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Man Indicted For Violent Attack At Jail In Hudson Valley
A Rockland County man has been indicted for attempted murder stemming from a violent attack on a female corrections officer at the Rockland County Jail.
Israel Gourion, age 32, of Wesley Hills, was indicted on Tuesday, Feb. 23, on charges of attempted murder, assault, and strangulation, said Chief of the Rockland County Detectives Peter Walker.
Gourion was an inmate of the jail at the time of the attack. The case is being prosecuted by Supervising Assistant District Attorney Mike Dugandzic.
On Wednesday, Feb. 10, the victim, a Rockland County Sheriffs Corrections Officer, was engaged in pe…
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Hits 2 Percent Infection Rate Mark As Cases In Clusters Spike
Spikes in positive COVID-19 cases in Rockland and Orange County have pushed the Hudson Valley’s infection rate to the highest in New York.
On Monday, Sept. 28, there were 9,948 people tested in the Hudson Valley, with 202 returning positive, bringing the infection rate to 2 percent, ahead of Western New York (1.3 percent), New York City (1.3 percent), and Long Island (1.2 percent).
No other region was above 1 percent as the statewide infection rate rose to 1.3 percent.
During a COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday, Sept. 29 in Manhattan, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that the spike in the Hudson…
ID Released For Rockland Man, 56, Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash
Police have released the identity of a 56-year-old man killed during a single-vehicle crash in a wooded area.
Rockland County resident Erol Belizaire, of Wesley Hills, was killed around 4:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 12, during the crash, which happened in Rockland County in New Hempstead, on Grandview Avenue, said Ramapo Police Det Sgt. Michael Higgins.
Belizaire was driving a 2003 Subaru Outback while on his way to work when a possible medical event caused the vehicle to leave the roadway, Higgins said.
The vehicle then hit a tree on the opposite side of the road, he added.
Higgins said inves…
Rockland Man, 56, Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash
A 56-year-old man was killed during a single-vehicle crash in a wooded area.
The crash happened in Rockland County on Grandview Avenue, just west of Union Road, in New Hempstead, was reported to Ramapo Police around 9:21 a.m., Tuesday, May 12.
Responding officers discovered a Wesley Hills man dead inside the vehicle, said the Ramapo Police.
The crash, which closed Grandview Avenue for more than four hours, is under investigation.
A Wesley Hills man was killed during a single-vehicle crash in New Hempstead.Ramapo Police Department
Ramapo Police provided few details, and are awaiting in…
