County Police charge 17 individuals with human trafficking and prostitution

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe announced on Monday that 17 people had been arraigned in the Clarkstown Justice Court on a variety of charges related to human trafficking, prostitution and drug possession. The arrests were made as part of a six-month joint effort which included the DA’s Special Victims Unit, the […]

NANUET CONTRACTOR ARRAIGNED IN HOME IMPROVEMENT SCAM

NANUET CONTRACTOR ARRAIGNED IN HOME IMPROVEMENT SCAM

FROM THE DA’S OFFICE  Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe on Tuesday announced that Dwayne Cook, 52, of 149 Main Street, Nanuet, New York has been charged with one count of grand larceny in the third degree and two counts of scheme to defraud in the first degree. All of the charges are class […]

Terrence McNair Arrested on Sex Charges

A former St. Joseph’s and Nyack High School basketball standout was arrested last week on sex abuse charges. Terrence McNair, 18, of Valley Cottage was arrested for allegedly engaging in a sexual relationship with a girl under 15 years of age “sometime between October 2012 and June 2013,” according to Clarkstown PD. The sexual acts […]

A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN ANNOUNCES LARGEST COCKFIGHTING BUST IN STATE HISTORY

“Operation Angry Birds” takedown spanning three counties, results in 70 people taken into custody, nine felony arrests and as many as 3,000 birds found; ASPCA assists in removal and sheltering of animals RELEASE FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced tonight that his Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) executed […]

The Fake Jesse James Indicted in Vandalism of Telephone Lines

The Fake Jesse James Indicted in Vandalism of Telephone Lines

Verizon lines cut, more than $20,000 worth of damage done BY BILL DEMAREST BARDONIA – A 42-year-old Bardonia resident who legally changed his name to Jesse James at some point following high school, has been indicted by a Rockland County grand jury on charges that he intentionally cut Verizon communication lines, doing more than $20,000 […]

Orange County man arrested for attempted robbery in Stony Point

Orange County man arrested for attempted robbery in Stony Point

BY MICHAEL RICONDA An Orange County resident was arrested in Stony Point on February 1 and accused with drunkenly attempting to rob and beat another man in a local stationary store. According to Stony Point Police, Robert F. Sweeney, a resident of Warwick, NY and a former North Rockland resident, allegedly accosted a shopper in […]