December 14th, 2008
The importance of community awareness cannot be understated. Alas, in order to improve news update speed and reduce or entirely remove editorial influence, the Second Safest City blog has now changed to a link-sharing model, rather than publishing directly. The Second Safest City blog will remain for such editorial content and other news. Check out our new web addresses:
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August 17th, 2008
Ceslo Garcia, 19, of River Edge, was stabbed four times outside Fiesta Sunrise Restaurant across from the Palisades Center at 4am Sunday morning according to the Rockland Journal News. The article is an interesting read, considering that Garcia claimed that he didn’t know his assailant, who attacked him for seemingly no good reason, and then fled in a 1998 Nissan Pathfinder (NY plate EJT 4546), which police said was registered to an address in Bridgeport, CT.
We wonder how a car with New York plates could be registered to an address in Connecticut. Ironically, Fiesta Sunrise sent out promotional bulk mail this week, which was likely set up long before this unfortunate event happened.
Tags: 303, EJT4546, fiesta sunrise, palisades center, West Nyack
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August 13th, 2008
When a Clarkstown Police car equipped with automatic plate recognition spotted an Audi with stolen plates last night near Smith Rd in Nanuet, it could have been a routine arrest. But instead, the suspect stopped, and then fled, before being stopped by an Orangetown officer, and feeling yet again. The black Audi then proceeded onto the Thruway, where it raced across the span at over 100mph, weaving in and out of traffic. According to the Journal News, “By [the time the car reached the toll plaza], officers from Clarkstown were about halfway across the span, [...] and the chase was called off for safety reasons.”
The suspect managed to get away, and was not spotted by police in Westchester.
Tags: anpr, audi, getaway, gta4, high speed chase, police chase, stolen car, tappan zee bridge
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August 13th, 2008
A new law in Rockland County will protect consumers from the sale of expired perishable foods. Amazingly, this was not already illegal. According to the Journal News, “there are almost no laws governing the dates that appear on food and other products, except baby food and baby formulas, which must comply with federal laws”. Under the new law, a health inspector would be able to order the store to dispose of expired food, as well as issue a notice of violation carrying a $250 fine for a first-time violator, or $1000 per item on a third or more violation.
Tags: consumer protection, county, expired food, gross, perishable, rockland
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August 12th, 2008
Four young men from Spring Valley and Central Nyack were arrested this morning in the parking lot of the Central Nyack McDonald’s on Route 59. According to the Journal News, the vehicle they were in was spotted by a Clarkstown police officer, looking for the vehicle after a resident on Mirth Dr in Valley Cottage spotted the group outside her home at 5:30am. When police found them, they were in possession of some of the items stolen in previous auto break-ins in the area, as well as a large cup of change. Ironically, one of the four, Brian Jones of Central Nyack, played for Nyack High School’s basketball team, and was the team leader in steals.
Another three teens were detained today, suspected of breaking into autos in West Nyack, although police have not charged them yet. The teens were arrested 2:30am yesterday after a resident spotted them in a driveway.
Tags: auto thefts, break in, Central Nyack, hoodlums, spring valley, teens, Valley Cottage, West Nyack
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August 11th, 2008
At about 4 a.m. this morning, a bouncer was shot at the Liquid Ice teen night club in Nanuet, located off Route 59 near Grandview Ave. The Journal News reported that the bouncer was trying to intervene during a fight when he was shot. The bouncer was hospitalized with non-life-threatening wounds and is recovering.
Tags: bouncer, dance club, fight, liquid ice, melee, Nanuet, shot, teens
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August 7th, 2008
Bryce LaPlaca, a 22 year old resident of South Nyack, pleaded guilty yesterday to falsely reporting that he was stabbed and to selling cocaine. According to the Journal News, LaPlaca was arrested in November when he had his stepfather call police to report that two men had stabbed and robbed him near the corner of Lake Rd and Route 303. Responding officer John Mahoney lost control of his car on Congers Rd while en route and crashed into a tree. Mahoney suffered compound leg fractures, a fractured shoulder, broken hand and a head injury as a result of the crash. Police then learned that LaPlaca had cut himself with the razor, then called his stepfather to tell him that he had been robbed. LaPlaca was then arrested again last month when he sold cocaine to an undercover officer near the same location where he’d falsely reported being stabbed.
Tags: cocaine, collision, Congers, drug dealer, dunkin donuts, falsely reporting an incident, injuries, john mahoney, sale of a controlled substance
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July 29th, 2008
Oh, how our hearts bleed for the poor owners of Stiletto’s all-nude strip club, who were robbed at gunpoint early this morning by two men. The robbers tied three employees up before making off with $10,000 from the safe, in addition to the manager’s jewelery, including a Rolex watch. Both robbers were described as Hispanic males, 25 to 35, standing 5′ 10″ tall, and weighing about 200 lbs.
There is no word on whether or not the robbers told the all-nude dancers to empty their pockets.
Who here wouldn’t care if this place closed for good? Sound off below.
Tags: all nude, armed robbery, juice bar, Nanuet, stilettos, strip club
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July 22nd, 2008
A Clarkstown code enforcement official was brutally stabbed in April of 2007 while photographing disused cars parked on the lawn of the Trojan household on Jerry’s Ave in Nanuet. Russel Trojan, the attacker, was convicted of second degree attempted murder and sentenced to 25 years in state prison. According to the Journal News, Trojan, 51, was a former Nanuet Civic Association activist. It is unclear what his motive in the attack was, or what the circumstances leading up to the attack were. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bartlett sentenced Trojan to the maximum allowed by law.
Tags: attempted murder, code enforcement, Nanuet, russel trojan, stabbing, town code
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July 18th, 2008
At least a dozen vehicles were broken into over the last two weeks, their contents looted, by what police believe are a group of local teens. The thefts all occured after dusk and before dawn, in such a small geographic area that the perpetrators were almost certainly on foot. Residents reported the thefts on Highview Avenue, Fremont Avenue, Prospect Street, Freedman Street, Jerrys Avenue, Steep Hill Road, Will Rogers Lane, Bittern Drive and Thorne Lane. The perpetrators made off with GPS devices, cell phones, a laptop, iPods, sunglasses and coins.
Yes: coins. That’s how pathetic these people are.
Tags: auto thefts, Nanuet, teens, thefts
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