Deer Park Suspect Targeted Relative Of Long Island Cop Who Cuffed Her, Police Say
A Long Island woman who was arrested last year called and harassed a family member of the cop who cuffed her, police said Thursday, May 21.
Beatrix Lacroix, 31, was first arrested in October 2025 for fleeing police, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Then on Saturday, May 16, Lacroix “made a harassing phone call” to a relative of the officer who arrested her, authorities said.
Lacroix, of Deer Park, was detained again on Monday, May 18 and charged with second-degree harassment, police said. She was arraigned Tuesday, May 19 and pleaded not guilty; a temporary order of protection w…
Erratic Moped Driver, Condo Burglary Suspect Arrested On Same Day In Rochelle Park: Cops
An erratic moped driver and a suspected burglar were arrested in two separate incidents just hours apart in the same Bergen County town on Wednesday, April 29, police said.
At approximately 10 a.m., an off-duty Rochelle Park officer alerted Officer Mike Lamas to an erratic driver near West Passaic Street, according to the department. The driver was operating a gas-powered moped without registration or a helmet, Capt. James DePreta said.
When officers approached, the man parked the moped on a sidewalk, ignored police commands, and entered a ShopRite, authorities said. He later left…
LI Woman Goes Berserk After Valley Stream Crash, Injures Two Cops: Police
A Long Island woman injured two police officers while resisting arrest after causing a car crash on Monday, April 27, police said.
Tiffany Saint-Gilles, of North Valley Stream, crashed into a parked car in a Valley Stream lot around 7 p.m. Monday, the Nassau County Police Department said.
When the 23-year-old woman in the parked car got out to exchange information, Saint-Gilles walked away and refused to cooperate, investigators said. Cops arrived on the scene and located Saint-Gilles, but she was “extremely uncooperative,” police said.
Saint-Gilles ignored officers’ commands to provide id…
CT Man Caught Driving Drunk In Rye, Police Say
A Connecticut man was arrested on a drunken driving charge following a traffic stop in Westchester County, police said.
The incident leading to the arrest happened around 6:50 p.m. on Monday, April 20, when a City of Rye police officer pulled over a vehicle on Purchase Street for a traffic violation, the department said on Thursday, April 23.
The driver was identified as Jan A. Sokolowski, 59, of Meriden, Connecticut.
According to police, Sokolowski was taken into custody and charged with DWI, along with other vehicle and traffic violations.
He was taken to Rye Police Headquarters f…
Drunk Woman, 39, Caught With 2 Kids In Car In Poughkeepsie, Police Say
A woman is facing felony charges after police said she was driving while intoxicated with two children in her vehicle in Dutchess County.
The incident leading to the arrest began just before 1 a.m. on Saturday, April 18, when troopers pulled over a GMC traveling southbound on Church Street in Poughkeepsie, New York State Police announced on Monday, April 20.
According to police, the driver, identified as Poughkeepsie resident Deneen C. Majors, 39, showed signs of intoxication during the stop and failed standardized field sobriety tests.
Troopers also said they found that two children…
Duo Caught With Over 75 Grams Of Cocaine, Heroin On Thruway In Clarkstown, Police Say
A traffic stop on the New York State Thruway in Rockland County turned into a drug bust that led to the arrest of two men who now face felony charges, police said.
Troopers pulled over a 2025 Chevrolet Malibu just after 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, on I-87 North in Clarkstown after spotting a traffic violation, New York State Police announced on Friday, April 10.
While speaking with the driver, Damien J. Devone, 43, of Brooklyn, troopers learned his license had been revoked. That discovery led to a closer look inside the vehicle — and the situation quickly changed, police said.
The …
100+ MPH Driver Convicted After Head-On Rock Creek Parkway Crash That Killed Three
The woman responsible for a triple-fatal crash on Rock Creek Parkway more than two years ago is facing decades in federal prison.
District resident Nakita Walker, 45, was convicted by a Superior Court jury on Monday, April 6, for the March 2023 deaths of Mohamed Kamara, Jonathan Alberto Cabrera Mendez, and Olvin Josue Torres Velasquez, authorities announced.
Shortly before 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, officers responded to a reported crash on the parkway near P Street NW when a Honda sedan crashed head-on into a Lexus SUV in a violent crash.
All three occupants of the Honda…
K9 Sniff Leads To Drug, Gun Bust On I-87 In Tuxedo, 3 Arrested: State Police
Three men were arrested after a traffic stop on Interstate 87 in Orange County led to the discovery of drugs, a loaded ghost gun, and more than two pounds of marijuana, police said.
The arrests stemmed from an incident at around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, when troopers stopped a 2011 Mercedes-Benz traveling northbound in Tuxedo for multiple vehicle and traffic violations, New York State Police announced on Tuesday, March 31.
Police identified the driver as Samuel L. Martinez, 36, of Amsterdam, along with passengers Jahdell D. Young-Smith, 23, of Richmond, and Zimair Tindal, 25, of B…
