$2.3 million negligence win for Rockland widower against Dr. Oz-endorsed lipo-surgeon

NY POST A Rockland County widower won a $2.3 million settlement against a “Dr. Oz”-endorsed Manhattan plastic surgeon after his young wife and the mother of his two children died following a liposuction procedure. Even though Stanford University-trained Dr. Sharon Giese worked with the Food and Drug Administration’s liposuction safety squad, her 32-year-old patient Adriana […]

DAY AND ZEBROWSKI PROMOTE HEPATITIS C AWARENESS MONTH

COUNTY PRESS RELEASE NEW CITY, NY — In recognition of Hepatitis Awareness Month, Rockland County Executive Ed Day, State Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski and Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert today called on all local Baby Boomers – the generation born from 1945 through 1965 – to get a one-time test for the Hepatitis C virus.  […]

Stony Point Blotter: Man arrested for harassment, woman faces drug and other charges

Stony Point Blotter: Man arrested for harassment, woman faces drug and other charges

  Emerenciano DeFrank, 30-years-old, resident of Georgian Dr. in Stony Point, was charged Monday with criminal contempt in the second degree (two counts) and harassment in the second degree. Stony Point Police said the defendant harassed an ex-girlfriend, violating an Order of Protection. The defendant was arrested, processed and remanded to the Rockland County Correctional Facility in […]

2 DWIs reported in Clarkstown

FROM CPD  The Clarkstown Police Department made two DWI arrests in separate incidents over the weekend. On Friday May 9, 2014 at approximately 10:30 a.m., the Clarkstown Police Department responded to a report of a one car accident at Ridge Road and Caesar Court in Congers. The motorist, Glenn Carlson, 50, of Valley Cottage was […]