CRIME & SAFETY
Man accused in Rockland stabbing suffers from mental illness, lawyer says
NEW CITY, N.Y. -- CBS New York has learned more about the victim and the suspect in last week's attack on a man outside his Rockland County home.The victim's injuries are far more serious than first known.On Tuesday, the family of the suspect spoke out through an attorney about his struggle with mental illness.Elijah Dean was a top student-athlete at Spring Valley High School in 2018 who went on to play football at Western Connecticut State University before leaving school in 2020.Now, Dean, 23, is charged with attempted murder, accused of viciously stabbing a man in the driveway of a...
Man Shoots, Kills Cab Driver Moments After End Of Shift In Westchester: Here's His Sentence
A man will spend decades in prison for fatally shooting a cab driver in Westchester during a robbery right after the victim's work shift ended, officials announced. Covington, Virginia resident Percell Ross Blakely, age 54, was sentenced to 20 years to life in state prison for the Oc…
Synagogue destroyed Wednesday had permits from Pomona
A synagogue was destroyed by a major fire Wednesday morning in the village of Pomona, leaving high holy artifacts burned in its wake. Hillcrest Fire Company Capt. Corey Martin said the fire broke out at around 5:30 a.m. at 34 North Ridge Road in Pomona, which is unofficially listed as a synagogue called...
Man, 20, Charged With Manslaughter In Clarkstown Crash
Valentino Merceda, age 20, of Clifton, New Jersey, was arrested Saturday, April 13, by New York State Police in connection with a fatal crash a year earlier on the Palisades Parkway in Rockland County in Clarkstown. According to Trooper Steven Nevel, on Thursday, April 13, 2023, at 9:45 p.m., troopers...
'I survived you': Ramapo College kidnapping victim confronts defendant at sentencing
HACKENSACK — A young woman told the man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping her that she is no longer a victim when she confronted him at his sentencing on Monday. With her family and friends at her back, Alexis Ruhlen read her victim impact statement to the court, describing her harrowing experience as Pawel Sliwinski, her boyfriend of two years, kidnapped her at knifepoint from the Ramapo College of New Jersey campus on Oct. 13, 2022.
Inmate Beaten Passaic Jail Blind Spot Lorenzo Bowden Urine
Officer Lorenzo Bowden, 39, initially agreed with Sgt. Jose Gonzalez and Sgt. Donald Vinales not to talk after they'd received federal grand jury subpoenas two years ago this month, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. Bowden eventually had a change of heart. The pretrial detainee was "transported through an area of...
17-Year-Old Stabs Teen At White Plains Gas Station: Police
The teenager, whose name was not released, was arrested on Thursday, April 18 in connection with a stabbing that happened at a Mobil gas station in White Plains at 1237 Mamaroneck Ave. on Friday, April 5, White Plains Police announced. According to the department, on the day of the incident...
Monroe police they have person of interest in nearly 50-year-old cold case
"We believe a juvenile known to Renee committed this crime. We are appealing to the suspect or his family to come forward at this time with even the smallest pieces of information. We are confident they know more than has been disclosed over the past several years," said Monroe Police Chief Keith White.
Volunteers scramble to rescue Torah scrolls buried in rubble after NY synagogue burns down: ‘It was a sad sight’
Volunteers scrambled to rescue three sacred Torah scrolls buried beneath the rubble of their destroyed synagogue after it burned down in upstate New York this week, according to new reports. Members of a volunteer safety patrol ran into the charred remains to dig out a safe containing the holy texts after Rockland County firefighters put out the flames that engulfed the Chassidim of the Heights temple on Wednesday, CBS News reported. The group spent more than an hour freeing the safe, cutting it with a buzzsaw and prying it open with crowbars to reach the holy scrolls and secure them...
19-Year-Old Attacked By Over 15 People In New Rochelle
The incident happened on Monday, April 15 just before 8 p.m. at 361 Main St. (Route 1) in New Rochelle, where officers found a 19-year-old victim on the ground with multiple contusions to his face, according to New Rochelle Police Captain J. Collins Coyne. The victim was then taken to...
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