Monsey, NY
Police & Fire
Recognize Him? FBI Offers Reward For 'Bomb Carrying' Pomona, Park Ridge Robber Recognize Him? FBI Offers Reward For 'Bomb Carrying' Pomona, Park Ridge Robber
Recognize Him? FBI Offers Reward For 'Bomb Carrying' Pomona, Park Ridge Robber The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man who they said robbed banks in Pomona and Park Ridge earlier this year by claiming to have a bomb. In the earlier holdup, the robber held up a Chase Bank branch in the Pacesetter Shopping Center on Route 202 in Pomona on Jan. 24 while carrying a box that he claimed contained explosives, the FBI said. The FBI said he “specifically demanded cash secured in the back of the bank,” then “exited through the back with an undisclosed amount of money.” The same robber made off with what autho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
RECOGNIZE HIM? FBI Offers Reward For 'Bomb Carrying' Park Ridge, Rockland Bank Robber RECOGNIZE HIM? FBI Offers Reward For 'Bomb Carrying' Park Ridge, Rockland Bank Robber
Recognize HIM? FBI Offers Reward For 'Bomb Carrying' Park Ridge, Rockland Bank Robber The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man who they said robbed banks in Park Ridge and Pomona earlier this year by claiming to have a bomb. In the most recent holdup, the robber made off with what authorities told Daily Voice was $32,000 from an Oritani Bank branch on Kinderkamack Road in Park Ridge on April 17 after claiming to have a bomb in what looked like a pizza delivery bag. “He ordered the bank’s tellers to go into the vault area and instructed one teller to put money in the bag,” the FBI said Thursday. He then fled…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Armonk, NY
Police & Fire
Westchester Resident Victim Of $190K Identity Theft, Police Say Westchester Resident Victim Of $190K Identity Theft, Police Say
Westchester Resident Victim Of $190K Identity Theft, Police Say A Westchester resident was the victim of a near $200,000 identity theft when fraudsters opened a joint bank account to rob from his savings, police said. Investigators at the Scarsdale Police Department received a complaint on Saturday, Aug. 7, from a Harvest Drive resident who said he had been alerted by Chase Bank of suspicious transactions that took place between Tuesday, Aug. 27 and Thursday, Aug. 29. In total, $190,000 was stolen from the victim’s Chase Savings account. Police said that Chase Bank told the victim that another individual opened a joint savings account using his persona…

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by Zak Failla
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Suspect Nabbed In Miller Place Bank Robbery Suspect Nabbed In Miller Place Bank Robbery
Suspect Nabbed In Miller Place Bank Robbery A man wanted for an alleged bank robbery at a busy Long Island shopping center has been arrested by police. Raymond Peruggi, 29, was nabbed around 8:55 p.m., Monday, Aug. 19, in Mastic Beach for allegedly robbing the Miller Place Chase Bank, on Route 25A, earlier in the month, Suffolk County Police said. Peruggi, address unknown, was arrested following an investigation into the Monday, Aug. 12 robbery of the Chase Bank in the shopping center anchored by Stop & Shop. During the robbery, Peruggi displayed a note demanding cash to an employee, Suffolk County Police said. The teller c…

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by Kathy Reakes
Greenwich, CT
Police & Fire
Man Caught Attempting To Open Fraudulent Bank Account In Greenwich, Police Say Man Caught Attempting To Open Fraudulent Bank Account In Greenwich, Police Say
Man Caught Attempting To Open Fraudulent Bank Account In Greenwich, Police Say A 60-year-old man is facing multiple charges after police say he tried to open a fraudulent bank account in Greenwich. Greenwich Police say they responded to Chase Bank on Post Road on a report of a man attempting to open a fraudulent account on Thursday, Aug. 15 around 2:15 p.m. Officers responded and searched the area, but they were unable to locate the suspect, police say. Later that day, the suspect, identified as Jorge Lamarche, 60, of Fort Lee, New Jersey, confessed to the bank fraud at GPD Headquarters, according to police. Lamarche was charged with third-degree forgery, third-degr…

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by Valerie Musson
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Suspect At Large After Miller Place Bank Robbery Suspect At Large After Miller Place Bank Robbery
Suspect At Large After Miller Place Bank Robbery A suspect is at large after an afternoon bank robbery on Long Island. It happened at around 2:40 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 12 on Route 25A in Miller Place at the Chase Bank in the shopping center anchored by Stop & Shop. The suspect displayed a note demanding cash to an employee, Suffolk County Police said. The teller complied with the suspect’s demands and gave him cash from the drawer, said police. The suspect fled the bank on foot, west towards Miller Place road. The suspect is described as a white man in his late 20s to 30s, average height, medium build, wearing dark-rimmed gl…

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by Joe Lombardi
New City, NY
Police & Fire
Photos: Car Bursts Into Flames On Route 59 Photos: Car Bursts Into Flames On Route 59
Photos: Car Bursts Into Flames On Route 59 Temperatures continue to rise in the region, but things got a little too hot to handle for a driver and his daughter when his car suddenly burst into flames while he was driving in Rockland County. The Ramapo Police Department received a report at approximately 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17, from a motorist who stated that his car was on fire in the parking lot of Chase Bank on Route 59 in Monsey. Upon arrival, officers found a car fully engulfed in flames, prompting a further response from the Suffern Volunteer Fire Department and Monsey Fire Department, which was also dealing with a struct…

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by Zak Failla
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Mount Vernon Mayor Accuses Bank In Westchester Of Racial Profiling Mount Vernon Mayor Accuses Bank In Westchester Of Racial Profiling
Mount Vernon Mayor Accuses Bank In Westchester Of Racial Profiling Click here for an updated story: Chase Counters Claim Of Racial Profiling At White Plains Branch By Mount Vernon Mayor A mayor in Westchester is claiming he was the target of racial profiling for “banking while black” at a local Chase Bank in White Plains. Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas said that police were called to a JP Morgan Chase office on Westchester Avenue on Thursday, April 25, while he was waiting to see a bank official. According to an email from one of Thomas’ spokespeople, bank officials summoned the police on him, his chief of staff, and a Mount Vernon Police det…

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by Zak Failla
Armonk, NY
Police & Fire
Police: Woman Goes On Spending Spree After Finding Man's Wallet, Credit Cards In Westchester Police: Woman Goes On Spending Spree After Finding Man's Wallet, Credit Cards In Westchester
Police: Woman Goes On Spending Spree After Finding Man's Wallet, Credit Cards In Westchester Did you see anything? Police investigators are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to track down a woman who allegedly found a Westchester resident's wallet and promptly attempted to go on a spending spree using the stolen credit cards. Investigators received a report on Friday, March 29, from a local resident who stated that he believed he dropped his brown wallet in front of his Garth Road apartment in Scarsdale at approximately 2:15 p.m. The wallet contained a driver’s license, a Chase debit card, Capital One credit card and a Chase Hyatt Visa card. According to police, at a…

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by Zak Failla
New City, NY
Police & Fire
Suspect On Loose After Bank Robbery In Rockland Suspect On Loose After Bank Robbery In Rockland
Suspect On Loose After Bank Robbery In Rockland The FBI Safe Streets Task Force and the Ramapo Police Department are offering a reward for help identifying a bank robbery suspect.  Investigators say a man went into the Chase Bank in Ramapo, on Jan. 24, demanded money from the teller, and threatened to set off a box he claimed was filled with explosives, the FBI said. Investigators say the robber left with a large number of new $2 bills with sequential serial numbers.  Surveillance photos show the suspect drove off in a dark gray or black 2015-2018 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad-Cab truck.  The black vehicle the robber used in the getaway.FBI …

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by Kathy Reakes
Monsey, NY
Police & Fire
Suspect On Loose After Chase Bank Robbery In Pomona Shopping Center Suspect On Loose After Chase Bank Robbery In Pomona Shopping Center
Suspect On Loose After Chase Bank Robbery In Pomona Shopping Center Ramapo Police are working jointly with the FBI to investigate a robbery at the Chase Bank in Pomona. The incident took place Thursday afternoon, Jan. 24 around 5 p.m., at the bank located in the Pacesetter Shopping Center on Route 202. Ramapo police are not releasing any information except to say the center is open and businesses are accessible except the Chase Bank. The Chase ATM is available, police said. The suspect fled the area. No injuries were reported. 

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by Kathy Reakes
Teaneck, NJ
Police & Fire
SWAT Team Removes Barricaded Teaneck Auto Detailer From Home SWAT Team Removes Barricaded Teaneck Auto Detailer From Home
SWAT Team Removes Barricaded Teaneck Auto Detailer From Home A SWAT team stormed a Teaneck home early Saturday afternoon and seized a 72-year-old auto detailer who's had trouble before with the law. John Heywang barricaded himself in the Ogden Avenue home after Bergen County sheriff's officers went there Saturday morning to execute a removal order, law enforcement sources said. "What began as a civil eviction became a welfare check after there was no answer at the door," Sheriff Anthony Cureton said.  Officers determined that Heywang was inside but wasn't answering the door, Cureton said.  So reinforcements were called in. After 90 minut…

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by Jerry DeMarco