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Teen Needed Surgery After Genitals Bitten During Sexual Assault At Hotel: Prosecutors
A woman was left unable to walk and needed surgery after a sexual assault at a Pennsylvania hotel, authorities announced on Monday, Aug. 24.
Javier Santos-Rivera, 41, of Allentown, was charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated assault, sexual assault, simple assault, indecent assault, and intimidation of a witness or victim, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan said.
Pennsylvania State Police were called to an area hospital around 7:17 a.m. on March 21 after a 19-year-old woman reported being sexually assaulted, according to the DA's office. Investigators d…
Stranded Tourist Dies In Scorching Death Valley Heat
A French tourist died after becoming stranded on a remote road in Death Valley National Park as temperatures reached 116 degrees, according to officials.
Pierre Michel Formosa, 68, died on Monday, Aug. 17, after he and a traveling companion got stuck in mud near Queen of Sheba Mine Road, the National Park Service said in a news release on Friday, Aug. 21.
Formosa and his companion, who's also from France, were traveling on West Side Road when their vehicle became stuck. With no other vehicles in the area, the men began walking across the salt flats toward Badwater Road to get help.
The two…
NJ 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…
Prostitution Arrest Lands Prominent NFL Owner In Court: What Happened
One of the NFL’s most prominent owners is facing legal fallout after an arrest tied to an alleged prostitution encounter.
San Francisco 49ers principal owner Jed York, 46, was arrested Sunday, Aug. 23, in East Palestine, Ohio, on suspicion of engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools, according to court records and multiple reports. East Palestine is about 30 miles southeast of Youngstown in northeastern Ohio.
York pleaded no contest Monday, Aug. 24, to two misdemeanor charges after the prostitution count was amended to disorderly conduct, ESPN reported, citing Columbiana …
NJ Woman ID'd In Pennsylvania Murder; Woman Charged In Double Shooting: Officials
A woman shot to death inside a Northampton County home has been identified as 27-year-old Atirah N. Steed, while another woman remains jailed without bail on homicide charges, authorities announced Monday, Aug. 24.
Steed died from multiple gunshot wounds, an autopsy completed Monday at the Lehigh County Coroner's Office and Forensic Center determined. Her death was ruled a homicide, Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said.
Lacole Diane Dotson, 27, also of Freemansburg, has been charged with criminal homicide, attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault, and recklessly endangering another person i…
NJ Marine Vet Dies At 24: Remembering Zack Paleologos
Zack Paleologos, a 24-year-old Jackson native, died on Thursday, Aug. 20. The cause of death was suicide, his sister, Isabella Paleologos, said on a GoFundMe set up following his passing.
Paleologos, a Marine veteran, died just 10 days prior to his 25th birthday.
"We are devastated beyond words," Isabella wrote. "We are still in shock, trying to comprehend how we could possibly be living in a world without him in it."
Zack was living in California at the time of his death and the fundraiser is meant to bring his body home to New Jersey, so he can be properly laid to rest.
"Zack …
