Four Major Drug Traffickers Taken Down, 25 Others Arrested During Raids In Area
In a dramatic movie-style series of raids, a total of 29 people were arrested Tuesday during a drug enforcement action dubbed "Operation Bread, White and Blues."
The bust went down early Tuesday morning as members of the DEA, FBI, the New York State Police, and the Orange County Sheriff's Office, raided several locations, including an Orange County firehouse in the City of Middletown in which one of the main dealers was an acting fire lieutenant, said Trooper Steven Nevel.
Of the 29 arrested, three have been charged with the felony operating as a major trafficker, including the lieutenant, …
Northvale Resident Charged With Having 2,400 Child Porn Images, Cyber-Chatting With Kids
A single, unemployed Northvale man was found with more than 2,400 illegal child-porn images -- and had been chatting online with girls as young as 10, authorities said.
Corey Barraclough, 27, was arrested in Port Jervis on Thursday -- with assistance from Deerpark, N.Y. police -- following a raid on his East Avenue home, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said.
He was charged with possession of more than 1,000 files of child pornography "depicting nude or sexually explicit images of prepubescent and pubescent children," Calo said.
Barraclough remained held pending extrad…
Storm Knocks Out Power To More Than 30,000 In Rockland, Orange
More than 30,000 O&R customers in Rockland and Orange remain without power as crews continue battling the Nor’easter at more than 500 active outages.
As of 4:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon, crews were dealing with 507 active outages, which are affecting 31,032 customers in the Hudson Valley as wind gusts continue to whip at up to 60 mph in the area.
In Orange County, 6,097 customers are experiencing power interruptions, with more than 1,000 customers in Deerpark and Warwick reporting outages. Con Edison officials said that crews are currently in the process of assessing the damage before p…
