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Suspect In Shooting Death Of Auto Sales Store Owner Apprehended Suspect In Shooting Death Of Auto Sales Store Owner Apprehended
Suspect In Shooting Death Of Auto Sales Store Owner Apprehended A suspect has been apprehended after a five-day investigation of the homicide of a 37-year-old auto sales store owner who was shot on Saturday during a dispute with a customer. The Clarkstown Police Detective Bureau arrested a 24-year-old man from Wilmington, Delaware for the shooting death of Youbens Joseph of Middletown stemming from a dispute at Youbs Auto Sales on Route 59 in West Nyack on Nov. 24. Eric Hue Ross was taken into custody at a residence in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Clarkstown Police announced late Wednesday afternoon. Ross fled the scene after the dispute with Joseph. The…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Owner Dies From Injuries After Dispute, Shooting At Auto Sales Shop In Area Owner Dies From Injuries After Dispute, Shooting At Auto Sales Shop In Area
Owner Dies From Injuries After Dispute, Shooting At Auto Sales Shop In Area Click here for an updated story: Owner Dies From Injuries After Dispute, Shooting At West Nyack Auto Shop The 37-year-old auto sales store owner who was shot on Saturday during a dispute with a customer has died from his injuries. The Westchester County Medical Examiner said that 37-year-old Youbens Joseph of Middletown had been shot a total of three times, suffering major internal damage after the incident in West Nyack at Youbs Auto Sales, located at 357 Route 59, at about 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, Clarkstown Police said. The suspect is described as a black male, wearing a d…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Suspect On Loose After Employee Shot During Dispute At Auto Sales Shop In Area Suspect On Loose After Employee Shot During Dispute At Auto Sales Shop In Area
Suspect On Loose After Employee Shot During Dispute At Auto Sales Shop In Area Click here for an updated story: Man ID'd As Victim Of Fatal Auto Sales Shop Shooting  A gunman is at large after an employee was shot during a dispute with a customer at an auto sales shop in the area. The incident occurred on Saturday, Nov. 24 at approximately 3:15 p.m. in West Nyack at Youbs Auto Sales, located at 357 Route 59. Responding Clarkstown Police Department patrol units arrived at the scene and located the 37-year-old male employee shot in his torso area. Rockland Paramedics and Nyack Ambulance responded and transported the victim to Nya…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Duo Stole $1.2K In Merchandise From Palisades Mall Lord & Taylor, Police Say Duo Stole $1.2K In Merchandise From Palisades Mall Lord & Taylor, Police Say
Duo Stole $1.2K In Merchandise From Palisades Mall Lord & Taylor, Police Say Two men were nabbed with more than $1,000 in goods allegedly stolen from the Lord & Taylor at the Palisades Mall in West Nyack. The men, both from Queens, were arrested after Clarkstown police responded to the mall for a report of shoplifting, said Clarkstown Police Det. Sgt. Peter Walker. The suspects, Juan Hernandez, 30, of Elmhurst, and Jeffrey Giraldo, 32, of Jackson Heights, were reportedly observed by loss prevention employees taking merchandise valued at $1,213.70, Walker said. The merchandise consisted of clothing.  When patrol officers arrived at the store, both men were appre…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Seen Her? Hudson Valley Woman Has Been Missing For Eight Years Seen Her? Hudson Valley Woman Has Been Missing For Eight Years
Seen Her? Hudson Valley Woman Has Been Missing For Eight Years Have you seen her? Law enforcement agencies in New York are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to locate a potentially vulnerable woman who has been missing from the Hudson Valley for nearly a decade. The New York State Office of Public Safety has issued an alert regarding 38-year-old Sandy Nurse, who went missing from Central Nyack in Rockland in April 2010. She is believed to have traveled into New York City. Nurse is described as a 5-foot-3 African-American woman weighing approxiamtely 120 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Police noted that she suffers from schizophren…

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by Zak Failla
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Teacher's Aide Indicted For Bringing Gun To School In Hudson Valley Teacher's Aide Indicted For Bringing Gun To School In Hudson Valley
Teacher's Aide Indicted For Bringing Gun To School In Hudson Valley A 24-year-old teacher's aide who was arrested for bringing a gun in her purse to an area school has been indicted by a grand jury for felony possession of a weapon on school grounds. Gillian J. Jeffords of Warwick who was also indicted on three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, was employed as a teacher's aide at the Rockland BOCES Jesse Kapan School in West Nyack, came to work on March 29, with a fully loaded gun in her purse, according to the Rockland County District Attorney's Office. According to the DA's Office,  Jeffords placed her pocketbook on a bin in a classroom closet…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Missing Hudson Valley Man Found Safe Missing Hudson Valley Man Found Safe
Missing Hudson Valley Man Found Safe Update: The 78-year-old man who went missing Wednesday morning, Aug. 22 was found on Thursday morning, Aug. 23 and is safe, authorities said. Philip McDermott of Nanuet was located in Yonkers by state police and has been reunited with his family. Original report: A 78-year-old Hudson Valley man has gone missing and authorities are asking for the public's help in locating him. Philip McDermott of Rockland County was last seen on Oakland Place in the hamlet of Nanuet in Clarkstown at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 22. He has dementia and may be in need of medical attention. McDermott is 6-…

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by Joe Lombardi
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31-Year-Old Man Charged In Rape Of 11-Year-Old Girl 31-Year-Old Man Charged In Rape Of 11-Year-Old Girl
31-Year-Old Man Charged In Rape Of 11-Year-Old Girl A 31-year-old area man has been charged with the rape of an 11-year-old girl more than two times. Hector A. Chacon-Diaz of Central Nyack was arrested Thursday by the Clarkstown Police Department for the rape of the young girl who is a relative, said Det. Peter Walker, spokesman for the police department. The alleged incidents took place between 2015 and 2018, Walker said.  Chacon-Diaz was charged with felony predatory sexual assault against a child and felony course of sexual conduct against a child, he added. He was arraigned in Clarkstown Justice Court and bail was set at $50,000. He is…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Know Him? Man Accused Of Videotaping Woman Changing Clothes At Mall In Area Know Him? Man Accused Of Videotaping Woman Changing Clothes At Mall In Area
Know Him? Man Accused Of Videotaping Woman Changing Clothes At Mall In Area Do you know him? Law enforcement officials are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to identify a man who tried to take a cell phone video of a woman in a changing room at the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack. The Clarkstown Police Department released surveillance photos of the suspect, who allegedly held a cellphone under the changing room door at Target on Tuesday, July 17. The woman reported that she believed that the phone was recording her at the time of the incident. Police said that the woman confronted the man, who fled from Target into the mall. The suspect then ente…

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by Zak Failla
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Attack On 89-Year-Old Woman In Area Was Sexual Assault, Police Say Attack On 89-Year-Old Woman In Area Was Sexual Assault, Police Say
Attack On 89-Year-Old Woman In Area Was Sexual Assault, Police Say An 89-year-old woman who was attacked by an unknown man or group of men was also sexually assaulted, according to the Clarkstown Police Department. According to the department's Detective Bureau, the attack of the woman sometime between 5 p.m. on Tuesday and 5 a.m. Wednesday near Normandy Village in Nanuet, is being classified as a sexual assault based on medical examinations of the victim, said Officer Peter Walker, spokesman for the department. The woman is experiencing the early stages of memory loss, which accounts for some of the lack of information, said Walker. "The department …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Boy Injured By Neighbor's Fireworks Rushed To Westchester Medical Center Boy Injured By Neighbor's Fireworks Rushed To Westchester Medical Center
Boy Injured By Neighbor's Fireworks Rushed To Westchester Medical Center A 47-year-old man is facing charges after an 8-year-old boy was injured by fireworks the man was detonating in the area, police said. The child was injured 9:25 p.m. Wednesday on Demarest Mill Road in West Nyack, according to Clarkstown Police Officer Peter Walker. When police arrived on the scene they found the child with an injury below his eye. Nanuet Volunteer Ambulance Corps transported the boy and his father, who was with the child at the time of the incident, to Westchester Medical Center for medical attention, Walker said.  The injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, he add…

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by Kathy Reakes
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21-Year-Old Slashes Victim In Neck At After-Prom Event, Indictment Says 21-Year-Old Slashes Victim In Neck At After-Prom Event, Indictment Says
21-Year-Old Slashes Victim In Neck At After-Prom Event, Indictment Says A 21-year-old Rockland County man has been charged in connection with slashing another man's throat at an after-prom celebration. Ahkim Santana of Spring Valley was charged Friday with one count of attempted murder, assault, and attempted assault in connection with the May 25 attack, said Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe. “The defendant wielded a knife in a brutal and vicious attack upon a victim celebrating a special, high school rite of passage," said Zugibe. "Fortunately, the victim survived his wounds. It was a senseless, but deliberate attack. This case will…

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by Kathy Reakes