Smiling Mugshot Follows Alleged Drunk Outburst Inside Spotswood Elementary School: Sheriff Smiling Mugshot Follows Alleged Drunk Outburst Inside Spotswood Elementary School: Sheriff Smiling Mugshot Follows Alleged Drunk Outburst Inside Spotswood Elementary School: Sheriff
Smiling Mugshot Follows Alleged Drunk Outburst Inside Spotswood Elementary School: Sheriff Corene Jones was all smiles for the cameras after an alleged drunk and disorderly tirade inside a Virginia elementary school. The School Resource Officer at Spotswood Elementary School was called in on Friday afternoon to assist with a woman in the front office who was reportedly under the influence and attempting to register a new student. The officer asked Jones, 32, "who was obviously intoxicated," to step out of the front office area, according to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office, though she then began to struggle. Additional units were called to the school, while staffers and&…
Student Arrested After Fight At Suffern High School Injures Staff Member Student Arrested After Fight At Suffern High School Injures Staff Member Student Arrested After Fight At Suffern High School Injures Staff Member
Student Arrested After Fight At Suffern High School Injures Staff Member A student was taken into custody after a fight at a Rockland County high school led to a staff member being assaulted, police said.  The incident happened on Friday, March 6, when police responded to Suffern High School for a report of a fight in progress. Officers then learned that two students had been involved in a physical altercation, Ramapo Police said.  According to police, school staff stepped in to break up the fight, but during the intervention, one of the students assaulted a staff member.  Faculty members, school administrators, and the school’s Town of Rama…
Shell Casing In Girl's Bathroom Prompts Shelter-In-Place At Teaneck High School, Police Say Shell Casing In Girl's Bathroom Prompts Shelter-In-Place At Teaneck High School, Police Say Shell Casing In Girl's Bathroom Prompts Shelter-In-Place At Teaneck High School, Police Say
Shell Casing In Girl's Bathroom Prompts Shelter-In-Place At Teaneck High School, Police Say A single shell casing discovered inside a girls’ restroom prompted a temporary shelter-in-place and police investigation at Teaneck High School on Friday, Feb. 27, district officials said. The casing was found in a third-floor girls’ restroom inside the school, according to Superintendent Dr. Andre D. Spencer. Out of an abundance of caution, the school was immediately placed in a HOLD while the situation was investigated, Spencer said. The Teaneck Police Department, the district’s Chief of Safety, and additional law enforcement partners responded promptly, according to the letter. A c…
Neptune Teacher Brought Knife To School: Prosecutor Neptune Teacher Brought Knife To School: Prosecutor Neptune Teacher Brought Knife To School: Prosecutor
Neptune Teacher Brought Knife To School: Prosecutor A 36-year-old teacher was arrested and charged with bringing a knife to Neptune Middle School, authorities announced Thursday, Feb. 26. On Tuesday, Feb. 3, officers responded to the middle school for a weapons investigation and found a large stainless-steel knife with a black handle located in Kevin Hasbrouck's desk drawer, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said. The Point Pleasant Beach man is charged with a weapons offense, Santiago said. Hasbrouck is a social studies teacher at the middle school and was a varsity baseball coach at Shore Regional High School. A graduate of Poin…
Massive Water Leak At Tighe Middle School Massive Water Leak At Tighe Middle School Massive Water Leak At Tighe Middle School
Massive Water Leak At Tighe Middle School A middle school in Atlantic County was hit with a massive water leak on Monday, Feb. 9. Tighe Middle School was flooded with water, according to video posted by the Margate City Fire Department that showed firefighters attempting on scene, attempting to clean up the damage. "The students are all safe," firefighters said.
Ski Mask-Wearing Teen Who Fired Gun Near School Bus Drop-Off In Newburgh Learns Fate Ski Mask-Wearing Teen Who Fired Gun Near School Bus Drop-Off In Newburgh Learns Fate Ski Mask-Wearing Teen Who Fired Gun Near School Bus Drop-Off In Newburgh Learns Fate
Ski Mask-Wearing Teen Who Fired Gun Near School Bus Drop-Off In Newburgh Learns Fate A teenager will spend years in state prison for his role in a shooting that unfolded after students got off a school bus in Orange County last year, prosecutors announced.  Jianni Nicholas, 19, of Newburgh, was sentenced on Tuesday, Feb. 3, to nine years in prison in Orange County Court following his guilty plea to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday, Feb. 5. The case stems from an incident on March 18, 2025, when two teenagers had just exited a school bus in Newburgh. Authorities said a vehicle pulled up to …
Fire Breaks Out At Arthur Rann Elementary School: Galloway PD Fire Breaks Out At Arthur Rann Elementary School: Galloway PD Fire Breaks Out At Arthur Rann Elementary School: Galloway PD
Fire Breaks Out At Arthur Rann Elementary School: Galloway PD A fire erupted at an elementary school in Atlantic County on Monday, Jan. 26, authorities said. Around midnight, officers and firefighters responded to the Arthur Rann Elementary School in Galloway Township, observing smoke and flames coming from the building, Galloway Police said. The fire was occurred in one classroom and was quickly extinguished, police said. The classroom was the only room that sustained fire damage, though other classrooms sustained minor damage, police said. District administrators are continuing to assess the full extent of the damage, Superintendent Stephen Sa…
'F— Muslims, Nuke Palestine' Graffiti Found At Walt Whitman HS In Bethesda 'F— Muslims, Nuke Palestine' Graffiti Found At Walt Whitman HS In Bethesda 'F— Muslims, Nuke Palestine' Graffiti Found At Walt Whitman HS In Bethesda
'F— Muslims, Nuke Palestine' Graffiti Found At Walt Whitman HS In Bethesda A disturbing act of hate vandalism targeting Muslims was discovered at a Maryland high school, district officials announced Friday, Jan. 16. The graffiti at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda included the phrases “f— Muslims” and “Nuke Palestine,” along with a Star of David painted on a school, CAIR said. Walt Whitman High School Principal Gregory Miller condemned the graffiti in a statement issued to the school community, calling the messages “profoundly offensive, threatening, anti-Palestinian, and Islamophobic hate speech” that “will not be tolerated at Walt Whitman High Scho…
Bethlehem Officer Who Sexually Assaulted Girl At School Dance Sentenced: DA Bethlehem Officer Who Sexually Assaulted Girl At School Dance Sentenced: DA Bethlehem Officer Who Sexually Assaulted Girl At School Dance Sentenced: DA
Bethlehem Officer Who Sexually Assaulted Girl At School Dance Sentenced: DA A Bethlehem police officer who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl during a school dance — while in uniform and on duty — has been sentenced to state prison, prosecutors announced on Monday, Dec. 22. Costas Alestas, the now-former school resource officer at East Hills Middle School, was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in state prison, followed by four years of probation, after pleading guilty to Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse and Invasion of Privacy, according to the Northampton County District Attorney’s Office. Investigators said Alestas groomed the victim via sexually explicit text…
Live Grenade Found In Bloomingdale Backyard Prompts Evacuations, School Lockdown Live Grenade Found In Bloomingdale Backyard Prompts Evacuations, School Lockdown Live Grenade Found In Bloomingdale Backyard Prompts Evacuations, School Lockdown
Live Grenade Found In Bloomingdale Backyard Prompts Evacuations, School Lockdown A live hand grenade discovered in a Bloomingdale backyard prompted evacuations and a school shelter-in-place on Monday morning, Dec. 22, police said. The Bloomingdale Police Department Patrol Division responded to a residence on Walter Drive after a resident discovered what appeared to be a hand grenade in their backyard, the department said. Upon arrival, officers determined the object appeared to be a real hand grenade. Out of an abundance of caution, nearby residences were evacuated, and Walter T. Bergen School was placed into shelter-in-place status, police said. Multiple agencies were…
Gunfire Rips Through DC High School During Class — Two Teens Admit Opening Fire, Feds Say Gunfire Rips Through DC High School During Class — Two Teens Admit Opening Fire, Feds Say Gunfire Rips Through DC High School During Class — Two Teens Admit Opening Fire, Feds Say
Gunfire Rips Through DC High School During Class — Two Teens Admit Opening Fire, Feds Say Gunfire erupted during the school day, and bullets tore into classrooms.  Now, two DC teens have admitted what happened, federal prosecutors say. Two suspects have pleaded guilty after admitting they opened fire on a passing car near a Northwest DC high school, sending bullets into the building and grazing a student inside, federal authorities announced. The shooting happened on Kirby Street NW on Friday, May 3, 2024, just before 10 a.m., while classes were underway at Dunbar High School, according to the US Attorney’s Office. Saki Frost and Azhari Graves, both 19, pleaded guilty…
'Lingering Pain': Man Learns Fate For Killing 15-Year-Old, Shooting Family In Somers 'Lingering Pain': Man Learns Fate For Killing 15-Year-Old, Shooting Family In Somers 'Lingering Pain': Man Learns Fate For Killing 15-Year-Old, Shooting Family In Somers
'Lingering Pain': Man Learns Fate For Killing 15-Year-Old, Shooting Family In Somers A man who carried out a deadly shooting inside a Northern Westchester home will spend decades in state prison for killing a 15-year-old boy and critically wounding the teen’s mother and younger brother, prosecutors said.  Fernando Jimenez Meza, 42, was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 18, to 37 years to life in prison for the Oct. 28, 2024, attack that left Michael Raimondi, a Somers High School sophomore, dead and devastated his family, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced.   According to prosecutors, the violence began after a verbal dispute at the Ra…