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Accused Crew Member Wanted For Glen Rock Liquor Store Thefts Brought To NJ From Rockland Accused Crew Member Wanted For Glen Rock Liquor Store Thefts Brought To NJ From Rockland
Accused Crew Member Wanted For Glen Rock Liquor Store Thefts Brought To NJ From Rockland A fugitive member of an organized retail theft crew from more than 50 miles away was brought to New Jersey after being captured across the state line in Rockland, authorities said. How long she'll remain jailed in the Garden State is open to question, however. Clarkstown police nabbed repeat offender Shatoya L. Smith, 26, of the Orange County, NY town of Newburgh on a fugitive warrant, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. She’d been held in the Rockland County Correctional Center in New City before being extradited to New Jersey early last week to be charged in connection with a ser…
WANTED: Two More Accused Members Of Retail Theft Ring From Upstate NY ID'd By Glen Rock PD WANTED: Two More Accused Members Of Retail Theft Ring From Upstate NY ID'd By Glen Rock PD
Wanted: Two More Accused Members Of Retail Theft Ring From Upstate NY ID'd By Glen Rock PD Two more accused members of an organized New York State shoplifting ring from more than 50 miles away were identified by Glen Rock police. Newburgh residents Shatoya L. Smith, 26, and Carlan S. Newby, 23, both remain fugitives wanted in connected with thefts from the Bottle King on Prospect Street. The Orange County-based crew has hit businesses in Glen Rock and elsewhere in the region, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Three alleged members of the crew were arrested this past December and subsequently released under New Jersey’s bail reform law. Two of them, Latifah Smith and Adriane By…
GOTCHA! Second Fugitive From NY State Charged By Glen Rock PD In Major Retail Theft Ring GOTCHA! Second Fugitive From NY State Charged By Glen Rock PD In Major Retail Theft Ring
Gotcha! Second Fugitive From NY State Charged By Glen Rock PD In Major Retail Theft Ring A second fugitive charged by Glen Rock detectives with participating in an organized shoplifting ring was captured by police in New York State. Latifah Smith, 33, of Newburgh, NY, is part of a group from New York State who targeted various borough merchants, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Ackermann's investigators earlier this month charged Miata Mitchell, 26, of Poughkeepsie with participating in an Aug. 7 group theft at the Bottle King Liquors on Prospect Street. That same week, police in Newburgh grabbed Smith after Detective Sgt. James Calaski and Det. Lucas Doney ide…
NJ Jet Skier Dead, Saddle Brook Operator Critical In NY Crash NJ Jet Skier Dead, Saddle Brook Operator Critical In NY Crash
NJ Jet Skier Dead, Saddle Brook Operator Critical In NY Crash A jet ski passenger from New Jersey was killed and the operator critically injured following a crash with another watercraft on the Hudson River over Memorial Day weekend. Saddle Brook's Jorge Arribasplata, 48, was operating a 2018 Yamaha jet ski with a passenger, while David Torres, 49, of Lodi, was driving a 2017 Yamaha jet ski, with his passenger, Charles Sanchez, of Belleville, on the Hudson River in Newburgh on Saturday, May 27, said New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel. Both were traveling north when they collided with each other. Torres and Sanchez, 48, were thrown into the ri…
New Englewood Schools Superintendent Dies In Westchester Crash New Englewood Schools Superintendent Dies In Westchester Crash
New Englewood Schools Superintendent Dies In Westchester Crash A career educator who'd only just become Englewood's school superintendent this past summer died in a weekend car crash in Westchester. Dr. Ronel Cook, 51, was killed and his 18-year-old son, Jayden, injured after Cook's 2015 Nissan Altima veered off the eastbound Cross County Parkway and slammed into a stone wall at the Seminary Avenue overpass on Sunday, Nov. 20, according to Kieran O’Leary, a Yonkers police spokesperson. The elder Cook, of Newburgh, NY, was pronounced dead at NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester hospital a short time later. His son, a Yonkers resident, was admitted with se…
Feds: NY Ex-Con Who Tried To Get Loaded Gun By Newark Airport Security Gets 3 Years, No Parole Feds: NY Ex-Con Who Tried To Get Loaded Gun By Newark Airport Security Gets 3 Years, No Parole
Feds: NY Ex-Con Who Tried To Get Loaded Gun By Newark Airport Security Gets 3 Years, No Parole An ex-con from New York must spend the next three years in federal prison, with no parole, for trying to slip a loaded, stolen gun and lots of ammunition past a security checkpoint at Newark Airport. Desmond Herring, 48, of Newburgh made a beeline for his gate when a TSA officer staffing the checkpoint X-ray monitor found the loaded weapon -- along with boxes of ammo -- in his carry-on bag on Nov. 29, 2021, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said. Port Authority police collected the bag and examined its contents, the TSA said at the time. Along with the 9mm pistol were 10 rou…
1 Busted, 3 At Large After Depositing $30K Worth Of Bogus Checks, Flemington Police Say 1 Busted, 3 At Large After Depositing $30K Worth Of Bogus Checks, Flemington Police Say
1 Busted, 3 At Large After Depositing $30K Worth Of Bogus Checks, Flemington Police Say One suspect was arrested and three remain at large after altering checks that were stolen from PO boxes and making more than $30,000 worth of fraudulent deposits, Flemington police said. The investigation began on Saturday, June 11, when officers responded to a Flemington business to take a report of fraudulent checks, the department said in a release on Wednesday, Oct. 19. The following four months resulted in the issuing of warrants for the arrests of Tre Greene, 19, Richard Rowe, 22, Quamae Osborne, 23, and a 17-year-old juvenile, police said. Investigators found that three separate che…
LATEST: Head-On Bridge Crash, Attempted Murder Charge Follows Hammer Attack At Rockland Hotel LATEST: Head-On Bridge Crash, Attempted Murder Charge Follows Hammer Attack At Rockland Hotel
Latest: Head-On Bridge Crash, Attempted Murder Charge Follows Hammer Attack At Rockland Hotel UPDATE: A man accused of trying to kill his girlfriend with a hammer at a Clarkstown hotel was captured after a wild chase that ended in a head-on crash on a heavily-traveled bridge. Clarkstown police said they responded to reports of a woman screaming at the Tappan Zee Hotel on northbound Route 303 shortly after 5 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17. They found a victim, they said, who told them that her boyfriend, 46-year-old Todd Humphrey of Stony Point, had hit her in the head with a hammer while she was in the shower.  She escaped the room and got the attention of hotel staff who dialed 911 as Hump…
Ex-Con From NY State Admits Trying To Get Loaded Gun Through Newark Airport Security Ex-Con From NY State Admits Trying To Get Loaded Gun Through Newark Airport Security
Ex-Con From NY State Admits Trying To Get Loaded Gun Through Newark Airport Security An ex-con from New York admitted trying to slip a loaded, stolen gun through the security checkpoint at Newark Airport late last year, authorities said. Desmond Herring, 48, of Newburgh, NY made a beeline for his gate when a TSA officer staffing the checkpoint X-ray monitor found the loaded weapon -- along with boxes of ammo -- in his carry-on bag on Nov. 29, 2021, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said. Port Authority police collected the bag and examined its contents, the TSA said at the time. Along with the 9mm pistol were 10 rounds loaded into a magazine, along with anot…
Route 17 Stop: NY State Ex-Con Had Drugs, Ammo, Rochelle Park PD Says Route 17 Stop: NY State Ex-Con Had Drugs, Ammo, Rochelle Park PD Says
Route 17 Stop: NY State Ex-Con Had Drugs, Ammo, Rochelle Park PD Says An upstate New York ex-con busted for drugs two months ago was illegally carrying hollow-point ammo, along with some drugs, when he was stopped on Route 17 before dawn Tuesday, Rochelle Park police said. Stephone Salley, 25, of Schenectady had been free pending trial since early June, when New York State Police said they found him carrying heroin, cocaine, fentanyl and a drug cutting agent in the Orange County, NY town of Newburgh, records show. Rochelle Park Police Officer Chris Kiszka pulled Salley over at the Exxon station on the northbound highway around 2 a.m. Tuesday after spotting se…
GOTCHA! NY State Duo Identified, Charged In Glen Rock Liquor Store Thefts GOTCHA! NY State Duo Identified, Charged In Glen Rock Liquor Store Thefts
Gotcha! NY State Duo Identified, Charged In Glen Rock Liquor Store Thefts Police who turned to the public for help following the theft of $3,000 worth of booze from a Glen Rock liquor store have identified and charged a couple from across the state line. Kevin Armwood, 39, of the Orange County town of Newburgh, NY, was the man seen in surveillance video posted on both sides of the border, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. With him was Kamesha Locklary, 39, also of Newburgh, Ackermann said. Colleagues helped identify both, he said. Security video (below) shows both wearing masks when they shoplifted $776 worth of alcohol from the Bottle King on Prospec…
SEEN HIM? Search Continues For Couple Suspected In $3,000 Glen Rock Liquor Store Thefts SEEN HIM? Search Continues For Couple Suspected In $3,000 Glen Rock Liquor Store Thefts
Seen HIM? Search Continues For Couple Suspected In $3,000 Glen Rock Liquor Store Thefts Police investigating the theft of $3,000 worth of booze by a couple from a Glen Rock liquor store say they believe the shoplifters are from across the state line. Surveillance video shows both wearing masks when they shoplifted $776 worth of alcohol from the Bottle King on Prospect Street on July 10, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. They reportedly returned soon after and took more, valued at nearly $2,225. The couple came back again on July 16 but bolted in a gray 2019 Nissan Sentra when they noticed employees watching them, the chief said. "Nothing was reported to have been taken at t…
Ramsey PD: Rockland Man Who Dumped Coffee On Ex-Wife Flees Up Route 17, Caught By NY Troopers Ramsey PD: Rockland Man Who Dumped Coffee On Ex-Wife Flees Up Route 17, Caught By NY Troopers
Ramsey PD: Rockland Man Who Dumped Coffee On Ex-Wife Flees Up Route 17, Caught By NY Troopers A Rockland driver who sped off from police on northbound Route 17 in Ramsey following an incident with his ex-wife was captured by New York state troopers 40 or so miles up the road, authorities said. Haverstraw police had issued a “stop and hold” on Richard Fernandez, 37, of Pomona, who they said had driven to his ex-wife’s job and spilled coffee on her. A Ramsey officer tried stopping Fernandez at Lake Street mid-Saturday afternoon, but he kept going at speeds of up to 70 miles an hour, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. Mahwah police picked up the pursuit at the state line split before han…
Taking Liberties: Burglars Ate, Drank, Showered While Englewood Child, Sitter Were Home Taking Liberties: Burglars Ate, Drank, Showered While Englewood Child, Sitter Were Home
Taking Liberties: Burglars Ate, Drank, Showered While Englewood Child, Sitter Were Home A babysitter was alone with a young child when a Pennsylvania couple broke into an Englewood home, helped themselves to food, drink – even a shower – and fled in the victims’ SUV, authorities said. They may have even had sex there, too. The babysitter eventually discovered the pair, who fled in the homeowner’s Lincoln Navigator with jewelry, a wallet, clothing and a backpack -- while leaving the clunker they drove up in behind, they said. They also took the one item that authorities said would lead police directly to them: an iPhone. Alex Ray Yeakley, of Myerstown, and Amanda Lentz, o…
Feds Arrest Warren County Oath Keeper Seen With Trump Ally Roger Stone Before Capitol Riots Feds Arrest Warren County Oath Keeper Seen With Trump Ally Roger Stone Before Capitol Riots
Feds Arrest Warren County Oath Keeper Seen With Trump Ally Roger Stone Before Capitol Riots A tattoo artist from Warren County with ties to the Oath Keepers militia group has been arrested. Roberto Minuta, 36, of Hackettstown, was seen with former President Donald Trump’s longtime advisor Roger Stone before the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol. Minuta, who reportedly served as Stone's bodyguard, was wearing a baseball hat and military-style vest with the Oath Keeper logo prior to the violent insurrection on Jan. 6, prosecutors said. After his greeting with Stone, Minuta can be seen among the crowd that approached the Capitol and interacting with Capitol Police officers while wear…
Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Make $40,000 Heroin Bust Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Make $40,000 Heroin Bust
Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Make $40,000 Heroin Bust Palisades Interstate Parkway police seized $40,000 worth of heroin and arrested two people – one of them from Orange County, NY -- after stopping a minivan on the parkway, authorities said. PIP Police Officer Matthew Levine stopped the Honda Odyssey for a traffic violation in Alpine on Dec. 15, Lt. Jock H. Watkins, Jr. said Friday. A probable-cause search turned up 4,000 wax folds of heroin, Watkins said. Arrested, he said, were two passengers: Holly Anne Mead, 32, of Newburgh, who was charged with marijuana possession, and Gabriel Zurita-Bayron, 36, of Philadelphia, who was charged with h…
Woodbury Common Worker Killed By Truck He Was Guiding Into Loading Area, Report Says Woodbury Common Worker Killed By Truck He Was Guiding Into Loading Area, Report Says
Woodbury Common Worker Killed By Truck He Was Guiding Into Loading Area, Report Says An employee at Woodbury Common Shopping Outlet in New York was killed after he was hit by a truck as he was attempting to guide it into a loading area. Habram Castillo, 40 of New York City, was fatally pinned by the vehicle delivering goods to the Tory Burch store on Tuesday, Oct. 15, News 12 reports. A paramedic who was reportedly shopping inside the store immediately began helping the man until first responders arrived.  Castillo was airlifted to the hospital where he later died, according to the report. The truck driver, a 19-year-old from Newburgh, N.Y., was ticketed.&n…
Man Charged In Nutley Hugging Bandit Case Man Charged In Nutley Hugging Bandit Case
Man Charged In Nutley Hugging Bandit Case A Newburgh, New York man has been arrested in connection with the theft of jewelry from a 71-year-old man in Nutley in which the perpetrators used sleight-of-hand to distract the victim, police said.  On Aug. 11, a Chevy Tahoe pulled up next to the victim as he walked on Passaic Avenue. A number of people were in the vehicle, including a man who draped the victim in gold-replica rings and necklaces. A woman also hugged the victim before they drove off, taking with them jewelry from the victim worth about $1,000.  Using vehicle information from a rental agency, police identified Ov…
Hook, Line And Stinger: Undercover Paterson Police Bust 52 Prostitutes, Johns Hook, Line And Stinger: Undercover Paterson Police Bust 52 Prostitutes, Johns
Hook, Line And Stinger: Undercover Paterson Police Bust 52 Prostitutes, Johns Dozens of men who flocked to a notorious Paterson neighborhood looking for hookers were surprised – and arrested – when some of the streetwalkers turned out to be undercover city police officers. At the same time, police posing as johns rolled up to genuine working girls, then busted those who solicited them. In less than a day, 57 people were arrested – among them, 21 accused prostitutes and 31 alleged johns, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The others were busted on drug offenses, he said. The sweep was the type of quality-of-life initiative that Speziale said is vital to police work…