Six years in stir for local pusherman Emmanuel “Dough Boy” Quezada, age 29, of 145 Broadway, Haverstraw, was sentenced to six years in state prison this week by Rockland County Court Judge William K. Nelson. He pled guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the 3rd degree after being found with 10 ounces […]
BY DIANE DIMOND If you follow the news, you’ve heard that violent crime rates are down all across the country. I know it is hard to believe after news of mass shootings in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., and the current murder spree in Chicago, but facts are facts. The instances of crime have been […]
Statement from Help Rescue Our Children In response to the guilty plea of Moshe (Moishe) Turner (of Monsey) last Friday, Jan. 18, Help Rescue Our Children (HROC), an Orthodox Jewish children’s advocacy organization, released the following statement by HROC founder, Rabbi Noson S. Leiter: “We thank the Ramapo Police once again for the painstaking and […]
After a series of religious Jews charged with sex abuse crimes evaded prison time, law enforcement finally appears to be turning the corner in the effort to provide equal protection to children of the community. David Kohn of Monsey pled guilty on Monday of performing oral sex on a then 12-year-old girl who was friends […]
PRESS RELEASE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe and Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef announced on Wednesday that two Village of Nyack store owners and several clerks have been charged in connection with the fraudulent use of the Supplemental Nutritional Aid Program (SNAP), more commonly known as food stamps. District Attorney Zugibe said, […]
On Friday night, January 4, around 8:15 p.m. a SWAT team raided an address at the Barnaby Square Co Ops on Main Street in Garnerville, a witness reported to the Rockland County Times. Haverstraw Police confirmed the tip, and that drugs were part of the arrest, but Lt. Martin Lund said the department could not […]