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Ex-Deputy Mayor In Hudson Valley Headed For Jail On Gun Charges
A former Hudson Valley deputy mayor has pleaded guilty to six felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
Ramapo resident Brian Downey, age 49, of Airmont, plead guilty on Tuesday, Feb. 28 in connection with the discovery of a cache of weapons during a search of his Airmont home on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, said Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh.
He faces two years in the Rockland County Jail for his convictions, Walsh said.
The sentence will run concurrently to a plea of guilty entered in federal court on Friday, Feb. 10, on weapons charges and possession of federal badg…
Man Sentenced For Shooting At Cops Leading To School Lockdown In Area
A man who fired multiple shots at police officers near an area school has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Keith M. Potik, age 28, of Wappingers Falls, was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 20 for the incident which took place on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, just blocks away from a primary school, leading to a school lockdown in Red Hook.
Potik, who pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder, as well as two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, all felonies.
He was sentenced for attempting to shoot and kill Red Hook Police officers Travis Sterritt and Natalia Telles after they respo…
Orange County Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim In Hotel, Prosecutor Says
An Orange County man was jailed after surrendering to police for sexually allegedly assaulting, restraining, and threatening a victim at a Mahwah, New Jersey hotel, authorities said.
Gustavo R. Gonzalez, age 24, of Middletown, committed an assault in his vehicle, then sexually assaulted and restrained the victim at the hotel while armed with an undisclosed weapon last Tuesday, May 25, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
The victim escaped and dialed 911, but Gonzalez fled, Musella said.
Mahwah police obtained warrants charging him with sexual assault, sexual contact, criminal …
Prosecutor: Rockland Man Attacks Black Women In Bergen, Captured After Texas Wild Boar Crash
A white Rockland County man made racist comments to three black women outside a Bergen County liquor store, then smashed their car with a baseball bat, injuring two of them, before fleeing, authorities said.
Carson Goodman, 21, of Sparkill was captured in Pecos County, TX, on Friday after his car slammed into a 400-pound wild boar on a local highway and a responding sheriff’s officer discovered that he was a fugitive from justice, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Goodman, who’d been hiding out with a relative, became a suspect soon after Northvale police were called to the Bevera…
Neighbors' Reports Of Syringes In Street Lead To Seizure Of Drugs, Gun, Cash In Suffern Raid
Complaints of constant coming and goings and syringes in the street led to the bust of a Suffern man for allegedly dealing drugs.
Aided with a no-knock warrant, Suffern Police, along with members of the Rockland Drug Task Force and Rockland SWAT team, raided the Prairie Avenue home of Gustavo Roche, around 6 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, said Suffern Police Chief Clarke Osborn.
The warrant was issued following a months-long investigation into narcotics activity at the home, Osborn said.
During a search of the premises, officers uncovered more than 60 grams of heroin and cocaine, numerous unident…
