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BREAKING: A one-year old baby was killed and two women injured at a picnic on East Hills Drive in Pittsburgh, Penn., just after 7:30 p.m. The child, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene. One of the women was shot in the chest and was reportedly found lying on top of the baby. A second woman sustained a gun shot wound to the buttocks. They were transported to an area hospital.
NYPD detective Edwin Vargas was arrested Tuesday morning for allegedly using the department’s equipment to conduct unauthorized database searches to spy on associates, including a woman he once had a relationship with. Detective Edwin Vargas, who was assigned to the 40th precinct in the Bronx, will be arraigned later today in a Manhattan federal court.
Official sources said Vargas conducted unauthorized searches in the National Crime Information Center database, as well as hiring as private hacking company to find even more information.
He is suspected of using the searches to spy on as many as 20 people. One of them is believed to be a woman with whom he had a relationship.
According to sources, Det. Vargas attempted to obtain the email accounts of at least 30 people. 21 of them are current or former NYPD employees and 19 are current NYPD officers. Many of them may be assigned to the 44 Precinct, his former precinct in the Bronx.
Nikolas Budimlic has been identified as the Nassau County police officer who shot 21-year-old Hoftstra junior Andrea Rebello during a home invasion by convicted felon Dalton Smith. He is reportedly ‘inconsolable’ over her death. Here’s my question, where were the hostage negotiators or the SWAT team? Usually when there are hostages, these special forces are called in.
The New York Post reports Nikolas Budimlic, 42, is a 12-year veteran of the force, and is ‘torn up’ after shooting her while Dalton Smith held a gun to her head early Friday morning.
Budimlic is now on sick leave. According to media reports, Nikolas Budimlic reported to the Uniondale home and confronted Smith, firing eight shots at him. One of those shots hit Andrea Rebello in the head, killing her. Nikolas Budimlic has to live with what he did. It seems that eight shots were excessive, considering he was firing at the suspect reportedly still holding Andrea Rebello hostage.
SHOCK: Fourteen year old Daja Robinson was killed Saturday after a gunman shot at the Q6 bus she was riding in as it idled by a bus stop on Sutphin Boulevard and Rockaway Boulevard in South Jamaica. Police said the bus was hit a number of times, with one bullet breaking through the window and hitting the teen in the head. It is not clear if Daja Robinson was the intended target.
Daja Robinson was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital. She was a student at Andrew Jackson High School. The gunman has not been identified and remains at large. If you have any information about the teen’s murder, please call Crime Stoppers at (800)577-TIPS.
Andrea Rebello (right) ID’d as Hofstra Student Killed During Home Invasion on Long Island (Facebook)
BREAKING NEWS: Andrea Rebello was killed by a police officer’s bullet, not by career criminal Dalton Smith, USA Today reports. It had earlier been reported that the 21 year old junior was murdered by Dalton Smith during a home invasion.
Authorities say a police officer’s bullet killed a New York college student during the response to a home invasion at an off-campus home.
Nassau County homicide squad Lt. John Azzata said Saturday night that Andrea Rebello was killed by a police officer as she was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder.
Azzata says the police officer opened fire as Dalton Smith made a motion to fire at the officers early Saturday morning.
Azzata says the officer fired eight shots, hitting Smith seven times and Rebello once in the head, killing her.
Hero Police Officer Richard DeCoatsworth, Who Met Michelle Obama, Arrested for Raping 2 Women (MySpace)
Richard DeCoatsworth, who was hailed a ‘hero’ police officer and sat next to First Lady Michelle Obama during President Obama’s 2009 speech before Congress, was arrested and charged with rape, making terroristic threats, sexual assault and related offenses.
A source tells NBC10 former officer Richard DeCoatsworth, 27, met one of the women two weeks ago and forced her into prostitution at a local hotel. Between 2 a.m. Thursday and Friday evening, DeCoatsworth went to the woman’s home along North Howard Street in the Fishtown-Kensington area where there was a party, according to the source.
Once he arrived, DeCoatsworth forced that woman and a second woman, both in their 20s, to use drugs and perform oral sex on him at gunpoint, according to the source.
Police raided DeCoatsworth’s house on the 2700 block of Salmon Street in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia around 6:30 a.m. on Saturday. He was arrested and charged with rape, sexual assault, terroristic threats and related offenses. Police also confiscated drugs and guns from the home, according to a source. No word yet on what kind of drugs were removed from the home. Source
DeCoatsworth, 27, was shot in the face during a traffic stop in September 2007, managed to chase after his attacker, who was convicted and sentenced to 36 to 72 years in prison. He retired from the police force on disability in December 2011, after an investigation was conducted by Internal Affairs November 2011 over an alleged scuffle between he and another officer, Philly.com, reports. Richard DeCoatsworth, called a ‘thorn in the side’ of his neighborhood by a resident, reportedly amassed nine citizen complaints, accusing him of assault, abuse and misconduct, in his short time as a police officer.
Jermaine Richards, of Bridgeport, Conn., was arrested in the murder of Eastern Connecticut State University student Alyssiah Wiley, who was last seen April 20. He was charged with first degree kidnapping and murder. His bond was set at $2 million.
The remains found in the woods Friday, were positively identified Saturday as Alyssiah Wiley. The manner and cause of death is not known at this time. State police searched Jermaine Richards’ residence Saturday and seized ‘items of evidence,’ the Courant reports. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Alyssiah Wiley.
Hofstra University Student Andrea Rebello During home invasion by career criminal Dalton Smith
The masked gunman who was slain in a home invasion that also claimed the life of Hofstra University junior Andrea Rebello has been identified as convicted felon Dalton Smith, 30, of Hempstead. He was reportedly wanted for absconding parole for robbery. He had been found guilty of robbery in the first degree and had a long rap sheet dating back to 1999. He has had multiple convictions for theft and assault.
The New York Post reports Dalton Smith followed Jessica and Andrea Rebello, Jessica’s boyfriend John Kourtessiss and Shannon Thomas from student bar McHebes, back to the girls’ California Avenue sorority house. Smith reportedly targeted the students because he saw them spending large amounts of money at the popular student bar.
Dalton Smith was shot by police after they responded to the home following a 911 phone call by Shannon Thomas, who he sent to withdraw money from the ATM machine.
The gun violence in Chicago continues with 11 people shot, three fatally in separate incidents between Friday night and Saturday morning. Clifton Barney, 17, was killed after a man or boy walked up to him and shot him once in the chest in the 7800 block of South Langley Avenue at about 7:24 p.m. Friday.
The second fatal shooting occurred at about 8:05 p.m. in the 200 block of North Mayfield Avenue. The victim was identified as Ramar Bonner, 40. The third murder occurred at 3:50 a.m. in the 4800 block of West Iowa Street, where police found a deceased man with a gunshot wound.
Sad News: Human remains found in a wooded area near the Bridgeport-Trumbull line has been positively identified as belonging to missing Eastern Connecticut State University student Alyssiah Wiley. She was last seen April 20 in Willimantic en route to the university. Alyssiah Wiley was reported missing April 24.
Police found a black Nissan Altima last week near the Bridgeport-Fairfield line that they said is connected to the case, though they would not elaborate on how it was related.
UPDATE#1: Jermaine Richards, of Bridgeport, has been arrested and charged with murder and kidnapping in the death of Alyssiah Wiley.
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