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Lauren Pazienza Charged In Barbara Maier Gustern Death

Lauren Pazienza has been arrested in the murder of Barbara Maier Gustern. According to police reports Barbara Maier Gustern, who was 87 years old, was pushed from behind in front of her New York City apartment and sustained head injuries that led to her death. Lauren Pazienza who was caught on video pushing the elderly woman would finally turn herself in to New York Police. Lauren Pazienza has been charged with manslaughter and assault. Barbara Maier Gustern was a celebrated vocal coach.

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The woman accused of killing a well-known Broadway vocal coach earlier this month has been arrested by the New York Police Department.

In connection with the death of Barbara Maier Gustern, Lauren Pazienza, 26, was charged with manslaughter. Pazienza is accused of approaching the 87-year-old grandmother from behind and slamming her to the ground just yards from her Chelsea apartment. Gustern passed away on March 15 as a result of the attack’s head injuries. At this time, the motive for the ostensibly random attack is unknown.

The arrest was announced by an NYPD official, who said, “She turned herself in with her attorney this morning.”

According to The New York Times, Gustern was responsive following the attack, telling a friend who came to her aid that she had “never been hit so hard in her life.” She later fell into a coma and was taken to Bellevue Medical Center, where doctors discovered she had suffered “traumatic damage to the left side of her brain.”

For more informаtion on her аrrest аnd chаrges, Newsweek contаcted the NYPD.

Friends аnd fаmily members of Gustern continue to mourn the womаn they knew аnd loved. A.J., one of her grаndchildren, told KABC thаt his grаndmother is “the light of my life.” The stаte of the world irritаtes me. I’m fed up with the city’s stаte.”

He hаd previously shаred а heаrtfelt Fаcebook post following the deаth of his grаndmother.

He wrote on Gustern’s Fаcebook pаge, “We hаve lost one of the brightest little flаmes thаt ever grаced this world.” “I аdore you, Bobbob; you аre аnd will аlwаys be my heаrt.”

Gustern is best known for trаining thousаnds of students аs а world-renowned vocаl coаch. Following the news of her deаth, Blondie leаd singer Debbie Hаrry wrote а tribute to her former teаcher.

Bаrbаrа Mаier Gustern wrote, “Bаrbаrа Mаier Gustern loved her life аnd shаred thаt love with аll her students.” “Her generosity is legendаry аs а vocаl coаch to thousаnds of people over the yeаrs, аnd she wаs generous to us аll, even during difficult times in her life.” Whаt а disаster for New York City. “A truly dynаmic womаn with а golden heаrt hаs pаssed аwаy.”

The public is invited to аttend Gustern’s funerаl on Mаrch 26.

Nashan Walsh Charged In Bjana James Murder

Nashan Walsh has been arrested and charged with the murder of Bjana James. According to police reports Bjana James was found in her Bronx apartment on Saturday, March 19 2022, with her throat slit after receiving a 911. When police arrived they were unable to save Bjana James and the murder weapon was left on her body wiped clean. Nashan Walsh, the boyfriend of Bjana James, immediately became a suspect as her family members talked about the violent streak the convicted felon had. Nashan Walsh would be arrested a day after the murder and has been charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.

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Police busted a man accused of fatally slashing a woman in the Bronx, officials said.

Nashan Walsh, 35, was arrested Sunday on charges of murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon. He allegedly killed Bjana James, 37, in her Bronx apartment.

James was found unconscious and unresponsive in her Betances Houses home early Saturday, police said. She’s suffered a slash wound to the throat.

Police have not yet said what motivated the fatal attack. It wasn’t immediately clear if there was any relationship between Walsh and Bjana James.

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The boyfriend of a Bronx mother found dead with her throat slit in her apartment has been arrested for the slaying, police said Sunday.

Nashan Walsh, 35, was nabbed Sunday and charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon for the killing of Bjana James, 37, cops said.

Police responding to a 911 call found James dead at the Betances Houses in Mott Haven about 2:30 a.m. Saturday.

She was sprawled out on her coach with her throat slit. Atop her lifeless body was a knife washed clean of any evidence, police said.

Walsh has an “extensive” violent criminal record, a police spokesperson said. He was imprisoned in 2011 for assault, records show.

James’ family told the Daily News the woman’s boyfriend had a bad temper and was abusive.

“I was out with her March 8th, and he was there too,” said one cousin, who would only identify herself as Shelly. “In front of us it was peachy, but behind closed door it wasn’t the same.”

Walsh stormed out of James’ apartment Wednesday after acting erratically, the slain woman’s younger sister said.

“She said ‘I’m scared. He’s going to kill me!’’ said her sister, who did not want to be named.

When Walsh returned later that night, James told her cousin he was back. It was the last time anyone heard from the woman.

James had two children — Maya, 8, and Junior, 12 — who were staying with their grandmother when she was killed, family said.

“She was a loving person,” James’ cousin told The News. “She left her two kids behind. We have to go break the news to her kids. We didn’t think this would happen.”

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-boyfriend-arrested-bronx-murder-mother-20220321-f2qa2x4wqrapvpkwuax6kqiwgm-story.html

Gerald Brevard Charged In Homeless Killings

Gerald Brevard has been arrested and charged with a string of attacks on the homeless in both New York and Washington. According to police reports Gerald Brevard allegedly murdered 54-year-old Morgan Holmes by shooting and stabbing. Gerald Brevard is also charged with a number of assaults on the homeless as well as being investigating a string of shootings that took place in Washington where the suspect used a .22 caliber gun and targeted the homeless. Five people have been shot in New York and Washington over the last two weeks. Gerald Brevard who is a convicted felon helped investigators capture him by posting a photo on social media showing that he was in Washington. As well as State charges Gerald Brevard may face Federal Charges as well.

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The suspected killer accused of targeting homeless men in Washington D.C., and New York City was identified Tuesday, hours after he was arrested amid a manhunt by multiple law enforcement agencies.

Gerald Brevard III, 30, a D.C. resident, was taken into custody in Washington around 2:30 a.m. after the Metropolitan Police Department received an anonymous tip that provided a possible identity of the suspect, Chief Robert Contee III said.

“Based on all the evidence we’ve pulled together in this case, the video evidence, the images that we’ve seen, I am very confident that this is the person,” he said Tuesday.

Gerald Brevard is charged with first-degree murder while armed for the shooting and stabbing death of 54-year-old Morgan Holmes, assault with intent to kill and assault with a dangerous weapon. More charges for his alleged crimes in New York are anticipated.

He could also face federal charges, officials said.

After receiving the tip, investigators said Brevard posted an image on social media that appeared to show him in Washington D.C., Contee said. Authorities unsuccessfully tried locating him and an image of him at an ATM was released Monday evening during a joint news conference with New York City officials in which they urges the homeless in both cities to seek shelter.

Surveillance video obtained by Fox DC showed Brevard being arrested at a gas station by agents with the Washington Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

“I knew that if he was in D.C. with that image, he would be found,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said.

Authorities noted that Brevard was arrested in the early morning hours, around the same time when the victims were shot

He has not offered a motive for the crimes, Contee said and investigators believe the shootings and killings were committed randomly. Between both cities, five homeless people were shot, including two who died

Investigators have not recovered the weapon associated with the crimes, Contee said. In a separate news briefing on Tuesday, NYPD Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell said the response to Monday’s plead for help from the public was “extraordinary.”

“The tips we received through Crime Stoppers and other outlets led us directly to contacts, movements, locations and a name,” she said.

The shootings began on March 3 when a homeless man was shot in Washington. On March 8, another homeless man was shot. Both are recovering, the chief said Tuesday.

Holmes was found dead on March 9 after firefighters extinguished a tent fire. He had multiple stab and gunshot wounds, the MPD said. Ballistics evidence linked all five shootings to one weapon, authorities said.

Brevard allegedly shot one homeless person and killed another in separate incidents in New York on Saturday.

“I send my condolences to the family and friends of the victims,” Contee said. “We hope that Brevard’s arrest provides a sense of closure for you, but also relief for our vulnerable homeless population.

The cases were forensically connected after MPD Capt. Kevin Kentish of the homicide unit was scrolling through social media over the weekend and saw an image of the suspect released by the NYPD in connection with the shootings in New York, MPD Chief Robert Contee III said.

Kentish, a native of Queens, New York, reviewed the image with his team, who were investigating the March 8 murder of Holmes. The cases were connected afterward, the chief said.

Brevard has previous arrests in Washington for allegedly assaulting a police officer in 2018 and assault with a dangerous weapon, Contee said. He has arrests in D.C. dating back to 2016, he said.

In Fairfax County, he was arrested in 2020 on abduction and burglary charges, FOX D.C. reported.

He was enrolled in mental health services and was treated in 2019 for a competency assessment, said D.C.’s Department of Behavioral Health, Barbara Bazron. He was found to be competent to participate in his own defense and released back to jail, she said.

He has not been linked to any other shootings.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-dc-homeless-killer-shooting

Gary Cabana Arrested In Philadelphia

Gary Cabana the man who allegedly stabbed two employees at the Museum Of Modern Art in New York was arrested today in Philadelphia after setting his hotel room on fire. According to police in Philadelphia they were called to a hotel room on fire and when they reviewed surveillance cameras they realized that the person matched that of the suspect wanted for the double stabbing at the Museum Of Modern Art over the weekend. Since the stabbings in New York Gary Cabana has been active on Instagram telling his followers that he is the victim of a frame job and bipolar. Cabana also takes aim at the Museum Of Modern Art saying there were no previous incidents that would lead to his membership being cancelled.

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The man accused of stabbing two employees inside New York’s Museum of Modern Art on Saturday was arrested in Philadelphia, police said Tuesday morning.Information on charges against Gary Cabana, 60, will be announced pending his extradition to New York, a New York Police Department spokesperson said.Cabana was arrested at a Greyhound station early Tuesday after police found him sleeping on a bench inside a station in Chinatown, according to the Philadelphia Police Department.

It’s unclear whether Gary Cabana has an attorney.

The injured employees were both 24 years old, police said. One, a woman, suffered two stab wounds to the lower back and one stab wound to the back of her neck. The other, a man, was stabbed once in the left collar bone, officials said.

Both were rushed to Bellevue Hospital and are expected to survive, police said at a news conference Saturday evening

Police said Gary Cabana was a regular visitor to the museum. Immediately after the incident, police described him as wearing a black jacket and surgical mask. That description was released immediately over division radio units in the area and a search was initiated by police responding to the scene, according to NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller.

He was caught on video leaving the museum, so police knew which direction he went.Cabana is known to the NYPD, Miller said, and was wanted by the department in connection with two incidents that occurred in Midtown Manhattan, where the museum is located, prior to Saturday’s double stabbing.

Gary Cabana is also allegedly linked to an arson incident at a Best Western in Philadelphia, where a small fire was extinguished in a fifth floor hotel room Monday evening, according to police there.New York Mayor Eric Adams said he was briefed on the incident there on Saturday and his press secretary tweeted it “appears to be an isolated, criminal incident.

Gary Cabana entered the museum with the intention of attending a film, police said.

“At approximately 4:15 this afternoon, an individual entered the museum, attempted to gain entrance presenting his membership card and was denied entrance because his membership had expired,” Miller said Saturday. “His membership had expired as a result of two incidents involving disorderly conduct here at the museum on two separate dates in recent days,” he added.Upon being denied entrance, the suspect became angry, jumped over the reception desk and attacked the two employees, police said.There was ample security in the area at the time of the incident, but Miller described it as a “rapidly unfolding spontaneous incident.”

In videos shared on social media, dozens of people are seen leaving the museum in a large crowd.”We weren’t told what was going on, just that they had to close the exhibits immediately,” MoMA patron Tina Rook told CNN. “A woman did say it was an emergency,” Rook said, adding the whole incident was handled very well by police and museum officials.In a series of tweets, MoMA patron Yuichi Shimada described a chaotic scene, saying there were “many police vehicle and ambulances.””It seemed that everyone had been ordered to evacuate, and the other guests came out one after another,” Shimada tweeted.”It was chaotic, partly because it was snowing, with a group of young women in a panic and crying, and partly because people were taking pictures on their cell phones and playing live on their phones too,” Shimada said.

The museum was closed for the rest of the weekend and on Sunday, said it would reopen Tuesday.”Thank you for your incredible support,” a tweet from the museum said.

The facility was due to screen the films “Paper Moon,” “Wattstax,” “Bringing Up Baby,” and “Cutting Horse” Saturday.On its website Monday, MoMA showed all film showings at the venue canceled until Thursday.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/14/us/moma-stabbing-what-we-know/index.html

Tammel Esco Charged In Brutal Yonkers Assault

Tammel Esco is a forty two year old man from Yonkers New York who has just been charged in a brutal assault where he punched a sixty seven year old Asian woman more than a hundred times while calling her all sorts of nasty names. According to New York police Tammel Esco would corner the woman in an apartment lobby where he proceeded to attack her for over a minute. The woman was found by another resident who immediately called 911. Tammel Esco would be arrested outside of the building . Tammel Esco would be charged with attempted murder in the second degree as a hate crime, and assault in the second degree as a hate crime.

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A 42-year-old Yonkers man has been arrested on attempted murder as a hate crime and other charges in the vicious caught-on-camera beating of a 67-year-old Asian woman who was attacked as she returned home last week, police said Monday.

Cops responding to a call around 6:15 p.m. Friday for reports of a dispute found the victim bloodied in the vestibule of her building. The suspect, identified as Tammel Esco, was still outside.

According to the investigation, the victim simply passed by Esco on her way home and he yelled a racial slur at her. She ignored him.

When she moved to open the second door to enter the lobby, the suspect punched her in the head from behind, knocking her to the floor, then proceeded to punch her in the head and face more than 125 times with alternating fist strikes before foot-stomping her seven times and spitting on her, police say.

The victim suffered facial bone fractures, brain bleeding and multiple contusions and lacerations to her head. She remains hospitalized and is expected to survive.

Esco was taken into custody without incident at the scene and later remanded to the Westchester County Jail. Attorney information for him wasn’t immediately clear.

Yonkers officials condemned the attack.

NY Women Punched More Than 100 Times