Gardaí are appealing for information regarding an assault that occurred in the in the Toberona area of Dundalk on Sunday last.
A middle-aged man was assaulted by two men who broke into his house in the Oldbridge estate.
The intruders got into the house by breaking a kitchen window around 8pm, with the victim assaulted in his bedroom.
The two men then fled the scene without taking anything.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Gardaí at 042-9335577.
The alleged incident happened as the boys were returning to their B&B from a pub in the picturesque village of Tallanstown
Gardaí are investigating reports of an attempted kidnapping in Mid-Louth over the week.
Two young men from Dublin claim they were held against their will, assaulted and robbed in Tallanstown.
According to LMFM, the 18-year-olds said the incident happened after they accepted a lift as they were walking back to their B&B from a pub in the village on Saturday night.
They claim a sum of money was taken from them and say they had to crawl through ditches to escape.
Gardaí confirmed to the station that the allegations are being investigated and that a vehicle has been seized for technical examination.
It has also been reported that a man in his 30s has been questioned about the alleged incident.
Anyone with information on the matter is asked to contact Ardee Gardaí.
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Clanbrassil Street last week.
The incident happened just before midday on Tuesday last, close to the Clanbrassil Centre.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Dundalk Garda Station at 042-9335577.
A teenager was hospitalised and another man injury after four masked men broke into a house in the Toberona area shortly after lunchtime today and assaulted the two male occupants.
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to the aggravated burglary after the four men broke into the house at around 1.45pm, carrying what were described as offensive hand weapons.
A 19-year-old was hospitalised after being wounded in the attack, while a 44-year-old man was also hurt.
The four attackers fled the scene on foot, with Gardaí appealing for anyone who may have seen them coming or going from the estate to contact them at Dundalk Garda Station.
Natasha McShane before the attack
A man has been sentenced to 90 years in prison for an attack on Silverbridge woman Natasha McShane and her friend Stacy Jurich in Chicago four years ago.
Heriberto Viramontes, convicted of the April 2010 attempted murder of Ms McShane and Ms Jurich, must serve 85% of the sentence because of the particularly terrible nature of the crime, Judge Jorge Alonso ruled.
It effectively means a life sentence for the 35-year-old Viramontes.
Natasha’s mother Sheila is originally from Cox’s Demesne in Dundalk, while her grandparents Liam and Deirdre Stewart still live there. She also had many other friends and family in Dundalk.
Judge Alonso said the sentence was based on the “brutality and cold-blooded heartlessness displayed on the night”.
Viramontes received consecutive sentences of 25 years for each of the attempted murders of Ms McShane and Ms Jurich and further 20-year sentences for aggravated armed robbery.
Ms McShane, who had been attending the University of Illinois at the time of the assault, suffered a severe brain injury.
Ahead of the sentencing, Ms McShane’s mother Sheila took the stand to deliver a victim impact statement. She described the continuing pain, anguish and emotional turmoil the once highly gifted student and her family were going through.
“If it was not [Natasha] then it would have been somebody else. That’s the sad part,” said Mrs McShane.
“We want justice, whatever the outcome… Natasha will have a life sentence of her own to serve, a life sentence of pain and misery and unfulfilment.”
The attack happened early in the morning of April 23, 2010, as Ms McShane and Ms Jurich returned home from a night out in the Bucktown neighbourhood on Chicago’s northside.
Ms McShane, then 23, a UCD graduate on an education exchange programme at the University of Illinois, was celebrating after securing an internship allowing her to remain in the city.
But as they walked to Ms Jurich’s apartment, passing beneath an underpass, Viramontes came from behind, striking each woman once across the back of the head, then stealing their purses.
Vilamotes’ driver, co-accused, and later key prosecution witness, Marcy Cruz, had pleaded guilty to two charges of attempted murder and received a 22-year sentence.
The trial last October heard Ms McShane was hit with such force she fell hard on the ground, unconscious.
Ms Jurich remained conscious as police and other emergency services arrived, then blacked out.
As the two women were rushed to hospital, Viramontes and Cruz tried to use Ms Jurich’s credit card at two filling stations. They were caught on camera.
A baseball bat was recovered from the back of the van Viramontes and Cruz were travelling in the night of the attack. Both were arrested a week after the attack.
Viramontes was found guilty last October on a series of charges, including two of attempted murder. He had faced a maximum of 120 years in jail.
Natasha pictured last year
Dundalk Gardaí are understood to be investigating an alleged sexual assault on a teenage girl in the town earlier this week.
The alleged incident is said to have happened in Muirhevnamor.
No arrests have been made as yet but inquiries are ongoing.
The incident occurred at the taxi rank in Crowe Street
Gardaí in Dundalk are appealing for witnesses to a serious assault that occurred on Crowe Street last month.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning February 16th at 2.30am at the taxi rank.
A male, who was with a female at the time, was behind the apparent attack.
Anyone who was in the vicinity at the time is asked to contact Dundalk Gardaí as they continue their investigations into the incident.
Laurence McGeown passed away in hospital yesterday afternoon
A 31-year-old local man appeared in court in Drogheda earlier today charged in relation to an alleged assault on a man in Dundalk a week ago.
Charles Hutchinson, 31, from Barton Park in Dundalk is accused of assault causing harm to Laurence ‘Michael’ McGeown at Fagan’s Pub on the Castletown Road in Dundalk last Friday.
Mr McGeown, 63, from Toberona in Dundalk, died in hospital yesterday afternoon.
Mr Hutchinson appeared before Drogheda District Court this morning.
Gardaí gave evidence of arresting and charging the accused and said he made no reply when the charge was put to him.
Gardaí asked Judge William Hamill to remand him in custody and they objected to bail being granted.
However, Judge Hamill remanded Mr Hutchinson in custody with consent to bail on strict conditions.
He adjourned the case to Cloverhill District Court until next Friday.
Laurence McGeown RIP
State Pathologist Professor Marie Cassidy is due to perform a post mortem later today on the body of Laurence ‘Michael’ McGeown.
The 63-year-old bartender passed away in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda yesterday after suffering serious head injuries in an assault at Fagan’s pub on the Castletown Road on Friday last, February 28th.
A man in his 30s was arrested in connection with the attack on Wednesday and remains in Garda custody.
From Toberona and formerly of Drumnacar, Ravensdale, Mr McGeown is survived by his children Michael, Lisa and Christopher and grandchildren Eamonn, Christopher and Olivia.
He is also survived by his siblings Sarah, Paddy and Rena.
No funeral details are available at present.
Laurence McGeown RIP
Laurence McGeown, the 63-year-old bartender who was assaulted on the Castletown Road last Friday night, has died in hospital from the head injuries he sustained in the attack.
The incident happened at Fagan’s Bar, where Mr McGeown was enjoying a drink. He was approached by a man who punched him in the unprovoked attack.
He was removed to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda following the incident but later released. However, he returned to hospital on Monday when his daughter discovered him unconscious in his Toberona home.
He has been in a critical condition ever since but lost his battle for life this afternoon surrounded by his family. His life support machine was turned off shortly after 3pm.
Gardai in Dundalk are now preparing to upgrade their investigation to one of murder pending the outcome of a postmortem this evening.
A man in his 30s was arrested in Dundalk yesterday and gardaí have until 11pm tonight to charge or release him.
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