Hit-Run Driver Nabbed After Crashing Into Parked Car, Pole In Rockland, Police Say
A hit-and-run driver in Rockland County was neither quick enough, nor smart enough to avoid police after striking a parked car and crashing into a utility pole.
Officers from the Ramapo Police Department responded to a report of a driver who struck a parked car in Airmont and proceeded to speed away from the scene.
The driver, whose name was not released, continued on to Campbell Avenue in Airmont, when he struck a utility pole, totaled his car, and fled from the scene on foot.
According to police, though he wasn’t caught at the scene, the driver left behind identifying information in the…
Suspect Apprehended After Mother, Daughter Found Shot, Killed In Area Residence
A suspect has been apprehended after a mother and her daughter were found shot to death at an area residence early last week.
The incident took place in Rockland County in a cottage in the rear of 104 Lake Road in Valley Cottage on Tuesday, May 26.
The two, 63-year-old Wanda Castor and 27-year-old Kathleen Castor, both of Valley Cottage, were found with what appeared to be gunshot wounds, said Clarkstown Police Chief Ray McCullagh.
An infant child was found unhurt in the residence with no visible injuries, McCullagh said. The baby, Anastasia, the child of…
ID Released For Rockland Man, 56, Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash
Police have released the identity of a 56-year-old man killed during a single-vehicle crash in a wooded area.
Rockland County resident Erol Belizaire, of Wesley Hills, was killed around 4:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 12, during the crash, which happened in Rockland County in New Hempstead, on Grandview Avenue, said Ramapo Police Det Sgt. Michael Higgins.
Belizaire was driving a 2003 Subaru Outback while on his way to work when a possible medical event caused the vehicle to leave the roadway, Higgins said.
The vehicle then hit a tree on the opposite side of the road, he added.
Higgins said inves…
Rockland Man, 56, Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash
A 56-year-old man was killed during a single-vehicle crash in a wooded area.
The crash happened in Rockland County on Grandview Avenue, just west of Union Road, in New Hempstead, was reported to Ramapo Police around 9:21 a.m., Tuesday, May 12.
Responding officers discovered a Wesley Hills man dead inside the vehicle, said the Ramapo Police.
The crash, which closed Grandview Avenue for more than four hours, is under investigation.
A Wesley Hills man was killed during a single-vehicle crash in New Hempstead.Ramapo Police Department
Ramapo Police provided few details, and are awaiting in…
24-Year-Old Sentenced For Stabbing Death Of Another Rockland Man
A 24-year-old Rockland man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for the brutal stabbing death of another man during an argument.
Jose Alejandro Icu-Madrid, of Spring Valley, was sentenced on Tuesday, Feb. 4, for the death of Jairo Danilo Sandoval del Cid, on Feb. 20, 2019, said Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh, II.
Ramapo Police Chief Brad Weidel said at the time of the murder, that police received a 911 call regarding a dispute at a home on Northbrook Road and that "someone was bleeding," the chief said.
When officers arrived on the scene, they found S…
