Crime & Safety
Hit-And-Run Arrest In Orange County
A Port Jervis man was charged with leaving the scene of an accident.
GREENVILLE, NY — An arrest has been made in the hit-and-run of a jogger in early January. State police said Ismael Ramos, 21, of Port Jervis, was arrested Jan. 31 and was charged with leaving the scene of a serious injury accident, a felony, and failure to keep right, a violation.
The arrest was announced in a press release Feb. 8.
Robert Ruscher, 62, of Greenville, was on a morning run Jan. 8 staring on Rutgers Creek Road.
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After making several turns, he eventually was on Monahan Road, but then turned around to return home.
Police said the last memory Ruscher had was seeing a vehicle in the vicinity of the 100 block of Monahan Road between 6:35 a.m. and 7 a.m.
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He suffered a broken right ankle, a head injury and several abrasions.
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