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Search Warrant Yields Cocaine, Fentanyl, Charges For Hudson Valley Suspect Search Warrant Yields Cocaine, Fentanyl, Charges For Hudson Valley Suspect
Search Warrant Yields Cocaine, Fentanyl, Charges For Hudson Valley Suspect A Hudson Valley man is facing drug charges after a months-long investigation into narcotics sales. Richard Fernandez, age 40, was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 20, following a five-month investigation by the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office Drug Task Force. Investigators executed a court-authorized search warrant at a residence in Pomona, recovering cocaine, fentanyl pills, and other pharmaceutical drugs during the search. Fernandez has been charged with: Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree; Four counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in t…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Oil Truck Driver Pinned Under Truck Severely Injured At Hudson Valley Home, Police Say Oil Truck Driver Pinned Under Truck Severely Injured At Hudson Valley Home, Police Say
Oil Truck Driver Pinned Under Truck Severely Injured At Hudson Valley Home, Police Say An oil delivery truck driver pinned under his truck when it rolled over him at a Hudson Valley home was critically injured. The incident occurred in Rockland County on Thursday, Oct. 31, around 9:30 a.m. near 88 Buckingham Court, in Pomona. According to Haverstraw Police Chief John Gould, the truck driver was found conscious but had sustained multiple injuries. The Fire Department and EMS arrived on the scene and extricated the driver. Haverstraw Ambulance transported him to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla for further treatment. Gould said an Initial investigation reveale…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Fatal Crash: 36-Year-Old ID'd As Victim On Hudson Valley Roadway Fatal Crash: 36-Year-Old ID'd As Victim On Hudson Valley Roadway
Fatal Crash: 36-Year-Old ID'd As Victim On Hudson Valley Roadway A motorist from Massachusetts was killed after his vehicle overturned on a Hudson Valley roadway. It happened just after 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct.19 in Rockland County on the Palisades Interstate Parkway (PIP) southbound, in the town of Ramapo. A preliminary investigation revealed that a 2006 Saab was traveling south in the village of Pomona when, for reasons yet to be determined, the vehicle exited the roadway,, New York State Police, said.  The car struck multiple trees and overturned, ejecting the driver from the vehicle.  The operator of the vehicle, Worcester County …

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
New Supermarket To Open In Hudson Valley New Supermarket To Open In Hudson Valley
New Supermarket To Open In Hudson Valley A new 24-hour-a-day supermarket is opening in the Hudson Valley, focusing on everything fresh.  The Garden Fresh Market, located in Rockland County in Spring Valley, will have its soft opening on Wednesday, Oct. 23, and its grand opening on Saturday, Oct. 26, said owner Wilson Bermeo of New City.  This will be the fourth supermarket for Bermeo, who immigrated from Ecuador in 1995 to live the American Dream. "You work all the time, every day, and you can have that dream," Bermeo said with a laugh. And busy he is. He said he also owns the Nyack Fresh Market, Huerto del Eden in Spr…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Hudson Valley Teen Charged With Murder Of 29-Year-Old Man Hudson Valley Teen Charged With Murder Of 29-Year-Old Man
Hudson Valley Teen Charged With Murder Of 29-Year-Old Man A Hudson Valley teen who had been the subject of an extensive manhunt and was caught in South Carolina has been charged in the shooting death of a local man. Rockland County resident Yandie Martinez, age 18, of Haverstraw, was arraigned on one count of murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the Monday, July 1, homicide in Haverstraw. According to Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh III, on July 1, officers from the Town of Haverstraw Police Department responded to the area of Fairmount Avenue and West Street in Haverstraw f…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Teenage Suspect In Murder Of Hudson Valley 29-Year-Old Nabbed In South Carolina Teenage Suspect In Murder Of Hudson Valley 29-Year-Old Nabbed In South Carolina
Teenage Suspect In Murder Of Hudson Valley 29-Year-Old Nabbed In South Carolina Police have apprehended a teenage suspect in connection with the shooting death of a 29-year-old man in the Hudson Valley. In Rockland County, the Town of Haverstraw Police Department announced t on Saturday afternoon, July 27, the arrest of Yandi Martinez, age 18, for the homicide that took place on Monday, July 1. Martinez, a resident of Haverstraw, was taken into custody at 1:20 p.m. Saturday in Piedmont, South Carolina, in a collaborative effort by members of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Apprehension Special Investigations Team (FASIT), the FBI-Westchester Safe Street…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Search On For Hudson Valley Homicide Suspect Considered Armed, Dangerous Search On For Hudson Valley Homicide Suspect Considered Armed, Dangerous
Search On For Hudson Valley Homicide Suspect Considered Armed, Dangerous Police in the Hudson Valley are asking the public for help locating a man wanted in connection with the shooting death of a 29-year-old man. Related: 29-Year-Old Pomona Man Found Shot Dead On Haverstraw Street Rockland County resident Christian Alvarado of Pomona was found on Monday, July 1, when Haverstraw Police responded to the area of Fairmount Avenue and West Street on a report of shots fired. Haverstraw Police Chief John Gould said the department is searching for 18-year-old Yandie Martinez of Haverstraw in connection with the homicide.  Martinez is described as being Hi…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hudson Valley 29-Year-Old Man Found Shot Dead On Street Hudson Valley 29-Year-Old Man Found Shot Dead On Street
Hudson Valley 29-Year-Old Man Found Shot Dead On Street Police in the Hudson Valley are searching for a suspect who shot and killed a 29-year-old man found lying on a town street. Click here for a new, updated story: Search On For Hudson Valley Homicide Suspect Considered Armed, Dangerous Rockland County resident Christian Alvarado of Pomona was found on Monday, July 1, when Haverstraw Police responded to the area of Fairmount Avenue and West Street on a report of shots fired.  According to Haverstraw Police Chief John Gould Jr., Alvarado was found on the ground next to a vehicle that had crashed into a parked car. He had been…

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by Kathy Reakes
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13-Year-Old Riding Bicycle Struck, Killed By Vehicle On Residential Roadway In Hudson Valley 13-Year-Old Riding Bicycle Struck, Killed By Vehicle On Residential Roadway In Hudson Valley
13-Year-Old Riding Bicycle Struck, Killed By Vehicle On Residential Roadway In Hudson Valley Police are investigating a crash in which a boy was killed on a residential roadway in the Hudson Valley. It happened around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, June 29 in Rockland County. That's when the bicyclist was struck by a vehicle in the village of Pomona at the intersection of High Mountain Road and Overlook Road. Upon arrival, units discovered the vehicle with the 13-year-old boy underneath the vehicle, said Chief John Gould Jr. of the town of Haverstraw Police Department. The operator of the vehicle remained on scene and called for Emergency Services.  …

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by Joe Lombardi