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NY Man, 33, Paid For Sex With 12-Year-Old In New Jersey: Police NY Man, 33, Paid For Sex With 12-Year-Old In New Jersey: Police
NY Man, 33, Paid For Sex With 12-Year-Old In New Jersey: Police A 33-year-old New York man was arrested by New Jersey State Police after paying a woman to have sex with her 12-year-old daughter, authorities said. New Jersey State Police began investigating Ulster County resident Alexander Boyd in January after he was soliciting children for sex on the internet, New Paltz Police, where Boyd lives, said. Boyd made plans with a woman to purchase her 12-year-old daughter for sex, police said. Once they settled on a price, Boyd traveled to New Jersey, booked a hotel room, and waited for the woman and her daughter, police said. He was located and taken i…

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by Sam Barron
News
Bergen County Fugitive Nabbed In Upstate NY For Second Time This Year Bergen County Fugitive Nabbed In Upstate NY For Second Time This Year
Bergen County Fugitive Nabbed In Upstate NY For Second Time This Year An ex-con was brought to New Jersey this week after police in upstate New York nabbed him on a warrant out of Bergen County for the second time in less than a year, records show. Officers responding to a suspicious-persons complaint in the Ulster County town of Saugerties in late August said they found local resident Christopher P. Rega, 31, staggering down a street in the middle of the afternoon. A quick check turned up some drugs in his backpack, Saugerties police said in a release. They also found a warrant for his arrest issued by a Superior Court judge in Hackensack.  The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ Driver Had BAC Nearly 3X Legal Limit In Midday Traffic Stop, Police In NY Say NJ Driver Had BAC Nearly 3X Legal Limit In Midday Traffic Stop, Police In NY Say
NJ Driver Had BAC Nearly 3X Legal Limit In Midday Traffic Stop, Police In NY Say A midday traffic stop in the Hudson Valley led to the arrest of a New Jersey man who was allegedly driving with a blood alcohol content nearly triple the legal limit. New York State Police troopers received a report of an erratic driver on I-87 in Ulster County at approximately 3:40 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24 in New Paltz. Troopers were able to track down the driver, Springfield, New Jersey resident Alexander Ostrobrod, 34, and stopped him for multiple traffic violations on the Thruway. During the subsequent stop, police said that it was determined Ostrobrod was allegedly intoxicated and …

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by Zak Failla
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Former Food Network Chef Charged With Pointing Gun At Vehicle In Montvale Former Food Network Chef Charged With Pointing Gun At Vehicle In Montvale
Former Food Network Chef Charged With Pointing Gun At Vehicle In Montvale An executive chef who’s been featured on The Food Network was arrested after police in Montvale said he pointed what looked like a real gun at a vehicle stopped at a light. Another motorist alerted officers that Klaus Hoops, 60, was “screaming out the window” of a Railroad Avenue building (photo above) while pointing what appeared to be a handgun at people in the car in front of him, Montvale Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said Wednesday. Police investigated and found that Hoops, who lives on the second floor above a row of stores across from the Montvale train station, had a pellet rifle, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver, 20, Who Survived Horrific Route 287 Crash In Mahwah Can't Recall How It Happened Driver, 20, Who Survived Horrific Route 287 Crash In Mahwah Can't Recall How It Happened
Driver, 20, Who Survived Horrific Route 287 Crash In Mahwah Can't Recall How It Happened A South Carolina woman whose sedan slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer on the shoulder of Route 287 in Mahwah earlier this month says she can't remember what happened. Jordyn Carol King, 20, initially told Daily Voice "with 100% certainty" that an initial report from authorities that she apparently fell asleep behind the wheel wasn't true. "It was what it is being reported as: an accident,” she said. In a GoFundMe campaign that she has since launched for herself, King now says that "many details of the wreck are difficult for me to recall." Following the Nov. 15 crash, she writes, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Woodstock Festival Marks Israel's 70th Anniversary Woodstock Festival Marks Israel's 70th Anniversary
Woodstock Festival Marks Israel's 70th Anniversary A billboard-size mural of Jerusalem’s Western Wall and handmade metal roses forged from anti-Israeli missiles will be among a host of engaging sights and sounds marking Israel’s 70th anniversary at a rollicking outdoor festival. The celebration will take place at Woodstock Jewish Congregation, 1682 Glasco Turnpike in Woodstock, from 1 to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 6. The free public event will also feature native Israeli music, dance, storytelling, children’s activities and food. It is sponsored by the Israel Advocacy Committee of the Jewish Federation of Ulster County and supported by every…

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by Jon Craig