St. Patrick's Day Police Activity In Pearl River

PEARL RIVER, NY — The "most Irish place in New York" has to deal with alcohol every year on parade day, and the Orangetown police cope with the related crimes.

These folks are all due in Orangetown court April 2 unless otherwise noted:

• At 2:20 p.m., police arrested a 20-year-old from Mahwah, New Jersey. They accused him of providing alcohol to a 16-year-old girl in the Central Avenue Field. He was charged with misdemeanors for endangering a child.
• At 2:39 p.m., police arrested a 23-year-old from New Milford, New Jersey. They say he climbed up on a Metro-North train stopped at the Pearl River station, and hung on as it began to move. The platform was filled with people. He was charged with criminal trespass, criminal mischief, criminal endangerment and disorderly conduct and released on $50 bail.
• At 3 p.m., police arrested a 17-year-old from New City. They accused him of assaulting and choking his victim in front of 118 N. Middletown Road in Pearl River, and then resisting arrest when officers tried to take him into custody. Once at police headquarters, he refused to let police process him. He was released to a parent.
• At 4:33 p.m., police arrested from a 25-year-old from Park Ridge, New Jersey. He was attempting to climb onto a train in motion at the Pearl River station. He was released on $100 bail.
• At 6:18 p.m., police arrested a 25-year-old Nanuet man. He was yelling and fighting on Central Avenue in Pearl River. Police said they found concentrated cannabis on his person. He is due in Orangetown court March 27.
• At 7:40 p.m., police arrested a 61-year-old Piermont resident. They said she was involved in a one-car crash on Route 303. She was charged with DWI and released on $50 bail. She is due in court March 27.

In addition, police in Pearl River issued 12 appearance tickets to people: three for public urination, three for an open container of alcohol, and six for disorderly conduct. Seven of them were from New Jersey, the rest were Rockland County residents from Garnerville, Hillcrest, Sloatsburg, Nanuet and Pearl River.