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DA Asks For New Adjournment As It Continues Probe Of Rockland Twins' Hot-Car Deaths DA Asks For New Adjournment As It Continues Probe Of Rockland Twins' Hot-Car Deaths
DA Asks For New Adjournment As It Continues Probe Of Rockland Twins' Hot-Car Deaths The Bronx District Attorney’s Office requested a new adjournment as it continues its investigation into the death of twins that died after being left in a hot car by their Rockland County father. New City resident Juan Rodriguez, 39, was back in court on Tuesday, Aug. 27, when the DA requested additional time. Rodriguez allegedly left his 1-year-old twins inside a car for eight hours in July, stating that he forgot to drop them off at daycare when he went to work. Rodriguez was in court earlier this month to determine whether or not a grand jury would proceed on charges of criminally neglig…

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by Zak Failla
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Criminal Case Against Area Father Involved In Twins' Hot Car Deaths Put On Hold Criminal Case Against Area Father Involved In Twins' Hot Car Deaths Put On Hold
Criminal Case Against Area Father Involved In Twins' Hot Car Deaths Put On Hold The prosecution announced that there is no grand jury action in the case of the Hudson Valley dad who allegedly left his 1-year-old twins in a hot car causing their deaths until August 27, following pleas by his attorney to dismiss the case. A judge continued the case and prosecution could still come at a later date.  Joey Jackson, the attorney for Juan Rodriguez of New City in Rockland County, appealed to the Bronx district attorney's "sense of justice" in an effort to have the charges dismissed against his client, in what he says everyone knows was a "horrible accident." On the steps of…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hudson Valley Trio Nabbed In Major Drug Ring Bust Hudson Valley Trio Nabbed In Major Drug Ring Bust
Hudson Valley Trio Nabbed In Major Drug Ring Bust A Westchester man and two Rockland County residents have been charged as being part of a major drug ring that sold fentanyl and heroin at a popular produce market. Jovanny Torres, 27, of Yorktown, Anthony Antonucci, 34, of Valley Cottage, and Kaitlyn Jefferson, 37, of Thiells were all charged in June as being part of the ring that operated out of the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx, according to the Bronx District Attorney's Office. The three are part of a ring of 13 people charged in the operation which included the sale of fentanyl, to undercover agents, the DA's Office said. “Th…

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by Kathy Reakes