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Two Killed, Nine Injured After Van Crashes Into Tree In Rockland Two Killed, Nine Injured After Van Crashes Into Tree In Rockland
Two Killed, Nine Injured After Van Crashes Into Tree In Rockland Click here for an updated story: Rockland Double-Fatal Crash IDs Released, Nine Others Remain In Serious Condition Two people were killed and nine injured when a van crashed into a tree in Rockland County. It happened just before 4:30 p.m. Monday, June 15 in Ramapo in the area of New Hempstead Road and Conway Court in the unincorporated section of the town.  Responding Ramapo Police officers determined the 2009 Ford Econoline van, carrying 11 people, had left the roadway and struck a tree.  It was originally reported to RPD that there were 10 total occupants in the…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Hanukkah Stabbing Victim Dies Three Months After Machete Attack Hanukkah Stabbing Victim Dies Three Months After Machete Attack
Hanukkah Stabbing Victim Dies Three Months After Machete Attack The man who has been struggling for life since a machete attack at a rabbi's home in the area this past December has died from his injuries. Rabbi Yisroel Kahan of Monsey said on Sunday, March 29, that the family had been holding out hope he would improve, but Josef Neuman, 72, died on Sunday. "With great sadness, we mourn the passing of Josef Neuman at the age of 72, who succumbed to injuries sustained during the #MonseyStabbing while celebrating Chanukah on December 28th," Kahan said on Twitter. "May his memory be a blessing." Neumann was one of five men attacked with a machete at the h…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
ID Released For Boy, 8, Who Died After Boat Carrying Eight Flipped Over In Area ID Released For Boy, 8, Who Died After Boat Carrying Eight Flipped Over In Area
ID Released For Boy, 8, Who Died After Boat Carrying Eight Flipped Over In Area An 8-year-old boy who drowned after being underwater for some time when a boat carrying seven children and one adult flipped over in Haverstraw Bay has been identified. Yosef Goldman, of Israel, died around 1:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18, after becoming trapped under the boat which flipped about 100 feet off of Haverstraw Bay, said the Rockland County Sheriff's Office. According to Sheriff's officials, the boat flipped over sending all eight occupants into the water. Most clung to the boat until help arrived, but the boy went underwater and was trapped under the boat. The child was recovered …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Five Arrested After Raid Of Westchester Fentanyl, Heroin Factory Five Arrested After Raid Of Westchester Fentanyl, Heroin Factory
Five Arrested After Raid Of Westchester Fentanyl, Heroin Factory This story has been updated. Five people were busted during a raid of a fentanyl and heroin factory in Westchester early Friday. The arrests took place around 10:30 a.m. Friday at a home on Euclid Avenue in Ardsley, said Drug Enforcement Administration spokeswoman Erin Mulvey. According to Mulvey, the DEA’s Tactical Diversion Squad executed a search warrant at the home where five people were arrested and approximately five kilograms of fentanyl and six kilograms of heroin were seized.  "The fentanyl alone has the potency to kill nearly over two million people…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Mother Killed After Man Intentionally Drives Car Into Family At 7-Eleven In Rockland Mother Killed After Man Intentionally Drives Car Into Family At 7-Eleven In Rockland
Mother Killed After Man Intentionally Drives Car Into Family At 7-Eleven In Rockland Click here for an updated story: New Charges After Man Plows Into Rockland Family, Killing Pregnant Mom A pregnant mother of six was killed by an allegedly irate man after he plowed his car into the family of eight twice outside a Rockland 7-Eleven immediately after the father asked the man not to smoke in front of the family's children. The incident took place around 1:50 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, when Jason Mendez, 35, of Washingtonville in Orange County, drove his vehicle into the family standing in front of the store located on North Central Highway in Garnerville, said the Have…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Westchester Man Charged With Violating Protection Order Westchester Man Charged With Violating Protection Order
Westchester Man Charged With Violating Protection Order A Westchester man was nabbed for violating a protective order after getting pulled over and officers found the protected person in the vehicle. Samuel Espinet, 35, of Yonkers, was arrested around 3:17 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, when Rockland County Sheriff's deputies pulled over his vehicle on Orangeburg Road for a traffic violation, police said. When deputies ran a check of Espinet, they found that he was under an order of protection to stay away from the passenger in the vehicle.  He was arrested and charged with criminal contempt/disobeying a court order and aggravated unlicensed oper…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Search Temporarily Halted In Hudson River Area For Missing Woman Search Temporarily Halted In Hudson River Area For Missing Woman
Search Temporarily Halted In Hudson River Area For Missing Woman A large-scale search for a woman missing in or near the Hudson River has been temporarily called off due to inclement weather. According to the Piermont Police Department, first responders from across Rockland County were forced to call off the search for the woman who has been since Thursday night. Rockland County Sheriff's Office Chief Barbera said the department has deployed its Marine and K-9 unit to help with the search for the "young" woman in the area of the new Tappan Zee Bridge. The woman was last seen Thursday evening near the end of Piermont Pier. Barbera was not sure …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Search Temporarily Halted In Hudson River Area For Missing Woman Search Temporarily Halted In Hudson River Area For Missing Woman
Search Temporarily Halted In Hudson River Area For Missing Woman This story has been updated. A large-scale search for a woman missing in or near the Hudson River has been temporarily called off due to inclement weather. According to the Piermont Police Department, first responders from across Rockland County were forced to call off the search for the woman who has been since Thursday night. Rockland County Sheriff's Office Chief Barbera said the department has deployed its Marine and K-9 unit to help with the search for the "young" woman in the area of the new Tappan Zee Bridge. The woman was last seen Thursday evening near the end of Piermo…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Rockland Man Arrested For Making 200-Pound Bomb, Planning To Detonate It On Election Day In DC Rockland Man Arrested For Making 200-Pound Bomb, Planning To Detonate It On Election Day In DC
Rockland Man Arrested For Making 200-Pound Bomb, Planning To Detonate It On Election Day In DC A 56-year-old Rockland County man was apprehended during an FBI raid Wednesday after allegedly plotting to blow himself up with a 200-pound bomb on Election Day at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.Paul Rosenfeld of Tappan wanted to kill himself in order to bring attention to his “radical political beliefs,” authorities said. “As alleged, Paul M. Rosenfeld concocted a twisted plan to draw attention to his political ideology by killing himself on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. risking harm to many others in the process,” said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoff…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
14 Cats 'In Inhumane Conditions' Found At Home Of Woman Deemed 'Uninhabitable' 14 Cats 'In Inhumane Conditions' Found At Home Of Woman Deemed 'Uninhabitable'
14 Cats 'In Inhumane Conditions' Found At Home Of Woman Deemed 'Uninhabitable' A 63-year-old woman was arrested and charged with animal cruelty following the discovery of inhumane conditions of 14 cats in her care. Magdeline Gruner of Nanuet was arrested Thursday after turning herself into the Rockland County Sheriff's Office in New City after law enforcement officers uncovered the cruelty taking place at her home, said Rockland County Sheriff's Det. Lt. Ted Brovarski. The warrant for Gruner's arrest was issued after the 14 cats were discovered by the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office earlier this year at her Nanuet home during the course of enforcing a court order whi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Longtime Detective In Hudson Valley Dies Unexpectedly At 51 Longtime Detective In Hudson Valley Dies Unexpectedly At 51
Longtime Detective In Hudson Valley Dies Unexpectedly At 51 Aloysius F. McMahon of West Nyack, a longtime Rockland County detective, died unexpectedly on Thursday, Sept. 13. He was 51. McMahon was with the Rockland County Sheriff's Office and Corrections Division for 29 years, beginning in corrections in1989, and moved to the Patrol Division as an officer in 1996.  He worked for the Rockland County Drug Task Force from 1998 to 1999 before becoming a well-known and respected crime scene detective in 1999 to present. "His unexpected passing has left us stunned and heartbroken," the department said. "Godspeed Al." He is survived …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Video: Woman Faces New Charges After Racial Rant On Hudson Valley Bus Video: Woman Faces New Charges After Racial Rant On Hudson Valley Bus
Video: Woman Faces New Charges After Racial Rant On Hudson Valley Bus A Rockland County woman who threatened passengers on a TOR bus with racially charged insults and one physical attack with the video of the incident going viral is now facing new charges from the Rockland County Sheriff's Office. Anne Marie Messiano, 57, of Pearl River, was arrested Thursday afternoon following an investigation into the incident that took place on Saturday, June 30, said Chief William Barbera of the Sheriff's Office. The incident took place around 5 p.m. on Bus #235 along Route 92, said John Lyon, spokesman for Rockland County Executive Ed Day. The woman can be seen on a vi…

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by Kathy Reakes