$40K Stolen For Vegas Vacation By Former Manager Of One Of America's Most Beautiful Cemeteries $40K Stolen For Vegas Vacation By Former Manager Of One Of America's Most Beautiful Cemeteries
$40K Stolen For Vegas Vacation By Former Manager Of One Of America's Most Beautiful Cemeteries A former cemetery manager admitted stealing more than $40,000 from one of the Capital Region's most historic landmarks and spending some of the money on trips to Las Vegas, Walt Disney World, and other personal expenses, prosecutors announced. David Eslinger, 58, of Fort Edward, pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the Third Degree and Identity Theft in the First Degree before Albany County Judge Roger McDonough on Thursday, March 27, according to Albany County District Attorney Lee C. Kindlon. An investigation found Eslinger, who served as general manager of Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands,…
Alert Issued For US Travelers Over Popular Activity In Bahamas: Here's Why Alert Issued For US Travelers Over Popular Activity In Bahamas: Here's Why
Alert Issued For US Travelers Over Popular Activity In Bahamas: Here's Why The federal government is warning US travelers to avoid renting jet skis in The Bahamas. The US Embassy in Nassau issued a security alert on Monday, June 15. The warning comes after several American women said they were sexually assaulted by jet ski operators in recent years. Two American women reported sexual assaults so far in 2026, along with two more reports in 2025 and three in 2024. "Some victims reported that male jet ski operators sexually assaulted them after soliciting them for jet ski rides from the small islands just east of Paradise Island, downtown Nassau, and …
Missing Virginia Baby Giraffes Found Safe After Mystery That Sent Zoo Manager To Jail Missing Virginia Baby Giraffes Found Safe After Mystery That Sent Zoo Manager To Jail
Missing Virginia Baby Giraffes Found Safe After Mystery That Sent Zoo Manager To Jail The baby giraffes are safe. More than a year after two giraffe calves mysteriously disappeared from Virginia's controversial Natural Bridge Zoo, which touched off a statewide search, inspired a new law, and helped send a zoo manager to jail, officials say the animals have finally been found. The calves are now receiving specialized care at a professional facility, according to Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones' office. For anyone who lost track of this bizarre saga, yes, we're talking about the same missing giraffes. The ones nobody could seem to find. The ones at the center of a court…
MISSING: 13-Year-Old Maryland Girl Vanishes After Leaving For School, Sheriff Says MISSING: 13-Year-Old Maryland Girl Vanishes After Leaving For School, Sheriff Says
Missing: 13-Year-Old Maryland Girl Vanishes After Leaving For School, Sheriff Says A 13-year-old girl walked out the door for school in Maryland on Wednesday morning and never came home. Now, the Harford County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help finding Celine Blizzard, who has been missing since approximately 7:20 a.m. on Wednesday, June 10. Investigators say Blizzard was last seen leaving for school in Edgewood and has not returned. The teenager is considered a runaway, according to the sheriff's office, but her whereabouts remain unknown. She was last seen wearing a short-sleeve white T-shirt and black shorts with white stripes. As the search continue…
Of All The Cars To Pull Over, This Police Impersonator Picked A Real Cop: Officials Of All The Cars To Pull Over, This Police Impersonator Picked A Real Cop: Officials
Of All The Cars To Pull Over, This Police Impersonator Picked A Real Cop: Officials Melvin Andrew Pinkney Jr. picked the wrong person on the wrong night. The 42-year-old California resident is facing charges for impersonating a police officer after attempting to conduct a traffic stop on a Montgomery County Police officer. Truth is stranger than fiction. Pinkney's bad night started around 12:15 a.m. on Monday, June 15, when an officer assigned to the 2nd District Special Assignment Team was driving an unmarked police cruiser during a detail in Silver Spring. Enter: Pinkney. Pinkney, who was driving a Ford Taurus, approached the officer’s cruiser from the rear, acti…
Search For Missing Student Nazir Bell Continues In Potomac River Near Great Falls Search For Missing Student Nazir Bell Continues In Potomac River Near Great Falls
Search For Missing Student Nazir Bell Continues In Potomac River Near Great Falls The search for Nazir Bell isn't over. Crews returned to the Potomac River near Great Falls on Tuesday, June 16, launching boats back into the water as the effort to find the missing 20-year-old entered a third day. Bell was publicly identified on Tuesday by Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Pete Piringer, who said crews would continue searching the river near Great Falls and Old Anglers Inn after the young swimmer disappeared over the weekend. According to MCFRS, Bell was last seen Sunday evening, June 14, in the Potomac River near Billy Goat Trail A, across from Sandy…
Maryland Church Ignored Warnings About Youth Pastor, Lawsuit Says Maryland Church Ignored Warnings About Youth Pastor, Lawsuit Says
Maryland Church Ignored Warnings About Youth Pastor, Lawsuit Says Days after a former Baltimore County youth pastor admitted to sexually abusing a child, a new lawsuit alleges church leaders were warned about his behavior years earlier and failed to stop him. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, June 16, by Andreozzi + Foote, accuses Central Christian Church in Rossville of ignoring reports about Thomas G. Pinkerton Jr.'s conduct while he allegedly groomed and sexually abused a teenage boy over a four-year period. Pinkerton pleaded guilty on June 8 in Baltimore County Circuit Court to one count of sexual abuse of a minor and is awaiting sentencing in December. …
She Rescued A Newborn Fawn Found Beside His Dead Mother: Then Came The Charges She Rescued A Newborn Fawn Found Beside His Dead Mother: Then Came The Charges
She Rescued A Newborn Fawn Found Beside His Dead Mother: Then Came The Charges Cammy Lowe rescued a newborn fawn that she found next to its dead mother and nursed him for years. Now, the Lawrenceville, NJ resident and barn owner has found herself running afoul of the law years after she said the wild animal, who she named Ruby, escaped. In April, Lowe was convicted of possessing a potentially dangerous species without a permit, interfering with a conservation officer and having the deer illegally castrated. Court records show Lowe was charged on July 25, 2024, with possessing a live indigenous or exotic animal without a permit, interference with the duties of …
Terror Plot With Snipers, Drones Targeted White House UFC Event On Trump's Birthday: FBI Terror Plot With Snipers, Drones Targeted White House UFC Event On Trump's Birthday: FBI
Terror Plot With Snipers, Drones Targeted White House UFC Event On Trump's Birthday: FBI A much-awaited White House event was spared from a dangerous plot, federal authorities say. FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Tuesday morning, June 16, that the FBI and law enforcement partners thwarted alleged planned attacks tied to the "UFC Freedom 250" event in Washington, DC. The event was hosted by President Donald Trump on the White House South Lawn on Sunday, June 14, as part of his 80th birthday weekend and the country’s upcoming semiquincentennial celebrations. Patel said the FBI and its partners became aware on Wednesday, June 10, of a potential threat involving people outsid…
Actress Anne Schedeen Dies: Best Known As Mom On Popular NBC Sitcom 'ALF' Actress Anne Schedeen Dies: Best Known As Mom On Popular NBC Sitcom 'ALF'
Actress Anne Schedeen Dies: Best Known As Mom On Popular NBC Sitcom 'ALF' A familiar face from one of TV’s quirkiest sitcom families has died. Anne Schedeen, best known for playing Kate Tanner on the NBC sitcom "ALF," died at age 77, her family announced Sunday, June 14, in a post on her Facebook page. A cause of death was not publicly disclosed. "We are bereft without her," her family wrote, also calling Schedeen "a force." The family remembered her creative energy, humor, artwork, handmade jewelry, oil paintings, sculptures, costumes, and love of stories. They also asked those mourning her to "Raise a margarita in her honor." Schedeen is survived by her hus…
'New Reality': Maryland Dad Of Two In Burn ICU After Wastewater Plant Explosion 'New Reality': Maryland Dad Of Two In Burn ICU After Wastewater Plant Explosion
'New Reality': Maryland Dad Of Two In Burn ICU After Wastewater Plant Explosion A Maryland father of two is being treated in a burn unit and faces a long recovery ahead after a blast at work left his family trying to process what his wife called their "new reality." Mike Ball was seriously injured on Tuesday, June 9, in the explosion at the Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant, according to a GoFundMe campaign launched by his wife, Casey Shannahan. The blast was reported shortly before 1 p.m. at the plant on Asiatic Avenue in Baltimore, where two employees suffered burn injuries, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department. One week later, Ball has been identified …
Shadow Fleet Captain Pleads Guilty In DC After Weeks-Long Atlantic Chase By Coast Guard: Feds Shadow Fleet Captain Pleads Guilty In DC After Weeks-Long Atlantic Chase By Coast Guard: Feds
Shadow Fleet Captain Pleads Guilty In DC After Weeks-Long Atlantic Chase By Coast Guard: Feds A shadow fleet tanker captain who led the US Coast Guard on a weeks-long pursuit across the Atlantic Ocean while transporting sanctioned oil for the benefit of US adversaries has admitted guilt in federal court in Washington, DC. Avtandil Kalandadze, 47, of the Republic of Georgia, pleaded guilty Friday, June 12, before US District Judge Beryl A. Howell to failing to obey a Coast Guard order to heave to, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Federal prosecutors said Kalandadze was the master of the motor tanker Bella 1, a vessel linked to the so-called "shadow …