Type Away Cait

Max Vales (left) sits with his wife, Niquette Vales (right), of 56 years at Ramapo Activity Senior Center. photo credit: Aileen Miller, Manager of Ramapo Senior Activity Center Max and Niquette Vales have been married for 56 years. It's all thanks to her brother. He went to a picnic, where he met the music-loving guy. “That same day when my brother got home, he bought a guitar and tried to play. Then one day, Max stopped by my house,” she said. “They were talking, playing guitar and I passed by to go out and he saw me. I saw him too…and then I left.” From when their eyes first met, he kept returning every day, every afternoon. Read full article here.

Three suspects from Haverstraw were arrested on Wednesday for attempted murder, Haverstraw Police officials say. The victim was in the area of 17 West Broad St. on Feb. 3 at 10 p.m. when he was approached and attacked by two men and one teenager, according to Capt. John Gould Jr. Two suspects were identified as Said Diaz, 19, David Ramirez, 18. The other suspect, 17, allegedly drew a knife and attempted to stab the victim multiple times. The victim’s large puffer style jacket weakened the impact, but he still suffered multiple cuts around the torso. His wallet in his pocket also protected him from one of the stabbing attempts. The 17-year-old was arraigned in Rockland County Youth as part of the Superior Court and remanded to Rockland County Correctional Facility, where he was charged with Attempted Murder, Attempted Gang Assault, Menacing and Attempted Assault each in the second degree as well as Assault in the third degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the fourth degree. Dia...

A Pomona woman was arrested in connection with the fatal hit-and-run accident that happened on Jan. 26 in the area of the Hillcrest firehouse, Haverstraw Police officials say. At approximately 6:30 a.m., a pedestrian was crossing Thiells Mt. Ivy Road when he was struck by two vehicles. The victim was identified as 72-year-old Daniel DeSerio, News 12 reported. While one driver stopped to call 911 to request medical attention, the other allegedly fled southbound on Thiells Mt. Ivy Road. Investigators identified the suspect as Rosana Pelaez Dipaolo, 25, based on car parts left at the scene. She was arraigned on the below listed charges in the Town of Haverstraw Justice Court and released on her own recognizance: Leaving the Scene of an Accident Involving Death (D – Felony) Aggravated Unlicensed Operation 1st permanent revocation (E – Felony) Circumventing an Interlock Device (((unclassified) Misdemeanor) Aggravated Unlicensed Operation 2nd suspension (A – Misdemeanor). This article was l...

A man suspected of murdering a woman in Ramapo died yesterday after fleeing to Connecticut, Ramapo Police officials say. Just before 9 a.m., officers were called to Inwood Drive in the Hillcrest area for reported gunshots fired and a woman lying on the ground, according to Lt. Christopher Franklin. The 56-year-old was unresponsive and transported to Good Samaritan Hospital by Spring Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps where she was pronounced dead. After determining that the suspect, 53-year-old Lawrence Byrd, fled to Connecticut, the Ramapo Police Investigations Division notified nearby officers, including Stamford Police. Byrd was seen walking from 300 Tresser Blvd. and officers approached him on the intersection of Canal Street and South State Street underneath the MTA train overpass. Shortly after, Byrd shot himself in the head. Stamford officers immediately rendered emergency care and CPR. He was transported to Stamford Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Ramapo Police Departmen...

  photo courtesy of Susan Bresnahan Patrick Bresnahan was just one of the millions of U.S. babies born when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. His mother, Susan Bresnahan, would learn later that she would not only have to deal with the stress of the pandemic, but an unknown condition impeding her newborn son’s development. At 2 years old, Patrick was diagnosed with a rare CACNA1C-related disorder. That was when Susan reached out to find support and came across Timothy Syndrome Alliance, a charity in England whose mission is “to improve the diagnosis, treatment and care of individuals with CACNA1C-related disorders, including Timothy Syndrome and LongQT8.” Read full article here. NEWS TIPS: cmalilay@rocklandcountytimes.com