Shortly after 4:15 a.m. on Wednesday morning, officers from the Ramapo Police Department were dispatched to South Cole Court in the Spring Valley section of town, where there was a report of a woman crying on the sidewalk.
According to police, upon arrival at the scene, the officers found the woman, who had allegedly been assaulted by her boyfriend - whose name has not yet been released - who then took her pocketbook and cellphone, fleeing the area before law enforcement could arrive.
Following a brief investigation, the responding officers were able to track down the boyfriend, who was arrested and charged with third-degree robbery and third-degree assault. The man was arraigned in the Town of Ramapo Justice Court and remanded to the Rockland County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.
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