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$100K ID Theft Scheme: Trio Nabbed In Act At Auto Dealership In Hudson Valley, Police Say $100K ID Theft Scheme: Trio Nabbed In Act At Auto Dealership In Hudson Valley, Police Say
$100K ID Theft Scheme: Trio Nabbed In Act At Auto Dealership In Hudson Valley, Police Say Three suspects were apprehended in the act of allegedly trying to pull off a $100,000 identity theft scheme at an auto dealership in Westchester County, according to authorities. At around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30, detectives were alerted by staff at New Rochelle Toyota that a possible fraudulent purchase of a vehicle was in progress at the dealership. Responding detectives found the trio at the scene, two of whom were unlawfully using names and social security numbers of real persons from Pennsylvania and Iowa to fraudulently obtain a car loan for over $100,000, acc…
Hudson Valley Resident Killed In Double-Fatal Long Island Crash Hudson Valley Resident Killed In Double-Fatal Long Island Crash
Hudson Valley Resident Killed In Double-Fatal Long Island Crash A Hudson Valley resident was among the victims in a double-fatal crash on Long Island. It happened around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 21 on the westbound side of the Northern State Parkway in Suffolk County in the area of Exit 39 in Huntington, state police said. Two people killed were pronounced at the scene. They have been identified as backseat passengers, Husein Radoncic, age 26, of Astoria, Queens, and Hudson Valley resident Sasha Stopanjac, age 22, of Liberty, in Sullivan County. Two others, the driver and front-seat passengers -- both men in their early 20s from Astoria -- wer…
Pine Bush HS Grad, College Football Player Roland Smith Dies At  20 Pine Bush HS Grad, College Football Player Roland Smith Dies At  20
Pine Bush HS Grad, College Football Player Roland Smith Dies At 20 Roland LaShain Smith III of Montgomery died on Tuesday, Jan. 30. He was 20. The cause of death was cardiac arrest, which occurred while he was playing basketball, according to a GoFundMe page that has raised more than $10,000. He was born on Nov. 18, 1997 in Astoria Queens.  After moving to Middletown with his family in 2003, Roland attended Truman Moon Elementary School. He then attended Crispell Middle School in Pine Bush, and graduated from Pine Bush High School in 2015. In 2016 Roland began studying Criminal Justice at Hudson Valley Community College where he also played football. He …