YouTube video of traffic stop on Palisades Parkway in Rockland prompts official statement HAVERSTRAW – A YouTube video taken in Rockland County has prompted State Police to say they are not specifically targeting motorcyclists for enforcement efforts as a result of an incident in New York City involving a large group of motorcyclists and an […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Monsey – Ten men, including the head of a Monsey yeshiva, are believed to have been involved in a bizarre criminal operation which may have been involved in dozens of plots to kidnap and torture Orthodox men until they agreed to grant their wives religious divorces. Rabbi Mordechai “Martin” Wolmark and Ariel […]
ROBBERY Less Jones, age 21, residing at 13 Slinn Avenue, Spring Valley, NY, was sentenced October 8, 2013, before Rockland County Court Judge William K. Nelson to a state prison term of five and three years post release supervision after pleading guilty to robbery in the first degree. District Attorney, Thomas P. Zugibe stated that […]
The Clarkstown Police Department arrested Vito Cerbone, 31, from the Bronx on counterfeiting charges October 7. Police allege Cerbone used counterfeit $20 bills to purchase merchandise at the Kohl’s store located in Woodbury, NY. Cerbone then came to the Kohl’s store in Nanuet to return the merchandise for cash which totaled $205.89, according to police. […]
BY BILL DEMAREST CONGERS – A con artist using a common telephone scam that preys on the concern grandparents have for their grandchildren has stolen $1,500 from a 79-year-old Congers resident. Clarkstown police said today the public should be aware of the scam – and others like it – that particularly target senior citizens. In […]
Cliffview Pilot: Two men arrested by Ho-Ho-Kus police who interrupted a break-in earlier this week have admitted to several burglaries in Rockland County, where both live. Alan DeStephano Jr. and Jeremy Olano, both 26, of Sloatsburg, were grabbed just off Franklin Turnpike within minutes of a break-in Monday. They immediately became suspects in several area break-ins. […]