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Spring Valley Police Arrest Illegal Immigrant Over Grisly Killing Of Woman
A 21-year-old migrant from Ecuador, Jhon Moises Chacaguasay-Ilbis, turned himself in at the Spring Valley Police Department headquarters after he was accused of suffocating a 21-year-old Syracuse woman, Joselyn Jhoana Toaquiza, on her birthday and burying her body in a shallow grave in an upstate New York park. Chacaguasay-Ilbis, who...
Search On For Hudson Valley Homicide Suspect Considered Armed, Dangerous
Police in the Hudson Valley are asking the public for help locating a man wanted in connection with the shooting death of a 29-year-old man. Related: 29-Year-Old Pomona Man Found Shot Dead On Haverstraw StreetRockland County resident Christian Alvarado of Pomona was found on Monday, July 1, w…
“Armed and Dangerous” Man Arrested in Hastings, Wanted for String of Bank Robberies
A prior mug shot of Brandon Scerri, from one of his many other robberies down the east coast. On June 26-the Hastings on Hudson Police Department released the following statement. As you may be aware, on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at approximately 5:19 am, the Hastings-on-Hudson Police Department received a...
Driver found shot to death after crashing into parked car in Haverstraw
Police are investigating after a man was shot and killed in Rockland County while pulling away in his car on Monday.Authorities say they received a report of shots fired near Fairmount Avenue and West Street around 4:30 p.m.When first responders arrived at the scene, they found one car crashed into a parked vehicle.Officials say the driver, identified as 29-year-old Christian Alvarado, was on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest.He was taken to Nyack Hospital where he was pronounced dead.Police say the victim may have been involved in a dispute with someone, was shot as he was pulling away in his car and then crashed.The investigation is ongoing.----------* More Northern Suburbs news* Send us a news tip* Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts* Follow us on YouTubeSubmit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness NewsHave a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. If attaching a video or photo, terms of use apply.
29-year-old bystander stabbed to death after road rage dispute erupts in Morris Heights
A man is dead after he was stabbed in the chest near a daycare in the Bronx on Tuesday, in what police sources say stemmed from a road rage dispute.The incident started around 4:30 p.m. at West Tremont Avenue and Phelan Place in Morris Heights, where two drivers got into a fender bender, but what should have been easily resolved, instead ended in bloodshed.Police say one of the drivers, a woman, called her boyfriend to the scene. Witnesses told Eyewitness News reporter Lucy Yang that the boyfriend started throwing fists at the wrong group of men, eventually stabbing a bystander...
1 man killed in drive-by shooting in Harlem; police searching for gunman
An investigation is underway after a man was killed in a drive-by shooting in Harlem on Tuesday.Officers responded to Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 118th Street around 1:40 p.m., where they found a 37-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the back.Surveillance video obtained by Eyewitness News shows a white Honda traveling eastbound on West 118th Street. As the driver pulls up to the corner of Frederick Douglass Boulevard, right near a senior citizen complex, shots are fired, sending people scrambling.The victim, who was shot, struggled to the sidewalk. He was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside where he was pronounced...
Search Is On For Cruel Man Who Abandoned Neglected Pitbull On Maywood Street
Authorities in Maywood are seeking the identity of the man who was spotted by Good Samaritans abandoning a neglected dog with a large tumor on a local street.A pair of dog owners were out on walks when they noticed the man with his tan and white pittie at Golf Avenue and Stewart Street around 7 p.m…
Suffern Man Makes Threats Against New Square Community
Rockland County resident William Arbello, of Suffern, was arrested on Tuesday, June 25, when Ramapo Police began investigating social media posts containing threats targeting the Village of New Square community, according to Det. Lt. Chris Franklin of the Ramapo Police. "Working closely with our Ramapo detective assigned to the FBI...
Arrest Made in Abandoned Dog Case in New Rochelle, New York
There's been an update on the abandoned dog case out of Westchester County, New York. Woman Caught on Camera Abandoning Dog in New Rochelle, New York. The SPCA Westchester took to social media in hopes of finding the culprit of a heartbreaking crime. On Sunday, June 11, 2024, around noon...
8 arrested for selling drugs from van outside Yankee Stadium: NYPD
Eight men have been indicted on charges related to the sale of drugs and firearms from a Sprinter van retrofitted with a walk-up window, including a gun buy outside a Yankees game, and the NYPD and Bronx District Attorney have collaborated to charge the crew.
Ramapo Police Department Celebrates Officer Jake Tamburro’s Graduation from Rockland County Police Academy
The Ramapo Police Department proudly announced the graduation of Officer Jake Tamburro from the Rockland County Police & Public Safety Academy. The ceremony took place on Friday and was attended by notable figures including Town of Ramapo Supervisor Michael Specht, Chief Hyman, Captain Colbath, Captain Lee, Sergeant Bassett, Police Officer Lynch, Police Officer Once, and Police Officer Luba.
NYC store clerk beaten, dragged by shoplifters in brutal caught-on-video clash: ‘Next thing I knew I was at the hospital’
A Bronx convenience store clerk recalled how a pair of shoplifting goons dragged him out onto the sidewalk and beat him unconscious before running off – leaving him bloodied on the ground. Sam Balfour, 63, was behind the counter at the Mobil gas station mart where he’s worked for 13 years when the two thugs walked in shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday to rob the store, he told The Post. “I didn’t realize they were together,” Balfour, still shaken from the assault, said Monday. “One of them came to the counter and asked me if I had Newports. I told him we...
Dreadful Saw Mill Accident Raises Ire of Pleasantville Residents
A prominent Pleasantville resident and business owner was seriously injured at the dangerous Saw Mill River Parkway-Grant Street intersection recently, once again prompting angry community members to call for safety improvements at the location. Freya Martens, the co-owner of Soul Brewery Company, was driving westbound on Grant Street at about...
Video shows monkey climbing around inside NYC tow truck
NEW YORK -- A monkey was spotted climbing around inside a tow truck Sunday in the Bronx. Video posted online shows the 3-year-old spider monkey, apparently named Ticky, on Tremont Avenue. She can be seen wearing a diaper and hopping around inside the truck before she climbs over to the window and hangs out.The person who posted the video calls it an "epic" Bronx scene. At one point, an MTA bus can be seen passing by. A man who appears to be Ticky's owner goes over and gives her some sort of snack wrapped in plastic, and she tries to bite into it. He then gets a call and gets back to work towing a car, with Ticky by his side. CBS New York reached out to the towing company, CBC Automotive Corp, which confirmed the monkey had been in New York for the weekend but is "already headed back home to Florida!"
Paterson Police Department Reports Significant Increase in Arrests Due to Enhanced Information Sharing
PATERSON, NJ - The Paterson Police Department (PPD) recorded 1,681 arrests during the first half of 2024, marking an increase from 1,321 in 2023 and 1,431 in 2022 during the same period, law enforc announced. The most substantial surge was observed in warrant arrests, showing a 415% increase from the previous year and a 1,330% increase compared to 2022. Arrests for second-degree distribution of heroin or cocaine rose by 136% from 2023 and 55% from 2022. Additionally, there was a 62% increase in simple assault arrests from 2023 and a 51% increase from 2022, while aggravated assault with...
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