Stanford Woman, 27, Killed After Vehicle Crashes Into Wappinger Creek
DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Stanford woman died Sunday when her vehicle landed in Wappinger Creek on Bullshead Road after striking a bridge guide rail, slid along the rail and ended up in the water, according to New York State Police.
Lynette Ruffin, 27, of Stanford, was discovered inside the car after state police from the Poughkeepsie barracks responded to a 911 call of a report of a vehicle in the water, said Mellisa McMorris, spokeswoman for the state police.
When troopers arrived on scene they saw the vehicle on its roof and partially submerged in the Wappinger Creek, McMorris said.
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Suffern HS Grad, 20, Killed In Snowstorm Wreck
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In the matter of a minute, the life of 20-year-old Tyrone Jackson, formerly of Sloatsburg, was lost when his car crashed into a commuter bus on Friday after skidding on ice and snow on Route 17 in Tuxedo, according to Tuxedo Police.
The accident occurred around 10:30 a.m. when Jackson was traveling in the right-hand northbound lane in a 2005 Honda on Route 17, which was still covered with snow and ice from Thursday's storm, when he crossed lanes into oncoming traffic, hitting a Coach USA commuter bus, said Lt. John Norton.
"It's very unfortunate the right …
Police: Pearl River, Nanuet Men Parked Illegally In Pickup Truck Had Heroin
ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Two Rockland County men were grabbed for possession of 32 packs of heroin on Friday after police found them parked in a fire zone, according to the Orangetown Police Department.
The two were arrested after midnight patrol officers responded to an anonymous call of two suspicious people inside a black pickup truck parked at 48 E. Crooked Hill Road in Pearl River, police said.
When officers arrived, they found Frank Marchionni, 25, of Nanuet, and Jason Russio, 27, of Pearl River, parked in the fire zone, police said.
Following an investigation, officers recovered 32 …
Scarsdale's Howard Stein, 96, 'Father Of Check-Cashing Industry'
Howard I. Stein, 96, the founder of RiteCheck in 1949 and the Check Cashers Association of New York in 1957, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, at his home in Scarsdale.
Stein, who was born in Brooklyn in 1920 and lived in Scarsdale since 1967, served with General Douglas MacArthur during WWII, used the money he had saved during the war to purchase a half-interest in a check cashing store on West 135th St. in Harlem.
Over the next 67 years, Stein parlayed that first small investment into a 13-store chain known nationally for its innovative approach to alternative financial services. The NY association …
