Woman Tries To Cash Bad Check At Chase Bank In Valley Cottage, Police Say
ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Bronx woman is behind bars after being collared by the Clarkstown Police for passing a bad check at the Chase Bank in Valley Cottage on Monday, according to Clarkstown Police.
Maria Ruiz, 51, was caught when Clarkstown Police responded to the bank at 132 Rt. 303, after receiving a call regarding a fraudulent check, said Officer Peter Walker.
Once on the scene, officers interviewed the bank manager who informed them Ruiz had attempted to cash a check for an unknown amount of money using a fake Connecticut driver's license, said Walker.
Ruiz, who was still in the …
Mount Kisco Man, 30, Accused Of Selling Heroin That Caused Fatal Overdose
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Mount Kisco man sold heroin to a 29-year-old Somers woman who died the same day in December from an overdose, according to state police.
Christopher J. Demauro, 30, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and DWAI/drugs, both felonies, said Trooper Melissa McMorris.
Troopers were dispatched to a drug overdose on Vails Lane in Somers. An investigation revealed that Demauro had sold the victim heroin on Tuesday, Dec. 20, McMorris said.
Demauro drove a 2013 Honda sedan back to the Vails Lane home on Dec. 21, 2016, for an unknown reason, and…
Mount Kisco Man, 30, Accused Of Selling Heroin That Caused Fatal Overdose
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Mount Kisco man sold heroin to a 29-year-old Somers woman who died the same day in December from an overdose, according to state police.
Christopher J. Demauro, 30, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and DWAI/drugs, both felonies, said Trooper Melissa McMorris.
Troopers were dispatched to a drug overdose on Vails Lane in Somers. An investigation revealed that Demauro had sold the victim heroin on Tuesday, Dec. 20, McMorris said.
Demauro drove a 2013 Honda sedan back to the Vails Lane home on Dec. 21, 2016, for an unknown reason, and…
Cortlandt Manor Man Charged With Harassment, Yorktown PD Says
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- A Cortlandt Manor man was collared for aggravated harassment after repeatedly sending threatening text message to a woman who feared for her safety, according to the Yorktown Police Department.
Nicholas Sarcone, 27, was charged on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, after the woman arrived at Yorktown Police Department to report receiving multiple threatening text messages she had received from Sarcone while at her residence in Yorktown, police said.
A follow-up investigation found that Sarcone threatened the woman on multiple dates from November 28 through December 22, 2016, causing…
Spring Valley Man Indicted In Murder Of Ex-HS Athlete Justin Speights
An Orange County grand jury handed down a murder indictment on Wednesday against a Spring Valley man for the stabbing death of 20-year-old Silver Lake firefighter and former Pine Bush High School football player Justin Speights, according to multiple reports.
Speights, 20, was stabbed to death while trying to break up a fight during a large New Year's Eve party on Jan.1, 2016, in the Town of Crawford, said the recordonline.
The grand jury charged Jauntae Brown, 20, with second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and tampering with physical evidence and misdemeanor weapon possession, ad…
Rhinecliff Man Charged With DWI Twice In Two Days
RHINECLIFF, N.Y. -- A Rhinecliff man found passed out in his car Monday at the Rhinecliff boat docks by a resident who thought he was dead, was arrested twice in two days for driving while intoxicated, according to the Rhinebeck Police Department.
Kevin E. Conklin, 58, was found on Monday, cold and stiff, by a passerby who called the police to report a possible death, said Rhinebeck Police Sgt. Peter Dunn.
When police arrived at the docks, they found Conklin intoxicated and passed out in the car with the keys in the ignition and the lights on, Dunn said.
"He was passed out and very co…
