NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A judge has found the man accused of carrying out a deadly machete attack at the Rockland County home of a rabbi unfit to stand trial. Grafton Thomas appeared in court Wednesday. He’s accused of barging into the Monsey home of a rabbi in December 2019 and attacking orthodox Jews. One victim later died of his injuries. A judge found Thomas lacked the capacity to understand the proceedings against him, or to his assist his own defense. Thomas’ attorney said he believed the judge’s decision Wednesday was appropriate. “There have been adjudications by two courts of Mr. Thom ..read more

MONSEY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A Rockland County man who survived coronavirus is turning out three or four works of art every day. As CBS2’s Tony Aiello reported Wednesday, some of his creations are hanging in the hospital where he came out of a coma with a sudden passion for painting. READ MORE: After More Than 280 Days In Westchester County Hospitals, COVID-19 Long Hauler Finally Goes Home Abe Miller is making up for lost time. He has created more than 500 paintings in the 15 months since he nearly died from COVID-19. Artwork by Abe Miller (Photo: CBS2) “One of the reasons that people to ..read more

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – An infant in Spring Valley is recovering from measles and the Rockland County health department wants people to watch for symptoms over the next couple of weeks. Those symptoms include fever, a red rash, and swollen eyes. This watch is primarily for those that haven’t been vaccinated and were at one of three stores. Health Warning: Measles Diagnosed In Rockland County Child One store is the Hatzlacha Grocery at 126 Maple Avenue in Spring Valley, if you were there last Wednesday between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. The others are Toys 4 U and Supreme Health Food C ..read more

NEW CITY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A 59-year-old Rockland County man got to go home without serving time in prison, after admitting to sex acts on seven different occasions with a 14-year-old boy. Moishe Turner of Monsey was sentenced to 10 years’ probation Tuesday in Rockland County. He pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal sex act on Jan. 18. The Journal News said the charge could have brought seven years in prison. The incidents, which involved anal and oral sex, occurred in July 2011, the newspaper reported. Prosecutors offered the non-jail plea agreement after the boy’s family members sa ..read more

SLOATSBURG, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A head-on collision on the New York State Thruway has left a woman dead and her husband hospitalized. New York State police said Alvin Lapides, 81, of Monsey was driving north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 87 in Rockland County Tuesday night when he struck a Volvo driven by a 17-year-old boy. The collision happened north of the Ramapo rest area. Lapides’ wife Madeline, 76, who was in the passenger seat, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. Alvin Lapides was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern with possible internal injuries. No ..read more

MONSEY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — There was a clash Wednesday over school security, or what appears to be a complete lack of it in some Tri-State Area schools. Parents in Rockland County demonstrated their frustration by going on patrol themselves, CBS 2’s Lou Young reported. WCBS 880’s Sean Adams On The Story You can approach the school along a paved path from a neighboring subdivision. On Wednesday, classes were in session and you could see the children through the windows only a few feet away. While out front visitors were buzzed in by a single secretary guarding the front door. CBS 2’s Young fou ..read more

NEW YORK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A former NYPD recruit has hired a lawyer, claiming religious discrimination by the department over his beard after he was cut by the police academy. 38-year-old Fishel Litzman is a Hasidic Jew from Monsey, N.Y., and he said that trimming his beard would violate his religious beliefs. His attorney, Nathan Lewin, told the New York Daily News that the department knew he wouldn’t be trimming it. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer wants Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to reconsider the case. “I remember when the police force did not have African-Americans, Latino ..read more

MONSEY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Police are continuing to investigate a shooting in Rockland County that left one teen dead and another victim in critical condition. Police were called to an apartment complex on Monsey Boulevard in Monsey on Friday afternoon. One victim was found at that location, and a second victim was found a short distance away on Fletcher Road. One of the victims, a 17-year-old boy, was pronounced dead at the hospital. His mother, Louisemene Myrtil, told CBS2 she is in shock. “They killed my son. I don’t know what happened. I don’t know why they do that to me,” Myrtil said. No ..read more

MONSEY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A teen was killed and another victim was critically injured in a shooting in Monsey on Friday. It happened around 3:15 p.m. at an apartment complex near Monsey Boulevard and Fletcher Road. Spring Valley Police say officers were sent to the area for a report of shots fired. When they arrived, they found two male victims who had both been shot multiple times. The victims were taken to Westchester Medical Center. Louisemene Myrtil says her 17-year-old son was killed in a shooting in Monsey on March 26, 2021. (Credit: CBS2) Louisemene Myrtil told CBS2’s Ali Bauman her ..read more

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