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Hudson Valley Man Admits Trying To Rape Young Child: 'Vile, Unspeakable Act'
A 45-year-old Hudson Valley man faces more than a decade in prison after admitting to trying to engage in sexual conduct with a young child, officials announced.
Orange County resident James Pospisil of Port Jervis pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted rape, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced on Tuesday, June 25.
According to Hoovler's office, between Friday, December 22, 2023, and Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, Pospisil tried engaging in sexual intercourse with a child younger than 11 years old.
Pospisil was later arrested in early February by the&nb…
Man Nabbed After Starting Several Fires Around City In Westchester, Police Say
A 34-year-old man faces a felony arson charge after allegedly starting multiple fires across a city in Westchester, damaging a car in the process, police announced.
Yonkers resident Edwin Polanco was arrested on Monday, June 3, following several incidents that began around 1 a.m., Yonkers Police announced on Tuesday, June 4.
According to the department, Polanco allegedly set several piles of garbage on fire at that time, damaging a vehicle parked next to trash cans in one of the locations.
Soon after the fires were set, officers and detectives found Polanco and …
Video: Tearful Judge Details Moments Before Deadly Attack On Family, Son Takes Husband's Bullet
Federal Judge Esther Salas has spoken out about last month's shooting that killed her son and injured her husband, in a tearful video released Monday morning, Aug. 3.
Salas and her son, Daniel, 20, were chatting and cleaning up after a weekend of birthday celebrations for him at their North Brunswick, New Jersey home on Sunday, July 19.
Daniel turned to his mom and said, "'Mom, let's keep talking 'I love talking to you, Mom,' " the judge recounted.
That moment, the doorbell rang. Daniel looked at his mom and said, "Who is that?"
Before Salas could say anything, he sprinted upstairs.
T…
Driver Who Stopped Cab On Taconic Parkway Shoulder Charged With Rape, Police State
A taxi driver who stopped his cab on the shoulder of a stretch of the Taconic State Parkway before sexually assaulting a victim has been arrested after being located in Florida, police said.
State Police arrested Orlando Martinez Morales, 34, of Jacksonville, FL, on Thursday, Dec. 5, and charged him with first-degree rape and first-degree criminal sexual act, both Class B felonies, and forcible touching, a Class A misdemeanor.
On Sept. 2, 2017, the New York State Police from the Cortlandt barracks responded to a sexual assault on the Taconic State Parkway in Putnam County in the town of Ken…
Still No Decision On Criminal Charges By DA In Twins' Hot Car Death
A father who left his 1-year-old twins in a hot car where they died while he was at work will have to wait a bit longer to learn his fate.
Rockland County resident Juan Rodriguez, 39, of New City, appeared briefly in court on Thursday, Dec. 5, hoping to learn if the Bronx district attorney will proceed with criminal charges, but the prosecutor requested another adjournment. They did not say what was holding up the process.
In a hearing lasting under a minute, Rodriguez and his attorney, Joey Jackson, were told that the case had been adjourned until Feb. 6, 2020.
When Jackson said the lack …
Father Suing Those Involved In 2-Year-Old Daughter's Death In Westchester, Report Says
The father of a 2-year-old girl who was allegedly killed by her mother in Mamaroneck is reportedly suing, claiming that police, attorneys and child protective workers could have saved the child, according to lohud.com.
Cynthia Arce, 29, was arraigned on a murder charge last year for the death of her daughter, Gabriella Boyd, who was killed last year. Arce has pleaded not guilty to the charges against her.
On April 28 last year, members of the Mamaroneck Police Department responded to a Chestnut Avenue home, where there was an emergency call from Arce’s mother - who also lived with the fami…
