Category Archive for : ‘Domestic Violence’

NBC News 4 New York
By Tom Shea
1/08/25

Long Island Girl, 9, Punched and Slashed While Trying to Stop Attempted Murder: Police

A 9-year-old girl was punched in the head and slashed on her hands as she tried to break up a fight that escalated into an attempted murder inside a Long Island home, according to police.

The violence stemmed from an argument between Milton Mendez and a 39-year-old woman in the Uniondale home around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nassau County police said. As the fight intensified, the 45-year-old Mendez grabbed a kitchen knife and

NPR National
By Alana Wise
08/28/24

Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel It Ends With Us has been adapted into a star-studded film, starring the likes of Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. But the much-talked-about film is facing criticism for appearing to glamorize its depiction of domestic abuse.

The film, which draws from Hoover’s own parents’ relationship, tells the story of florist Lily Bloom, who falls in love with a neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid.

During their courtship, Kincaid goes from charming and charismatic to physically and emotionally abusive. Bloom eventually ends the relationship, telling her daughter that the cycle of violence “ends

Newsweek
By Adeola Adeosun
12/23/24

Suspect Caught After Setting Sleeping Woman Ablaze on NYC Subway

What’s New

A suspect has been arrested in the fatal attack of a sleeping woman who was set on fire Sunday morning on a New York City subway train in Brooklyn. The NYPD offered a $10,000 reward for any information on the murder.

The arrest comes after three high school students spotted the person of interest and alerted authorities, following the release of surveillance images to the public.

Newsweek contacted the NYPD’s public information officer via email on Sunday for comment.

Why It Matters

The attack occurred amid ongoing

NBC News
By Deavid K. Li
12/17/24

Suspected Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Rex Heuermann Accused of Another Slaying

Prosecutors filed another murder charge on Tuesday against the alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer who is now formally accused of killing seven women near New York City.

Rex Heuermann has previously pleaded not guilty to the slayings of six women whose remains were along the southern shore of Long Island.

He’s now been formally accused of murdering 24-year-old escort Valerie Mack, whose skeletal remains were found in November 2000.

The charge connected to Mack comes after he was previously accused

Long Island Press
By Hannah Devlin
12/17/24

2024 Crime: 5 Dead in Syosset Murder Suicide

In one of the most notable investigations of the year, Joseph Delucia Jr., 59, of Syosset, was identified by police as the shooter in an apparent murder suicide which killed five people. The Wyoming Court cul-de-sac hadn’t expected to become the scene of a crime in August’s shocking investigation.

“In 41 years, that is probably one of the most horrific scenes I have ever seen,” Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said. Ryder said the responding officers met with a peer support

Daily Voice Suffolk County NY
By Michael Mashburn
12/04/24

Husband Admits Fatally Stabbing Therapist Wife on Long Island Over Impending Divorce

A Long Island husband and father admitted to stabbing his therapist wife to death after she revealed her plans to leave him.

Anthony Paruolo, age 39, of North Bellmore, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Nassau County Court on Wednesday, Dec. 4, in the killing of Danielle Paruolo.

Nassau County Police responded to the couple’s North Bellmore residence at around 11:40 p.m. on Oct, 6, 2022, after several people called 911 reporting a domestic incident.

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