Second Safest City Blog

Four young men from Spring Valley and Central Nyack were arrested this morning in the parking lot of the Central Nyack McDonald’s on Route 59.  According to the Journal News, the vehicle they were in was spotted by a Clarkstown police officer, looking for the vehicle after a resident on Mirth Dr in Valley Cottage spotted the group outside her home at 5:30am. When police found them, they were in possession of some of the items stolen in previous auto break-ins in the area, as well as a large cup of change.  Ironically, one of the four, Brian Jones of Central Nyack, played for Nyack High School’s basketball team, and was the team leader in steals.

Another three teens were detained today, suspected of breaking into autos in West Nyack, although police have not charged them yet. The teens were arrested 2:30am yesterday after a resident spotted them in a driveway.

After grand juries indicted 46 Rockland residents on various gun and drug charges, police launched an early-morning blitz on all the alleged drug dealers and gang members.

Less than two months ago, 21 people were arrested in a cocaine raid in Nyack. Both raids were part of the larger “Operation Clean Sweep”, a massive multi-year cross-jurisdiction effort to crack down on gangs and drug dealing in Rockland County. Despite the massive effort required to combat gang, gun, and drug crime in Rockland County, Clarkstown, the county seat of Rockland, remains the Second Safest City!