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Boyfriend Faces Felony Charges After Choking Suffern Woman, Police Say
SUFFERN, N.Y. -- A New Jersey man faces felony charges after he choked his girlfriend during an argument, Suffern police said.
The 22-year-old unidentified man from Lyndhurst was fighting with the woman on Friday, Feb. 12, at her Somerset Drive resident when he grabbed her phone away and put his hands around her throat, police said.
The victim told police that she almost lost consciousness and could not breathe.
The suspect then threatened the woman and fled the scene, police said.
He was arrested, charged with second-degree strangulation, and sent to Rockland County Jail in lieu of $2,50…
New York Man Gets 14 Years In Stamford Robbery, Crime Spree
STAMFORD, CONN. -- A man who robbed a grocery store in Stamford – and several establishments in Bridgeport – during a week-long crime spree last year has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison, according to Deirdre M. Daly, U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Francis Manigault, 32, of New York City, was also sentenced by a Hartford judge to five years of supervised release for committing five armed robberies in summer 2015.
The Stamford shop robbed on July 1 was the West Main Street Grocery at 495 West Main St., Daly said,
In Bridgeport, Manigault hit George’s Market, 175…
Coach Involved With Westchester Wrestling Charged With Luring Teen Into Sex
A volunteer wrestling coach who has been involved in programs in Rockland, Westchester, and Bergen (N.J.) counties has been charged with molesting a teenage boy, according to Clarkstown police.
Marcus Stroud, 18, of Nyack, lured the victim, whom he knew through a wrestling program, to engage in sex acts through the use of the Snapchat app, and other social media outlets, police said.
The victim’s parents reported the alleged incidents to police.
Stroud has been charged with second-degree criminal sexual act, a felony; second-degree sex abuse, a misdemeanor; sexual misconduct, a misdemeanor…
Robbery Charges Dropped In West Nyack Fatal Stabbing
WEST NYACK, N.Y. -- Robbery charges against the suspect in the stabbing death of a West Nyack teacher have been dropped, according to a report by lohud.
Dylan Lentini, 19, still faces a single count of murder in the death of Michael Wimbert in December, lohud reported.
But authorities could not prove that the homeless teen, who was renting a room from Wimbert, stole money from him, the lohud article said.
Lentini, who claims that Wimbert had sexually attacked him, has pleaded innocent to all the charges, according to multiple media reports.
To read the lohud article, click here.
