50 Years of Service Celebrated by Stony Point Police Department

50 Years of Service Celebrated by Stony Point Police Department

BY KATHY KAHN Former State Trooper Stephen Scurti was hired by the Town of Stony Point in 1967 as its first police chief. Given a desk at Town Hall, with no badge, uniform, car or telephone, Scurti sat and wondered, โ€œWhat the hell am I supposed to do?โ€ Year by year, Scurti grew his staff […]

Assemblyman Skoufis Secures Grant for Speed Radar Signs in Stony Point

Assemblyman Skoufis Secures Grant for Speed Radar Signs in Stony Point

Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) has announced a $7,000 grant to fund the purchase of speed radar signs for the Stony Point Police Department. Assemblyman Skoufis was approached last year by a local resident who expressed concern that her neighborhood along Major Andre Drive was being used as a cut-through by speeding motorists. Skoufis then got […]

Police say she bit her 4-year-old daughter

Police say she bit her 4-year-old daughter

Samantha Aull, 25-years-old, of 10 Major Andre Dr. in Stony Point, has been charged with assault in the third degree and endangering the welfare of a child.ย The Stony Point Police Department stated that on June 18 the defendant was arrested after an investigation into a domestic dispute at her home address. Police investigation led to […]

ACCUSED OF DWI AND RUNNING INTO A TREE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE THE LAW

ACCUSED OF DWI AND RUNNING INTO A TREE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE THE LAW

Michael E. LaFrancois, 23, of 36 Peck St. in West Haverstraw has been charged by the Stony Point Police Department with DWI, unlawfully fleeing police, reckless driving and several other traffic violations for an alleged night of bad decisions on May 28. On May 28 SPD arrested the above LaFrancois after attempting to stop him […]

Be ALERT: Burglary Activity High

Public Service Announcement from Stony Point Police Over the past few weeks there have been a number of burglaries throughout the county, including neighboring jurisdictions of the Town of Stony Point. The Stony Point Police Department is providing this information in an effort to promote awareness to its residents. The Stony Point Police Department strongly […]

ACCUSED OF MAKING HURRICANE SANDY WORSE

ACCUSED OF MAKING HURRICANE SANDY WORSE

Julio C. Caceres, 51, of 146 Dara Lane in Stony Point, is accused of stealing a Jeep from the Ba Mar Mobile Home Park during the clean-up and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, making the suffering of a local family worse than mother nature already had done. Caceres is charged with fourth degree grand larceny, an […]