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Decorated FDNY Hero Remembered as Her Attacker Receives 25-Year Sentence for Horrific Daylight Killing

Queens, NY — In a sobering end to a case that shocked New York City, a Queens man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after being convicted of murdering an FDNY Emergency Medical Services lieutenant in a sudden, daylight assault. The 37-year-old, Peter Zisopoulos, attacked Lieutenant Alison Russo-Elling, just months shy of her retirement, as she was on a lunch break in the Astoria neighborhood on September 29, 2022. Zisopoulos, who was …

Life Sentence for Cleveland Man in Calculated Park Murder of Elderly Ex-Partner

CLEVELAND – A 23-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday for the premeditated murder of a 74-year-old man in a suburban Cleveland park last year. Viktor Marie Vendler will be eligible for parole after 21 years following a plea agreement in which Vendler admitted to aggravated murder and gross abuse of a corpse. The victim, Leroy Johnston, was found deceased on September 30 by a dog led off-trail by its hiking owners in Mill …

Montana Man Receives 80-Year Sentence for the Fatal Abuse of Young Stepson

BILLINGS, Mont. — A Billings man received an 80-year prison sentence on Wednesday for the slaying of his 4-year-old stepson in a case that has deeply affected the local community over the past two years. Kristopher Michael Harasymczuk, 40, faced justice in Yellowstone County District Court, where Judge Collette Davies issued the verdict. Convicted of deliberate homicide among other charges in March, Harasymczuk will serve his sentences concurrently, with the potential for parole only after …

Broome County Father Receives Maximum Sentence for Murder of Infant Daughter and Attempted Murder of Wife with Crossbow

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — A local man received a life sentence Friday for the brutal killing of his infant daughter and the severe wounding of his wife in an incident involving a crossbow last summer. The crime stemmed from a violent domestic dispute, according to court reports. Patrick Proefriedt, 26, was handed a 25 years to life imprisonment sentence after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and attempted murder. The attack took place at …

Baltimore Community Reels as Local Basketball Hero’s Murderer Given Life Sentence Plus Three Years

BALTIMORE, MD — A Baltimore court has imposed a life sentence plus three additional years on Dayrel McFarland after finding him guilty of the murder of Jamal Barney, a former basketball star at Loyola University Maryland. The sentencing concluded a case that deeply affected the local community and ended a long period of uncertainty for Barney’s family. McFarland was convicted of first-degree murder and carrying a deadly weapon with intent to cause harm. The conviction …

Knoxville Man Receives Life Sentence for Double Homicide and Kidnapping in Brutal Home Attack

Knoxville, TN—In a courtroom filled with palpable grief and sorrow, a Knoxville man received a life sentence without parole for the double murder of his girlfriend and her friend, an act described by the judge as barbaric and remorseless. Jair Romario Martin, 28, accepted full responsibility for the killings which took place in May 2023, alongside charges of aggravated kidnapping among other accusations. The tragic sequence of events unfolded on the morning of May 13, …

Domestic Abuser Receives 9-Year Prison Sentence for Vicious Attack in Will County

Plainfield, Illinois – A man from Plainfield has been handed a nine-year prison sentence for a brutal attack on his then-girlfriend in 2018. Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow described Darrius Brown as a habitual domestic abuser with a track record of violent assaults on women. Brown’s victim, Elizabeth Balbuena, was attacked in March 2018 when Brown became agitated and threw a cellphone at her, causing a deep cut on her shin. He then grabbed …

California Man Receives 50-Year Sentence for Fatal Abuse of Infant Son

STOCKTON, CA – A Stockton man has been handed a life sentence of 50 years to life after a jury found him guilty of fatally abusing his two-month-old son, Emiliano Garcia. The sentencing, delivered Monday, marked the culmination of a legal battle that has left a community and a family grappling with profound grief and anger. Earlier this year, 28-year-old Mathew Garcia faced multiple charges tied to the November 2020 death of his infant son, …

Life Sentence for Illinois Man Who Murdered Ex-Girlfriend in Shared Apartment

NEW BADEN, IL — An Illinois man was handed a life sentence on Tuesday following his earlier admission of guilt in the murder of his former girlfriend, marking a grim end to a relationship that evidently still bore the weight of unresolved tensions. Emmet Metzger, 27, confessed to the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Alexis Maki last November in the apartment they had once shared, a crime that has left the community and Maki’s loved ones …

Arsonist Receives Death Sentence for Anime Studio Attack in Kyoto, Japan

TOKYO, Japan – After a grueling trial, a man in Japan has been sentenced to death for the tragic arson attack on an anime studio in Kyoto that resulted in the death of 36 people. The Kyoto District Court ruled that the defendant, Shinji Aoba, was mentally fit to face punishment for his crimes and announced his capital punishment after a two-part session. Aoba stormed into Kyoto Animation’s No. 1 studio and set it on …