Monsey, NY
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Rockland County Sheriff Issues Alert For Man Wanted On Family Court Warrant Rockland County Sheriff Issues Alert For Man Wanted On Family Court Warrant Rockland County Sheriff Issues Alert For Man Wanted On Family Court Warrant
Rockland County Sheriff Issues Alert For Man Wanted On Family Court Warrant Seen him? The Rockland County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to track down a man wanted on an active Family Court warrant. According to police, Jeffrey Thomas, 29, has a last known address in Spring Valley, though the Detective Bureau “has received information indicating that Thomas no longer lives at aforementioned (address).” Thomas also has an active bench warrant out for his arrest from the Village of Spring Valley Police Department. Investigators described Thomas as 6-foot, weighing approximately 230 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone…

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by Zak Failla
New City, NY
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Man Driving Drunk On Route 45 In Rockland Had Child In Vehicle, Rockland Sheriff Says Man Driving Drunk On Route 45 In Rockland Had Child In Vehicle, Rockland Sheriff Says Man Driving Drunk On Route 45 In Rockland Had Child In Vehicle, Rockland Sheriff Says
Man Driving Drunk On Route 45 In Rockland Had Child In Vehicle, Rockland Sheriff Says A Rockland County man is facing multiple charges after being busted driving with a blood alcohol content more than double the legal limit with a child in the car, Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco announced. A member of the Sheriff’s Office on patrol at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 9, stopped Spring Valley resident Ismael Roldan-Zuniga, 29, on Route 45 when he made a traffic violation in New Hempstead. According to Falco, during the traffic stop, the patrol officer determined that Roldan-Zuniga was intoxicated with a passenger under the age of 16 in the vehicle. Roldan-Zuniga…

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by Zak Failla
New City, NY
Obituaries
Former Rockland Sheriff Thomas Goldrick Dies Former Rockland Sheriff Thomas Goldrick Dies Former Rockland Sheriff Thomas Goldrick Dies
Former Rockland Sheriff Thomas Goldrick Dies Former Rockland County Sheriff Thomas J. Goldrick, known as the "Singing Sheriff,"  has died at the age of 93.  Goldrick, who served as Sheriff from 1982 to 1991, is known for leading the department through some of its most difficult years including the trials of the Brinks robbery defendants, which had a significant impact on Rockland County, said the Rockland County Sheriff's Office. Goldrick had previously served for 22 years with the NYPD., before becoming a professor in 1968 in a newly developed program in Criminal Justice at Rockland Community C…

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by Kathy Reakes
New City, NY
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Taxi Driver Drove With Children In Vehicle While High On Drugs, Rockland Sheriff Says Taxi Driver Drove With Children In Vehicle While High On Drugs, Rockland Sheriff Says Taxi Driver Drove With Children In Vehicle While High On Drugs, Rockland Sheriff Says
Taxi Driver Drove With Children In Vehicle While High On Drugs, Rockland Sheriff Says A taxi driver from Haverstraw was nabbed for alleged DWAI/Drugs under “Leandra’s Law” for transporting two children while under the influence, said the Rockland County Sheriff's Office. Moises Esteves, 36, was arrested around 9:12 p.m., Friday, May 10, after being stopped by police while working as a driver for America Latina Taxi of Spring Valley, said Rockland County Sheriff's Lt. John Murphy. Esteves was stopped for having a suspended vehicle registration on Pomona Road in the town of Ramapo, Murphy said. While interviewing Esteves, deputies determined that he was driving unde…

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by Kathy Reakes
Monsey, NY
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Spring Valley Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT Team, Prosecutor Says Spring Valley Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT Team, Prosecutor Says Spring Valley Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT Team, Prosecutor Says
Spring Valley Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT Team, Prosecutor Says An unemployed Spring Valley man called in a bogus report of an active shooter at a Bergen County home, bringing a SWAT team, among other responders, said authorities who took him into custody. Austin Parks, 48, was already in the Rockland County Jail in connection with another arrest when investigators identified him, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Wednesday. Parks used technology to block his number when he made the April 17 call, claiming there was an active shooter at a residence in Park Ridge, Calo said. Detectives from the prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit and Park Ridg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Bergen Prosecutor: Rockland Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT To Park Ridge Bergen Prosecutor: Rockland Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT To Park Ridge Bergen Prosecutor: Rockland Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT To Park Ridge
Bergen Prosecutor: Rockland Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT To Park Ridge UPDATE (MAY 8, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bran…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
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Suspect Nabbed With Help Of Witnesses Following Rockland Stabbing Suspect Nabbed With Help Of Witnesses Following Rockland Stabbing Suspect Nabbed With Help Of Witnesses Following Rockland Stabbing
Suspect Nabbed With Help Of Witnesses Following Rockland Stabbing A man who attempted to elude police after allegedly stabbing a woman multiple times was nabbed by police with the help of witnesses. The stabbing was uncovered around 11:20 a.m., Monday, April 29, when the Haverstraw Police responded to the parking at 35 South Route 9W in West Haverstraw for a reporting of an assault in progress, said Haverstraw Police Capt. Martin Lund. When police arrived on the scene they found a 24-year-old woman lying in the parking lot suffering from multiple stab wounds, said Lund. First aid was administered to the victim by first responding officers until EMS …

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by Kathy Reakes
Stony Point, NY
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Sex Offender Convicted Of Sexually Abusing Teen Reports Move From Jail Into Rockland Sex Offender Convicted Of Sexually Abusing Teen Reports Move From Jail Into Rockland Sex Offender Convicted Of Sexually Abusing Teen Reports Move From Jail Into Rockland
Sex Offender Convicted Of Sexually Abusing Teen Reports Move From Jail Into Rockland A registered sex offender convicted of having "deviate sexual intercourse" with a teenage girl has reported a move in Rockland County. The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services issued an alert this week to Rockland residents regarding the residency of 37-year-old Janvier Emmanuel, who has reported a move from the Rockland County Jail to a residence on New Hempstead Road in New City. The Division of Criminal Justice Services has assigned Emmanuel as a level two threat, which means he is at "moderate risk of a repeat offense." According to the Division of Criminal Justice Serv…

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by Zak Failla
Stony Point, NY
Breaking News
Rockland County Sheriff's Office Issues Alert For Wanted Man Rockland County Sheriff's Office Issues Alert For Wanted Man Rockland County Sheriff's Office Issues Alert For Wanted Man
Rockland County Sheriff's Office Issues Alert For Wanted Man Have you seen him? The Rockland County Sheriff’s Office has issued an alert for Armando Mendoza, who is wanted for failing to appear in court to respond to a DWI charge. Police described Mendoza, 32, as a 5-foot-7 Hispanic man with black hair and brown eyes. He is known to frequent the Spring Valley area, investigators noted. Anyone who recognizes Mendoza, or has information about his whereabouts has been asked to contact the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office Bureau of Criminal Investigation by calling (845) 638-5401.

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by Zak Failla
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
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K9 Officer Mac Joins Rockland Sheriff's Office By Way Of Hungary K9 Officer Mac Joins Rockland Sheriff's Office By Way Of Hungary K9 Officer Mac Joins Rockland Sheriff's Office By Way Of Hungary
K9 Officer Mac Joins Rockland Sheriff's Office By Way Of Hungary The Rockland County Sheriff's Office has welcomed a new officer to its K9 Unit -- K9 Mac. K9 Mac is an 18-month- old German Shepard from Hungary that Sheriff Louis Falco purchased using asset forfeiture funds. The new officer is named in remembrance of our department’s recent passing of Detective Al McMahon.  K9 Mac and his handler Officer Angelo Bragaglia will begin K9 Patrol School for the next 16 weeks beginning March 11. 

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by Kathy Reakes
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Five Arrested After Raid Of Westchester Fentanyl, Heroin Factory Five Arrested After Raid Of Westchester Fentanyl, Heroin Factory Five Arrested After Raid Of Westchester Fentanyl, Heroin Factory
Five Arrested After Raid Of Westchester Fentanyl, Heroin Factory This story has been updated. Five people were busted during a raid of a fentanyl and heroin factory in Westchester early Friday. The arrests took place around 10:30 a.m. Friday at a home on Euclid Avenue in Ardsley, said Drug Enforcement Administration spokeswoman Erin Mulvey. According to Mulvey, the DEA’s Tactical Diversion Squad executed a search warrant at the home where five people were arrested and approximately five kilograms of fentanyl and six kilograms of heroin were seized.  "The fentanyl alone has the potency to kill nearly over two million people…

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by Kathy Reakes
New City, NY
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Mother Killed After Man Intentionally Drives Car Into Family At 7-Eleven In Rockland Mother Killed After Man Intentionally Drives Car Into Family At 7-Eleven In Rockland Mother Killed After Man Intentionally Drives Car Into Family At 7-Eleven In Rockland
Mother Killed After Man Intentionally Drives Car Into Family At 7-Eleven In Rockland Click here for an updated story: New Charges After Man Plows Into Rockland Family, Killing Pregnant Mom A pregnant mother of six was killed by an allegedly irate man after he plowed his car into the family of eight twice outside a Rockland 7-Eleven immediately after the father asked the man not to smoke in front of the family's children. The incident took place around 1:50 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, when Jason Mendez, 35, of Washingtonville in Orange County, drove his vehicle into the family standing in front of the store located on North Central Highway in Garnerville, said the Have…

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by Kathy Reakes