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Children Critical, NJ Drivers Hospitalized In Wrong-Way NY Crash Children Critical, NJ Drivers Hospitalized In Wrong-Way NY Crash
Children Critical, NJ Drivers Hospitalized In Wrong-Way NY Crash A wrong-way, three-vehicle crash in New York sent multiple people to the hospital, including two drivers from New Jersey. Police responded to a crash in Rockland County at the intersection of Route 303 and Greenbush Road in Blauvelt at about 12:40 p.m. on Saturday, July 30, according to the Orangetown Police Department. A 2001 BMW X5, driven by 20-year-old Thomas Robb, was southbound, traveling the wrong way on a one-way section of Greenbush Road, and entered the intersection at Route 303, striking a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze driven by a 32-year-old woman from Newark. The Chevrolet then collide…
Registered NJ Sex Offender Busted By Undercover NY Officers In Targeting 'Teen Girl' Registered NJ Sex Offender Busted By Undercover NY Officers In Targeting 'Teen Girl'
Registered NJ Sex Offender Busted By Undercover NY Officers In Targeting 'Teen Girl' A registered sex offender was busted by undercover officers during a sexual predator sting operation in New York, officials announced. Brian Reed, 33, of Sussex, was busted and indicted following an online sting conducted by the District’s Attorney’s Special Investigative Unit. Rockland County DA Thomas Walsh II noted that Reed is a registered sex offender with a past conviction in New Jersey. According to Walsh, between Wednesday, May 25 and Thursday, May 26, Reed allegedly exchanged text messages, photos, and phone calls - all sexually explicit in nature - with what he believed to be a 1…
Elusive Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center, Bergen Companies Assist Elusive Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center, Bergen Companies Assist
Elusive Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center, Bergen Companies Assist UPDATE: Six firefighters were hospitalized with minor injuries Sunday in a stubborn hours-long blaze that broke out in a basement gun range, spread through a Rockland County shopping center and continued burning late into the night, authorities said. Firefighters from Mahwah, Montvale, Oradell and River Vale were among more than 100 from Rockland, Westchester and Bergen counties either at the Pearl River scene or in coverage through the afternoon and into the evening. The sneaky blaze began shortly before noon in the long-gun range at the Rockland Indoor Shooting Education Center -- common…
Prosecutor: Rockland Man Attacks Black Women In Bergen, Captured After Texas Wild Boar Crash Prosecutor: Rockland Man Attacks Black Women In Bergen, Captured After Texas Wild Boar Crash
Prosecutor: Rockland Man Attacks Black Women In Bergen, Captured After Texas Wild Boar Crash A white Rockland County man made racist comments to three black women outside a Bergen County liquor store, then smashed their car with a baseball bat, injuring two of them, before fleeing, authorities said. Carson Goodman, 21, of Sparkill was captured in Pecos County, TX, on Friday after his car slammed into a 400-pound wild boar on a local highway and a responding sheriff’s officer discovered that he was a fugitive from justice, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Goodman, who’d been hiding out with a relative, became a suspect soon after Northvale police were called to the Bevera…
Man Killed After Being Struck By CSX Train In Rockland Man Killed After Being Struck By CSX Train In Rockland
Man Killed After Being Struck By CSX Train In Rockland Police have identified a man who was fatally struck by a train in Rockland County on Tuesday night. The Orangetown Police Department received a call at approximately 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July 24, from a passerby who saw a man struck by a train on the CSX rail line just south of Bradley Hill Road. Officers arrived at the scene and tracked down the man, who has since been identified as Blauvelt resident Enda Caulfield, 36. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Rockland Paramedics Police said that the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information regarding the strike has been asked to…
Man Charged After Drugs Found In Car Blocking Sparkill Driveway, Police Say Man Charged After Drugs Found In Car Blocking Sparkill Driveway, Police Say
Man Charged After Drugs Found In Car Blocking Sparkill Driveway, Police Say A vintage Cadillac that was being towed in Sparkill after blocking a driveway overnight was loaded with marijuana and drug paraphernalia, police said. Members of the Orangetown Police Department were dispatched were dispatched to a Route 340 home at approximately 11:50 a.m. on Thursday, July 12, when a local resident reported that a 1973 Cadillac had blocked his driver and he wanted it removed. At the scene, investigators said that they conducted a search of the vehicle, which found alleged marijuana, two digital scales, concentrated cannabis oil and hash oil. The following day, the investi…
Traffic Alert In Effect For Pearl River St. Patrick's Day Parade Traffic Alert In Effect For Pearl River St. Patrick's Day Parade
Traffic Alert In Effect For Pearl River St. Patrick's Day Parade Hundreds are expected to make their way to Pearl River over the weekend to celebrate at the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The Orangetown Police Department issued an alert this week warning Pearl River residents that there will be restricted parking in the area on Sunday, March 18, when the parade kicks off from the Pfizer parking lot at 1:30 p.m. The parade will then turn east onto East Crooked Hill Road, turning south onto North Middletown Road, west onto East Central Avenue and turning south onto South Main Street, where it will reach its conclusion. Police said that beginning at noon…
Man Rams Car Into Vehicle After Palisades Restaurant Dispute, Police Say Man Rams Car Into Vehicle After Palisades Restaurant Dispute, Police Say
Man Rams Car Into Vehicle After Palisades Restaurant Dispute, Police Say Police had to track down a suspect who allegedly slammed his car repeatedly into another man’s vehicle after being involved in an altercation at a Palisades restaurant. The Orangetown Police Department received a report shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Friday, March 2, where there was an alleged dispute at Zapata Restaurant involving two men. Police said that an investigation into the dispute determined that Norwood, N.J. resident John Chugranis had allegedly been involved in the incident inside the restaurant, proceeded to leave the eatery, enter his vehicle and intentionally rammed his vehicle…
Dumont Man In Critical Condition Following Tappan Construction Accident Dumont Man In Critical Condition Following Tappan Construction Accident
Dumont Man In Critical Condition Following Tappan Construction Accident This story has been updated. A 49-year-old man is in critical condition after being crushed in a construction accident in Tappan. The man, identified as Arian Hila of Dumont was working at a construction site at 120 Western Highway when he crushed around 1:45 p.m. Friday when a garbage chute collapsed and landed on top of him near a dumpster, said Orangetown Police Capt. Donald Butterworth. He was rushed to Nyack Hospital for treatment where he is listed in critical condition, Butterworth said. The man works for Atria Consulting who was performing work on the site. Efforts to reach the co…
Dumont Man In Critical Condition Following Tappan Construction Accident Dumont Man In Critical Condition Following Tappan Construction Accident
Dumont Man In Critical Condition Following Tappan Construction Accident This story has been updated. A 49-year-old man is in critical condition after being crushed in a construction accident in Tappan. The man, identified as Arian Hila of Dumont was working at a construction site at 120 Western Highway when he crushed around 1:45 p.m. Friday when a garbage chute collapsed and landed on top of him near a dumpster, said Orangetown Police Capt. Donald Butterworth. He was rushed to Nyack Hospital for treatment where he is listed in critical condition, Butterworth said. The man works for Atria Consulting who was performing work on the site. Efforts to reach the co…
Man Killed After Being Hit By Car Under I-87 Overpass In Nyack Man Killed After Being Hit By Car Under I-87 Overpass In Nyack
Man Killed After Being Hit By Car Under I-87 Overpass In Nyack A 35-year-old man was killed after he was struck by a two-door sedan on Route 59 in Rockland on Friday, Feb. 16. At approximately 5:38 p.m. the Orangetown Police Department responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle on Route 59 under the NYS Thruway overpass in Nyack. A 23-year-old female from Spring Valley was operating a 2012 Fiat and was traveling westbound on Route 59. The vehicle struck the pedestrian who entered the westbound traffic lane from the center median, police said. The pedestrian, identified as Kevin A. Stadnick of Blauvelt, was transported to Nyack Hos…
Police: Dominican College Van Thief Chased, Caught In Old Tappan Police: Dominican College Van Thief Chased, Caught In Old Tappan
Police: Dominican College Van Thief Chased, Caught In Old Tappan OLD TAPPAN, N.J. – A driver who stole a van from Dominican College led police on a chase before he was stopped and arrested in Old Tappan, authorities said. Not officially identified yet by police, the man was booked into the Bergen County Jail as Rah Ralla, 19, records show. Charges of aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, eluding police and throwing bodily fluids at a law enforcement officer, among other counts, were filed, according to jail records. An extradition hearing was being scheduled. The van was stolen just after 6:30 p.m. Saturday., authorities said. Oran…
Nanuet Man Driving Wrong Way On I-87 Ramp Was Drunk, Police Say Nanuet Man Driving Wrong Way On I-87 Ramp Was Drunk, Police Say
Nanuet Man Driving Wrong Way On I-87 Ramp Was Drunk, Police Say A man was busted driving with a blood-alcohol content nearly triple the legal limit after being spotted by a police officer going the wrong way on a New York Thruway exit ramp in Rockland County. An Orangetown Police Department officer on patrol shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Thursday morning arrested Nanuet resident Michael Gordon, 61, after he was spotted driving his car with no headlights while going the wrong way up the one-way Exit 11 ramp off I-87 in Nyack. Police said that after stopping Gordon, it was determined that he was operating his Ford while in an intoxicated condition. He was su…