CRIME REPORT 12/13

DA REPORT:

ASSAULT & CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON
Fredi Bonilla, age 27, homeless, Spring Valley, was indicted on December 3, 2012 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes of assault in the second degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe stated that on or about September 22, 2012 at approximately 6 p.m., in the area of Dutch Lane in the Village of Spring Valley, the defendant assaulted the victim with a rock. The victim suffered lacerations, bruising and swelling to various parts of his body. The victim was treated at a local hospital for his injuries.

ASSAULT & CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON
Kurt Gridich, age 41, residing at 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY, was indicted on December 5, 2012 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe stated that on or about June 11, 2012 at approximately 8:25 a.m., at the Rockland Psychiatric Center, the defendant assaulted the victim by throwing the victim to the floor and stabbing him multiple times with a pen. The defendant had to be pulled away from the victim and restrained by the Center’s staff members. The victim was treated for his injuries at the local hospital.

ROBBERY & CRIMINAL USE OF A FIREARM
Less Jones, age 20, residing at 13 Slinn Avenue, Spring Valley, NY, was indicted on December 5, 2012 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes of robbery in the first and second degrees and criminal use of a firearm in the first degree. District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe stated that on or about November 6, 2012, at North Main Street in the Village of Spring Valley, the defendant walked up to another person and put a handgun to his neck and demanded money. The defendant took $20 from the victim and his wallet, which contained $100 and personal documents.

CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY
Carnell Lucas, age 20, residing at 21 Rutland Avenue, Freeport, NY, was indicted on December 3, 2012 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crime of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree (10 counts). District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe stated that on or about November 23, 2012, at approximately 4:50 p.m., at Lord & Taylor in the Palisades Center Mall, the defendant used six fake $100 bills to purchase over $500 worth of clothing. He ran from the loss prevention officers, and when apprehended, another four fake $100 bills were found on the ground nearby.

ASSAULT, RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT & MORE
Widler Menendez Perez, age 22, residing at 17 Washington Street, Spring Valley, was indicted on December 5, 2012 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes of assault in the second degree, reckless endangerment in the first degree, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation and endangering the welfare of a child. District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe stated that on or about and between November 23 and November 24, 2012, the defendant physically abused a 2-year-old child known to him while he was caring for her. The child suffered bites and bruises about her body and was strangled. The child also ingested alcohol while in the defendant’s care and as a result had a high blood alcohol content upon arriving at the hospital.

GRAND LARCENY & CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY
Christine Peart, age 23, residing at 1760 Bruckner Blvd., Bronx, NY, and Atika Baptiste, age 26, residing at 1970 E. Tremont Ave., Bronx, NY, were indicted on December 3, 2012 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes of grand larceny in the fourth degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree. District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe stated that on or about June 9, 2012, the defendants were observed by Loss Prevention for Lord and Taylor stealing multiple sunglasses from a display within the store. A Clarkstown Police Officer recovered fourteen pairs of sunglasses totaling over $1,500.

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY
Malik Wade, age 39, residing at 145 Bridge Street, Bridgeport, CT, was sentenced on November 27, 2012 before Rockland County Court Judge William K. Nelson to a state prison term of and five years post release supervision after pleading guilty to attempted burglary in the second degree. District Attorney, Thomas P. Zugibe stated that on or about December 9 and December 10, 2011, the defendant made repeated threatening phone calls to the victim’s home. The victim reported the phone calls the morning of December 10, 2011 and a Clarkstown police officer went to the victim’s house. Later, the police officer went back to the victim’s house to have her sign paperwork. The officer then observed the defendant trying to open a first floor window of the victim’s home. The defendant was placed under arrest.

BURGLARY & CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
Michael Welch, age 35, residing at 374 Sierra Vista Lane, Valley Cottage, NY was indicted on December 5, 2012 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes of attempted burglary in the second degree and criminal mischief in the third degree. District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe stated that on or about November 24, 2012, at approximately 6 p.m., the defendant attempted to enter unlawfully a house located at 348 Fulle Drive, Valley Cottage by damaging a basement window and a glass insert of a deck door. The defendant had no permission or license to enter the premises and no permission or authority to damage the property.

CLARKSTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT:

ASSAULT
On December 10, 2012 at approximately 1:40 a.m. the Clarkstown Police Department responded to the Palisades Center Mall near the bus stop for a report of a dispute involving a taxi. An argument ensued between the cab driver (Ondre Wisdom, 34, of Stony Point) and three male passengers (Gilberto Ramos, 22, of Nanuet, Jaieem Webb, 22, of Spring Valley and Corey Major, 36, of Spring Valley) when the payment for the ride was requested upfront. All parties exited the taxi as the argument progressed into an altercation. The altercation ended with the taxicab driver stabbing two of the passengers (Ramos and Webb) with a pocketknife. Ramos and Webb received non-life threatening injuries requiring medical attention. Wisdom was uninjured. After investigation and consultation with the Rockland County District Attorney’s office, no charges will be filed at this time. Currently, none of the involved parties wish to pursue the matter through the criminal justice system.

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