nightingale and Richard Nightingale in relation to the death of a 71-year-old woman in Parkesburg. The couple,…

Woman carjacked at gunpoint in Edgewater

EDGEWATER, MD – Late on Saturday evening, at roughly 9:30 p.m., Southern District officers were called to the scene of an armed carjacking on the 300 block of Hamlet Circle. The elderly…

Great-grandson who killed elderly couple in Randallstown arrested

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD – Homicide detectives in Baltimore County are investigating the deaths of two elderly individuals, an 86-year-old woman, and a 73-year-old man. On Sunday evening, patrol officers responded to a…

86-year-old Man arrested for Murdering Elderly wife in Queens

QUEENS, NY – In an update to an ongoing investigation, detectives with the NYPD’s 102nd Precinct have arrested and charged Ovidio Porras, an 86-year-old male resident of Queens, on Thursday, at around…

Police say bodies of 76-year-old woman, man found in Brooklyn apartment badly decomposed

Brooklyn, NY – Two bodies were found inside an apartment in Brooklyn on Monday by the New York City Police Department. Investigating officers reported the bodies of a man and an elderly…

Woman sought in attack on 72-year-old woman at Staten Island Mall

NEW YORK – Police in Staten Island are searching for a female suspect wanted for an attack against an elderly woman. Police are asking the public for help in identifying a woman…

74-year-old woman wins $100k top prize on lottery scratch-off ticket

GLEN BURNIE, MD – A 75-year-old woman proved it’s never too old to win in the Maryland Lottery. This week, the lottery commission reported that the elderly woman hit big. She’s a…

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