Serial Kings Park Bank Robber With ‘No Funny Business’ Demand Note Headed Back To Prison: DA
A serial Long Island bank robber who hit two more banks in December 2025 was sentenced Thursday, Oct. 1 to more prison time, authorities said.
Brian Blackford, 52, of Kings Park, got five and a half to 11 years in prison after admitting to the heists, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said. The sentence was consistent with his plea deal in August.
Blackford’s name, age, hometown, and general appearance match a man who was charged in seven bank robberies and arrested in 2014, according to prior reports. Blackford spent seven years in state prison before his release in November 20…
Fake Gun, Real Charges: Trumbull Man Accused In Shelton Store Robbery
A Connecticut man accused of robbing a convenience store with a fake gun was arrested soon after the heist, police said.
Paulo Dias, 54, of Trumbull, is accused of robbing In & Out Mini Market on Howe Avenue in Shelton on Wednesday, Sept. 30, police said.
Dias walked into the store, aimed a black handgun and demanded cash. The clerk handed over money, and Dias ran away, Shelton police said.
Police said the gun was fake.
Detectives found Dias about seven hours later with the stolen cash, a gun, and gloves, police said. He also had clothing that police believed he wore durin…
23 Years After Joshua Crawford Was Murdered On His Birthday, Frederick Man Charged: Sheriff
For 23 years, the killing of Joshua Wayne Crawford never went away.
Now, a Maryland man has been arrested in the cold case murder of Crawford, who was found dead on what would have been his 21st birthday, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday, Sept. 18.
Tavon Jamar Willis, 46, of Frederick, was taken into custody after a grand jury returned an indictment Friday morning connecting him to Crawford's 2003 murder, according to the sheriff's office.
Crawford was found murdered inside his Exeter Court apartment on July 2, 2003.
He would have turned 21 that day.
The Maryland…
Deadly Failed Robbery Of Bay Shore Teen Ends In Decades-Long Prison Term For Killer: DA
A Long Island man is headed to prison for decades for murder, authorities said.
Erick Garcia, 22, was sentenced Thursday, Aug. 6 to 25 years behind bars for the killing of 19-year-old Carlos Guillen in 2022, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Garcia, of Central Islip, designed a plan to rob Guillen at gunpoint after meeting up in Central Islip on Oct. 1, 2022, investigators said.
Guillen, of Bay Shore, invited Garcia into his vehicle, then Garcia pulled the gun, authorities said. But instead of handing over what Garcia wanted, Guillen panicked and accelerated the vehicle, …
