Press Release from the Dept. of Justice TRENTON, N.J. – A federal grand jury in Trenton returned a superseding indictment today charging four men from New York and Pennsylvania with various offenses related to the trafficking of a minor and forcing her into prostitution for their own profit, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman […]
Year-long joint investigation uncovers illicit operation selling “party packs” to high-end clientele PRESS RELEASE FROM AG’S OFFICE NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, joined by NYPD Chief of Department Phillip Banks III and representatives from the New York State Police, today announced charges against 18 individuals for running a high-end prostitution and drug […]
Joseph Desmaret, former deputy mayor of the Village of Spring Valley, pled guilty Wednesday to federal mail fraud and extortion charges. He faces a maximum of nine years in prison. Federal Judge Kenneth Karas is scheduled make a sentencing decision May 22. Desmaret’s former colleague ex-Mayor Noramie Jasmin is planning to fight the same charges […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Clarkstown – The death of Valley Cottage resident Peggy Nadell, 81, who was found with a knife wound at her 644 Andover Road home on Saturday morning, is being investigated as a homicide by Clarkstown Police. According to police, Nadell was found by her daughter Suzanne Scaccio shortly after 9:30 a.m. on […]
BY CHAYIM TAUBER Twenty years ago, the Winter Olympics housed the biggest story in the United States (until a certain white Bronco was caught in a police chase) as the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding drama played itself out. Now, 20 years later, the US is still looking to make headlines, but with a considerable reduction in […]
Fire officials warn residents to use extreme caution with heaters BY BILL DEMAREST SPARKILL – A fire that damaged two buildings and put four families out in the cold Sunday night in Sparkill is being blamed on an electric space heater. Rockland County Director of Fire and Emergency Services Gordon Wren Jr. said today that […]