CRIME & SAFETY
Man Jumps From Bear Mountain Bridge
The incident occurred around 6:40 a.m., Friday, Nov. 24 closest to the Rockland County side. According to Trooper AJ Hicks of the New York State Police, the man left his vehicle and walked up the bridge and jumped. Westchester County Marine Patrol responded along with the State Police Marine Unit...
24-Year-Old Stabs Brother-In-Law At Hillcrest Party In Front Of Police, Cops Say
The incident took place in Rockland County in the Hillcrest section of Ramapo on Sunday, Nov. 26 on Bonnie Court. According to Det. Sgt. Michael Higgins of the Ramapo Police, officers were attempting to get a large birthday party that was still going from the night before under control with multiple intoxicated attendees when a fight broke out between brother-in-laws.
Hudson Valley Man Admits To Killing Missing Upstate New York Man
A lower Hudson Valley man admitted to killing a man who went missing from the Mid-Hudson Region. Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced that 65-year-old Joseph Janulewicz of West Nyack, New York pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter. Rockland County Man Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter of...
Body Of Missing 22-Year-Old Man Pulled From River In Westchester
Authorities in Westchester are investigating the death of a 22-year-old man whose body was found in a river days after he had been reported missing, police said. New, updated report: West Harrison Man Pulled From River Remembered As 'Loving Son, Brother, Friend'Jan Carlos Yepes-Perafan, age 2…
Traffic Alert: Law Enforcement Activities To Close Busy Rockland County Roadway
The New York State Department of Transportation is advising Rockland County drivers to expect Route 303 to close in both directions between Bradley Parkway in the Town of Orangetown and Route 59 in the Town of Clarkstown, on Wednesday, Nov. 29, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Motorists should anticipate...
Fatal Shooting Leads to Multi-Car Crash in New City, Child Injured
• A 38-year-old man was killed and a child injured in a shooting and subsequent car crash in the New City neighborhood. • The man was driving when he was shot in the armpit, causing him to crash into multiple cars and overturn his vehicle.
20-Year-Old Stony Point Man Nabbed For Stealing Motorcycle, Police Say
Rockland County resident William Scott of Stony Point, was turned over to Stony Point Police by the Clarkstown Police Department on Friday, Nov. 24 on an active warrant. According to Lt. Gregory Becker of the Stony Point Police, Scott was wanted for stealing the motorcycle earlier this year. He was...
Wire Theft Arrest Made After Former Longtime Paramus Boro Employee Is Caught On Camera: Police
The northbound Route 17 site had copper wire stolen twice when the new layer of security was added, Paramus Police Robert Guidetti said. Following a third break-in on Monday, Nov. 27, Detective Nicholas Luciano responded and reviewed the video. It showed a man smashing the padlock off a storage room...
Beloved Scarsdale, N.Y. attorneys killed in Connecticut car crash
SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- There is heartbreak across the Tri-State Area after the tragic deaths of two attorneys.The married couple had ties to New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. They died on Thanksgiving in a crash that critically injured their three children.In the Westchester County town of Scarsdale, renovations were underway to turn a house into a dream home for the family of five. That is, until a nightmare accident claimed the lives of Toby and Brooke Cohen."It sounded like an explosion almost, and then we heard the sirens and saw the lights. We walked over there and it was just...
PIP Fatal: Rollover Crash On NJ Side Kills Rockland Driver, 61
Tenafly firefighters extricated Aron Yishai Unger, 61, of Spring Valley following the single-vehicle crash between Exits 1 and 2 of the southbound Parkway shortly before 2 p.m. A medical chopper was summoned and then canceled. Members of Bergen Hatzalah conducted CPR while rushing the driver to Englewood Hospital and Medical...
Woman Charged with Alleged Assault of Toddler Daughter, Allegedly Drugged Child with Seizure Medication
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Monday, Nov. 27, that a Bronx woman has been charged with assault and reckless endangerment for allegedly deliberately giving her 3-year-old daughter anti-seizure medication the child did not require. In the context of the announcement, Clark said, “The defendant allegedly caused her...
NYC couple had ‘paint and sip’ date hours before fatal stabbing – and cops eyeing teen son as suspected killer
The Bronx couple slain along with their 5-year-old boy were on a “paint and sip” date night hours before they were butchered — and cops are eyeing the man’s teen son as a person of interest in the grisly triple stabbing, law enforcement sources said Monday. The sources said the 19-year-old son of victim Jonathan Rivera checked into the Westchester County Medical Center in Valhalla following the murders. The upstate college student has not been named by authorities and has not been charged in the slayings that left friends and relatives grappling for answer Monday. “What happened to them doesn’t make any sense,” family friend Eusebio Baez...