State Police Search for Fraud in Evergreen Inferno: Mayor Declines to Comment

State Police Search for Fraud in Evergreen Inferno: Mayor Declines to Comment

State police, armed with a search warrant, arrived at Spring Valley Village Hall on June 23. It was reported that investigators are searching for fraudulent documents in connection to the March 23 Evergreen fire that killed firefighter Jared Lloyd and a resident. All officials on the scene declined to comment on the investigation. One official [โ€ฆ]

Advocates Stumped: Town Opens Criminal Investigation

Advocates Stumped: Town Opens Criminal Investigation

As stones are being unturned and members of the community are demanding action, the Town of Clarkstown is now under immense pressure to investigate and resolve allegations of illegal town property use on Old Stone Road in Valley Cottage. Local activists are accusing a homeowner of adding an illegal second level to their house, building [โ€ฆ]

Science Solves Crimes in Surprising Ways

Science Solves Crimes in Surprising Ways

BY DIANE DIMOND Thereโ€™s a new forensic tool thatโ€™s being developed thatโ€™s going to knock your socks off! Investigative science professor Dr. Glen P. Jackson at West Virginia University spoke with me recently about his advances in crime fighting, and while itโ€™s all kind of science-y, I think youโ€™ll agree it is fascinating. Professor Jackson [โ€ฆ]

Ding Dong, heโ€™s not Dead Yet

Ding Dong, heโ€™s not Dead Yet

Local officials and candidates call for investigation of Silverโ€™s actions in Vito Lopez sexual harassment case; many call for his resignation The fallout over revelations that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver directed over $100,000 of taxpayer money to two Assembly staffers who accused Assemblyman Vito Lopez of sexually harassing them, continues. Many Republicans have already called [โ€ฆ]

Four Cars Set on Fire in Nyack

Arson investigators and Orangetown police detectives are working in Nyack to uncover what happened Tuesday, August 21 where four cars were set on fire overnight within two blocks of each other. Police believe that thefts from 10 cars in the area are related to the fires and are asking residents to contact them if they [โ€ฆ]

Central Nyack Man Arrested for Attempted Murder

Central Nyack Man Arrested for Attempted Murder

Report from Clarkstown PD On August 11, 2012 at approximately 4:50 a.m. a 41-year-old man from Central Nyack was sitting in his car in front of his residence when another man walked up to the car and fired a shot from a handgun through the car door window striking the victim in the left upper [โ€ฆ]