NYLON – Jane Flasch with news partner 13WHAM reports from the courtroom in Monroe County that Thomas Johnson III, who until this afternoon was considered innocent of the murder of Rochester Police Officer Daryl Pierson, was found guilty of the top count, Aggravated Murder, a class A-I felony, as well as one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third … [Read more...]
Sentence for Stabbing Man for ‘Dream House’ Shortened After Appeal
NYLON – A Cattaraugus county resident who admitted to stabbing a man to death to collect his life insurance and move in with his wife in 1994 had his sentence shortened due to a legal technicality. According to a press release from U.S. Attorney William Hochul Jr.'s office, Randall Delbert Knight, 60, conspired with his lover, Cheryl Gasper, wife of Andie Gasper, to kill Andie in order that they might share in the proceeds of his life insurance … [Read more...]
Babysitter Arrested for Horrifying Murder of 5-Year-Old
NYLON – According to our news partner 13WHAM, New York police say they're treating the death of a 5-year-old boy as a homicide after determining Tiffany VanAlstyne, 19, the boy's caretaker, lied when she told them he had been abducted from an Albany-area home by two masked men. An Amber Alert put the entire Northeast of New York State on the lookout for anything in connection to the boy's disappearance. Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple … [Read more...]