An inmate at the Rockland County jail has been given another 14 years after being convicted last week of several assaults while behind bars. District Attorney Tom Walsh said Friday that 35 year-old Darius Williams of Spring Valley got two, consecutive seven-year terms in state prison for a total of 14 more years behind bars for two separate assaults on Rockland County Sheriff’s Corrections officers. Williams was found guilty in a non-jury trial last December. During one of the incidents Walsh says Williams punched a corrections officer in the face as he was being handcuffed and escorted to his cell. A similar incident occurred when officers responded to his cell to fix a broken door, when he lunged at the officers and punched another one. Williams was previously jailed after being convicted last year of an unprovoked attack on a stranger in the Village of Haverstraw.
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Thousands Flock to Pearl River for 60th St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Thousands came out Sunday to Pearl River for the Rockland County Ancient Order of Hibernians’ 60th Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in Pearl River. The parade featured Parade Commander Sergeant Nicholas Whalen of the Orangetown Police Department and the U-S Marine Corps, Grand Marshal Neil Cosgrove of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and many area bands and dance troupes, including the Pearl River High School Marching Band, the St. Raymond Academy for Girls Band, the Ridgewood Irish Dance Booster Club, the Pearl River School of Irish Music and many more. This year’s parade was dedicated to the late Walter Murray, Richard Cauntiz and Moira Reilly.
Proposed Group Home in West Nyack Gets Approval from Clarkstown Town Board
A proposed group home in West Nyack for teenage girls with eating disorders was approved by the town of Clarkstown. The Rockland County Business Journal said 200 people showed up Wednesday night for a public hearing. Supervisor George Hoehmann told “The Morning Show” Monday the for-profit group behind the group home is governed by state law…
The 7,500 square-foot home on Sickletown Road in West Nyack, is very close to the Orangetown border. Supervisor Teresa Kenny says many oppose the group home, but she doesn’t see why…
Residents reportedly were concerned about traffic, safety, and threats to the character of the neighborhood, but Kenny says she doesn’t expect much traffic at the inpatient facility or the other concerns to be a problem.
Rockland State Senator Introduces Bill to Have NYS Pay for East Ramapo School District’s Transportation
The East Ramapo Central School District is struggling to provide transportation to public and private school students as required by state law. Rockland State Senator Bill Weber of the 38th District is hoping a bill he’s introduced in the Senate will turn that around…
Weber says cutting busing for the kids is not an option, but the district needs the state’s assistance. Local Assemblyman Karl Brabenec is carrying a similar bill in the Assembly.
Senate Majority Leader Slams Israel, Calls for New Elections, Rockland Congressman Calls Sen’s Attack “Shameful”
Senate Majority Leader, New York Senator Chuck Schumer, is calling for new elections in Israel as he criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Thursday. Though critical of the Israeli government, in a speech on the Senate floor, Schumer emphasized Hamas, the terror group behind the October 7th attack, must be stopped…
Rockland Congressman Mike Lawler of the 17th District called Schumer’s attempt to undermine an ally “shameful,” telling “The Morning Show” Tuesday Hamas is the one that needs to step up for peace to be possible…
In a statement responding to Schumer’s speech, Netanyahu’s Likud party said Schumer should “respect Israel’s elected government and not undermine it.”