COLUMN BY DIANE DIMOND It’s clearly time to bring back firing squads. If we’re going to keep carrying out the death penalty in this country and if we are going to continue to grandly insist that they are “humane executions” then only a return to a firing squad will insure a speedy and relatively pain-free […]
On April 30, 2014 the Stony Point Police Department announced the following arrests: Marisel Rodriguez-Lopez, a 22 y/o female of # 99 West Main St. Apt. 3, Stony Point, N.Y. was arrested on 4/27/14 for Unlawful Possession of Marihuana. The defendant was arrested after a vehicle and traffic stop revealed that she was in possession […]
Nelson L. Sierra, 36, of West Haverstraw and Santos E. Alvarado, 37, of West Palm Beach Florida, were arrested on Friday arrested on drug and other charges following a routine traffic stop. On Route 9W in Nyack, 4:26 p.m. Friday afternoon an Orangetown Police Officer stopped a 2003 Honda Accord driven by Sierra for a […]
DA’S REPORT Vikas Jagota (DOB 08/16/76) of 28 Butternut Drive, New City, New York was sentenced to seven years in state prison following a jury trial that found him guilty of second degree assault, a class “D” felony, once count of “abortion” in the second degree, a class “E” felony, one count each of endangering the […]
William Rapfogel and David Cohen admit to decades of theft from NYC charity PRESS RELEASE FROM AG’S OFFICE NEW YORK – New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli on Friday announced the guilty pleas of William Rapfogel, former executive director and chief executive officer of the […]
Clarkstown, NY- On April 12, 2014, State Police in Tarrytown were patrolling I-87 in the Town of Clarkstown, Rockland County, when they pulled over a green Geo Metro for a moving violation. Troopers interviewed the driver, Alicia M. Jones, 27, of Catskill, NY, and discovered she had 14 suspensions on her license. The passenger, identified as Harkeim A. […]