A Stony Point man has been arrested and accused of strangling and beating his girlfriend last week. Stony Point Public Information Officer Lieutenant Daniel Schoales says 19 year-old Thomas Peragine is charged with Criminal Obstruction of Breathing, Assault, and Harassment stemming from an incident on Sunday, October 20th. Schoales says Stony Point Police officers conducted a welfare check a few days after the Haverstraw Police Department had reported another earlier incident. Schoales says Peragine got into an argument with his girlfriend, struck her several times with closed fists, and placed his hands around her neck making it difficult for her to breathe, resulting in several visible injuries. Peragine was arraigned in Stony Point Justice Court, sent to the Rockland County Jail on $2,500 bail and he is due back in court November 12th.
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Area Firefighters Deal with Brush Fire Blazes in Harriman State Park
A large brush fire over the weekend in Harriman State Park continued into Monday morning. Fire companies from Rockland, Orange and Bergen Counties were needed to extinguish flare-ups and for added containment efforts, and smoke conditions could be seen throughout the area. Ramapo supervisor Michael Specht told “The Morning Show” yesterday the smell of smoke came all the way down to Suffern…
Conditions continue to be favorable for brush fires, and if you’re outdoors, Rockland’s Director of Fire and Emergency Services Chris Kear says, you have to be careful…
A fire in Dutchess County also scorched acres of a mountainside in Pawling over the weekend, which again re-ignited Monday morning.
County Fire Officials Warn of Dry Conditions, Ideal for Potential Brush Fires
Without much significant rain lately the chance for brushfires is on the rise here in the Northeast. On Friday’s “Who Wants to be a Volunteer” program, Director of Fire and Emergency Services Chris Kear said it might be tempting to burn leaves or wood in a backyard firepit, but it can quickly get out of hand, as it almost did in Nanuet last week…
Meanwhile, New York’s governor Friday announced $25 million in grants to help fund the state’s volunteer firefighters. Governor Kathy Hochul says the money will help improve facilities and response capabilities of volunteer firefighting agencies around the state…
The money came from a Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services grant program. Unfortunately, the forecast for this week doesn’t include any rain, so the conditions continue to be favorable for brush fires.
Pearl River Man Arrested, Charged with Possessing 2K of Cocaine, Drug Paraphernalia
A Pearl River man was arrested and ordered held without bail in the Rockland County Jail after he was reportedly found with two kilos of cocaine, heroin and drug paraphernalia. Rockland County District Attorney Tom Walsh says a a six-month investigation nabbed 41 year-old Darryl Wright, who faces a charge of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance. Walsh says the D-A’s Drug Task Force and the Orangetown Police Department searched Wright’s home Wednesday and found the drugs. Wright was arraigned in Orangetown Justice Court and sent to the Rockland County Jail without bail.
Orange County Man Run Down by Minivan Driven by 13 year-old Dies at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern
An Orange County man was killed Tuesday night after he was run over in a parking space by a minivan being driven by a 13 year-old. New York State Police say 36 year-old Abraham Moskovits had to be pulled out from under a 2024 Honda Odyssey just before 9pm Tuesday night. Police say an unidentified 13 year-old was backing the van into a parking area by a housing complex on Lemberg Court in the village of Kiryas Joel, town of Monroe, when the teen rapidly accelerated, striking Moskovits and the residence. EMS performed life-saving measures, and Moskovits was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, where he died of his injuries. No word on any charges in the incident, which is under investigation.