YONKERS — Timothy J. Rooney, president and CEO of Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway, announced the casino and raceway’s 10th anniversary “Christmas Spirit Toy and Coat Drive” to assist families in need during the holiday season. The 10-year anniversary is an extra reason for the community to get involved in the drive, Rooney said. The team at Empire City hopes […]
The Clarkstown Police Department arrested three men from New York City for robbery and burglary stemming from a home invasion robbery that occurred on Newport Dr. in Nanuet. There were no injuries to the residents who were home during the robbery. Patrol units were able to apprehend the suspects driving away from the scene attempting […]
Daniel R. Yupa-Guasco, 30, residing at High Street in Garnerville, was arrested on December 1, 2016 and charged with strangulation in the second degree, a class “D” felony. The charge stemmed from a domestic incident on November 11, 2016, were the suspect strangled his wife, causing her to sustain severe injuries and hospitalization. The suspect […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY ROVING EDITOR Rockland County’s first and only convicted Craigslist killer, Dylan Lentini, 20, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years to life for the late night killing of West Nyack man Michael Wimbert, 66. Judge William A. Kelly chose 20 years to life, as opposed to 25 years to life, due to several signed affidavits […]
At Tuesday night’s Rockland County Republican Executive Committee Meeting, the committee chose Patricia A. Giblin as the new Rockland County Republican Election Commissioner. She replaces Lou “Butch” Babcock, who held the post since Joan Silvestri assumed the position of director of Personnel in January 2012. Giblin is nearly a 10-year veteran of the Board of […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH A County Court Judge has ruled that Jacques O. D’l. Michel cannot sit as a judge in Spring Valley based upon a prior felony conviction. In a case that was first reported by The Rockland County Times, Hon. Charles Apotheker has issued a letter to Michel that his felony conviction from 1978 […]