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Monsey, NY
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Police Revive Overdose Victim In Ramapo
RAMAPO, N.Y. -- A Ramapo police officer saved a Village of Hillburn man on Sunday who had overdosed on drugs by quickly administering Narcan.The life-saving event took place after the department received a call of an overdose victim. When the officer arrived she found a man in 20s unconscious and not breathing, Ramapo Police said. The officer quickly administered the drug, successfully reviving the man who was able to walk himself to the ambulance, police said. The department is reminding residents that although the drug can save lives, it can't reverse the effects of opioid addiction and …
New City, NY
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Five Charged In Rockland Benefits Fraud Scheme
ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Garnerville man who owned several taxi companies and four other people were charged Wednesday in a brazen scheme to defraud state and county agencies of more than $95,000 in benefits, according to Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe. Angel Henriquez, the owner of Nyack Taxi, North Rockland Taxi and Car Service and Apple Taxi, was charged with grand larceny and four counts of falsifying business records, Zugibe said. Henriquez is accused of writing fraudulent letters to the Rockland County Department of Social Services on behalf of five employees, ad…
Mahopac, NY
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Putnam Man Sought By Police Following Domestic Dispute
PUTNAM, N.Y. -- The New York State police in Brewster are asking for the public's help in locating a local man wanted for strangulation and endangering two children after he failed to show up in court, said state police. Jorge Rivera was arrested in January 2016 following a domestic violence dispute where he choked a woman in front of two young children, state police said. Rivera is described as a white male, 5-foot-8, 160 pounds with brown hair and eyes. He was last known to live in the Bronx. A warrant was issued for Rivera after he failed to appear in the Town of Patterson Court. Any…
Stony Point, NY
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Person Dies After Jumping From Bear Mountain Bridge
This story has been updated. The New York State Police said the person who jumped from the Bear Mountain Bridge early Thursday died as a result of injuries suffered in the jump. State police, who have not released the person's name or sex, said they are working to notify the next of kin, said Trooper Stephen Nevel. The incident took place around 8:35 a.m. when the person jumped from the bridge near Stony Point, state police said. Emergency responders from Rockland, Westchester and Orange counties rushed to the scene. Troopers are currently reviewing video surveillance tapes to pinpoint t…
Monsey, NY
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Ex-Ramapo Development Corp Director Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud
ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Aaron Troodler, the former director of the Ramapo Local Development Corporation pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges he conspired with Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence to commit securities fraud in connection with a scheme to fund the town's baseball stadium. Troodler, 42, admitted to committing securities fraud as a result of a scheme to defraud investors in municipal bonds issued by the RLDC and the town, said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara. "This guilty plea, in what we believe to be the first municipal bond-related crimin…
Monsey, NY
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Suffern Teen Charged In Armed Robbery Of Woman
SUFFERN, N.Y. -- Suffern police nabbed a 16-year-old local teen on Wednesday for the armed robbery of a woman walking home from work on Monday on Park Avenue, according to Suffern Police Chief Clarke Osborn. The teen, Carlos Martinez-Amaya of Suffern was charged with armed robbery and several other charges after police identified him as the person involved with the armed robbery, Osborn said. On Monday night officers responded to Park Avenue in the area of East Maple Avenue around 7 p.m. after a woman called the department to report that she had just been robbed, Osborn said. The victim, a…
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Police Investigating Bank Robbery In Poughkeepsie
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Town of Poughkeepsie police are asking the public for help with information regarding a bank robbery at the Citizens Bank on Wednesday. The robbery took place at 1:17 p.m. at the bank on Vassar Road in Red Oaks Mill, police said. Officers are currently on the scene interviewing witnesses and searching the area with K-9 officers, police added. Anyone with information, or who may have witnessed the robbery are asked to call the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department Detective Division at 845-485-3670.
Mount Vernon, NY
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Fatigate Steps Down As Mount Vernon Police Commissioner
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- One day after the FBI announced it would be investigating five unsolved homicides in Mount Vernon, Police Commissioner Ronald Fatigate unexpectedly resigned from his position Wednesday morning, according to multiple sources. Fatigate, who retired from the police department after 20 years in 2010, became police commissioner in March 2016, after Mayor Richard Thomas fired then police commission Robert Kelly. His announcement came just one day after he told Daily Voice he was thankful for the FBI's help in solving five of the town's unsolved homicides: "We are than…
New City, NY
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$13M Upgrade For Rockland Lake Pool, Boat House
ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- It might not seem like swimming or boating weather, but before long thousands of residents will be heading to Rockland Lake State Park to do just that. That's why park officials are busy sprucing up the park with a $7.3 million swimming pool replacement and a $5.9 million remodeling job of the park's office and boating bathhouse, according to lohud.com. Park manager Christian Nielsen told lohud.com that all were built in the 1960s and are badly in need of upgrades. Unfortunately, the new pool won't open until the 2018 summer season, Nielsen told lohud.com. A big …
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Changes Necessary For Dutchess EMS, Report Says
DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- A recent study of Dutchess County Emergency Medical Services released Tuesday found a patchwork system of services throughout the county that offered inconsistent aid to residents. Conducted by a 28-member Task Force created by Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro in 2016, the group worked closely with Marist College to identify, develop, and recommend county-coordinated solutions for the EMS system, the county said in a press release. The report found a patchwork system of EMS throughout the county, with local municipalities and fire districts opting for differi…
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