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Father Assaults 4-Year-Old, Leaves Them Home Alone In Spring Valley, Mom Also Charged: Cops Father Assaults 4-Year-Old, Leaves Them Home Alone In Spring Valley, Mom Also Charged: Cops
Father Assaults 4-Year-Old, Leaves Them Home Alone In Spring Valley, Mom Also Charged: Cops A frightened 4-year-old child with substantial injuries was found unattended in Rockland County, leading to the arrests of both parents, police said.   The child was found in the area of Chestnut Street and Furman Place in Spring Valley at around 9:38 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, the Spring Valley Police Department announced on Thursday, Sept. 10. Police said a Spring Valley Department of Public Works employee found the unattended child and flagged down an officer. Officers found that the child had substantial injuries and appeared frightened, police said.  They located …
Arrest Made In Hudson Valley Shooting That Left Wounded Man In Driveway: Police Arrest Made In Hudson Valley Shooting That Left Wounded Man In Driveway: Police
Arrest Made In Hudson Valley Shooting That Left Wounded Man In Driveway: Police A suspect has been arrested in the shooting of a man outside a home in the Hudson Valley, police said Thursday, Sept. 10. Russell J. Long, 46, of Ellenville, was arrested for the shooting that occurred around 3:25 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8 in Ellenville, New York State Police said. The victim was a 43-year-old man from Jamaica, Queens, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his lower extremities, according to state police. The person was initially identified as a 46-year-old man. Long fired multiple shots in a “popular suburban area” and hit the victim, state troopers said. He was charged wit…
Teen Intentionally Hits Girl With Car In Walgreens Parking Lot In Spring Valley: Police Teen Intentionally Hits Girl With Car In Walgreens Parking Lot In Spring Valley: Police
Teen Intentionally Hits Girl With Car In Walgreens Parking Lot In Spring Valley: Police A 19-year-old man is facing felony charges after police said he intentionally hit a girl with a vehicle in a Walgreens parking lot in Rockland County, knocking her unconscious and breaking her wrist.  New City resident Mike Tamay Mejia, 19, was arrested on Monday, Sept. 7, in connection with the incident, the Spring Valley Police Department announced on Thursday, Sept. 10. The incident happened at around 4:14 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5, in the parking lot of the Walgreens on Route 59 in Spring Valley, police said.   Later that day, at around 2:22 p.m., the juvenile victim wen…
Plane Crash: Police ID 2 Victims Killed In Massachusetts Aviation Disaster Plane Crash: Police ID 2 Victims Killed In Massachusetts Aviation Disaster
Plane Crash: Police ID 2 Victims Killed In Massachusetts Aviation Disaster Authorities have identified the two people who were killed when the training aircraft they were on crashed into a wooded area in Massachusetts over the weekend.  Kenneth R. Moore, 66, of Pembroke, and Marcy Asbury, 62, of East Falmouth, died in the Saturday, Sept. 5, crash, Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni announced on Thursday.  The Piper PA-28 Cherokee went down near Center Street around 9:15 p.m.  Ludlow police and Massachusetts State Police began searching the area after receiving a report of a missing aircraft. Crews later found the plane off Center Street. …
Man Stabbed In Face By Stepbrother In Spring Valley, Police Say Man Stabbed In Face By Stepbrother In Spring Valley, Police Say
Man Stabbed In Face By Stepbrother In Spring Valley, Police Say A 24-year-old man is facing an assault charge after police said he stabbed his stepbrother in the face in Rockland County and fled.  Spring Valley resident Kashief Kobe Hall, 24, was arrested on Wednesday, Sept. 9, six days after the stabbing, according to the Spring Valley Police Department. The incident happened at around 7:11 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, at 5 Rosehill Oval in Spring Valley, police said. Responding officers found an adult man suffering from stab wounds to his face.  Police said they determined that the victim's stepbrother stabbed him before fleeing the scen…
Repeat Burglar Who Went Through Money, Meds At Spring Valley Apartment Gets Prison Time Repeat Burglar Who Went Through Money, Meds At Spring Valley Apartment Gets Prison Time
Repeat Burglar Who Went Through Money, Meds At Spring Valley Apartment Gets Prison Time An already-convicted burglar who broke into a Rockland County apartment and rummaged through the victim's belongings, including medication and money, will spend years in state prison, prosecutors said. Orangetown resident Wesleigh Gilsenan, 42, was sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 9, to nine years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision, the Rockland County District Attorney's Office announced.  The sentence comes after Gilsenan was convicted of second-degree burglary following a two-day bench trial on Friday, Jan. 30.  As Daily Voice previously reported, the ca…
Newlywed NY Man Disappears, Faces Medical Trouble As Wife Begs ‘Please Come Home’ Newlywed NY Man Disappears, Faces Medical Trouble As Wife Begs ‘Please Come Home’
Newlywed NY Man Disappears, Faces Medical Trouble As Wife Begs ‘Please Come Home’ A newlywed New York man has disappeared, and his wife believes he could be facing a medical emergency. Dominick Bianchi, 35, was last seen Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. around his home in East Greenbush, the local police department said on Facebook. Bianchi has Type 1 diabetes, and his new bride, Julianna Zyra, told ABC affiliate WTEN she wasn’t sure if he could monitor his blood sugar. The missing man has a continuous glucose monitor, but it’s “paired to his phone that he doesn’t have,” Zyra told WTEN. Zyra told the station Bianchi had been battling mental health issues recently but “nobody…
PA ‘Predator Catcher’ Stabbed In NY Tim Hortons Brawl Involving Infant: Reports PA ‘Predator Catcher’ Stabbed In NY Tim Hortons Brawl Involving Infant: Reports
PA ‘Predator Catcher’ Stabbed In NY Tim Hortons Brawl Involving Infant: Reports A Pennsylvania social media influencer who was stabbed while confronting two men he accused of targeting children is now facing charges stemming from the New York brawl, court records show. Nicholas Attalla, known online as “Niky Sal,” was arrested on Friday, Sept. 4, on charges of third-degree assault, second-degree criminal nuisance, and endangering the welfare of a child. Attalla, of Erie, was arraigned that day and pleaded not guilty, according to online court records. The charges stem from a fight inside a Tim Hortons in Jamestown on Dec. 13, 2025, according to WGRZ, Erie News Now, an…
Second Rabid Bat Found In Hudson Valley, Connected To Possible Human Exposure Second Rabid Bat Found In Hudson Valley, Connected To Possible Human Exposure
Second Rabid Bat Found In Hudson Valley, Connected To Possible Human Exposure A second bat has tested positive for rabies in Sullivan County just days after health officials announced another confirmed case involving a bat elsewhere in the county.  The latest rabid bat was found in the Grahamsville area of the Town of Neversink, the Sullivan County Department of Public Health announced on Wednesday, Sept. 9. It marks the county's second laboratory-confirmed rabid animal associated with a potential human exposure this year, officials said. The announcement comes less than a week after Daily Voice reported that a bat from the Livingston Manor area tested positive…
Man Takes Fatal Leap From GWB: Police Man Takes Fatal Leap From GWB: Police
Man Takes Fatal Leap From GWB: Police A man died after climbing over a fence and jumping from the George Washington Bridge Wednesday morning, authorities said. Port Authority police received a report that the man climbed over the fence on the bridge's Northwalk and jumped at approximately 8:43 a.m. on Sept. 9, authorities said. The man's body was recovered by the NYPD, according to Port Authority police. A report from Citizen NYC says that the man's body was recovered on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. No information about his identity was released.  Fifteen people had jumped to their deaths from the bridge …
VIDEO: Shirtless Man Dances On Truck Moving Across GWB Before Arrest VIDEO: Shirtless Man Dances On Truck Moving Across GWB Before Arrest
Video: Shirtless Man Dances On Truck Moving Across GWB Before Arrest The saxophones only got louder in a now-viral TikTok video that shows a shirtless man dancing on the back of a flatbed truck moving across the George Washington Bridge. The video of the Sept. 3 scene was shared by TikTok user @johnortizzzz24 and had racked up nearly 20,000 views as of Wednesday, Sept. 9. What the clip doesn't show viewers, though, is what happened afterward: the dancer's arrest. Port Authority police identified the man as 28-year-old Arnesia Crawford, and said officers removed him from the back of the truck in Fort Lee, NJ. Crawford was subsequently charged with aggr…
Bat-Wielding Gas Station Beatdown Lands Four Hudson Valley Suspects In Jail: Cops Bat-Wielding Gas Station Beatdown Lands Four Hudson Valley Suspects In Jail: Cops
Bat-Wielding Gas Station Beatdown Lands Four Hudson Valley Suspects In Jail: Cops Four people were arrested for beating up a middle-aged man with a baseball bat at a gas station in the Hudson Valley on Tuesday, Sept. 8, police said. Jordan Jones, 19; Amanda Jones, 40; Matthew Johannessen, 24, and a 16-year-old boy were arrested in the assault at a Mobil station in Wawarsing, New York State Police said Wednesday, Sept. 9. Troopers responded to reports of a fight at the station around 8 a.m. Tuesday and spotted the four suspects — all Ellenville residents — pounding on the 43-year-old man with a baseball bat, authorities said. The victim was taken to Garnet Medical Health…