Spring Valley Man Charged as Repeat Drunken Driver, Accused of Avoiding Anti-DWI System for Cars

SPRING VALLEY – A 30-year-old Spring Valley man has been arrested on felony drunken driving charges after he was spotted driving erratically in Spring Valley, according to the Rockland County Sheriff’s Department. Oscar Lemus-Linares was stopped on South Central Avenue at about 3:54 a.m. on Sunday by a Sheriff’s officer. An investigation found that Lemus-Linares was intoxicated, […]

STATE TROOPERS BUST SPRING VALLEY MAN ON DWI CHARGES

 Clarkstown, NY – On Friday, January 9, 2015 at approximately 4:01 p.m. State Police stopped a vehicle driven by Jean Claude A. Mehu, 61, of Spring Valley, NY for numerous traffic law violations. It was determined that Mehu was impaired after he failed field sobriety tests and he was transported to SP Tarrytown for processing where he refused a […]

Welsh taken in for evading court

Kristen Welsh, a 32, of #52 E. Main St., Stony Point N.Y. was arrested on January 8 for criminal possession of controlled substance in the seventh degree and possession of a hypodermic instrument. The defendant was apprehended after an investigation revealed she never appeared at court after being given the charges in October. Welsh has […]

Attempted Armed Robbery at Valley Cottage Gas Station

CPD PRESS RELEASE On January 10, 2014 at 7:55 p.m., the Clarkstown Police Department responded to the Oasis Gas Station located at 221 Route 303, Valley Cottage for a possible armed robbery. The responding patrol units interviewed the employee. The employee, male, 56, of Congers, stated that while sitting inside the business, two suspects entered […]

Crime Report 1/14/15

DA REPORT: BURGLARY Johnnie Charles, age 44, residing at 171 Fred Hecht Drive, Spring Valley, NY, was indicted on January 7, 2015 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes of burglary in the second degree and possession of burglar’s tools. District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe stated that on or about December 25, 2014, the defendant […]

Accident in West Nyack leads to DWI arrest

WEST NYACK – A minor car accident in Clarkstown led to the arrest of a West Nyack man for drunk driving on Monday night. Police responded to reports of an accident on West Nyack Road at 9:20 p.m. When they arrived, they found the vehicle and driver, John Mortsakis, 29, of West Nyack, in a […]