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Underage Teen Sexually Assaulted Multiple Times By Tarrytown Man, Age 27: Prosecutor Underage Teen Sexually Assaulted Multiple Times By Tarrytown Man, Age 27: Prosecutor
Underage Teen Sexually Assaulted Multiple Times By Tarrytown Man, Age 27: Prosecutor A tipster led authorities to a warehouse manager from Westchester County who they said traveled to New Jersey for sex with an underage teen he met online. Eric Palese, age 27, of Tarrytown, sexually assaulted the under-16-year-old child multiple times, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Thursday, April 6. Based on the charges, it was at least a half-dozen times during the second and third weeks of March. Authorities began investigating the 6-foot, 270-pound Palese after the tip came in on Monday, the prosecutor said. Musella said the tipster reported that Palese "contacted the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Westchester Check Forger Busted In Police Chase That Injured Officer, Authorities Say Westchester Check Forger Busted In Police Chase That Injured Officer, Authorities Say
Westchester Check Forger Busted In Police Chase That Injured Officer, Authorities Say A Mount Vernon check forger was arrested near the George Washington Bridge after a police pursuit in New Jersey that began when an officer was clipped by a getaway car, authorities said Wednesday. A New Milford, NJ police officer responding to a fraud call at a local Bank of America branch tried to stop 21-year-old Sierra Palmer and two accomplices Tuesday afternoon, but he was nicked by the getaway car, authorities said. Fellow officers from New Milford and several area towns chased the vehicle, first to Hackensack and then east on Route 4, before the trio bailed out in Fort Lee, Police C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Suspects Who Led Officer On Chase Resulting In Crash Tied To Thefts Across Three States: Police Suspects Who Led Officer On Chase Resulting In Crash Tied To Thefts Across Three States: Police
Suspects Who Led Officer On Chase Resulting In Crash Tied To Thefts Across Three States: Police A Philadelphia trio led Paramus police officers on a brief chase that resulted in a crash -- and then their arrests, authorities said. On Oct. 3, Paramus police officers responded to the Paramus Park Mall on a reports of three people pickpocketing and stealing, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Officer Brian Doughty located Michael Grantham, Kachae Jackson and Danielle Taylor, all from Philadelphia, who fled on foot from the officer into a waiting vehicle, the chief said. Paramus Officer Michael Focarino attempted to stop the car using lights and sirens as it sped away from Paramus Park…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Feds Handling Case Against Accused Scarsdale Bank Robber Feds Handling Case Against Accused Scarsdale Bank Robber
Feds Handling Case Against Accused Scarsdale Bank Robber A serial bank robber from the Bronx admitted Wednesday that he held up banks in Fort Lee and Hasbrouck Heights and was planning to hit another in Englewood when federal agents captured him. Eddy Cruz, 42, also admitted during a plea hearing in U.S. District Court in Trenton that he robbed a PNC Bank branch in Jackson Township on Christmas Eve 2013  Cruz said he robbed a TD Bank branch in Fort Lee on Feb. 13, 2017 and another in Hasbrouck Heights on Feb. 18, 2017, wearing a mask to disguise his identity both times and handing the tellers notes demanding cash. Cruz is also charged with a ban…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Westchester Man Nabbed In ID Theft Case After Uber Stop, Police Foot Chase Westchester Man Nabbed In ID Theft Case After Uber Stop, Police Foot Chase
Westchester Man Nabbed In ID Theft Case After Uber Stop, Police Foot Chase Five identity theft crew members -- including a Westchester man police said tried to run and then fought with the arresting officers -- were busted following a Uber stop before dawn Wednesday. Two police officers in Maywood, New Jersey stopped the Honda Pilot just after 3 a.m., Police Chief David Pegg said. One of four men in the vehicle – 21-year-old Antonio Bailey of Yonkers – took off, Pegg said. Bailey struggled with two other officers who found him in a nearby backyard before they took him into custody, the chief said. Arrested at the scene of the stop: Daivon Hooks, 24 of Englewoo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NY Authorities Assist In Bust Of 7 Pounds Heroin, 2+ Pounds Cocaine, $40G NY Authorities Assist In Bust Of 7 Pounds Heroin, 2+ Pounds Cocaine, $40G
NY Authorities Assist In Bust Of 7 Pounds Heroin, 2+ Pounds Cocaine, $40G An unemployed Massachusetts couple had nearly seven pounds of heroin, more than two pounds of cocaine and $40,000 in drug proceeds stashed in hidden compartments of their vehicle when they were stopped in Paramus by members of a joint county, state and federal task force, authorities said. Candido Tomasini, 35, and Maribel Roman, 40, of Fitchburg were both ordered held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing this Friday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Prosecutor’s detectives teamed up with agents from the DEA, the New York State Drug Enforcement Task Force, …

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by Jerry DeMarco