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Mahwah Detectives Nab Rockland Man In Route 17 Convenience Store Holdup Mahwah Detectives Nab Rockland Man In Route 17 Convenience Store Holdup
Mahwah Detectives Nab Rockland Man In Route 17 Convenience Store Holdup A gas station convenience store on Route 17 in Mahwah was robbed by an armed Rockland County man, authorities said Wednesday. Giacomio Frascone, a former home contractor from Airmont, remained held in the Rockland County Jail pending extradition to Bergen County to face robbery and weapons charges, among other offenses, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. An employee at the Bolla Market on the highway’s southbound side told police that a robber “flashed a gun in his waistband and demanded cash” shortly before 8:30 p.m. last Friday, Bussinelli said. The bandit fled with more than $1,000, the capta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Blaze Engulfs Iconic Kosher Market, Mahwah Firefighters Assist Rockland Colleagues Blaze Engulfs Iconic Kosher Market, Mahwah Firefighters Assist Rockland Colleagues
Blaze Engulfs Iconic Kosher Market, Mahwah Firefighters Assist Rockland Colleagues Firefighters from Mahwah assisted their Rockland colleagues at the scene of a raging blaze that destroyed an iconic kosher supermarket on Thursday. Motty’s Supermarket on North Main Street in Monsey burst into flames as a Ramapo police officer who saw smoke approached shortly after 12:30 p.m., authorities said. No injuries were immediately reported in the blaze at the grocery, formerly known as Klein's. Surrounding businesses and residences were temporarily evacuated. Main Street was also shut down. Motty's Supermarket fire in Monsey.Tony Greco for DAILY VOICE Mahwah firefighters join…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Registered Rockland Sex Offender Gets House Arrest For Violating Federal Release With Minor Registered Rockland Sex Offender Gets House Arrest For Violating Federal Release With Minor
Registered Rockland Sex Offender Gets House Arrest For Violating Federal Release With Minor A registered sex offender from Rockland County who spent a year in federal prison for assaulting a woman on a flight from Israel to Newark Liberty International Airport was sentenced Thursday to time served for sexually abusing a minor after his release, authorities said. Yoel Oberlander, 39, of Monsey had served a plea-bargained year behind bars for the airborne May 2016 assault when he was arrested by Ramapo police in June 2019. Oberlander later admitted that he’d picked up an underage victim for sex in his car during what was three years of federal supervised release, U.S. Attorney Craig…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NYPD: Hannukah Machete Attack Suspect Captured In Harlem NYPD: Hannukah Machete Attack Suspect Captured In Harlem
Nypd: Hannukah Machete Attack Suspect Captured In Harlem The NYPD identified the man accused of attacking five people with a machete during a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi's home in Rockland County late Saturday night as a Greenwood Lake resident. City police said they arrested Thomas Grafton, 37, after identifying the license plate on his Nissan Sentra as it crossed the George Washington Bridge around 11:45 p.m. Saturday. Officers David Radziwon and Giovanni Mattera stopped and arrested the Orange County resident on 144th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (7th Avenue) in Harlem a short time later and held him for Ramapo police. Grafto…

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by Jerry DeMarco