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Haverstraw Police Launch Manhunt for Monday’s Homicide Suspect
The Haverstraw Police Department is actively searching for Yandie Martinez, born on January 20, 2006, in connection with a homicide that took place on July 1, 2024, around 4:00 PM as Monsey Scoop reported on Monday evening. Authorities have issued a warning to the public, stating that Martinez should be considered armed and dangerous.
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...
“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...
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...
Police Blotter, July 2 – July 8, 2024
June 24: Report of a bear eating from a bird feeder on Victoria Drive at 8:01 a.m. Responding officers located the bear on Glassbury Court where it entered a wooded area. The area was canvassed with negative results. Village officials and the state Department of Environmental Conservation were notified. June...
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...
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...
NJ court officer accused of stealing $1.5M; moves to FL as aspiring screenwriter
🔶 Retired New Jersey court officer busted for theft. A longtime court officer from New Jersey has been accused of scamming over $1.5 million dollars from work, before moving south and pursuing a new career as a screenwriter. Bruce Piekarsky worked for the state Administrative Office of the Courts...
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.
Westchester County workers, leaders honor slain caseworker at vigil
WHITE PLAINS- Westchester County leaders and workers joined the family of fallen county caseworker Maria Coto last Thursday evening for a vigil in Coto’s memory. Coto, a longtime caseworker with the Westchester County Department of Social Services, died June 19 following injuries sustained May 14 in Peekskill when a community member brutally attacked her after Coto mistakenly knocked on his door. The assailant, 31-year old Peekskill resident Hasseem Jenkins, was initially charged with attempted murder and assault charges that are expected to be upgraded following Coto’s death.
Search on for missing New Rochelle man, 20, last seen in Manhattan
A 20-year-old man from New Rochelle is missing in Manhattan after he posted a goodbye message to his social media. New Rochelle police say Neyson Estela, 20, was last seen by his family Friday, June 28, around 5 p.m. leaving 44 Pleasant St. in New Rochelle on a bicycle. He was wearing...
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