JetBlue passengers enter screaming match onboard flight from JFK Airport to the Dominican Republic
It was runway turbulence! Tempers flared on a JetBlue flight when an impatient passenger, upset about there being “too many kids” on board, got into a heated argument with an uptight mother and her teenage son. On June 23, the plane was preparing to depart from JFK Airport for Cibao International Airport in the Dominican […]
Dominican Republic national accused of stabbing ex to death dragged out of NYC court as it’s revealed he was deported in 2002
A Dominican Republican accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death was dragged out of a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday as prosecutors revealed gory new details of the case, including that the suspect had been deported in 2002. Suspect Candido Rodriguez, 51, was taken into custody after pleading innocent in the murder of victim Melanie Woods, […]
Dominican Actress Gets in Altercation with Same Security Guard as Kelly Rowland
Another red carpet altercation broke out among Hollywood’s elite at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Just 48 hours after singer and actress Kelly Rowland spoke out about a violent altercation with a security guard at an event and suggested she suspected racist animus, it has emerged that the same security guard is also suspected […]
Four Flight Attendants Arrested For Allegedly Smuggling Millions In Drug Money To Dominican Republic
Federal authorities announced Wednesday that they have arrested four flight attendants on charges of smuggling millions of dollars of drug money from New York City to the Dominican Republic. The accused, identified as Charlie Hernandez, 42, Sarah Valerio Pujols, 24 Emmanuel Torres, 34 and Jarol Fabio, 35, all residing in New York City, allegedly exploited […]
Father, Two Sons Arrested For Alleged Fatal Shooting Of Son Of Dominican Republic Lawmaker
The police in Houston, Texas arrested and charged a father and his two sons Monday with last month’s fatal ambush and shooting of a top Dominican Republic lawmaker’s son, according to statements. Hernan Torres, Sr. 50, Hernan Torres, Jr. 25, and Hernando Torres, 19, were charged with allegedly fatally shooting 34-year-old Luis Alfredo Pacheco and […]
Dominican authorities launch probe after an immigration officer is accused of raping a 14-year-old
SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic announced Thursday that they have launched an investigation after an immigration officer was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl. The girl’s mother, who is from neighboring Haiti, claimed the assault occurred after a suspect entered her home near the luxury resort town of Punta […]
Son of prominent Dominican politician shot, killed outside Texas gas station as 3 suspects sought: police
On Monday, the son of a prominent Dominican politician was shot to death at a gas station in Houston, and police said they were searching for three suspects. Houston police identified the victim as Luis Alfredo Pacheco Rojas, 34, the son of Alfredo Pacheco, speaker of the Dominican House of Representatives. “We spoke with Mr. […]
Dominican Republic Politician’s Son Fatally Shot In Texas, Manhunt Underway For Three Suspects
The son of a Dominican politician was shot and killed at a Houston gas station, the city of Houston announced Monday. Luis Alfredo Pacheco Rojas, 34, the son of Alfredo Pacheco, was shot and killed by three armed men. according to to Reuters. Houston police began searching for the suspect. Pacheco is the Speaker of […]
Son of Dominican politician shot and killed in Texas
On Monday, the son of a prominent Dominican politician was shot to death at a gas station in Houston, and police said they were searching for three suspects. Houston police identified the victim as Luis Alfredo Pacheco Rojas, 34, the son of Alfredo Pacheco, speaker of the Dominican House of Representatives. “We spoke with Mr. […]
American arrested in Dominican Republic, accused of murdering 3 Honduran women after going out with them
Honduran authorities recently announced that American citizen Gilbert Reyes Bermudez has been arrested in the Dominican Republic for the murders of three women on the Honduran island of Roatan. Tico Times report Honduras has the highest female homicide rate in Latin America and the fifth highest in the world.a Separate report He noted that an […]