Police Blotter

HONESDALE, PA — Kelley Branning, 30, has been sentenced from 40 to 96 months in prison for allegedly committing an armed robbery in December 2017. According to Wayne County District Attorney Patrick Robinson, Kelley robbed the China Castle Restaurant on Main St.

Liberty, NY – The Sullivan County Welfare Fraud Task Force has made the following arrests: 

LAKE ARIEL, PA — At about 9:30 pm on June 26, members from the Honesdale and Blooming Grove Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) stations responded to a private residence located on Eisenhauer Road in Salem Township, Wayne County after neighbors contacted Wayne County 911 to report hearing arguing and multiple gunshots from the house next door.

HONESDALE, NY — Pennsylvania State Police arrived at a residence in on Balsam Swamp Road in Prompton at about 2:50 am on June 25 after family members reported that James Sorrento had fired a shotgun at them.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — A third and final defendant has pled guilty to perpetuating fraud on the residents of the Village of Bloomingburg. Volvy “Zev” Smilowitz peld guilty on June 19 in federal court in White Plains to a single count of conspiracy to corrupt the electoral process.

ALBANY, NY — The New York State Appellate Court issued a decision on June 14, upholding the conviction of Saundra Hansson, 25, for assaulting a three-year-old child.  The earlier conviction resulted in Hanson being sentenced to 22 years in state prison.

Patrick L. Robinson, Wayne County District Attorney, announced the arrest today of Robert Malpasse, age 49, for Solicitation to Commit Criminal Homicide and related charges. Malpasse is a resident of Moscow, PA.

MONTICELLO, NY — Sullivan County officials executed nine search warrants on June 8 and arrested 26 Sullivan County residents who police allege were involved in a large drug network.  The year-long investigation began with the New York State Police Community Narcotics Enforcement Team.