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Rockland Gang Member's Accomplice Gets 3 Years In Cabbie Carjacking Rockland Gang Member's Accomplice Gets 3 Years In Cabbie Carjacking
Rockland Gang Member's Accomplice Gets 3 Years In Cabbie Carjacking The confessed accomplice of a Rockland gang member was sent to federal prison for three years Wednesday for smashing a carjacked cab driver in the head with a beer bottle before others dumped the victim on the side of the New York State Thruway in Orange County. Arlyn Jowany Carrasco Cruz, 28, will have to serve just about all of the sentence because there is no parole in the federal prison system. Cruz and five accomplices carjacked the driver of a 2008 Dodge Caravan in the early morning hours of Dec. 26, 2016, in Ridgewood, N.J., forcing him into the back of the vehicle, authorities said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teen Sentenced For Carjacking Murder Of Westchester Resident Teen Sentenced For Carjacking Murder Of Westchester Resident
Teen Sentenced For Carjacking Murder Of Westchester Resident A teenager will spend three decades behind bars for his role in the carjacking death of a 72-year-old Westchester man who was visiting family in Missouri. St. Louis County resident Richard Donaldson, 17, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in the death of Pound Ridge resident Kenneth Spalter, who was shot in the throat on Feb. 10 last year, according to multiple media reports. Spalter and his 71-year-old wife were getting out of their vehicle when Donaldson carjacked them, shooting the elderly man as the two were visiting their daughter in St. Louis. Donaldson, who was 16-y…

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by Zak Failla
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Carjacker Admits Smashing Cabbie Dumped In Woodbury With Beer Bottle Carjacker Admits Smashing Cabbie Dumped In Woodbury With Beer Bottle
Carjacker Admits Smashing Cabbie Dumped In Woodbury With Beer Bottle A New Jersey man admitted Wednesday that he smashed a cab driver in the head with a beer bottle during a carjacking before accomplices dumped the victim on the Thruway near Woodbury. Arlyn Jowany Carrasco Cruz, 27, of Waldwick and five accomplices carjacked the driver of a 2008 Dodge Caravan in the early morning hours of Dec. 26, 2016, forcing him into the back of the vehicle, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said. As they drove toward Waldwick, Cruz "struck the victim in the head with a beer bottle," he said. The others dropped off Cruz and continued driving the cab t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Carjacker From Waldwick Admits Smashing Cabbie With Beer Bottle Carjacker From Waldwick Admits Smashing Cabbie With Beer Bottle
Carjacker From Waldwick Admits Smashing Cabbie With Beer Bottle WALDWICK, N.J. -- A Waldwick man admitted Wednesday that he was the member of a gang who smashed a cab driver in the head with a beer bottle during a carjacking. Arlyn Jowany Carrasco Cruz, 27, and five accomplices carjacked the driver of a 2008 Dodge Caravan in the early morning hours of Dec. 26, 2016, forcing him into the back of the vehicle, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said. As they drove toward Waldwick, Cruz "struck the victim in the head with a beer bottle, he said. The others dropped off Cruz and continued driving the cab to New York, where one of them sliced th…

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by Jerry DeMarco