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 […]
NEW CITY – An Orange County man was found guilty on Wednesday of sexually abusing a boy several times over the course of three years. Patrick Crowe, 36, of Middletown, New York, was found guilty on charges of predatory sexual assault of a child, a class A felony and sexual conduct against a child in […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA WEST NYACK – Only a month after a skunk tested positive for rabies in West Nyack, another two animals were found to have been infected in the same area. Two raccoons were discovered to have rabies in the area around Van Houten Fields in West Nyack. The incident is the third such […]
Sheriff urges residents to remain vigilant in response to Mall of America threat BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – With fear mounting following terror threats against Minnesota’s Mall of America, the Lower Hudson Valley has been on alert for potential threats of their own. However, while law enforcement personnel remain vigilant toward both larger terror […]