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Second Sidewalk Shooter Sentenced For Role In DC Murder: Prosecutors
One of three shooters linked to the murder of 25-year-old Anthony Lee in Washington, DC three years ago will be going away for more than a decade, federal authorities announced.
District resident Darquise Montgomery, 20, was sentenced to 12 years in prison this week for the September 2020 shooting death of Lee as he was walking with a friend in the 2900 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, according to prosecutors.
According to court documents, shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, Lee was walking along the road when three people lined up across the sidewalk behind him, …
DUI Iselin Driver Admits Snapchatting At 156 MPH Before Fiery Wreck That Killed College Student
More than a year after a New York college student was killed in a fiery, drunk-driving crash in the region, the man responsible has formally confessed.
Vasu Laroiya, 24, of Iselin, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in Albany County Court on Tuesday, Nov. 28, in the death of Katie Fisher.
Laroiya admitted that he was Snapchatting while driving drunk at 156 miles per hour on I-87 in Colonie when he struck Fisher’s Honda Civic on the night of May 28, 2022.
Fisher, a 22-year-old junior at the University at Albany, then struck a guardrail on the eastern shoulder, causing her car t…
McLean Boy, 14, Dies Days After Mass Casualty Crash Involving 6 Teens In Falls Church
One of six teenagers seriously hurt in a DUI crash earlier this month has died, police in Fairfax County said.
Loved ones identified the deceased on a GoFundMe as 14-year-old Kevin Guardado Landaverde, a Longfellow Middle School student.
His older brother, Jay, was also in the vehicle, and has since been released from the hospital, family says. Four others remain hospitalized in serious condition, according to county police.
"As this family copes with this unspeakable tragedy, we recognize many in the community would like to demonstrate their support by providing funds to pay for medical …
