Mugshot: Cops ID Armed West Haverstraw Suspect In High-Speed Pursuit, Standoff
Police have identified the 41-year-old suspect who they say led a high-speed pursuit across multiple Rockland County towns before crashing and then barricading himself in a vehicle with a rifle for several hours this weekend.
Marcos Seda, 41 years old, of West Haverstraw, is facing unlawful imprisonment, assault, menacing, reckless endangerment, weapon possession, and fleeing police, according to Haverstraw police.
Trouble began around 11 p.m. Saturday, July 19, when police responded to a report of a domestic dispute involving a firearm, Chief John J. Gould Jr. said in a press rel…
Cocaine, Over $2.3K In Cash Seized From Haverstraw Home: 2 Arrested, DA Says
Two people were arrested after a drug raid in Rockland County uncovered cocaine and cash—but both were later released without bail, prosecutors say.
The raid happened Thursday, June 12, at a home in Haverstraw, following a narcotics investigation by the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office Drug Task Force, the Rockland DA's Office announced on Monday, June 16.
Inside the house, officers found a chunky white substance weighing more than half an ounce that tested positive for cocaine, along with $2,306 in cash, according to District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II.
The two people ins…
Cafe Announces Closure In Haverstraw, Will Still Host Classes, Deliver, Appear At Markets
A Hudson Valley culinary spot has announced a significant restructuring of its business model, which includes the closing of its cafe besides time for cooking classes and other events.
Flours Pasta & Bake Shop, located in Rockland County at 11 New Main St. in Haverstraw, announced on Thursday, Jan. 16 that it would be closing its cafe "for now."
Instead, the business will shift its focus to meal delivery to Rockland, Bergen, and parts of Westchester counties, event hosting, and other offerings, the owner said on social media.
"Flours is fluid and always changing," the owner…
Haverstraw Child Sex Abuser Headed To Prison
A Hudson Valley man is headed to prison for sexually abusing a child for years, beginning at the age of nine.
Rockland County resident Elmer Oviedo Sandoval, 47, of Haverstraw, was sentenced to six years in state prison on Tuesday, Oct. 29, for the course of sexual conduct against a child, said Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh.
From 2016 to 2019, beginning when the victim was nine years old, Sandoval subjected her to sexual contact on multiple occasions while she resided in two separate residences in Ramapo, Walsh said.
The sexual abuse consisted of sexual con…
Teenage Suspect In Murder Of Hudson Valley 29-Year-Old Nabbed In South Carolina
Police have apprehended a teenage suspect in connection with the shooting death of a 29-year-old man in the Hudson Valley.
In Rockland County, the Town of Haverstraw Police Department announced t on Saturday afternoon, July 27, the arrest of Yandi Martinez, age 18, for the homicide that took place on Monday, July 1.
Martinez, a resident of Haverstraw, was taken into custody at 1:20 p.m. Saturday in Piedmont, South Carolina, in a collaborative effort by members of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Apprehension Special Investigations Team (FASIT), the FBI-Westchester Safe Street…
