Search Intensifies For Missing, Endangered Purcellville Woman, 81, Gone Since Sunday
An urgent search for an 81-year-old woman who vanished after leaving for a walk in Virginia has stretched into its fourth day.
Carolyn Taylor was last seen at approximately 10:40 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, in the 18000 block of Foundry Road in Purcellville, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.
Taylor left for a walk and never returned, authorities said.
As of Wednesday, Aug. 26, a large law enforcement presence remained in the area of Lincoln Road as deputies continued searching for Taylor, who has been classified as missing and endangered.
Now, investigators are asking nearby …
Secaucus Police Lt. Thomas 'TJ' Malanka Jr. Dies 2 Months After Retirement
A longtime North Jersey police lieutenant who retired just two months ago has died, the department announced.
Lt. Thomas “TJ” Malanka Jr., Secaucus PD badge No. 125, died around 1:50 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 24, the department said.
Malanka served with the Secaucus Police Department from 2002 until June 2026. His assignments included patrol supervisor, platoon commander, and extra duty coordinator. Malanka also spent more than a decade as a member of the Hudson County Rapid Deployment Force, police said.
Malanka is survived by his wife, children, mother, and father, retired Secaucus…
Man Shot, Killed In Trenton: Police
A 29-year-old man was shot and killed in Trenton Sunday, Aug. 23, authorities said.
At 11:35 p.m., officers responded to 629 Whittaker Ave. and found the man with a gunshot wound, Trenton police said. The man, who was not identified by police, was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The Mercer County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force is investigating the incident, police said.
$9.8K In Cocaine, Pills, Guns Seized From Reading Home: DA
Nearly $10,000 worth of cocaine and other suspected drugs, along with two guns — one of them stolen — were seized during a raid of a Reading home, authorities announced on Friday, Aug. 21.
Diamonte Peair Sims, 24, of Reading, was taken into custody after Berks County Drug Task Force detectives served a search warrant at 617 Brookline Plaza around 9 a.m. Friday as part of an ongoing narcotics investigation, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office.
Investigators had identified Sims as a suspect in the trafficking of controlled substances from the residence, the DA's office sa…
NJ Man Posed As Religious Solicitor To Meet ‘13-Year-Old’ In Bensalem: Prosecutors
A New Jersey man who drove to Pennsylvania dressed as a religious solicitor to meet someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl for sex has been sentenced, authorities announced on Wednesday, Aug. 19.
The case began when Oscar Castillo-Peralta, 54, of Pleasantville, NJ, started chatting on a social media app with someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl on Jan. 30, 2025, authorities said. Bensalem police previously identified the app as KIK.
The pair exchanged phone numbers and continued communicating by text, with the conversations becoming sexual over the following weeks, investigators s…
Willimantic Man Charged In 14-Year-Old Cold Case Killing In Chaplin: State
A Connecticut man has been charged in a fatal stabbing that remained unsolved for more than 14 years.
Matthew Vining, 43, of Willimantic, was arrested and charged in the death of Michael Mitchell, 42, also of Willimantic, authorities announced Wednesday, Aug. 19.
Mitchell was fatally stabbed inside a Chaplin home on or around Feb. 22, 2012.
Chief State’s Attorney Patrick J. Griffin said investigators used DNA analysis, surveillance video, cell site information, and eyewitness accounts to identify Vining as a suspect.
The arrest followed a joint investigation involving state and…
Drug Hub Busted In Corinth As Five Suspects Cuffed — Including Familiar Faces: Cops
Five people were arrested in a Capital District drug bust, including at least three with previous drug arrests, according to authorities.
The suspects, all charged with third-degree drug possession, were identified by the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office as:
Andre L. Ovitt, 57, of Corinth
Erica B. Shippee, 39, of Corinth
Thomas A. Allen, 37, of Hadley
Trevor A. Thompson, 27, of Porter Corners
Todd L. Joubert, 63, of Corinth
Cops raided a Corinth residence on Wednesday, Aug. 12 after obtaining a search warrant, the sheriff’s office said Sunday, Aug. 16.
The raid and subsequent investigat…
Back For Another Peek: Maryland Man Caught Peeping At Franconia Woman Twice, Police Say
A Maryland man accused of making a habit of creeping where he shouldn't be has landed himself behind bars.
Landon Anthony Taylor, 42, was arrested in Rockville on Friday, Aug. 14, following a pair of alleged late-night peeping incidents outside a woman's home in the Franconia area of Fairfax County, police announced on Saturday.
According to investigators, Taylor's alleged window-watching first came to their attention at around 10:25 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, when officers were called to the 5900 block of Coverdale Way, where a woman reported spotting a man peeping through her window.
But ap…
Flock Around, Find Out: Brick Man Praised After Allegedly Destroying Controversial Cop Cam
A 31-year-old New Jersey man was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 13, for cutting down a Flock safety camera, police said.
Andrew Wardell, a Brick resident, intentionally cut down the Flock camera at 181 Drum Point Rd. by the Exxon gas station on Wednesday, July 8, Brick Township police said. Wardell is charged with criminal mischief, police said.
Wardell's arrest comes amid national controversy over Flock cameras. Earlier this week, three deputies in Georgia were arrested for using the license plate readers to stalk people, some of whom they were dating. In response, Flock rolled out new safegua…
