NJ Teen Charged In Shootout With NYPD, 2 Cops Hospitalized: Officials NJ Teen Charged In Shootout With NYPD, 2 Cops Hospitalized: Officials
NJ Teen Charged In Shootout With Nypd, 2 Cops Hospitalized: Officials An 18-year-old New Jersey teen has been charged with attempted murder after authorities say he exchanged gunfire with NYPD officers during a Fourth of July violence reduction operation in Brooklyn. Camani Bartletto, 18, of 22 Dean St., was arrested at approximately 8:10 p.m. on Monday, July 6, within the confines of the 77th Precinct, the NYPD said. The charges stem from an incident at approximately 4:14 a.m. on Sunday, July 5, near St. Johns Place and Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, where officers assigned to a Mobile Field Force detail were parked in an unmarked police vehicle, an NYPD …
Traffic Stop Leads To Big Cocaine Bust, Two Arrested In Hudson Valley: State Police Traffic Stop Leads To Big Cocaine Bust, Two Arrested In Hudson Valley: State Police
Traffic Stop Leads To Big Cocaine Bust, Two Arrested In Hudson Valley: State Police Two New Yorkers were busted with more than 100 grams of cocaine in the Hudson Valley during a routine traffic stop, police said. Wiley Faison, 57, and Siarra Bergami, 32, were arrested in Lloyd on Wednesday, July 1, according to New York State Police. Faison, of Catskill, was driving a 2014 Ram 1500 pickup truck northbound on State Route 9W and committing multiple traffic violations, authorities said. Bergami, of Athens, was a passenger. When state troopers stopped the vehicle, a police dog sniffed the outside and was alerted to narcotics inside, investigators said. Authorities searched th…
Motor Oil Enters City Drains During Fire In Orange County Motor Oil Enters City Drains During Fire In Orange County
Motor Oil Enters City Drains During Fire In Orange County Firefighters discovered improperly stored motor oil while fighting a blaze in Orange County — some of which ended up in storm drains in the area.  The fire happened in Newburgh at around 8:08 a.m. on Saturday, July 4, when firefighters initially received a report of an outdoor blaze spreading to a garage in the area of 83 Benkard Ave., the City of Newburgh Fire Department said on Monday, July 6. Responding fire crews found a fire actually spreading to a garage at 176 Renwick St. and began efforts to put it out.  At the scene, firefighters said they found several gallons of used m…
Victims Found With Gunshot, Head Wounds After Nearly 200-Person Disturbance In Hudson Valley Victims Found With Gunshot, Head Wounds After Nearly 200-Person Disturbance In Hudson Valley
Victims Found With Gunshot, Head Wounds After Nearly 200-Person Disturbance In Hudson Valley Authorities are investigating a disturbance involving hundreds of people in Sullivan County on Independence Day that left two people injured.  The incident happened at around 10:50 p.m. on Saturday, July 4, when officers responded to an incident at the Monticello Housing Authority Complex at 76 Evergreen Dr., according to the Monticello Police Department. Responding officers found a crowd of around 150 to 200 people in the area and eventually discovered a 32-year-old man with a severe cut to his head, police said. The large crowd was eventually dispersed with help from the Sulliv…
Basement Wall Collapses At Home In Hudson Valley, Building Condemned Basement Wall Collapses At Home In Hudson Valley, Building Condemned
Basement Wall Collapses At Home In Hudson Valley, Building Condemned Three families were displaced after part of a residence collapsed in Putnam County, leaving the structure unsafe to occupy.  The collapse happened just after 12:30 p.m. on Monday, July 6, when firefighters and police responded to a home on See Avenue in Mahopac, according to the Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department. Arriving firefighters found that a concrete block basement wall along the front of the building had collapsed into the basement.  The collapse caused the building's front entry porch to sink several inches, creating a dangerous gap at the main entrance. To help a r…
Wrong Way Driver Stopped With Spike Strips On I-84 In Hudson Valley: NYSP Wrong Way Driver Stopped With Spike Strips On I-84 In Hudson Valley: NYSP
Wrong Way Driver Stopped With Spike Strips On I-84 In Hudson Valley: Nysp A Columbia County man was arrested after police said they found him driving the wrong way on Interstate 84 in Dutchess and Putnam counties and deployed spike strips to stop him.  Germantown resident Edward Navedo, 41, was arrested following an incident on Sunday, June 28, on Interstate 84, New York State Police announced on Monday, July 6.  According to the agency, at around 1:40 a.m. on the day of his arrest, Dutchess County 911 received reports of a vehicle traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 84 near mile marker 57 in East Fishkill. Troopers, help…
VIDEO: Roof Collapses On BJ's Shoppers In New Jersey VIDEO: Roof Collapses On BJ's Shoppers In New Jersey
Video: Roof Collapses On BJ's Shoppers In New Jersey Harrowing footage shows the moment the roof of a BJ's Wholesale Club collapsed on 27 people, including shoppers, in New Jersey on Monday, July 6 (scroll for footage). At 11:16 a.m., emergency responded to the roof collapse at the BJ's in Ocean Township at 1904 Route 35, Ocean Township Police Chief Michael Sorrentino and Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden said. There were 27 people inside the building when the collapse occurred, Sorrentino and Golden said. Two people were partially trapped but freed themselves and safely exited the building, authorities said. No injuries were rep…
Fentanyl, Ecstasy Seized In Raid At NY Home, Man Caught Trying To Drive Off: Cops Fentanyl, Ecstasy Seized In Raid At NY Home, Man Caught Trying To Drive Off: Cops
Fentanyl, Ecstasy Seized In Raid At NY Home, Man Caught Trying To Drive Off: Cops A two-month narcotics investigation in Sullivan County ended with the seizure of cocaine, fentanyl, and ecstasy, as well as the arrest of two people — including a man who allegedly tried to drive away, authorities said.  The raid happened on June 2, when members of the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at a home on Whittaker Road in the Town of Fallsburg, the Sheriff's Office announced on July 3. Investigators said deputies searched a residence at 415 Whittaker Rd., where they recovered quantities of cocaine, ecstasy, Xanax, fentanyl, and Suboxone, along with d…
NJ Skating Coach Sexually Assaulted Girl In 1990s, Prosecutor Says NJ Skating Coach Sexually Assaulted Girl In 1990s, Prosecutor Says
NJ Skating Coach Sexually Assaulted Girl In 1990s, Prosecutor Says A 75-year-old South Jersey skating coach was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a minor in the 1990s, authorities announced Monday, July 6. The victim, now in her late 40s, told the United States Center for SafeSport that Ralph Marinelli, of Ventnor, sexually assaulted her when she was 14 years old and he was 40 years old while he was her personal skating coach at Young's Skating Center in Mays Landing, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. The woman said she was groomed and sexually abused by Marinelli from 1992 through 1995, authorities said. Evidence collected by polic…
Cocaine, MDMA Seized At Knights Inn In Hudson Valley, Woman Charged: Sheriff Cocaine, MDMA Seized At Knights Inn In Hudson Valley, Woman Charged: Sheriff
Cocaine, MDMA Seized At Knights Inn In Hudson Valley, Woman Charged: Sheriff A 47-year-old woman was arrested after cocaine and MDMA were seized from a room at a Knights Inn in Sullivan County, authorities said. Shanta Mack, 47, was arrested following a search executed at the Knights Inn in Liberty on Tuesday, June 23, the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday, July 3.  The events leading to Mack's arrest began following complaints made about drug sales at the Knights Inn. This prompted deputies to execute a search warrant at the inn, where they raised room No. 114.  Inside, authorities seized a quantity of cocaine and MDMA, the S…
Orange County Man Found Dead In Lake After Bystander Spots Overturned Kayak At NY Campground Orange County Man Found Dead In Lake After Bystander Spots Overturned Kayak At NY Campground
Orange County Man Found Dead In Lake After Bystander Spots Overturned Kayak At NY Campground An Orange County man was found dead in a lake after his kayak overturned during a fishing trip at a Sullivan County campground over the Fourth of July weekend, police said. The incident happened at Mongaup Pond Campground, located at 231 Mongaup Pond Rd. in the Town of Rockland, where troopers responded at around 8:48 p.m. on Saturday, July 4, following a report of an overturned kayak, according to New York State Police. Police said Scott N. Meyer, 56, of Pine Island, had left his campsite sometime between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. to go fishing in his kayak.   At around 7 p.m., a bystan…
Drunk Driver With 3 Children In SUV Charged Under Leandra's Law In New York Drunk Driver With 3 Children In SUV Charged Under Leandra's Law In New York
Drunk Driver With 3 Children In SUV Charged Under Leandra's Law In New York A man was caught driving drunk with three children in his SUV during a police stop on Long Island on Saturday, July 4, authorities allege. Rafael Melgar, 50, of Hempstead, was arrested around 6:50 p.m. after officers spotted the driver of a gray 2009 Honda SUV commit a traffic violation near Ocean Parkway and Wantagh Parkway, Nassau County Police said. Officers conducted a traffic stop and observed that Melgar had glassy eyes and an odor of alcohol on his breath. He failed a Standardized Field Sobriety Test and was taken into custody without incident, according to police. Three children …