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Forestburgh Road, Monticello, NY

Gang Shooting In Region Not Targeted At Jewish Community, Police Say Gang Shooting In Region Not Targeted At Jewish Community, Police Say
Gang Shooting In Region Not Targeted At Jewish Community, Police Say Police in the region are stressing that an alleged gang shooting along a busy roadway was not targeting the Jewish community in any way. The incident took place in Sullivan County around 11 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 22 in Monticello in the area of Forestburgh Road and Hamilton Road. A preliminary investigation shows that a man driving a vehicle on Forestburgh Road stopped, got out of his car, and exchanged gunfire with another person walking along the shoulder of the northbound lane of the roadway, said Lt. Mark Johnstone of the Monticello Police. Multiple shell casings were recovered …
Area Man Charged With Using Knife During Domestic Incident, Police Say Area Man Charged With Using Knife During Domestic Incident, Police Say
Area Man Charged With Using Knife During Domestic Incident, Police Say A man from the region was arrested for allegedly threatening a woman with a knife during a domestic violence incident. The incident took place in Sullivan County around 6:50 p.m., on Tuesday, Nov. 29 in Monticello. Anthony Ronald Torre, age 30, of Monticello was arrested by Monticello Police after police responded to the Sleepy Hollow apartment complex for a dispute that involved a Kabar-style knife, said Lt. Mark Johnston of the Monticello Police.  Johnstone said that during the dispute Torre had choked and then placed the knife to the neck of a 32-year-old woman.  Torre h…
Man Nabbed For Commercial Burglaries In Region, Police Say Man Nabbed For Commercial Burglaries In Region, Police Say
Man Nabbed For Commercial Burglaries In Region, Police Say A man from the region was nabbed by police for the second time for allegedly committing commercial burglaries. Sullivan County resident Justus L. McMoore, age 37 of Monticello, was arrested on Saturday, Oct. 8, according to Monticello PD Lt. Mark Johnstone. McMoore had been previously arrested by Monticello Police on Saturday, Oct. 1, and charged with burglary when officers investigating an activated motion alarm found McMoore in the act of burglarizing a business located on Forestburg road in the Village of Monticello, Johnstone said. As a result of a continuing investigati…