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Authorities In Hudson Valley Monitoring Bomb Threats Targeting NY Synagogues Authorities In Hudson Valley Monitoring Bomb Threats Targeting NY Synagogues
Authorities In Hudson Valley Monitoring Bomb Threats Targeting NY Synagogues Authorities in the Hudson Valley are monitoring bomb threats sent over email targeting synagogues across New York as Rosh Hashanah comes to a close. The threats were detailed in an announcement by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office on Friday, Oct. 4, in which authorities said they were made aware of a "pattern of bomb threats" sent via email targeting New York synagogues and containing "vitriolic language."  All federal, state, and local intelligence centers have not identified any credible information regarding the threats, which are now actively being investigated, the Sheriff's Offi…

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by Ben Crnic
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Former Sales Chief Of NY Mortgage Lender Sentenced For $8.9M Fraud Scheme Former Sales Chief Of NY Mortgage Lender Sentenced For $8.9M Fraud Scheme
Former Sales Chief Of NY Mortgage Lender Sentenced For $8.9M Fraud Scheme The former co-owner and executive at a New York mortgage lender has been sentenced for an $8.9 million fraud scheme, federal authorities announced. Long Island resident Edward E. Bohm, age 44, of Smithtown, formerly the president of Sales and part-owner of mortgage lender Vanguard Funding, LLC, based in Garden City, was sentenced on Tuesday, Aug. 30 at the federal courthouse in Central Islip to two years in prison. Bohm was also ordered to pay $3,488,615.42 in restitution and $1,500,000 in criminal forfeiture.  In February 2019, Bohm pleaded guilty to conspiring to …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Hudson Valley Man ID'd By Dating App Match Sentenced For Role In Capitol Riot Hudson Valley Man ID'd By Dating App Match Sentenced For Role In Capitol Riot
Hudson Valley Man ID'd By Dating App Match Sentenced For Role In Capitol Riot A braggadocios man who was busted after boasting about his exploits during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol on the Bumble dating app will avoid jail time after being sentenced for his role in the riot, officials announced. Putnam County resident Robert Chapman, age 51, was arrested in 2021 after bragging about his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington, DC, admitting that he was there and made it to Statuary Hall to a would-be match on the popular dating app. “I did storm the capitol (sic) … I made it all the way into Statuary Hall! … Did an interview with Robert O’M…

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by Zak Failla
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Fairfield County Man Charged With Pinning Police Officer Between Doors During Capitol Hill Riot Fairfield County Man Charged With Pinning Police Officer Between Doors During Capitol Hill Riot
Fairfield County Man Charged With Pinning Police Officer Between Doors During Capitol Hill Riot A Fairfield County man has been charged in connection to the violent assault of a police officer during the deadly pro-Trump Capitol Hill riot on Wednesday, Jan. 6 that was captured on video and shown repeatedly throughout the world. Patrick Edward McCaughey III, age 23, of Ridgefield, "knowingly and willfully joined a crowd of individuals who forcibly entered the grounds of the United States Capitol and impeded, disrupted, and disturbed the orderly conduct of business by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate," according to a complaint by Federal author…

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by Joe Lombardi