Standoff in Suffern; barricaded person taken into custody

Standoff in Suffern; barricaded person taken into custody

SUFFERN – Members of Rockland County’s SWAT team were able to take 39-year-old Timothy Murphy into custody without injuries in an incident involving a standoff in Suffern Monday night, according to Suffern police. Police issued a community alert just before 8 p.m. to advise residents of an ongoing incident on Washington Avenue near the Suffern […]

Hate-fax freaks out local officials

Hate-fax freaks out local officials

A hate-fax sent to local governments and newspapers including the Rockland County Times caught the attention of police and local government officials recently. The letter accused Hasidic Jews of sucking the souls out of Christians via the study of the Talmud. The letter was sent to the Village of Wesley Hill and the Village of […]

West Point cadet gets over eight years in prison on child pornography charges

From www.midhudsonnews.com WHITE PLAINS โ€“ A former West Point cadet has been sentenced in federal court to 97 months in prison for receipt, distribution and possession of child pornography. Ricky Patrick Hester, 25, was sentenced on Wednesday. On December 18, 2013 Hester was interviewed by federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations and he admitted that […]

Heroin bust in Stony Point

Heroin bust in Stony Point

On January 4 the Stony Point Police Department arrested 29-year-old Broc Donnison on two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. The New Berlin, NY man allegedly was found in possession of 13 envelopes of ย heroin,ย several hypodermic needles and suboxone during a traffic stop in town. He was released on […]

Taxi driver reports being assaulted and robbed in Spring Valley

FROM RAMAPO PD A Spring Valley taxi driver was allegedly assaulted and robbed yesterday evening in Hillcrest. On Monday, January 4ย at about 9:08ย p.m., while on patrol, a Town of Ramapo Police officer was flagged down by theย taxi cab driver at Rt. 45 near Rennsalear Drive in Hillcrest. According to the victim, he had picked up […]

Police seeks clues in Hempstead Rd. shooting in Ramapo

FROM RPD On Sunday, January 3ย at about 8:50 p.m. the Town of Ramapo Police responded to a report of gun shots being heard in the area of Hempstead Rd. Responding officers arrived and found that an unknown subject had fired a bullet through a window of a home on Hempstead Rd. Several bullets had also […]

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