Saugerties Woman Assaults 10-Year-Old Daughter, Slamming Head On Ground, Police Say
An area woman choked her ten-year-old daughter, causing the child to fall to the ground, then slammed the child's head into the ground "multiple times," according to police.
Ulster County resident Sarah J. Silinovich of Saugerties, 42, was reportedly charged with the violation of second-degree harassment and the misdemeanor of endangering the welfare of a child after the incident, which police responded to on Monday, Aug. 31 at approximately 9:05 p.m.
The child was transported by a private vehicle to Kingston Hospital after she was treated on the scene by Diaz Ambulance paramedics, accordin…
Three Months Before Murder, Woman Found In Woods Tried To Get Restraining Order
A doctor has been indicted for the murder of his wife whose body was found in an outdoor area not far from the couple’s home.
Ingolf Tuerk, 58, of Dover, Massachusetts, was indicted on Thursday, Aug. 20, and is being charged in the murder of 45-year-old Kathleen McLean, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said.
Tuerk will be arraigned next week, the DA said. He is being held without bail.
McLean’s remains were discovered, *May 16, by police.
Trouble between the couple became public in March when McLean called the Dover-Sherborn Press to talk about her fear of Tuerk and how the sy…
Released On Charges That He Beat Teen Son, Sparta Dad Does It Again, Report Says
A day after he was released from custody, a Sparta dad accused of assaulting his teenage son returned and did it again, authorities charged.
Police said William Schwing, 47, assaulted the 16-year-old boy after breaking down his bedroom door, leaving him injured, around 12:45 a.m. on Sept. 7, NJHerald.com reports.
The North Bergen native was released after being arrested on child endangerment charges -- but returned to the house later that day and assaulted the boy again in front of the teen's 10-year-old brother around 1 p.m., the news outlet says.
A judge slapped Schwing with a tempo…
Carolina Neighbor Sentenced To Life For Shotgun Murders Of New Milford Native, Wife, Mother
A North Carolina man was sentenced to life without parole for the triple shotgun murders of a Bergen County native, his wife and his mother after the family tried filing a restraining order against him.
Jurors convicted Jonathan Sander, 56, last week of murdering Sandy, Stephanie and Elaine Mazzella following a three-week trial. Then came the sentencing portion of the hearing on Monday, during which the jury chose that he die naturally in prison rather than be executed.
Showing no remorse, Sander accused the Mazzellas of lying, prompting the survivors to walk out of the courtroom, acco…
