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 […]
DA REPORT: GRAND LARCENY Juanita Campbell, age 45, residing at 73 Varick Homes, Newburgh, NY, and Annie Oates, age 47, residing at 47 Williamsburgh Drive, Newburgh, NY, were indicted on February 20, 2015 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crime of grand larceny in the fourth degree. District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe stated […]
Former longtime funeral director of TJ McGowan Funeral Home in Haverstraw Donald Cranston was indicted recently on charges of grand larceny in the second degree for allegedly stealing $200,000 from the funeral home over a 40-month period between 2010 and 2013. District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe stated that Cranston would purposely not report services rendered […]
ROCKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, POLICE DIVISION: Ruben Monroy-Jordan, age 31, residing in Haverstraw, NY, was arrested on February 21, 2015 for DWI. A Sheriff Patrol Officer observed the subject operating a motor vehicle on Route 45 in an erratic manner and with an equipment violation on the vehicle. The subject was found to be intoxicated […]
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 […]
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 […]