Investigation came in response to increase in heroin overdose deaths VALHALLA – Twenty people were arrested across the river on Wednesday on charges of selling heroin in northern Westchester as part of a year-long initiative to combat the distribution and sale of heroin in the north county area, according to Westchester County Police. Responding to […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]