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Several Noncitizens Nabbed On Drug Trafficking, Possession Charges In Hudson Valley: Feds Several Noncitizens Nabbed On Drug Trafficking, Possession Charges In Hudson Valley: Feds
Several Noncitizens Nabbed On Drug Trafficking, Possession Charges In Hudson Valley: Feds Thirteen unlawfully present noncitizens caught in New York face drug trafficking and possession charges, including several who were apprehended in the Hudson Valley and on Long Island, officials said. The thirteen criminal noncitizens were apprehended following an effort by Enforcement and Removal Operations New York City Fugitive Operations officers conducted from Monday, March 11 to Tuesday, March 26, US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement announced on Friday, March 29.  The defendants all face charges related to the trafficking or possession of methamphetamines, fent…

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by Ben Crnic
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Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password
Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password Sharing your Netflix password will soon come with a price. Starting in early 2023, Netflix will allow only one "home account" and charge for every "sub account" added to that account — up to five, the company announced. The new payment plan was rolled out as an experiment in Argentina, Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, where customers paid $2.99 to add a sub account. Netflix did not immediately say how much sub accounts will cost Americans.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Two Convicted Of Scheming To Kidnap, Sexually Exploit Children From Region Two Convicted Of Scheming To Kidnap, Sexually Exploit Children From Region
Two Convicted Of Scheming To Kidnap, Sexually Exploit Children From Region Two more men have been convicted in federal court of scheming to kidnap two children from the region and repeatedly smuggle them over the border into Mexico to be a part of a sexual relationship, authorities announced. Mordechay Malka, age 27, and Matitau Malka, age 30, both US citizens from Guatemala who are members of the extremist Jewish sect Lev Torah, were convicted on multiple charges following a four-week trial in White Plains federal court. Federal prosecutors said that the Malkas participated in a scheme to kidnap a 14-year-old girl and 12-year-old boy in Sullivan County from their…

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by Zak Failla
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Two Sentenced For Scheming To Kidnap, Sexually Exploit Children In Region Two Sentenced For Scheming To Kidnap, Sexually Exploit Children In Region
Two Sentenced For Scheming To Kidnap, Sexually Exploit Children In Region Two men have been sentenced for their roles in a salacious scheme to kidnap area children from their mother and smuggle them across the border into Mexico to be a part of a sexual relationship in the region, federal authorities announced. Nachman Helbrans, age 40, and Mayer Rosner, age 45, US citizens from Guatemala, were convicted in January 2021 following a four-week jury trial of child sexual exploitation offenses and kidnapping in Sullivan County. Specifically, Helbrans and Rosner were convicted in November 2021 of: Conspiring to transport a minor with intent to engage in crimina…

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by Zak Failla
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Two Convicted Of Scheming To Kidnap, Sexually Exploit Children From Region Two Convicted Of Scheming To Kidnap, Sexually Exploit Children From Region
Two Convicted Of Scheming To Kidnap, Sexually Exploit Children From Region Two men have been convicted of a salacious scheme to kidnap two area children from their mother and smuggle them across the border into Mexico to be a part of a sexual relationship in the region, federal authorities announced. Nachman Helbrans, age 39, and Mayer Rosner, age 45, US citizens from Guatemala, were convicted following a four-week jury trial of child sexual exploitation offenses and kidnapping in Sullivan County. US Attorney Damian Williams said that the two were found complicit in scheming to kidnap a 14-year-old girl and 12-year-old boy from their mother in Woodridge, then smug…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Five Violent Fugitives Added To Most Wanted List By Massachusetts State Police Five Violent Fugitives Added To Most Wanted List By Massachusetts State Police
Five Violent Fugitives Added To Most Wanted List By Massachusetts State Police Five new violent fugitives who are on the run have been added to the Massachusetts State Police’s Most Wanted list. They are Alexander Keen Grant (statutory rape), Mario Garcia (murder), Marvin Veiga, Jr. (murder), Wesly Jordan Alcin (armed assault to murder, home invasion, weapons charge), and Jeffrey Cancel-Muniz (aggravated rape, kidnapping, strangulation). Grant allegedly provided alcohol to a minor in 2012 and committed sexual assault while his victim was intoxicated. He was arrested and charged with statutory rape of a child and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over. Wh…

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by Zak Failla
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Drunk Driver Indicted For Head-On Crash That Injured Mother, Children In Area Drunk Driver Indicted For Head-On Crash That Injured Mother, Children In Area
Drunk Driver Indicted For Head-On Crash That Injured Mother, Children In Area An allegedly drunk driver is facing more than a decade in prison after being indicted on a vehicular assault charge for his role in a head-on crash that hospitalized a mother and her three children with serious injuries in Putnam County. Spring Valley resident Elmer Medina, who was originally from Guatemala was indicted by a grand jury in Putnam County after he was accused of causing serious physical injuries to a mother and her three children when he struck their vehicle head-on over the summer, Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy announced. Specifically, Medina, 44 was charged wi…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Breaks Into Area Home To Grope Sleeping Woman, Police Say Man Breaks Into Area Home To Grope Sleeping Woman, Police Say
Man Breaks Into Area Home To Grope Sleeping Woman, Police Say A man with five previous arrests over the past two years was apprehended by police after a sleeping woman awoke to find him beside her bed, with his hands under her clothes and between her legs, according to authorities. Saugerties Police said that 24-year-old Jairo A. Gonzalez-Palma fled the scene after startling the woman awake after the September incident.  Following an investigation, Gonzalez-Palma, identified by police as a transient Guatemalan citizen, was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 8 and charged with the felony of second-degree burglary and the misdemeanor of forcible …

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by Christina Coulter
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ICE Arrests 83 In NY Area, Including Hudson Valley, In Nationwide Enforcement Operation ICE Arrests 83 In NY Area, Including Hudson Valley, In Nationwide Enforcement Operation
ICE Arrests 83 In NY Area, Including Hudson Valley, In Nationwide Enforcement Operation A total of 83 arrests were made in the New York metro area as part of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) nationwide enforcement operation in which more than 2,000 were charged. Deportation officers made arrests throughout New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and Jersey City, New Jersey. The 83 arrested were from 25 countries, including Albania, Argentina, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Russia, Trinidad, a…

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
COVID-19: Stamford Teacher Cares For Student's Newborn Brother As His Family Battles Virus COVID-19: Stamford Teacher Cares For Student's Newborn Brother As His Family Battles Virus
Covid-19: Stamford Teacher Cares For Student's Newborn Brother As His Family Battles Virus Sometimes it really does take a village to make something good happen and that's what occurred when a teacher in Fairfield County, on the spur of a moment, said the word "yes," and helped a family in desperate need during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The simple yes uttered by Luciana Machado Lira, 42, not only changed the life of one of her students but hers as well. The whole thing began when Luciana, a teacher at Hart Magnet Elementary School in Stamford, received a call from the mother of 7-year-old Junior, one of her students, who had recently moved from Guatemala. The mot…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Undocumented Immigrant Sentenced For Murder Of Northern Westchester Socialite Undocumented Immigrant Sentenced For Murder Of Northern Westchester Socialite
Undocumented Immigrant Sentenced For Murder Of Northern Westchester Socialite An undocumented immigrant and former employer of Northern Westchester socialite Lois Elizabeth Colley has been sentenced for her 2015 murder at the family's estate. Esdras Marroquin Gomez, an ex-day laborer also known as “Victor,” was sentenced on Thursday, June 13, in Westchester County Court, to 22 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder earlier this year. On Nov. 9, 2015, at approximately 5 p.m., a farmworker found Colley’s body lying in a pool of blood in her home’a laundry room after she had been bludgeoned to death at the family's North Salem farm. West…

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by Zak Failla
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Report: Ex-Employee Sought Cash Before Bludgeoning Northern Westchester Socialite Report: Ex-Employee Sought Cash Before Bludgeoning Northern Westchester Socialite
Report: Ex-Employee Sought Cash Before Bludgeoning Northern Westchester Socialite The former day laborer who bludgeoned northern Westchester socialite Lois Colley to death with a fire extinguisher in 2015 reportedly sought money before killing his former employer. Esdras Marroquin Gomez, an ex-day laborer also known as “Victor,” admitted to second-degree murder in Westchester County Court on Monday, May 6, and will face 25 years to life in prison when he is sentenced on June 13. According to a lohud report, Gomez was pursuing a worker’s compensation claim against the Colleys after he was injured while working on their farm. At approximately 5 p.m. on Nov. 9, 2015, Gomez …

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by Zak Failla
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Ex-Employee Says Longstanding Dispute Led To Murder Of Northern Westchester Socialite Ex-Employee Says Longstanding Dispute Led To Murder Of Northern Westchester Socialite
Ex-Employee Says Longstanding Dispute Led To Murder Of Northern Westchester Socialite A former employee has pleaded guilty and faces life in prison for brutally murdering 83-year-old Northern Westchester socialite Lois Elizabeth Colley, who was bludgeoned to death in 2015 over a longstanding dispute. Esdras Marroquin Gomez, an ex-day laborer also known as “Victor,” admitted to second-degree murder in Westchester County Court on Monday, May 6, and will face 25 years to life in prison when he is sentenced on June 13. On Nov. 9, 2015, at approximately 5 p.m., a farmworker found Colley’s body lying in a pool of blood in her home’a laundry room after she had been bludgeoned to d…

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Sister Frances Mary Horan, Maryknoll Sister for 75 Years Dies Sister Frances Mary Horan, Maryknoll Sister for 75 Years Dies
Sister Frances Mary Horan, Maryknoll Sister for 75 Years Dies Sister Frances Mary Horan, missioner to Panama, died on March 1, at the Maryknoll Sisters Center, in Maryknoll.  She was born in Philadelphia on April 8, 1924, to Isabelle A. (Hart) Horan and Daniel A. Horan. She was baptized Frances Mary at St. John the Baptist Church, in Philadelphia. She had two sisters, Marie and Anna and seven brothers: Robert, William, Eugene, Daniel, James, Frances and Joseph. Her parents and all of her siblings have predeceased her. In 1942, Frances graduated from St. John the Baptist High School in Philadelphia. After graduation, she worked at the U.S.A. Gover…

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by Zak Failla
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ICE Five-Day NYC-Area Enforcement Crackdown Includes Arrests In Westchester ICE Five-Day NYC-Area Enforcement Crackdown Includes Arrests In Westchester
ICE Five-Day Nyc-area Enforcement Crackdown Includes Arrests In Westchester Individuals from four Hudson Valley counties were among 118 people from southern New York arrested for violating U.S. immigration laws during a five-day crackdown in mid-January by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The detail, called "Operation Cross Check,"  was conducted in New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley from Jan. 14-18. Persons in Westchester, Dutchess, Putnam and Rockland were among those arrested. ICE did not release a breakdown of the number of arrests by region. Of those arrested, more than 107 were convicted criminals or…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Hudson Valley Illegal Immigrant Among Sex Offenders Busted By ICE Hudson Valley Illegal Immigrant Among Sex Offenders Busted By ICE
Hudson Valley Illegal Immigrant Among Sex Offenders Busted By ICE The Hudson Valley was among three areas targeted by federal officers from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, which led to the arrest of several sexual predators during a two-day operation this week. As part of “Operation SOAR” (Sexual Offender Alien Removal), ICE officers arrested 16 undocumented sex offenders, with arrests taking place in Rockland County, on Long Island and throughout New York City. The two-day enforcement effort ended on Sept. 11. During the course of the operation, each of the suspects taken into custody had criminal histor…

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by Zak Failla
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Suspect Being Held After Amber Alert For Infant Following Death Of Mother Suspect Being Held After Amber Alert For Infant Following Death Of Mother
Suspect Being Held After Amber Alert For Infant Following Death Of Mother Update: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is holding a twice-deported suspect in a 14-month-old upstate boy's disappearance and his mother's death that prompted an Amber Alert on Friday, May 25. Charges have not yet been filed against 25-year-old Alberto Ebavardo Guiterrez-Reyes, an alias for Evarardo Donoteo-Reyes, a Mexican citizen, ICE said in a statement. The baby's mother, Selena Hidago-Calderon of Guatemala, was found dead last week in a wooded area of the farm where she worked and lived with Reyes. Original report: A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for a 14-mont…

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by Joe Lombardi
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State-Wide Amber Alert Issued For Infant After Mother Found Dead State-Wide Amber Alert Issued For Infant After Mother Found Dead
State-Wide Amber Alert Issued For Infant After Mother Found Dead Update: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is holding a twice-deported man suspected in a 14-month-old upstate boy's disappearance and his mother's death that prompted an Amber Alert on Friday, May 25. Charges have not yet been filed against 25-year-old Alberto Ebavardo Guiterrez-Reyes, an alias for Evarardo Donoteo-Reyes, a Mexican citizen, ICE said in a statement. The baby's mother, Selena Hidago-Calderon of Guatemala, was found dead last week in a wooded area of the farm where she worked and lived with Reyes. Original report: A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for a 1…

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by Joe Lombardi
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New Fairfield Dad Deported To Guatemala After Request To Stay Denied New Fairfield Dad Deported To Guatemala After Request To Stay Denied
New Fairfield Dad Deported To Guatemala After Request To Stay Denied A father from New Fairfield was deported to Guatemala on Wednesday, Jan. 31 after federal immigration officials denied his request to stay in the United States, according to multiple news reports. Joel Colindres illegally came to the U.S. from Guatemala in 2004 and has been living and working here since, according to this report by Connecticut News12. He reportedly was granted an emergency stay of deportation last summer,. Family attorney Erin O'Neil-Baker said Colindres boarded a plane Wednesday to Guatemala. O'Neil-Baker told News12 that Colindres has always cooperated with Immigration an…

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by Jon Craig