COVID-19: NY Will Ramp Up Testing For Frontline Workers, Allow Pharmacies To Conduct Tests COVID-19: NY Will Ramp Up Testing For Frontline Workers, Allow Pharmacies To Conduct Tests
Covid-19: NY Will Ramp Up Testing For Frontline Workers, Allow Pharmacies To Conduct Tests New York State is expanding testing for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to include more frontline workers as a result of rapidly increasing diagnostic testing capacity.  The expanded criteria will now allow all first responders, healthcare workers and essential employees to be tested for COVID-19 even if they aren't symptomatic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Saturday, April 25 at his daily news briefing in Albany.  The state will continue to expand testing criteria as testing capacity increases. Cuomo also announced he will issue an executive order allowing more than 5,000 phar…
Alleged Prostitute Charged In Connection To Death Of Head Chef At Renowned NYC Restaurant Alleged Prostitute Charged In Connection To Death Of Head Chef At Renowned NYC Restaurant
Alleged Prostitute Charged In Connection To Death Of Head Chef At Renowned NYC Restaurant An alleged prostitute has been charged in connection with the death of the head chef of the glitzy Cipriani Dolce restaurant in Grand Central Terminal who was found stuffed in a garbage can in a motel room. The body of Andrea Zamperoni, 33, of Queens, was discovered by New York City Police around 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 21, at the Kamway Lodge & Tavern in Elmhurst, a dumpy Queens motel, after officers responded to a call of an unconscious man, said the NYPD. Friends and co-workers had been searching for Zamperoni, who had been reported missing on Monday, Aug. 19, after failing to rep…
Missing Head Chef At Renowned Grand Central Terminal Restaurant Found Dead Missing Head Chef At Renowned Grand Central Terminal Restaurant Found Dead
Missing Head Chef At Renowned Grand Central Terminal Restaurant Found Dead This story has been updated. The head chef of the glitzy Cipriani Dolce restaurant in Grand Central Terminal who had been missing for several days has been found dead in a motel room located near LaGuardia Airport.  The body of Andrea Zamperoni, 33, of Queens, was discovered by New York City Police around 830 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 21, at the Kamway Lodge & Tavern in Elmhurst after officers responded to a call of an unconscious man, said the NYPD. Zamperoni was last seen alive at his apartment around noon on Monday, Aug. 19, the NYPD said. Friends and co-workers reported him missi…
Ex-Substitute Teacher In Area Charged With Rape Of Student Ex-Substitute Teacher In Area Charged With Rape Of Student
Ex-Substitute Teacher In Area Charged With Rape Of Student A middle school teacher who worked as a substitute in the Hudson Valley, has been charged with allegedly raping a 13-year-old student. Jonathan Pol, 28, a teacher at the Mott Hall Community School in the Bronx, was arrested at 3:15 p.m., Wednesday, May 29, and charged with rape, said the New York City Police Department. Pol reportedly worked as a substitute at numerous area schools including in the Arlington, Pawling, and Dover districts, between 2015 and 2017, the Poughkeepsie Journal said. Police sources told the New York Post that Pol allegedly met the young girl after class on two…
Ex-Cop From Area Admits To Tax Evasion, Fraudulently Obtaining Disability Benefits Ex-Cop From Area Admits To Tax Evasion, Fraudulently Obtaining Disability Benefits
Ex-Cop From Area Admits To Tax Evasion, Fraudulently Obtaining Disability Benefits A former NYPD detective from the area has admitted to his role in a million dollar disability fraud scheme. Gerard Scparta, a former New York City Police Department officer from Campbell Hall in Orange County, has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining more than $630,000 in disability benefits from the Social Security Administration and underreporting income on his taxes to the tune of $268,000. Scparta pleaded guilty to lying to the Social Security Administration about his disability, and falsely represented that he was unable to work due to his disability. While he was collecting disabi…
Suspect Caught With Stolen Handgun After Fleeing From Taconic Speeding Stop, Police Say Suspect Caught With Stolen Handgun After Fleeing From Taconic Speeding Stop, Police Say
Suspect Caught With Stolen Handgun After Fleeing From Taconic Speeding Stop, Police Say A man who fled after a speeding stop on the Taconic State Parkway was caught with a stolen handgun, according to state police. State Police conducted a vehicle and traffic stop on a 2018 Nissan Altima on the Taconic for speeding on Wednesday, Jan. 16 at about 8:35 p.m. in Pleasant Valley.  After the operator and sole occupant of the vehicle provided the trooper with a New York State identification card, an investigation revealed that the driver did not possess a valid driver’s license, according to state police.  When informed the vehicle was going to be impounded, the …
Alert Issued For Man Wanted For False Personation During Speeding Stop Alert Issued For Man Wanted For False Personation During Speeding Stop
Alert Issued For Man Wanted For False Personation During Speeding Stop New York State Police are asking for the public's help in locating a man wanted for falsifying business records. James O'Kello, 25, was stopped for speeding in the town of Wallkill. It was later determined that the name that O'Kello used was his brother's and he was, in fact, operating the vehicle.  An arrest warrant was issued for his arrest from the Town of Wallkill Court. He is also wanted by the New York City Police Department for false personation. O'Kello is described as being 5-foot-9, 180 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information is asked to contact the state…
Rockland Man Arrested For Making 200-Pound Bomb, Planning To Detonate It On Election Day In DC Rockland Man Arrested For Making 200-Pound Bomb, Planning To Detonate It On Election Day In DC
Rockland Man Arrested For Making 200-Pound Bomb, Planning To Detonate It On Election Day In DC A 56-year-old Rockland County man was apprehended during an FBI raid Wednesday after allegedly plotting to blow himself up with a 200-pound bomb on Election Day at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.Paul Rosenfeld of Tappan wanted to kill himself in order to bring attention to his “radical political beliefs,” authorities said. “As alleged, Paul M. Rosenfeld concocted a twisted plan to draw attention to his political ideology by killing himself on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. risking harm to many others in the process,” said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoff…
Off-Duty Police Officer From Westchester Seriously Injured In NYC Shooting That Leaves Two Dead Off-Duty Police Officer From Westchester Seriously Injured In NYC Shooting That Leaves Two Dead
Off-Duty Police Officer From Westchester Seriously Injured In NYC Shooting That Leaves Two Dead A 43-year-old off-duty Yonkers police officer is in surgery after being shot at least once and injured twice in the back during a New York City domestic dispute that ended with two dead. The incident took place around 6:52 a.m. Friday in a second-floor apartment on 77th Street in Queens, said New York City Police Department Chief of Detectives Dermot F. Shea. According to Shea, one of those killed, a 31-year-old woman, called 911 and said "I've been shot by my boyfriend" and " to send the police."  The caller stops talking but the line is left open so the operator could…
Hudson Valley Man Admits To Killing, Dismembering Girlfriend In NYC Hudson Valley Man Admits To Killing, Dismembering Girlfriend In NYC
Hudson Valley Man Admits To Killing, Dismembering Girlfriend In NYC A Hudson Valley man who walked into a police station and admitted he killed and dismembered his girlfriend four years ago has officers searching for her body parts. On Tuesday, Aug. 28, Ricky Gonzalez, 34, of Beacon, entered the Precinct 1 station house in Manhattan and confessed to stabbing and dismembering a 58-year-old female at some point in 2014, said officers with the New York City Police Department. Officers said the murder took place inside 226 Wilson Ave., in Brooklyn, where the woman, Maria Quinones, 58, lived at the time.  He is said to have hacked up her body and thrown it away…
NYPD Officers, Including Just Married Groom, ID'd As Maserati Crash Victims NYPD Officers, Including Just Married Groom, ID'd As Maserati Crash Victims
Nypd Officers, Including Just Married Groom, ID'd As Maserati Crash Victims Two off-duty NYPD officers from Long Island, one of whom was a groom on his wedding night, were killed when their rented Maserati struck a tree in the Hudson Valley over the weekend. Shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Sunday night, state police troopers from Kingston were dispatched to Oliveria Road in Shandaken, just west of Woodstock, where there was a report of a one-vehicle crash in the area. An investigation into the crash determined that a 2018 Maserati, which was being driven by Hauppauge resident John Martinez, 39, had left the roadway and struck a large tree before overturning and coming…
Sex Offender Reports Move To Pleasant Valley Sex Offender Reports Move To Pleasant Valley
Sex Offender Reports Move To Pleasant Valley A registered "lifetime" sexual offender convicted of sodomizing and forcibly compelling a boy into deviate sexual intercourse has reported an address change in Dutchess County. The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services issued an alert on Tuesday to Dutchess residents regarding the residency of 36-year-old Gregory Beverly, who has reported an address change to a residence on Main Street in Pleasant Valley. The Division of Criminal Justice Services has assigned Beverly a Level 3 threat, which means he is a “high-risk repeat offender and possible threat to public safet…