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 […]
NANUET – A 25-year-old woman was taken into police custody on Sunday after she reportedly stole a woman’s purse and assaulted two Fairway employees in a desperate attempt to escape from the Nanuet supermarket. Justine Peterkin of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania reportedly took a shopper’s purse while it rested in the woman’s handbag. A loss prevention employee […]
SPRING VALLEY – Details have emerged on the suspect in last Tuesday’s non-fatal stabbing at Spring Valley and his possible motivations as Rockland’s District Attorney formally announced charges levied against the teen. Christopher Bermeo, 16, of Spring Valley, was charged by a grand jury with one count of second-degree attempted murder, a class B felony, […]
SPRING VALLEY – A 17-year old student at Spring Valley High School was stabbed multiple times following an altercation with another 16-year old student on Tuesday morning, sustaining serious but non-life threatening injuries. The incident began shortly before 8:45 a.m. when the two students-who reportedly knew each other and had prior history of conflict-entered into […]
WEST NYACK – A Katonah man was arrested at around 9 p.m. on Friday after he engaged in a scuffle with retail workers at the Palisades Mall and reportedly injured one in the process. Justin Headley, 28, was spotted bagging clothing at H&M and leaving without paying for the merchandise. When confronted by two store […]
WHITE PLAINS – Jurors today returned a guilty verdict for Lacey Spears, the Chestnut Ridge mother accused of poisoning her 5-year-old son Garnett by introducing a lethal dose of salt through his feeding tube. Following a 14-day trial at Westchester County Courthouse and two days of deliberation by a jury, Spears, 27, was convicted of […]