All articles tagged with #burglary
Extreme climbers Angelina Nikolau and Ivan Kuznetsov ascended the Empire State Building’s spire, where Kuznetsov proposed with a banner before being arraigned on burglary, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief; investigators say the pair hid in the building, accessed restricted areas, and likely sought publicity and monetization for a documentary.
A couple faces felony charges after climbing the Empire State Building to stage a marriage proposal, an act that prompted police intervention and disrupted visitors; prosecutors say the incident involved burglary and other offenses.
Michelle Zajko, 33, linked to the Zizians cult, was charged with murder, burglary and conspiracy in the 2022 killings of her parents in Chester Heights, Pa., allegedly arranging the murders on her 30th birthday and being in the home when the shootings occurred. Prosecutors say cellphone data, ballistic evidence and doorbell camera footage, plus shell casings matched to ammunition tied to her Vermont property, point to her planning the crime with unknown co-conspirators. Zajko denies involvement, and authorities say she may have supplied the firearm used in a 2025 killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent as part of related Zizian-linked cases.
A 45-year-old Pasadena man, Patrick Keys, hid inside a closed Best Buy ahead of a Pokémon card release and was arrested for burglary after store employees noticed him on a live feed; officers gained access with a store employee, and there were no signs of forced entry.
Investigators are treating the January burglary of NASCAR star Greg Biffle’s Mooresville, NC home as a possible inside job tied to earlier suspicious activity after the family’s December plane crash; authorities say a woman known to the family was seen in surveillance footage, and email and banking accounts were compromised in a fraud scheme that stretched across states, with hundreds of thousands of dollars stolen and items including cash, firearms, and NASCAR memorabilia taken from the residence.
Dylan Sprouse and his wife Barbara Palvin confronted a trespasser at their Hollywood Hills home; Palvin called 911 around 12:30 a.m. after spotting the man on their property. Sprouse tackled the intruder and held him at gunpoint until police arrived; the suspect was taken into custody on outstanding warrants. No injuries were reported and the suspect did not enter the home.
Elijah Blue Allman, Cher’s 49-year-old son, was arrested in Windsor, NH after police say he unlawfully entered a home and was found smoking inside; authorities allege he did not have permission to be there, though a representative claimed otherwise. The charges include burglary, two counts of criminal mischief, and breach of bail. This followed a separate arrest days earlier at St. Paul’s School in Concord for simple assault, trespassing, threatening and disorderly conduct; he was released on personal recognizance bail, which he reportedly breached. The incidents continue his long history of substance abuse issues and come amid Cher’s past conservatorship bid.
Cher's son Elijah Blue Allman, 49, was arrested in Windham, NH for burglary, criminal mischief and breach of bail — his second NH arrest in three days; he had earlier been charged at St. Paul’s School in Concord with four misdemeanors and a disorderly conduct violation, and was held on preventative detention.
Elijah Blue Allman, 49, son of Cher and the late Gregg Allman, was arrested in Windham, NH on felony burglary, breach of bail, and felony criminal mischief (plus misdemeanor mischief) after allegedly breaking into a home on Ministerial Road and causing about $2,700 in damage; this followed an earlier Concord arrest on Feb. 27 for criminal trespass, criminal threatening, disorderly conduct and two simple assaults at St. Paul’s School. He is due to be arraigned in Windham and faces a separate Concord court date, with a probable cause hearing set for March 11. Reports note a long history of substance abuse.
Elijah Blue Allman, Cher's son, was arrested in Windham, New Hampshire after breaking into a home and smoking a cigarette on the living room couch; this followed an earlier arrest for a disturbance at St. Paul’s School in Concord, marking his second NH arrest in three days.
Former MLB pitcher Dan Serafini was sentenced to life in prison without parole after being convicted of first-degree murder of his father-in-law Gary Spohr, attempted murder of his mother-in-law Wendy Wood, and first-degree burglary in a 2021 Lake Tahoe-area home invasion; Spohr was killed, Wood survived but died a year later. A second defendant, Samantha Scott, pleaded guilty to an accessory charge in 2025. Serafini maintains innocence and will serve his sentence in California.
Three Trenton residents were charged after a Feb. 21 Wendy's drive-thru incident in Ewing Township, where employees were threatened and property damaged; suspects Harrison, Brittingham, and Williford Stevens face burglary, criminal mischief, and weapon possession charges, with Brittingham and Harrison turning themselves in and police seeking the fourth suspect.
Former MLB pitcher Dan Serafini was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being found guilty of first-degree murder of his father-in-law and attempted murder of his mother-in-law during a 2021 burglary at their Lake Tahoe home.
A 29-year-old Llano man, Freddy Snyder, is charged with murder after allegedly carjacking his own relative and burglarizing a home, which led to the fatal shooting of Caltech astrophysicist Carl Grillmair on his Llano porch; authorities say the suspect and the victim did not know each other, and bail is set at $2 million.
Authorities are investigating a burglary at NASCAR legend Greg Biffle’s North Carolina estate, reported three weeks after he and his family died in a plane crash. A backpack and about $30,000 in cash, plus firearms and memorabilia, were taken; no arrests have been made as the case proceeds, with FAA/NTSB continuing their crash investigation.