Levittown Wife Who Shot Husband In Head After Calling Boyfriend To Pick Up Their Son Sentenced
A Pennsylvania mom executed her husband at a crowded waterfront park following a violent confrontation — then calmly phoned her boyfriend with a chilling confession and asked him to pick up their son.
Sammar Khan, 42, of Levittown, was sentenced to 10 to 30 years in state prison for killing her husband, 38-year-old Faisal Iqbal, at the Bristol Borough Wharf on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. She appeared before Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey L. Finley for sentencing on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, after pleading guilty to third-degree murder in July. She also pleaded guilty to possession of an inst…
Hagerstown Man Fires Shots At Victim During Maryland Dispute, Police Say
A Maryland man is behind bars after allegedly firing multiple shots at another person during a heated overnight argument, police said.
Officers with the Hagerstown Police Department responded to the 200 block of W. Franklin Street around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 27, for a report of shots fired.
“Within minutes, officers were able to identify the suspect from city surveillance cameras, locate him and place him under arrest,” HPD said in a statement.
That suspect, Charles Anthony Rodgers, 38, was found outside his home in the 200 block of W. Franklin and taken into custody, officials said. …
Scooter Rider With Loaded Gun Fights Cops In Uniondale, Police Say
A Hempstead man was arrested after allegedly riding a scooter without lights and fighting off officers as they discovered he had a loaded gun in Uniondale, Nassau County police announced on Saturday, June 28, 2025.
Selvin Watts, 42, of Brown Avenue, was stopped on an electric scooter at 12:15 a.m. on Argyle Avenue near Nassau Road, according to First Squad Detectives.
Police say the scooter had no lights, prompting a traffic stop with emergency lights and sirens. During the investigation, officers attempted to arrest Watts, who they say became combative and violent while resisting arrest.
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SWAT Team Called After Jersey City Man Shoots At Secaucus Officers: Cops
A 59-year-old Jersey City man was arrested and charged after he shot at Secaucus police on Sunday, June 1, authorities said.
At 7:45 p.m., officers responded to a County Avenue apartment after a woman's phone was snatched by a man, later identified as Dhanraj Dass, Secaucus police said. The man also threatened her with a handgun, police said.
An hour later, officers located Dass at 25 County Ave, observing a handgun protruding from the doorway, police said.
Dass fired two rounds at officers before retreating inside the building, police said. Secaucus Patrol Division officers began to estab…
Smith & Wesson Handgun: Atlantic City Man Faces Prison
A 23-year-old Atlantic City man pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a handgun on Thursday, May 29, after he was found in possession of a Smith & Wesson handgun, authorities said.
Per the terms of a plea agreement, Devin Brown faces five years in state prison, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said.
On Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, Atlantic City police spotted Brown at 1542 Atlantic Ave., prosecutors said. Brown was wanted on an unrelated warrant and began to flee when officers asked to speak to him, prosecutors said.
Police pursued and were ultimately able to apprehend Brown as h…
Glove Box Surprise: Loaded Gun Found In Yonkers Traffic Stop, Duo Busted, Nysp Say
A routine traffic stop in Westchester led to the arrest of two men after troopers discovered a loaded handgun in their vehicle, authorities said.
The incident occurred on Monday, March 17, at around 10:34 p.m., when authorities pulled over a red 2021 Audi traveling on Central Park Avenue in Yonkers for a vehicle and traffic law violation, New York State Police announced on Thursday, March 20.
During the stop, troopers conducted an investigation and found a loaded Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun in the glove compartment, police said.
The firearm was illegally possessed, leading t…
Talk, Then Terror: Teen Starts Conversation, Then Pulls Gun In New Rochelle Robbery, Police Say
A 17-year-old boy has been taken into custody after allegedly robbing a man at gunpoint in Westchester, police said.
The incident occurred on Monday, March 3, at around 8:30 p.m., when the suspect approached a victim on foot near 10 Davenport Ave. in New Rochelle, the city's police department announced on Tuesday, March 4.
The suspect had a short conversation with the victim before taking out a handgun and stealing his cell phone and wallet, police said.
The victim described the suspect as a Black male with dreadlocks and glasses.
Officers quickly launched an investigation, de…
Loaded Guns, High-Capacity Magazines: Man Charged After Mount Vernon Weapons Bust, DA Says
A Westchester man faces multiple weapons charges after being caught with loaded firearms and large-capacity magazines, prosecutors announced.
Malachi Beccan, age 27, of Mount Vernon, was arraigned in Westchester County Court on Thursday, Feb. 13, following an indictment on weapons charges, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced.
According to court documents, Beccan was found in possession of two loaded firearms—a Smith & Wesson 9mm pistol and a Cobray 9mm pistol—on Jan. 23, 2025. He was also allegedly in possession of five large-capacity magazines.
He w…
Felon Running Drug Operation From Luxury Baltimore Apartment Linked To China Suppliers: Feds
A convicted felon living in a luxury Baltimore apartment was found guilty of possessing fentanyl and firearms, including a "ghost gun," in connection with drug trafficking, federal officials announced Monday.
Ryan E. Dales, 36, was convicted on multiple charges, including being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, after a four-day trial in Baltimore, authorities said on Dec. 9.
According to evidence presented at trial, Dales operated a drug trafficking operation out of his residence…
South Jersey Cocaine Dealer Pleads Guilty To Drug, Weapons Offenses: Prosecutor
A 60-year-old drug dealer from South Jersey has admitted to selling cocaine and possessing several weapons, authorities said.
Kelvin Nixon, of Pleasantville, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Oct. 3, to first-degree possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, and second-degree certain persons not to possess a weapon, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
On Dec. 18, 2022, a warranted search was made on one of Nixon’s vehicles in Atlantic City. Detectives found about 1.6 pounds of cocaine packaged in individual glass jars, a Smith & Wesson .38 Spec…
Man Armed With Loaded Rifle, High-Capacity Magazine Nabbed At Central Jersey Jazz Fest
A Virginia man allegedly armed with a loaded rifle was acting “extremely uncooperative” when police arrested him at Central Jersey Jazz Fest over the weekend.
Flemington Police responding to a report of a suspicious male, potentially unconscious, found Douglas W. Courter, 42, of Woodbridge, Virginia, inside his vehicle at the festival on Saturday, Sept. 9, the department said.
Courter allegedly began acting “extremely uncooperative” and attempted to hide crack cocaine in his pants while refusing to follow officers’ orders.
He was eventually removed from the vehicle, which was then searched…
