Crime & Safety
Clarkstown Police ID Firework Thrown at Rabbis' Homes
Anyone with information should contact the Clarkstown Police Department Detective Bureau.

While investigating the Tuesday incident at 1 Tarry Hill Drive and 16-18 Phillips Hill Road, where fireworks were thrown at two rabbis' houses by an unknown group of men, Clarkstown Police detectives recovered remnants of one the fireworks used in the crime.
The firework is labeled M-98, police said.
Although the firework believed to have been used is not for sale in the State of New York, it is widely available in other areas, including nearby Pennsylvania where it may be purchased legally, police said.
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The two-part incident took place at the homes of two New City rabbis.
The Detective Bureau is surveying neighbors and residents, seeking any video surveillance. Patrol officers are also canvassing the neighborhood to look for other eyewitnesses. The department is also increasing high visibility patrol in the area and officials request that anyone with information about this matter to please contact the Clarkstown Police Department Detective Bureau at 845-639-5840.
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