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Ramapo Police Deny Claim They Protected Officer In Fatal Crash
RAMAPO, N.Y. – A local yeshiva student who was seriously injured by a car last year is alleging a cover-up on the part of the Ramapo police who investigated the incident, according to a report by the Journal News/lohud.com.
Police Chief Brad Weidel has firmly denied the allegations, which were laid out in a notice of claim, a legal document that, the Journal News/lohud.com said, has to be filed before a civil lawsuit can be commenced.
According to police, a car being driven by 24-year-old Suffern resident Jonathan Mosquera, careened into David Maldanado, 19, and his classmate Marcos Tawil, …
Dietrich Christopher Kamm, 18, of Oakland
OAKLAND, N.J. -- Dietrich Christopher "Dieter" Kamm of Oakland died on Tuesday, Jan. 10. He was 18.
Kamm was born in Denver in 1998 and had lived in Chicago and Minnesota before moving to Oakland when he was 7 years old.
He enjoyed many sports and played for the Oakland Braves Baseball Team, Indian Hills Ice Hockey as well as many other teams in the area including: The Jesters, The NJ Alliance and The Bandits.
Kamm was passionate about the outdoors, especially skiing, backpacking, fishing, climbing and kayaking.
He is survived by his parents, Kim and Dieter; sisters Kayla and …
Ramapo MLK Day Event Brings Diverse Groups Together To 'Save' Planet
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. -- More than 100 nonprofit, faith-based, environmental and other organizations will be gathering in Spring Valley Monday, Jan. 16, not only to honor civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but to offer a message of hope about the fate of the planet itself, said Marc Pessin.
Pessin, lead organizer of the Save the Planet Unity Celebration, the largest MLK event in the region, said it’s all about solidarity and the environment.
“I truly believe that if Dr. King were here today, it would be his biggest concern; after all, if we don’t have a planet, how can we fight for…
