South Nyack man pleads guilty in fake stabbing incident
Thursday, August 7th, 2008Bryce LaPlaca, a 22 year old resident of South Nyack, pleaded guilty yesterday to falsely reporting that he was stabbed and to selling cocaine. According to the Journal News, LaPlaca was arrested in November when he had his stepfather call police to report that two men had stabbed and robbed him near the corner of Lake Rd and Route 303. Responding officer John Mahoney lost control of his car on Congers Rd while en route and crashed into a tree. Mahoney suffered compound leg fractures, a fractured shoulder, broken hand and a head injury as a result of the crash. Police then learned that LaPlaca had cut himself with the razor, then called his stepfather to tell him that he had been robbed. LaPlaca was then arrested again last month when he sold cocaine to an undercover officer near the same location where he’d falsely reported being stabbed.