Appeals court judges are questioning whether a judge who sentenced Sean “Diddy” Combs to over four years in prison on prostitution-related charges went too far in considering evidence supporting behavior he was acquitted of.
A Long Island architect has pleaded guilty to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings. Rex Heuermann entered the pleas on Wednesday in a courtroom packed with reporters, police and victims’ relatives. His decision brings finality to a case that bedeviled investigators, tantalized the public and spawned true-crime documentaries, podcasts and a Hollywood movie. Authorities say Heuermann killed the women over a 17-year span. Many of them were sex workers whose deaths received little attention until their remains were found buried together along an isolated beach highway. Heuermann faces life in prison and will be sentenced at a later date.
A Manhattan architect intends to plead guilty to Long Island’s infamous Gilgo Beach serial killings. That's according to two people familiar with the case who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. They said Rex Heuermann plans to plead guilty at a court hearing on April 8. Heuermann was arrested in 2023. He is charged in the deaths of seven women. Several of them were found buried in the scrub by a beach highway. Prosecutors say DNA evidence, cellphone data and eyewitness accounts connect Heuermann to the victims. The victims were all young women involved in sex work. His lawyer and the district attorney declined to comment.
According to court documents, 41-year-old Ralph Gentry was arrested by officers with the Hillview Police Department just after 11 p.m. on Sunday.
The man and woman were arrested early Sunday morning at a home on Rolling Oak Boulevard.
The spa's website boasts that, "Rest & relaxation is our goal" and the business claims to offer "Full Body Massage" from "Beautiful Asian Ladies."
Authorities said the couple had let the disabled woman rent a space in their mobile home then forced her to live in a shed after she was unable to pay rent.
An undercover officer busts two people on prostitution and drug charges. One of those suspects provided a combination to a safe that police say had key evidence inside it.
The mayor was formally indicted by a grand jury on charges of solicitation to prostitution hours before Tuesday's city council meeting and some council members think he should resign.
Captain Darrell Rayborn says officers initially went to the couple's apartment because of complaints from neighbors.
