The victim was a 78-year-old man living in a senior assisted living complex in Pearl River, according to prosecutors.
The thefts took place from December 2022 to August 2023, at a senior assisted living complex in Rockland County.
He tried to flee, but heavy traffic stymied his plan, allowing troopers to speak to him and detect an alcohol odor, police said.
A 41-year-old from Pearl River was arrested and charged with first degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
The first is apparently widespread. The second has only been reported once - so far.
He is the second Rockland resident in the last week to be accused of similar past crimes in Bergen County.
Scammers are inventive, resourceful and persistent. The best defense is to be aware of the methods they use, O&R officials said.
Requesting gift cards as payment has become increasingly popular with thieves, says one utility company.
A West Haverstraw man is accused of killing a Nanuet resident and of soliciting child porn while in the Rockland County jail.
He and a woman were injured in an incident Sunday morning.
A contractor handed off cash-stuffed envelopes in restaurant bathrooms in the scheme involving 11 union officials, prosecutors said.
He is being held pending removal proceedings, officials said.
Authorities said a dog was killed in the fire, but no humans were injured.
Police are asking witnesses to call them if they can provide information.
Family members concerned about bags of feces found on the grave had put up a surveillance camera, they told News 12.
This is about the loved ones of victims of murder.
He was taken to the hospital with multiple stab wounds, prosecutors said.
Federal, county and local law enforcement were part of the investigation.
Prosecutors alleged he thought he was organizing a get-together with a 13-year-old.
Ask to see a company identification card, and if none is produced lock your door and call the police, O&R officials said.
He was arrested late Wednesday after an investigation by the Orangetown Police Department's detective bureau.
He faces federal charges, the FBI announced.
It happened in the afternoon.
The Orangetown PD is looking for a suspect who is believed to have approached a Pearl River 10-year-old in front of his house.
For 7 months, he sent threats such as "I'm going to stick you in an oven" to a woman he met through his mother.
Please know that I speak for no one and I speak with no permission or approval.
They broke the glass front door at 4 a.m.
Both men who sexually assaulted and killed a Pearl River girl in 1980 have now been paroled.
A story about how States are making paroles easier for murderers.
Family and friends fought for 40 years to keep him jailed.
They are accused of vandalizing structures along the CSX route, police said.
They ask anyone with information to reach out.
Footage from several Ring cameras showed a man trying door handles and stealing from cars in Orangeburg.
She crashed in Rockland County, New York State police said.
Calls came to police and the TIP411 hotline about open-air drug transactions, law enforcement officials said.
A Rockland resident faces murder, assault and weapons charges over the fight at the venue, which has had its liquor license suspended.
Officials said there were about 100 people drinking and dancing in the shuttered restaurant when the fight broke out.
State police say he was going 101 mph.
One of the cases involves a reported kidnapping and the other involves a connection made at a local church, prosecutors said.
A big fight took place Saturday night in what used to be the Oiso restaurant on Route 303, Orangetown police said.