BY JERRY DEMARCO MAHWAH, N.J. – An upstate New York man who agreed to commit a murder for hire drove to a Mahwah restaurant to meet what turned out to be an undercover detective, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal announced Monday. Joshua Craig Rowling, 18, who is single and unemployed, was being held on […]
James M. Sanders, 29, of  Walnut Hill apartments in West Haverstraw and Garlain Francois, 22, of Kearsing Parkway in Spring Valley were both charged with attempted murder this week. The arrests stem from an October 19, 2016 incident, where Town of Haverstraw officers responded to a report of an argument between subjects, at the intersection of Allison […]
Orangetown DWI Arrest in Blauvelt Thomas Walker, a 51 year old man from West Nyack was arrested October 12th for driving while intoxicated. Orangetown Police noticed the tree service truck on Route 303 swerving on and off the road forcing the officers to pull the driver over. Officers noticed the smell of alcohol of Mr. […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH Ira Bernstein, the local podiatrist charged with a plot to kill his wife and assault two insurance investigators, was ordered to stand trial by Judge David Zuckerman. Jury selection for Bernstein will commence on January 9, 2017. Bernstein is currently charged with three counts of conspiracy and three counts of criminal solicitation […]
Several Street-Level Drug Buys Made in Parking Lot of Rockland County Preschool, Early Education Center DA’S PRESS RELEASE – Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced the filing of criminal charges against four individuals as the result of a three-month undercover narcotics investigation targeting street-level drug dealers in Clarkstown and Orangetown. The defendants are charged with selling […]
DA’S PRESS RELEASE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe last week announced the extortion case of Joseph Ruback, 47, of 9 Sylvan Lane, New City has been resolved. The court has issued an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal, or ACD, which requires the defendant to avoid new arrests for six months, before the dismissal and sealing of his case. According […]