A former gymnastics coach who taught in Suffern, Hillburn and Stony Point will spend the next four years in prison after pleading guilty to a single charge of sexually abusing his young students. That’s according to News 12, which reports 68 year-old Joseph Lewin of Port Chester was arrested in May 2018 after five of his former students came forward with their stories of abuse. Lewin will also have to register as a sex offender.
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Bronx Man to Spend 4 Years in Prison For Drunk/Drugged Crash on Route 59
A Bronx man will spend the next four years in state prison after pleading guilty to injuring three people in a drunken and drugged driving crash on Route 59 last year. Acting Rockland County District Attorney Kevin Gilleece says 42 year-old Rohan Brijlall pleaded guilty to second degree assault. He was driving a Land Rover east on Route 59 and Old Nyack Turnpike in Nanuet when he tried to pass another vehicle in the left lane from the right and merged back into the center lane at around 60 miles per hour. He crashed into cars that were already stopped in the center lane due to an unrelated traffic accident. The first car he crashed into was pushed into the victims, who were out of their cars exchanging information. One victim’s leg was amputated, another suffered a broken leg and the third suffered a fractured collar bone and other injuries. Cocaine and alcohol were found in Brijlall’s blood.
Boulders’ Season Comes to an End
The Rockland Boulders’ took on the Sussex County Miners yesterday down two games to one in game four of the first round of the CanAm League playoffs in New Jersey. The Boulders were held hitless through the first 6 1/3 innings. They were down 7-0 late, and closed to within 8-4 in the 8th. There was a man on with two out and Grant Heyman at the plate…
And that was Marc Ernay on the Boulders Broadcast Network, after a brief umpire meeting and no replay, it was ruled a catch and the inning and rally came to an end. The final was 8-4. It’ll be an all New Jersey CanAm League final as the Miners go on to the Championship to face the New Jersey Jackals who beat the Three Rivers Eagles in five.
Driver Killed After Accident in Stony Point
An unidentified driver was killed after striking a tree early Sunday morning on Letchworth Village Road and Storms Road in Stony Point. The Journal News reports no one else was in the car, which was found burned from the crash. The incident is under investigation by Haverstraw Police.
Ramapo Sup: “Everyone Should Ratchet Down the Rhetoric”
Ramapo’s supervisor would like to see leaders from all sides ratchet down the rhetoric when it comes to building and life in Rockland County. Ramapo supervisor Michael Specht believes the video posted on the Rockland Republican party’s Facebook page was anti-semitic, but he’d like to see everyone move forward and find ways to improve the situation…
Specht says building is not out-of-control in his town, but to question any specific development on environmental or other legitimate concerns is fair. Rockland County Executive Ed Day says the issue is the rate at which suburban communities are seeing large buildings come in…
The offending video, you may recall, was pulled from the GOP’s Facebook page but lives on in various corners of the internet. Hundreds came out to vent about the situation at last week’s legislature meeting.