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Ex-Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence Transferred To Halfway House From Prison Ex-Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence Transferred To Halfway House From Prison
Ex-Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence Transferred To Halfway House From Prison Former Ramapo town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence, who was sentenced to 2 1/2  years in prison on fraud and other charges, has been moved from a Pennsylvania prison into a halfway house. St. Lawrence, 69, was recently transferred from the Federal Prison Camp Canaan, in Waymart, Pennsylvania, to an unnamed residential reentry center, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons' public information office. Ramapo's supervisor from 2000 to May 2016, St. Lawrence was convicted of 20 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy on May 19, 2017, following a four-week trial in federal …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Spring Valley Man Sentenced To 12 Years For Sexual Abuse Of Child Spring Valley Man Sentenced To 12 Years For Sexual Abuse Of Child
Spring Valley Man Sentenced To 12 Years For Sexual Abuse Of Child A Spring Valley man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexual abuse against a child. Luis Miguel Lopez-Ruiz, 35, was also sentenced to 20 years post-release supervision after pleading guilty, said Acting Rockland County District Attorney Kevin Gilleece, According to the District Attorney's Office, between October 2014 and December 2018, Lopez-Ruiz had sex with a child starting when the victim was less than 13-years-old. The repeated abuse, which took place in the Town of Ramapo, continued until the victim was 15-years-old. “This sentence imposed is more than d…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Woman With Child In Car Accused Of Driving While Impaired By Drugs After Head-On Crash Woman With Child In Car Accused Of Driving While Impaired By Drugs After Head-On Crash
Woman With Child In Car Accused Of Driving While Impaired By Drugs After Head-On Crash A woman accused of driving while impaired by drugs and her child were rushed to Westchester Medical Center after a head-on crash with a van. in Rockland County It happened on Wednesday, Aug. 28 at about 10 a.m. in Ramapo on Route 45 and Windsor Circle, police said. The van's occupants were transported to Nyack Hospital with minor injuries, according to police. The woman, 55, from Spring Valley, was arrested for DWAI/Drugs (felony due to the child being in the vehicle), and endangering the welfare of a child, said Ramapo Police, who have not released the woman's name. The mother is du…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Video: Water Main Break Causes Road Closure In Ramapo Video: Water Main Break Causes Road Closure In Ramapo
Video: Water Main Break Causes Road Closure In Ramapo A water main break in Ramapo caused damage to a busy roadway and forcing its closure. Forshay Road is closed between Parker Boulevard and Grandview Avenue in Ramapo, the police department announced early Friday afternoon, Aug. 9. According to police, the water main break caused the road to buckle, leaving a large crevice in the turning lane. The roadway is closed as Suez makes repairs, and motorists in the area have been advised to seek alternate routes.

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Route 202 Crash With Car Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Route 202 Crash With Car
Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Route 202 Crash With Car A motorcyclist was hospitalized after he was struck by a car at a precarious roadway on Route 202 in Ramapo, police said. First responders in Ramapo responded to a two-vehicle crash at approximately 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 29 on Route 202. According to police, a Honda Civic was making a left turn out of the Ramapo Equestrian Center when it struck a Yamaha motorcycle that was riding south on the roadway. The driver in the Honda also lost control of the vehicle during the collision and struck a nearby sign. The driver of the motorcycle suffered minor injuries and was transported by an ambulan…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Ramapo Man Arrested After Beating Another Man With Butt Of Loaded Shotgun, Police Say Ramapo Man Arrested After Beating Another Man With Butt Of Loaded Shotgun, Police Say
Ramapo Man Arrested After Beating Another Man With Butt Of Loaded Shotgun, Police Say A 22-year-old Ramapo man has been arrested for allegedly pointing a loaded shotgun at another person and then beating them with the butt of the gun. The incident took place around 9 p.m., Thursday, July 25, when Ramapo Police officers responded to a report of a man attacking another man, said the Ramapo Police Department. When officers arrived on the scene, they found the man beating the other man with the loaded gun, police said. After he was taken into custody, police found additional weapons, drugs, and drug paraphernalia. The man, whose name was not released by police, was charged wit…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Truck Crashes Into I-87 Overpass Truck Crashes Into I-87 Overpass
Truck Crashes Into I-87 Overpass This story has been updated. There was heavy traffic on a stretch of I-87 after a truck crashed into the overpass on the New York State Thruway at Hungry Hollow Road in Ramapo. Hungry Hollow Road reopened shortly just after 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, about an hour after the crash. There were stop-and-go delays on the northbound lanes and rubbernecking delays southbound.as the cleanup continued.

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by Daily Voice
Police & Fire
Car Overturns After Crashing Into Retaining Wall In Airmont Car Overturns After Crashing Into Retaining Wall In Airmont
Car Overturns After Crashing Into Retaining Wall In Airmont A motorist was hospitalized after a car crashed into a retaining wall before landing on its hood in Airmont. First responders in Ramapo were dispatched to Cragmere Road at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Friday, July 5, where there was a report of a one-car crash involving a mid-sized Subaru. Police said that the investigation into the crash determined that the driver struck a retaining wall on the street, causing the vehicle to overturn, landing on the roof. The driver sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to good Samaritan Hospital by the Ramapo Valley Ambulance Corps f…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
29 Rockland Police Academy Grads Now Headed To These 13 Agencies 29 Rockland Police Academy Grads Now Headed To These 13 Agencies
29 Rockland Police Academy Grads Now Headed To These 13 Agencies After completing 21 weeks of intense, often grueling training, 29 new graduates from the Rockland County Police Academy will head to 13 different agencies throughout the region.  “Thank you to each one of you for choosing such an honorable profession. With the support of your families and friends, you all worked hard to achieve this great honor," said Rockland County Executive Ed Day, a former commander with the NYPD. " It is my hope that you gained all of the skills necessary to stay safe and protect those in need during your tenure in law enforcement. May God watch over you all.” Som…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Driver Charged With DWAI After Rollover Crash On Palisades Parkway That Injured One Driver Charged With DWAI After Rollover Crash On Palisades Parkway That Injured One
Driver Charged With Dwai After Rollover Crash On Palisades Parkway That Injured One The driver of a vehicle that was involved in a single-vehicle crash on the Palisades Parkway that injured the passenger has been charged with DWAI/Drugs, said state police. Troopers responded to a report of a crash around 10:15 p.m., Tuesday, June 18, near Exit 11 in the Town of Ramapo, said New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel. Once on the scene, troopers found a man covered in mud sitting in the grass next to the vehicle. He was later identified as Michael Keyser, 36, of Stony Point, Nevel said.  Keyser told officers that he lost control of the vehicle because of the rain and wet …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Watch Police Officers, K-9s Capture Accused Stolen Taxi Thief In Montvale Backyard VIDEO: Watch Police Officers, K-9s Capture Accused Stolen Taxi Thief In Montvale Backyard
Video: Watch Police Officers, K-9s Capture Accused Stolen Taxi Thief In Montvale Backyard Home surveillance video shows a 21-year-old suspect accused of crashing a stolen taxi in Rockland County being captured in the backyard of a Montvale home. Evan Koulikov remained held Saturday in the Bergen County Jail pending extradition proceedings. He’s charged locally with being a fugitive from justice. Chased by police and a borough homeowner, Koulikov is seen hopping a fence into a Lark Lane backyard, then raising his hands and dropping to his knees when he realizes there’s no escape -- as a swarm of police, including three canines, surrounds him. “His wife said she never saw him ru…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
These Hudson Valley Sites Nominated For State, National Registers Of Historic Places These Hudson Valley Sites Nominated For State, National Registers Of Historic Places
These Hudson Valley Sites Nominated For State, National Registers Of Historic Places Four Hudson Valley properties have been nominated for inclusion on the New York State Register of Historic Places. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on June 2 that the following had earned recognition on the state registry, among 17 sites in New York that were nominated. The properties are also nominated for the National Register of Historic Places. Camp Hill School, Pomona - Erected in 1923 as a two-room schoolhouse, the building continued to be used for educational purposes into the early 1960s.  After laying unused for a period, it was renovated in the later 1970s to function as the mun…

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by Donna Christopher