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One Weekend Shooting Leaves 3 Women Wounded in Rockland County
A scary scene erupted over the weekend in Rockland County when a shooting took place at a popular restaurant location. The shooting left multiple people injured and required immediate assistance from both law enforcement and medical personnel. Restaurant Shooting in Nyack. The shooting in question took place in Nyack, New...
Not guilty plea and other new details emerge in court for fatal Haverstraw shooting
An 18-year-old murder suspect is back in Rockland County after a nearly two month effort by authorities to find him and bring him back from South Carolina. News 12’s Diane Caruso was the only media outlet in the courtroom for his first court appearance.
Rockland DA Announces Arraignment of Haverstraw Homicide Suspect on Murder and Weapons Charges After Extradition from South Carolina {VIDEO}
Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced today that Yandie Martinez, 18, of Haverstraw, New York, was arraigned on one count of Murder in the Second Degree and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree before the Honorable Anne B. Bianchi in connection with a July 1, 2024, homicide in the Village of Haverstraw.
Rockland Residents Help Save Missing Child
Chaverim of Rockland County and Hatzolah Air, based at Sullivan County International Airport, worked together last week to locate an eight-year-old Jewish boy who went missing in the Coconino National Forest just outside of Flagstaff, Arizona. Tzion Maron went missing on Wednesday at 6 p.m. as he and his family...
String of Hudson Valley Motorcycle Accidents Continues with Fatal Crash in Rockland County
Over the course of recent months here in the Hudson Valley, local roads and highways have proven to be rather treacherous with number of vehicular accidents that have taken place. Many of the recent accidents have also involved some of the most vulnerable travelers, that being motorcyclists. Unfortunately many of...
Seven to Area Hospitals After Bus and SUV Accident on I-95
Seven people were sent to area hospitals after an accident between a Toyota 4-Runner and a Westchester County Bee-Line bus on Interstate I-95 in Rye on Friday night. The driver of the car had a “severe leg injury”. The conditions of the other six individuals were not provided.
Drug charges against rising actor thrown out after bodycam appears to show cop plant evidence
Drug charges against aspiring actor Alvin Harper were dismissed Friday after bodycam showed New Rochelle police lieutenant Sean Kane appearing to plant evidence. Harper, now residing in Denver, criticized Lt. Kane in court following the dismissal of the case by a New Rochelle city judge at the request of the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, as reported by the Journal News.
Ramapo College Cracks Hot Missing Persons Case
The Ramapo College of New Jersey's Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center (IGG) worked in collaboration with authorities in St. Louis County, MI, to successfully identify “St. Louis John Doe,” who had been missing since 2021. "This was a hot case, which generally refers to the presence of active, investigative...
Rockland Sheriff: Two Area Shootings Saturday Not Related
Two separate shootings in Rockland on Saturday were not connected. That’s according to Rockland County Sheriff Lou Falco…. That incident was discovered just after noon on Saturday. Around nine hours earlier that same day, three women were wounded in a shooting in Central Nyack. Clarkstown supervisor George Hoehmann told “The Morning Show” Monday the women were not cooperating with the investigation, and Falco says that’s critical…
Cresskill Family Critical In South Carolina Road Trip Crash
A GoFundMe launched for Vivek Talwar, his wife, Kiran Bhat Talwar, and their four children, of Cresskill, says they were on a road trip when they were involved in a crash on Friday morning, Aug. 23, outside Charleston, SC. Vivek, Kiran, and one child remain hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, while...
18 Unsolved Burglaries Cracked: Pair Arrested In Months-Long North Jersey Spree
A months-long investigation found Kali J. Carter, 49, of East Orange, and Demetrius D. Hale, 49, of Bergenfield, were responsible for the incidents, all of which were residential burglaries, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Below is a list of each incident:. January 2024: Residential burglaries in Ho-Ho-Kus, Hackensack, Paramus,...
Groundbreaking Homicide Charges Filed in Westchester Construction Tragedy
This article is brought to you by the New York accident lawyers at Markhoff & Mittman P.C. | The Disability Guys. A construction supervisor in Westchester County faces criminally negligent homicide charges following the death of a worker in a 2021 trench collapse in Mamaroneck. This is the first time in the county’s history that a contractor has been criminally charged for a workplace fatality. The incident occurred when a 9-foot-deep trench caved in, burying worker Jose Vega during a mansion construction project. Prosecutors allege that site supervisor Michael Conway failed to implement safety measures that could have prevented the collapse.
Tire-Slasher Threatens Witness Before Court Date In New Milford, Police Say
Trouble began on July 12, where a partygoer's car had two tires slashed on July 12, New Milford Police Chief Brian Clancy said. The vehicle was parked in front of a neighbor’s house due to the high number of attendees at the party. The victim discovered the damage around 10:50 that night, Clancy said.
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