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$100K ID Theft Scheme: Trio Nabbed In Act At Auto Dealership In Region, Police Say $100K ID Theft Scheme: Trio Nabbed In Act At Auto Dealership In Region, Police Say
$100K ID Theft Scheme: Trio Nabbed In Act At Auto Dealership In Region, 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…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Sullivan County Resident Killed In Double-Fatal Long Island Crash Sullivan County Resident Killed In Double-Fatal Long Island Crash
Sullivan County 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…

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by Joe Lombardi