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State Trooper From Somers Barracks Charged In Theft Of $22K In Equipment
SOMERS, N.Y. – A state trooper assigned to the Somers barracks is facing charges in connection with the theft of landscaping equipment, state police said.
Marko Kos, 35, of Brewster, was arrested on Wednesday, March 2, and charged with third-degree grand larceny, a felony, police said.
The 13-year Troop K veteran took $22,000 in landscaping equipment while he was off duty, state police said.
The theft had been reported to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office in 2014, police said.
Kos has been suspended without pay and is awaiting arraignment in Town of Southeast Court, state police said.
Tiny South Nyack May Be The Mouse That Roared, Says Mayor
SOUTH NYACK, N.Y. -- Sizewise, the tiny village of South Nyack may be a David to the Tappan Zee Bridge project’s Goliath, but if its mayor, Bonnie Christian, has her way, it will also be on the winning end of its battle.
Christian, a fourth-generation member of the Rockland community, says that the first version of the span, built in the mid-1950s, wiped out the village’s commercial center and dozens of homes.
The new bridge has challenges of its own, but, Christian says residents – 3,500 crammed into just one square mile – are united in their desire to protect what they have and maybe come…
Fight For Mandarin Classes Suffers Setback In Scarsdale
SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- There will be no Mandarin classes at the Scarsdale Middle School this fall, district officials say.
In a recent memo to Schools Superintendent Thomas Hagerman, Scarsdale’s curriculum chief, Lynne Shain, said the numbers do not support the hiring of another language teacher.
Shain told the Board of Education on Thursday, Feb. 25, that only 42 incoming sixth-graders had indicated an interest in learning the Chinese dialect, while the minimum required was 48.
She pointed out that the original proposed minimum had been 60.
Therefore, she wrote, the district was withdrawing …
Haverstraw Man Stole Store Customer's Credit Card, Police Say
STONY POINT, N.Y. -- A clerk at an unnamed Stony Point business is facing charges in connection with the theft of a customer’s credit card, police said.
Armando L. Castillo, 22, of Haverstraw, was arrested on Tuesday, March 1, and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny and fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, police said.
Castillo used the stolen card to buy things, police said. He was released and is to appear in court in April, police said..
Former Priest From Weston Charged With Embezzling From Seymour Church
WESTON, Conn. -- A Weston man who was formerly the pastor of a Catholic church in Seymour has been arrested in an embezzlement case, according to a report in the Connecticut Post.
The Rev. Honore Kombo, 50, was charged with first-degree larceny, accused of stealing $20,000 that had been willed to St. Augustine’s Church by a parishioner, the Post reported.
Kombo, who is free on bond, was placed on administrative leave by the Hartford Roman Catholic Archdiocese, the Post said.
To read the Connecticut Post story, click here.
