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USA Today
by Jonathan Limehouse
10/04/25

On the heels of the controversial Netflix true-crime drama about Erik and Lyle Menendez, Los Angeles prosecutors announced they are reviewing new evidence of alleged sexual abuse brought forth by the brothers’ attorneys.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón spoke about the ongoing review concerning the 1989 double homicide during a news conference on Thursday.

“I know this is an area of tremendous interest nationally, especially since the Netflix documentary came out,” Gascón said about the case. “We’re getting a lot of calls.”

The Menendez brothers’ attorneys have filed petitions for

abc7NY
By LINDSAY TUCHMAN
10/02/2024

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced the state is investing millions to improve its public safety response to domestic violence.

The state is providing a record $35 million to better address the needs of victims and survivors of intimate partner abuse.

“If you are in the category of someone who abuses an intimate partner or a former partner or anybody, we’re coming after you,” Hochul said. “We’ve had enough.”

The funding will be divided, with $5 million to be shared amongst the District Attorney’s offices across the five boroughs.

Twenty-three million will

Daily Voice Nassau County
by Michael Mashburn
October 2, 2024

A Long Island man formally confessed to sexually abusing a 3-year-old child and then sharing video of the act online.

Dakota Rose, age 25, of East Northport, pleaded guilty to use of a child in a sexual performance and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Monday, Sept. 30.

It came months after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) contacted Suffolk County Police in February 2024 saying an East Northport resident had shared a video of child sexual abuse on social media.

On

US News
Story by Philip Marcelo
Oct. 1, 2024

Woman Associated with MS-13 is Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison

A woman associated with MS-13 was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years in federal prison for her role in luring four young men to be killed by more than a dozen members of the violent transnational gang in the New York City suburbs.

Leniz Escobar was a “critical player” at nearly every step of the April 2017 massacre, “willingly and enthusiastically” helping to plan and execute the horrific killing, in which gang members armed with machetes, knives and

Story by 1010 Wins Newsroom
September 16, 2024
WINS Radio New York

A level 3 sex offender was arrested on Friday for allegedly impersonating a Department of Social Services employee in order to sexually abuse and rob a disabled shelter resident, according to Suffolk County Police.

Alfred Balcerak, 65, is charged with forcible touching, third-degree sexual abuse, first- and second-degree endangering the welfare of a physically disabled person, false personation and petit larceny.

Police said that Balcerak used an impersonation ruse to gain entry to an East Farmingdale shelter facility on Sept. 6, and once