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Heroin Bust: Slumped Driver With 50 Bags Nabbed In Glen Rock, Police Say
A Spring Valley, NY man was arrested in Glen Rock after police found him slumped over in a parked car — with heroin on his lap, authorities said.
Luis R. Cruz Valenzuela, 31, was arrested on Friday, June 6 at 10:48 p.m., after a citizen reported an erratic driver on Lincoln Avenue near Wellesley Road, according to Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann.
Officer Nick Onove found the vehicle parked on Wellesley Road, and the driver, later identified as Cruz Valenzuela, was slumped forward inside the car and appeared to be asleep, the chief said.
The officer initiated a field contact and disco…
Nissequogue Swimmer, 63, Drowns: Police
A Long Island man died after being pulled from the water in Nissequogue, police said.
Eric Soloff, 63, of Nissequogue, was found unresponsive off Long Beach Road on Sunday, June 8, around 6:41 p.m., according to the Suffolk County Police Department.
Officers from the Fourth Precinct and the Marine Bureau had responded to a 911 call about a swimmer in distress. Soloff was pulled from the water a short time later, police said.
He was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the apparent drowning…
Magazine, Ammo Seized From Northampton County Teens After NJ Shooting: Prosecutor
Two juveniles from Pennsylvania were charged and detained after authorities say someone fired an assault rifle in a Warren County, NJ, neighborhood Saturday night, June 7.
The incident happened around 10:45 p.m. on June 7, near Dumont Drive and Hamilton Road in Greenwich Township, after a 911 caller reported hearing gunfire, officials said.
Officers from the Greenwich Township Police Department responded, but "did not find any injured parties or damaged property."
During the investigation, police recovered "an assault rifle, armor piercing ammunition as well as a large capacity magazine." …
Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Clifton Garden State Parkway Crash, Police Say
A motorcyclist was seriously injured in an early morning crash on the Garden State Parkway, New Jersey State Police said.
Troopers responded to the scene in Clifton at 1:33 a.m. on Sunday, June 9, near milepost 156.8 on the southbound side of the Parkway in Passaic County.
According to a preliminary investigation, the Verona man, 53, was riding south when he "lost directional control, and the motorcycle overturned." The motorcyclist was ejected from the motorcycle and sustained serious injuries, police said.
“The crash remains under investigation,” officials said Sunday. “No additional inf…
Drunk Driver Had 6-Year-Old In Car On Taconic In Pleasant Valley, Police Say
A Queens man was arrested for driving drunk with a child in the car after a traffic stop on the Taconic State Parkway, authorities said.
The arrest happened on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at approximately 10:48 p.m. in Pleasant Valley, according to New York State Police.
A Trooper from SP Poughkeepsie stopped a 2020 Acura that was heading south on the parkway for "multiple violations of the Vehicle and Traffic Law."
The driver, identified as Donny J. Peralta Parra, 32, of Queens, "exhibited signs of intoxication." Police said he “failed” standardized field sobriety tests administered at the sce…
