Garfield Bar Murder Suspect Extradited
The fifth and final fugitive wanted in a 2024 stabbing outside of a Bergen County bar has been extradited to New Jersey.
Ricky “Angel” Vargas, 37, was lodged in the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday, May 26, after being arrested at a home in Longview, TX, Thursday, May 7. Vargas, of East Stroudsburg, PA, had spent more than two years as a fugitive in the February 2024 killing of 31-year-old Hawthorne resident Richard Franceschi, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Garfield police responded to the stabbing at approximately 12:44 a.m. on Feb. 4, 2024, at JoJo's Ba…
Man Who Fatally Stabbed Neighbor In Mount Vernon, Then Fled State Gets Decades Behind Bars
A man who admitted to fatally stabbing his neighbor in Westchester County before fleeing to Virginia will spend more than 20 years in state prison, prosecutors announced.
Ronald Hechavarria, 36, was sentenced to 25 years in state prison on Friday, May 8, in Westchester County Court after previously pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the killing of 37-year-old Michael Clay, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday, May 11.
The fatal stabbing happened on Aug. 1, 2024, at 204 Union Ave. in Mount Vernon. Authorities said Hechavarria stabbed Clay multipl…
US Marshals Capture Edison Woman Wanted In Stabbing 482 Miles Away
A New Jersey woman wanted in connection with a stabbing in Edison last year was arrested in Ohio on Wednesday, April 22, after fleeing the state, authorities said.
Dawn Burge, 36, was taken into custody by members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force in Elyria, Ohio, officials announced.
The arrest stems from a June 29, 2025 incident on Morgan Drive in Edison, where police responded to a reported domestic dispute and found a man suffering from stab wounds, authorities said.
An investigation determined Burge was involved, and a warrant was issued for her arrest by …
Three Arrested After Stabbing At Atlantic City Resort: Police
Two Newark residents and a Maryland man were arrested and charged after a man was stabbed and a woman assaulted at a resort in Atlantic City, authorities announced Wednesday, April 15.
At 10:37 p.m. on Sunday, April 5, officers responded to the Showboat Resort and and located a 38-year-old Severn, Maryland woman who had been assaulted, Atlantic City police said. She was transferred to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The stabbing victim, Quheem Whitehead, a 38-year-old Newark resident, later arrived at a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
After a…
Cold Case Twist: Mantua Twp Double Murder Suspect Has Been Dead For 25 Years, Prosecutor Says
A more than 30-year-old New Jersey double homicide cold case has been closed thanks to help from newly-analyzed DNA. But the suspect has been dead since 2000, authorities said.
Francis "Frank" T. Schooley, of Mantua Township (Camden County) who died in 2000 at the age of 39, murdered 24-year-old Marebeth Welsh of Woodlynne in 1993 and 16-year-old Jennifer Persia of Magnolia in 1994, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay said on Thursday, April 9.
On Sunday, Nov. 14, 1993, at 4:24 a.m., Camden police found Welsh with blood coming from her nose on the sidewalk of the 300 block of Jackson St…
Man Stabbed, Woman Assaulted At Atlantic City Resort: Police
A Newark man was stabbed and a Maryland woman was assaulted at Showboat Resort in Atlantic City on Easter Sunday, authorities said.
At 10:37 p.m., on Sunday, April 5, officers responded to the resort and located a 38-year-old Severn woman who had been assaulted, Atlantic City police said. She was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Atlantic City Police said.
A 38-year-old Newark man who had been stabbed in the altercation, was located at a nearby hospital, police said. He had non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The suspect(s) remain at large, police…
18-Year-Old Stabs Grandmother’s Fiancé To Death Inside Trailer In East Northport: Police
An 18-year-old is accused of fatally stabbing his grandmother’s fiancé inside a trailer in Suffolk County, police said.
Noel Bermudez-Chin, of East Northport, was arrested following the violent early morning incident at a home on Catherine Street on Sunday, March 29, according to Suffolk County Police.
Officers were called to the property at 3:42 a.m. for a reported stabbing and found that Joseph Falvo had been attacked multiple times inside a trailer parked in the driveway, authorities said.
Falvo, 61, was rushed to Huntington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Bermu…
Son Stabs Father In Back With Kitchen Knife In Lancaster County: Court Docs
A Lancaster County man is accused of stabbing his father in the back with a kitchen knife inside their Manor Township home, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, Feb. 24.
Trent Tobias Martin, 28, of Columbia, was charged after police were dispatched to a reported stabbing at 137 Seitz Road around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, according to the criminal complaint.
Officers with the Manor Township Police Department arrived to find a 68-year-old man, identified in the affidavit as L.M., on his knees and hunched over a chair in the living room, police wrote in the af…
Arrest Made In Murder Of Dockworker At Linden TGI Friday's, Prosecutor Says
A 41-year-old Burlington County man was arrested and charged with murder in the first degree for a deadly stabbing that occurred at TGI Fridays in Linden, authorities announced Tuesday, Jan. 6.
Darrell Robinson, a Wrightstown resident, was arrested in connection with the November 2025 murder of Erik Kuns, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, and lodged in the Essex County Jail, records show.
Kuns' family cheered at his arrest on a Facebook page dedicated to holding the person who killed Kuns responsible.
"Erik’s murderer was arrested this morning," the page reads. "Today brought a small sense of rel…
13-Year-Old Caught After Taxi Driver Robbed, Stabbed At Park In Spring Valley: Police
A taxi driver was attacked and robbed at knifepoint in Rockland County, leading to the arrest of a 13-year-old suspect and an ongoing search for two others, police said.
The incident happened at about 7 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 4, at Spring Valley Memorial Park, where officers responded to a report of a stabbing, the Spring Valley Police Department said on Monday, Jan. 5.
Police said the victim was driving a taxi and had picked up three males, who then attacked the driver. During the assault, one of the suspects brandished a knife, and the group stole the driver’s phone and a large …
33-Year-Old ID'd After Fatal Stabbing Inside Elmont Home (Update)
A man was stabbed multiple times and killed inside an Elmont residence, Nassau County police announced early Monday morning, Dec. 29.
Officers responded to an aided case at a home on Travis Avenue at about 1:08 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 28, where they found 33-year-old Jasson Phillips suffering from numerous stab wounds inside the residence, according to detectives.
Phillips, of Elmont, was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead by hospital staff, police said.
Witnesses at the scene identified Desean Harrison, 23, who lives at the home, as the suspect, investigators expla…
Port Jervis Man, 84, Kills Assisted Living Neighbor Dead, Cops Say
A 62-year-old Port Jervis woman was found stabbed dead inside an assisted living facility over the weekend, and an 84-year-old resident has been charged with her death, officials said.
New York State Police from the Greenville Barracks and the Town of Deerpark Police Department responded at approximately 11:39 p.m. to a reported assault at The Sentinel of Port Jervis, located at 2247 Greenville Turnpike in Port Jervis.
Town of Deerpark officers arrived first and found the victim, identified as Patricia Winters, of Port Jervis, deceased inside a bedroom with a stab wound, police said. T…
Man Admits To Murder In Fatal New Year's Day Stabbing In Yonkers
A man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the fatal New Year’s Day stabbing of a 37-year-old man in Westchester County, prosecutors announced.
Yonkers man Jamal Glover, 43, entered the guilty plea on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 10, in connection with the killing of Stephan Carson, which happened early on Jan. 1, 2025, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Dec. 11.
Glover's sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 15, 2026.
Prosecutors said Glover stabbed Carson to death after an altercation outside 2 Hudson St. in Yonkers. Police were called …
