A Rockland grand jury on Wednesday1/30/2013 indicted a 66-year-old Riad Dib on murder charge in the brutal death of his estranged girlfriend Cecile Garbarino, 68, who was severely beaten with a thick-heeled shoe. Dib, a squat man from Syria with a grayish mustache, is to be arraigned Thursday on a… Read More →
The Rockland Sheriff’s Office will offer free firearm locks for county residents who possess firearms. Starting Friday, the Sheriff’s Police Division will begin to disseminate firearms cable locks. • These cable locks will be provided to Rockland residents free-of-charge, on a first come, first received basis. • In an effort… Read More →
U.S. senators Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Mark Kirk, R-Ill., will introduce their bipartisan gun trafficking legislation Wednesday to crack down on the daily flow of illegal guns on our nation’s streets. The Gillibrand-Kirk Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013 will for the first time make gun trafficking a federal crime… Read More →
A Spring Valley-based community organization will mark “Black History Month” in February with four weekly programs offering educational messages for young people. Advocating for Change will promote the African-American experience every Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Spring Valley Commons community room. “This is our 12th year and… Read More →
A veteran Clarkstown police officer has resigned rather than challenge potential departmental accusations that he filed for several hours of overtime and didn’t work the hours, authorities confirmed. William “Bill” Sherwood, a decorated officer for more than a decade, filed for routine overtime of four hours allowed for a scheduled… Read More →
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, at the request of New York state, has approved a 14-day extension of the Transitional Sheltering Assistance program in the state and a 30-day extension for the Individual Assistance program, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The extension allows eligible survivors of Superstorm Sandy last October to… Read More →
The area’s leading realtors’ group has announced its new leadership team. Katheryn DeClerck, associate broker with Better Homes and Gardens Rand in Warwick, will serve as the 2013 president of the Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS® (HGAR), while Russ Woolley, owner and principal broker of Wright Bros. Real Estate in… Read More →
SPRING VALLEY — A 43-year-old Connecticut man has been charged with the gunpoint robbery of a village convenience store and is suspected of robbing a deli 12 hours earlier in late November, police said Tuesday. After an investigation aided by surveillance video, police charged Tony Curtis Hunt with one count… Read More →
Rene Charles’ four children appeared to listen intently as Daniel Jean-Baptiste admitted Monday in Rockland County Court in New City that he helped orchestrate the 1994 killing of their father, who was shot multiple times in the driveway of their Spring Valley home. Jean-Baptiste, 69, faces 12 years in state… Read More →
