WHITE PLAINS – Former Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin was found guilty by a federal judge today of mail fraud and extortion charges stemming from her arrest in 2014. The former mayor, 51, was convicted by U.S. District Court Justice Colleen McMahon after a five-day bench trial. Jasmin will be sentenced by McMahon on August […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – A grand jury opted not to indict a Clarkstown police officer in the fatal shooting of Vincent Cordaro, 58, during a tense standoff on February 8. The Rockland County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday that the 23-member grand jury had heard testimony from both prosecutors engaged in an […]
CONGERS – A Congers man was taken into custody early this morning after he allegedly beat his father to death in his home. Steven Alicea, 33, was taken into police custody today after police responded to a call reporting a domestic incident at his home at 79 Ohio Avenue in Congers. The caller notified […]
WEST NYACK – A Haverstraw man now faces a slew of charges after he allegedly physically attacked a police officer and an EMT while intoxicated and out-of-control. Daniel McCormack, 31, was arrested last night and charged with third-degree assault, second-degree obstructing government administration and resisting arrest, all misdemeanors and third-degree assault, a felony. He was […]
CONGERS – Three Congers men were arrested late last week in connection to a string of arson incidents in the Congers area over the past several months, according to Clarkstown Police. The Clarkstown Detective Bureau identified Jesse Wickes, 33, Seth Levy, 30 and Kenneth Tagle, 39 as suspects in a string of about seven separate […]
HAVERSTRAW – A local man has been arrested and charged with an unemployment benefits scam which reaped hundreds of thousands in ill-gotten gains for out-of-country beneficiaries within the past four years. Ramon Delacruz, 36, was arrested early Monday morning by authorities with the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office’s Special Investigation Unit, the New York State […]