The Rockland County Office of Buildings and Codes (OBC) has issued approximately $42,000 in assessed penalties to property owner Joel Friedman of Spring Valley, NY following the identification of 51 violations at 18 White Street in the Village of Spring Valley. On Thursday, January 22, OBC was requested to inspect the property by the […]
On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at approximately 5:25 p.m., the Clarkstown Police Department responded to a serious motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian on Route 303, in the area of 81 North Route 303, in West Nyack. Preliminary investigation indicates that an adult male pedestrian was within the southbound lane of Route 303 when he […]
Grafton Thomas, 43, of Orange County, New York, has been declared incapacitated after another order of retention was signed by the Honorable Kevin F. Russo in Rockland County Court. The Office of Mental Health filed an application earlier this month seeking an order for the continued retention of Thomas, based on findings that, due to […]
Willmer Loja Aroca, 20, of Suffern, New York, was sentenced to 14 years in state prison yesterday by the Honorable David M. Ascher of the Rockland County Court for raping an 11-year-old girl. The defendant pled guilty to one count of Rape in the First Degree and will be required to register as a sex […]
Damani Steadman, 21, of Tomkins Cove, New York, has been arrested after an eight-month investigation led by the Rockland County District Attorney’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. Steadman was arraigned on January 16th before the Honorable David M. Ascher in Rockland County Court on a sealed indictment charging him with 25 counts of […]
District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced that on January 7, 2026, Angel Mendoza-Raymundo, 30, of Suffern, New York, pled guilty to Vehicular Manslaughter in the Second Degree and Driving While Intoxicated, before the Honorable Kevin F. Russo. On August 16, 2025, at approximately 4:45 p.m., a White Toyota Corolla driven by Mendoza-Raymundo struck a […]