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VIDEO: Check Scheme Targets NY Synagogues; Suspects Wanted VIDEO: Check Scheme Targets NY Synagogues; Suspects Wanted
Video: Check Scheme Targets NY Synagogues; Suspects Wanted Police are warning the public after multiple synagogue-related check theft and fraud incidents were reported in New York, including one case that led to the arrest of a Brooklyn man and another where suspects remain at large. Israel Amar, 36, of Brooklyn, was arrested after detectives determined he altered a check he received while inside Young Israel of Woodmere and later cashed it, Nassau County Police announced on Friday, Jan. 9. The incident happened around 7 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 21, when Amar allegedly changed the check amount from $500 to $5,000 after receiving it at the synagogue, a…

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by Daily Voice
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Woodland Fire Near Middle School In Greenwood Lake Extinguished (UPDATE) Woodland Fire Near Middle School In Greenwood Lake Extinguished (UPDATE)
Woodland Fire Near Middle School In Greenwood Lake Extinguished (Update) Fire crews worked to contain a woodland fire that broke out Friday afternoon, March 28, near a middle school in Orange County, officials said. The Village of Greenwood Lake issued a community alert around 3:30 p.m. on Friday, warning residents of an active woodland fire in the area of Fitzgerald Falls on the Appalachian Trail, not far from Greenwood Lake Middle School.  Emergency responders raced to the scene to battle the blaze, officials said. The fire was eventually declared extinguished by 7:30 p.m., Warwick Supervisor Jesse Dwyer said.  "With the incoming rain, we are confi…

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by Ben Crnic
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Suspicious Man Approaches Boy In Hudson Valley, Police Looking For Info Suspicious Man Approaches Boy In Hudson Valley, Police Looking For Info
Suspicious Man Approaches Boy In Hudson Valley, Police Looking For Info Police in the Hudson Valley are asking the public for information after a boy was approached by a man in a blue sedan while in his driveway. The incident occurred in Rockland County around 8:50 a.m., Friday, May 24, on South John Street in Pearl River. According to Lt. Michael Boysa of the Orangetown Police, a 10-year-old boy was in his driveway when a blue sedan pulled up in front of his home. After a while, the man got out of the car and "abruptly approached," the boy, Boysa said. The man is described as middle-aged, wearing a blue baseball-style cap and black pants. Boysa sa…

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by Kathy Reakes