Serial Burglar, Juvenile Nabbed For Stealing 2 BMWs: Fairfield PD
A 22-year-old Newark resident and a 17-year-old were arrested and charged with stealing two BMWs in Fairfield, authorities announced Thursday, Aug. 7.
On Saturday, April 20, 2024, at 7:57 a.m., officers responded to Colt Street for a report of a motor vehicle stolen from a driveway of a home overnight, Fairfield police said.
Altamir Thornton and the juvenile entered the home through a window and stole cash and a key fob to a 2024 BMW X7M, police said. The vehicle, along with a BMW X5 were later spotted in Glen Avenue that day. The BMW X5 was stolen from Piscataway, police said.
The two BM…
2-Hour Standoff: Jersey City Man Arrested For Home Invasion, Spring Lake Police Say
A 36-year-old Jersey City resident was arrested and charged for a home invasion following a two-hour standoff on Saturday, July 26, authorities said.
At 12:06 a.m., officers responded to a residence on Tuttle Avenue after a man, later identified as Georgy Charles, entered their home, Spring Lake police.
Charles was confronted by homeowners in an upstairs bedroom and fled, police said. At 1:35 a.m., Charles was spotted in Belmar on Route 35, police said.
While stopped on West Sylvania Avenue in Neptune City, Charles refused officer’s commanders and barricaded himself inside the vehicle, pol…
Duo Convicted In Lower Merion Wrong-House Killing That Left Mom Paralyzed
Two men have been convicted of first-degree murder in a botched Lower Merion home invasion that left a young man dead and his mother paralyzed.
A Montgomery County jury found Charles Fulforth, 41, of Jenkintown, and Kelvin Roberts, 42, of Norristown, guilty on Thursday, July 24, 2025, of murder, robbery, burglary, and related charges in the Dec. 8, 2024, killing of 25-year-old Andrew Gaudio and the attempted murder of his mother, Bernadette Gaudio.
The pair were not convicted of conspiracy to commit murder.
Authorities say the duo broke into the Gaudios' home on Meredith Road in the Wynnew…
Florida Man Used Fake Utility Worker Ruse To Rob Elderly PA Homeowners With Son: AG
A Florida man who posed as a utility worker to rob elderly Pennsylvanians alongside his son has been sentenced to state prison, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Wednesday, July 16.
Steve Nichols, 57, of Fort Lauderdale, will serve 2½ to 20 years in state prison for leading a father-son burglary ring that hit homes in Butler, Erie, Indiana, Lackawanna, and Westmoreland counties, state investigators say.
Nichols and his son, Archie Marino, allegedly pulled off a string of distraction-style break-ins, targeting elderly residents—some in their 80s—who were home alone during the crimes, co…
Man Strangled With Dog Leash In Washington, CT, Home Invasion; Relative Among Attackers: Police
A man told police he was strangled with a dog leash and kicked in the face repeatedly during a violent home invasion at his Connecticut home. He was able to police track down one of the assailants because they are related, authorities said.
Huckleberry Durkin, 26, of Thomaston, and Austin Dutcher, 26, of Washington, were both arrested after allegedly breaking into the victim’s home Saturday afternoon, July 12, and assaulting a man inside during a planned confrontation, Connecticut State Police said.
The victim told police he was attacked inside his home around 2 p.m. when the tw…
