A Rockland woman will spend the next 4-12 years in prison after being convicted of a fatal gas explosion in 2015 at 121 Second Avenue in Manhattan. Two were killed and 13 seriously injured when the building and two others nearby collapsed. Manhattan’s D-A says 59 year-old Maria Hrynenko and two others were found guilty of second degree manslaughter and other charges last November. Hrynenko owned the building which had an illegal gas hook-up.
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Monsey Machete Attack Suspect Ordered to Undergo Psychiatric Testing
The 37 year-old Greenwood Lake man accused of the Hanukkah attack in Monsey pleaded not guilty to more than a dozen charges in Rockland County Court yesterday. LoHud.com reports Grafton Thomas was ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation. He’s being held by the feds in Westchester without bail on separate hate crime charges.
Orange County Man Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Ramapo Rape Suspect
An Orange County man was acquitted yesterday in the 2013 shooting death of a Ramapo rape suspect. LoHud.com says 48 year-old David Carlson of Sparrow Bush was acquitted of manslaughter by the judge. He had been convicted of manslaughter by a jury in the killing of 35 year-old Norris Acosta-Sanchez in 2016, but he posted bail and the conviction was reversed on appeal. Carlson had claimed he shot Acosta-Sanchez in self-defense as he was turning him over to police for the Ramapo case.
Ramapo Ballpark Consultant’s Final Report Delayed Again
The consultant that Ramapo hired to come up with money-making ideas for the Pomona ballpark continues to tinker with his final report. Supervisor Michael Specht says the Boulders’ new league brings new opportunities, and there could be other profitable uses for the stadium that have nothing to do with baseball…
The Boulders start their first season as the New York Boulders in the Frontier League this spring.
Area Lawmaker Laments Judge’s Blocking of E-cig Ban
An area lawmaker says it’s unfortunate that New York’s Supreme Court ruled last week that the Health Planning Council overstepped its bounds in banning flavored e-cigarettes. Rockland and Westchester state senator David Carlucci says the bill he co-sponsored passed through committee earlier this week…
Carlucci says the bill would proactively keep kids from getting hooked.