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Convicted Killer Of Rockland Teen Released On Parole Convicted Killer Of Rockland Teen Released On Parole
Convicted Killer Of Rockland Teen Released On Parole One of two men convicted of killing a Hudson Valley teenager decades ago has been released on parole for the second time. Richard Labarbera, 67, who was convicted of killing Pearl River 16-year-old Paula Bohovesky in 1980, has been released from prison. He had been previously released last year, but violated his parole after getting drunk shortly after his release and he was sent back behind bars. In October 1980, LaBarbera and Robert McCain attacked Bohovesky, an honor student who was picked up off the street a few blocks from her Pearl River home. She was “brutally” beaten, stab…

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Paroled Killer Of 16-Year-Old Ordered To Stay Away From Rockland As Pataki Appeals To Cuomo Paroled Killer Of 16-Year-Old Ordered To Stay Away From Rockland As Pataki Appeals To Cuomo
Paroled Killer Of 16-Year-Old Ordered To Stay Away From Rockland As Pataki Appeals To Cuomo One of the two men convicted of killing Pearl River 16-year-old Paula Bohovesky in 1980 who was granted parole has been ordered to stay clear of Rockland County and has been banished to upstate New York. The New York Attorney General’s Office told a judge that Richard LaBarbera has been reassigned to a parole officer in Buffalo when he is released from prison this week. LaBarbera was also ordered to steer clear of Bohovesky’s mother, Lois. Initially, LaBarbera was to be assigned to a parole officer in Peekskill. A judge has since ruled that LaBarbera must stay at least three counties away.…

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Convicted Murderer Of Rockland County 16-Year-Old Granted Parole Convicted Murderer Of Rockland County 16-Year-Old Granted Parole
Convicted Murderer Of Rockland County 16-Year-Old Granted Parole One of the two drifters who attacked and brutally killed a 16-year-old honor student from Rockland County will soon be a free man. In October 1980, Richard LaBarbera and Robert McCain attacked 16-year-old Paula Bohovesky, an honor student who was picked up off the street a few blocks from her Pearl River home. She was “brutally” beaten, stabbed and left alone to die in a pool of her own blood with her clothes strewn about. In 2017, LaBarbera was turned down at his ninth parole hearing since 2005. This week, LaBarbera was granted his parole. McCain will be in front of the parole …

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Rockland Attorney Gets Probation For Ticket/Zoning Fixing Rockland Attorney Gets Probation For Ticket/Zoning Fixing
Rockland Attorney Gets Probation For Ticket/Zoning Fixing A Rockland County lawyer was sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to one count of official misconduct for fixing traffic tickets and zoning violations. Lawrence Weissman, 56, of Sloatsburg, was sentenced Friday following his guilty plea, said Rockland District Attorney Thomas Zugibe.  Weissman, an attorney with offices in West Nyack, was appointed as special prosecutor by the Village of Spring Valley Board of Trustees in 2016. As the special prosecutor, Weissman was in charge of reviewing traffic tickets and zoning violations for the village, the DA's Office said. Form…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Rockland Will Get $314K Grant For Substance Abuse, Mental Health Rockland Will Get $314K Grant For Substance Abuse, Mental Health
Rockland Will Get $314K Grant For Substance Abuse, Mental Health U.S. Nita Lowey, who represents Rockland and Westchester counties, announced on Tuesday, June 5 that BRiDGES, a nonprofit in New City that advocates for and serves people with disabilities, has been awarded $314,215 in federal funding. The taxpayer money will help expand and increase recovery services for individuals with substance use disorders and/or co-occurring mental illness who are re-entering society after prison. The funding was awarded through the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and M…

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by Jon Craig
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Rockland DA Zugibe Will Run For State Supreme Court Rockland DA Zugibe Will Run For State Supreme Court
Rockland DA Zugibe Will Run For State Supreme Court Rockland District Attorney Thomas Zugibe would love to wrap up his career as a judge on the state Supreme Court, and announced Thursday that's just what he plans to do. Zugibe, 64, the county's district attorney for the past 10 years, will seek one of six judgeships up for grabs in Nov. 6, election, he announced before a ballroom full of supporters at the Nyack Seaport. With nearly four decades involved in the state legal system, Zubgie said he is seeking the unexpired term for Justice Thomas Walsh's Rockland-based seat, which has nine years remaining.  He cited his long legal background, …

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by Kathy Reakes