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Marriage's End Triggers Mahwah SWAT Standoff
Fortunately, they weren't needed. The woman went to police headquarters early Tuesday afternoon, April 23, concerned over her husband's response when she said she was leaving him, responders said. A quick check determined that there are weapons in the home in the northeast section known as Cragmere near the Rockland...
Biden campaign reports blockbuster fundraising hauls ahead of visit
Newly-released campaign filings closely reviewed by the Turn To Tara team provide a revealing snapshot of how things are shaping up financially for both Joe Biden and Donald Trump as the general election comes into view.
Third-Prize Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In Suffern
According to New York Lottery officials, the Powerball ticket for the Monday, April 22 game was sold in Rockland County at the M&M Super Shoppe at 104 Lafayette Ave., in Suffern. The winning numbers for the game were 12-16-33-39-52 and a Powerball of 1. No word yet on who the...
Spring Valley man convicted for violating order of protection and resisting arrest
Authorities responded to a call reporting the disturbance, where they discovered a woman with injuries and Michael McCutchen present inside the residence, in violation of a court-issued order of protection.
Spring Valley Apartment Fire Injures 2, 50 Left Homeless
The blaze occurred in Rockland County around 9:30 p.m., Monday, April 22, at the Surrey Carlton Apartments on Ewing Avenue in Spring Valley. According to the Spring Valley Police and Mark Lieb of Rockland Video Productions, officers found a fire with heavy flames and smoke coming from the living room of a top-floor apartment.
Sushi, stress and spring
"So you mean to tell me a stress ball isn’t for throwing at people who stress you out?" — Unknown. This cold weather (and rain!) are getting to me. I want a real spring, not just days of teasers! I'm still in chili and soup mode as opposed to where I SHOULD be — in salad and rosé wine country!
NJ Instagram influencer Jay Mazini sentenced to seven years for $8 million fraud scheme
Bergen County Instagram influencer Jebara Igbara, also known as “Jay Mazini,” was sentenced on Wednesday to seven years in prison for a fraud scheme that netted $8 million, authorities announced. District Judge Frederic Block in Brooklyn sentenced Igbara, 28, of Edgewater, to 84 months in prison for wire...
NY weather update: Orange and Putnam counties under a freeze warning until Thursday morning
An updated freeze warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 4:23 a.m. in effect until 9 a.m. for Orange and Putnam counties. The weather service states, "Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 degrees." "Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage...
Fugitive Duo Caught On Mundy Lane In Mount Vernon: Police
The arrests of Dion Johnson, age 38, and Yolanda Lower, age 46, who were both wanted in connection with a stabbing in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were announced by the Westchester County Police Department on Monday, April 22. According to the department, the events leading up to the arrests began when authorities...
Good behavior no longer matters at Bedford Hills Correctional
As the cell doors opened at about noon on Thursday, February 22, 2024, the women of the Earned Housing Unit (EHU) at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility were called into the bay room for a mandatory meeting with Superintendent Eileen Gonzalez-Russell. Once everyone was gathered, the Superintendent told us that the EHU would cease to exist at the end of the meeting, and we were deemed general population effective immediately. The news hit us hard. Every one of us had spent years striving to earn a spot on this unit, which allows incarcerated individuals extra privileges and a quieter, cleaner, more pleasant community living situation. Now everything we had worked for was being taken away—with no notice, and no reason beyond “we need the space.”
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