Tuesday, May 22, 2012
29-year-old stopped by Stony Point police for traffic violations.
A Nyack woman faces drunken driving and drug charges after she was stopped for traffic violations, according to Stony Point police. Kristen M. Welsh, 29, of 37 New St., was stopped by a town officer on Thursday. Police said Welsh was found to be intoxicated and in possession of marijuana and assorted other drugs. She was charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, unlawful possession of marijuana, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, and also issued traffic tickets. Welsh was released pending a June 21 hearing in Stony Point Town Court.
Monday, May 21, 2012
The annual Law Enforcement Memorial Service was held Sunday.
Alexia Conklin-Cole never met her Uncle Jason, but she certainly knows a lot about him, specifically that he loved Snoopy and practical jokes, one of which that’s famous in the family and resulted in someone being pushed into mud. Alexia, nine, of Monroe, never got to meet her uncle because Jason Conklin died 15 years ago. The Tuxedo Police Officer was 22 years old. On Sunday, Alexia was at the Rockland County Courthouse in New City to remember her uncle, along with her mother, Stephanie Conklin-Cole, and Jason’s sister, and her parents, Sandy and Jake Conklin. They were one of many families honoring a lost loved one at the courthouse on Sunday at the annual Law Enforcement Memorial Service. For Jason Conklin’s family, this was the 14th …
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Officials: Stop work order issued; renovation being done without permits, OSHA investigating workplace violations. Firefighters, workers exposed to asbestos.
The Village of Spring Valley has issued a stop work order at the old Spring Valley High School, where officials said renovation work being done without permits led to the collapse of a mezzanine in the auditorium and a worker being briefly trapped in the rubble. Although two workers suffered only minor injures in the collapse at the building, now the site of the United Talmudical Academy, officials said workers and emergency personnel were exposed to asbestos inside the building. Spring Valley Fire Department Capt. Ray Canario said that all of his departments volunteers who were in the building on Friday to investigate the collapse had to turn in their firefighting "bunker gear" so it could be bagged and stored in a secure area to be …
The week of May 13, 2012
A video recap of the week's major happenings.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Explosion destroyed one home, damaged others.
A Westchester contractor cited for a construction error that led to a natural gas explosion that destroyed one West Haverstraw home and damaged others pleaded guilty today to reckless endangerment. Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe also said the contracting company itself, FGC Communications, has pleaded guilty to first-degree assault. “This incident is particularly disturbing because it could have been prevented," Zubige said. "By violating applicable regulations and industry standards, these defendants nearly caused the deaths of four people and left several families homeless. Their careless and short-sighted decisions had the potential to cause serious loss of life.” Fidel Padilla, 53, of 97 Croton Ave., Cortlandt Manor, …
Police: Attacker being held in the county jail on $25,000 bail
An argument between two men on Piermont Avenue in Nyack led to a man being stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle, according to Orangetown police. A 41-year-old man is being held in the Rockland County Correctional Facility in New City on $25,000 bail and the victim is recovering following the 7 p.m. Wednesday incident. Police said town officers found the victim at 37 Piermont Ave., lying on the ground and covered with blood from a laceration on the neck. Police applied pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding until volunteers from the Nyack Community Ambulance Corps and members of Rockland Paramedics arrived to provide additional treatment and take the victim to Nyack Hospital. Orangetown detectives interviewed the victim, who said …
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
D.A.: Social Security checks continued to be deposited for months after girlfriend's death.
A Suffern man is accused of raiding his live-in girlfriend's bank account for months after her death, according to Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe. The theft was discovered by the Social Security Administration, which referred the investigation to the United States Secret Service. The Secret Service collaborated with the Rockland County Special Investigations Unit in making the arrest of James Waldorn, 64, of 155 Lafayette Ave., Suffern. Waldorn is accused of third-degree grand larceny and was arraigned today in the Ramapo Town Court before Judge Alan Simon. Waldorn was released pending a May 29 hearing. Zugibe said Waldorn's girlfriend, Gail Zavada, died in October 2010, however, Social Security benefit checks continued to…
A roundup of Hudson Valley headlines for Thursday, May 17, 2012
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Kennedy died of an apparent suicide.
Updated, Noon, Thursday The Westchester County Medical Examiner's office released a statement Thursday afternoon saying Mary Kennedy's cause of death was asphyxiation due to hanging. Updated, 9 a.m. Thursday The New York Times is reporting that Kennedy's body was found hanging in a barn behind their home and that authorities who responded to the scene had attempted to cut her down and revive her. Kennedy apparently left a note. Authorities have not released a cause of death and an autopsy is scheduled for this morning. First story: Mary Kennedy, the 52-year-old estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was found dead in her Bedford home Wednesday. The Kennedy, Jr. family released a statement to the press Wednesday evening: "Mary inspired …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Citgo station on Palisades parkway held up by gunman this morning, Shell station in Central Nyack robbed on Monday.
Police are investigating a possible connection between an armed robbery at a Central Nyack gas station on Monday and a robbery this morning at the gas station on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Orangetown. State Police at the Haverstraw barracks said that the clerk at the Citgo station on the parkway was robbed at gunpoint at about 1 a.m. The description of the gunman, who fled from the gas station on foot, is similar to that of the man who held up the Shell station on Route 59 at 2:48 a.m. Monday. In the first incident, the gunmen got away with $800 cash, and the clerk was not injured. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken in the parkway incident. Photos from security cameras distributed by Clarkstown police and State Police both …
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