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 […]
Highly-organized group pushed prescription painkillers, heroin BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – A series of morning raids swept up 17 individuals who now stand accused of operating a drug ring that stockpiled prescription painkillers and heroin before unloading it on Rockland and surrounding counties. Indictments were handed down today in a federal court in White […]
ORANGETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT: FROM THE DESK OF D/Sgt. Michael Shannon James J. Finnegan III, 38, of Monroe NY was arrested for DWI after a property damage motor vehicle accident on Middletown Road Pearl River. Mr. Finnegan was arrested at the scene and transported to Orangetown headquarters where he refused to take a chemical breath test. […]
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 […]
ORANGETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT: PETIT LARCENY & CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY Jenna B. Santora, age 21, of Pearl River, NY, was arrested on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 1 p.m. The subject was arrested for shoplifting at the Pearl River ShopRite after a store loss prevention officer observed her concealing $141.38 worth of merchandise and […]