Second Safest City Blog

Oh, how our hearts bleed for the poor owners of Stiletto’s all-nude strip club, who were robbed at gunpoint early this morning by two men.  The robbers tied three employees up before making off with $10,000 from the safe, in addition to the manager’s jewelery, including a Rolex watch.  Both robbers were described as Hispanic males, 25 to 35, standing 5′ 10″ tall, and weighing about 200 lbs.

There is no word on whether or not the robbers told the all-nude dancers to empty their pockets.

Who here wouldn’t care if this place closed for good? Sound off below.

A Clarkstown code enforcement official was brutally stabbed in April of 2007 while photographing disused cars parked on the lawn of the Trojan household on Jerry’s Ave in Nanuet.  Russel Trojan, the attacker, was convicted of second degree attempted murder and sentenced to 25 years in state prison.  According to the Journal News, Trojan, 51, was a former Nanuet Civic Association activist.  It is unclear what his motive in the attack was, or what the circumstances leading up to the attack were. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bartlett sentenced Trojan to the maximum allowed by law.

At least a dozen vehicles were broken into over the last two weeks, their contents looted, by what police believe are a group of local teens. The thefts all occured after dusk and before dawn, in such a small geographic area that the perpetrators were almost certainly on foot. Residents reported the thefts on Highview Avenue, Fremont Avenue, Prospect Street, Freedman Street, Jerrys Avenue, Steep Hill Road, Will Rogers Lane, Bittern Drive and Thorne Lane. The perpetrators made off with GPS devices, cell phones, a laptop, iPods, sunglasses and coins.

Yes: coins. That’s how pathetic these people are.

The recent fire that destroyed a playground in West Nyack was ruled to be caused by two teen boys, both 15, that were playing with matches. Clarkstown Police declined to charge either boy with any crime. The Clarkstown school district estimated that the fire caused about $81,000 in damages, and that the district’s insurance would cover the full amount.

It is absolutely amazing that these boys were not charged with anything or held accountable in any way whatsoever. By 15, you know not to play with matches. When do they teach kids that these days, 11th grade? Please. They must be related to someone to get that kind of red carpet ‘justice’. Don’t worry taxpayers, we’ll all just pitch in to foot the bill on the increased insurance premiums that are sure to follow.

Six years ago today, there was a riot at Rockland Lake. Clarkstown Police became six-figure salary lifeguards and broke-up the crowd that had gathered at the closed pool. People were pepper-sprayed and a cop got hurt.

The issue? The deep end of the pool was closed because it didn’t meet health standards, despite sharing the same water.

Never forget!

A Bardonia man was arrested today after a tense standoff with police that resulted in the evacuation of the surrounding neighborhood. After an apparent dispute with his family, the man snapped, barricaded himself in his home, and called News 12 to demand that a news van come to the scene. The man said he would not leave his home until the news van arrived. The standoff ended without any major incident or serious injuries.