Who killed Miami Beach hotel heir Benji Novack?

Detective Sergeant Terry Wilson of the Rye Brook, New York, Police Department and Detective Alison Carpentier of Westchester County, had never witnessed a crime scene this gruesome.



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Video: Why was Benji Novack killed in Rye Brook, NY?

Detectives from the Benji Novack murder case try to figure out why he was killed in this small town just north of New York City.



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'48 Hours' Details S. Fla. Wife Who Killed Rich Hubby, Porn Star

... affair. In fact, Novack's murder was rough. In July of 2009, he was found in room 453 of the Hilton Hotel in Rye Brook, New York hand and legs bound with duct tape, the 53-year old was bludgeoned to death with dumbbells his eyes stabbed with a ...



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Police: Intoxicated man punched wall at GPD

- Joseph E. Breslin , 59, of 54 Woodland Drive, Rye Brook, N.Y., was charged Tuesday with driving under the influence, failure to maintain a lane, failure to grant right of way and interfering with an officer. Police saw a maroon Jeep narrowly avoid ...



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Money and Politics: League of Women Voters to Host Forum

An announcement from the Rye, Rye Brook and Port Chester League of Women Voters.



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House of Wax, and Not at all Scary

Rye Brook- Most women and a growing number of men have some experience with waxing- that once nearly Neanderthal service, often the bastion of nail salons, wherein one achieves smooth hairless skin on certain body parts.



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Cops: Rye Brook Man Punches Wall After DWI Arrest

A 59 year-old Rye Brook man was arrested Tuesday afternoon on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol after officers witnessed him operating his vehicle erratically on East Putnam Avenue, according to the Greenwich Police Department .



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Reckson Neighbors Not Warming Up to Ice Rink Proposal

More than 70 Rye Brook residents packed the village hall Tuesday night to discuss the Reckson proposal to build a 140,000 square foot ice facility at 1100 King St.



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SoulCycle Fitness Center May Be Coming To Rye Brook

RYE BROOK, N.Y. SoulCycle , the hip indoor cycling fitness company that incorporates inspirational coaching and dance music into group spinning workouts, may be coming to the Rye Ridge Shopping Center in Rye Brook.



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Rye Brook Man Punches Wall After Being Arrested for DUI

A 59 year-old Rye Brook man was arrested Tuesday afternoon for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol after officers witnessed him operating his vehicle erratically on East Putnam Avenue, according to reports provided by the Greenwich Police Department .



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Reckson Neighbors Not Warming Up to Ice Rink Proposal

More than 70 Rye Brook residents packed the village hall Tuesday night to discuss the Reckson proposal to build a 140,000 square foot ice facility at 1100 King Street.



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Tuckahoe woman gets six-month sentence in jealous attack on Rye Brook woman

Giovana Osorio, 41, of Tuckahoe was sentenced to six months in jail for an assault in August against a Rye Brook woman she suspected of having an affair with her husband, officials said.



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Tuckahoe woman gets 6 months for sexual assault

A Tuckahoe woman who was accused of breaking into a home in Rye Brook in August and sexually assaulting a woman who she thought was sleeping with her husband was sentenced Tuesday to 6 months in jail and 5 years' probation.



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Obituary: Funeral Today for Gerard DiRoberto of Port Chester

... Brian, Dennis (Jenny), Lisa, Shannon, Krystle, Randy, Kimberly and Samantha. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery in Rye Brook will follow the funeral at Our Lady of Mercy Church. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation ...



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Rye Brook Residents Rally Against Ice Rink

RYE BROOK, N.Y. Residents of the Bell Fair and Doral Greens communities as well as neighbors in bordering Greenwich overwhelmingly spoke out against a controversial plan for a rink with four sheets of ice at Reckson Executive Park in Rye Brook at a public hearing Tuesday night.



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Faros Properties and Caspi Development Acquire 145,000 SF Office...

... (CMBS) after the previous owner defaulted on its CMBS loan. Carl Austin of Austin Corporate Properties in Rye Brook, N.Y. represented Faros and Caspi. The seller, C-III Realty Services, was represented by Joseph Garibaldi, IV, of Jones Lang LaSalle. ...



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Woman Gets 6 Months' Jail In Rye Brook Sex Assault Case

Giovanna Osorio, 41, of Tuckahoe was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail for her assault on a Rye Brook woman.



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Tuckahoe Woman Gets 6 Months In Jail For Sexual Assault

Giovanna Osorio, 41, of Tuckahoe was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail for her assault on a Rye Brook woman.



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Tuckahoe woman gets 6 months in jail for sexual assault

A Tuckahoe woman who was accused of breaking into a home in Rye Brook in August and sexually assaulting a woman who she thought was sleeping with her husband was sentenced Tuesday to 6 months in jail and 5 years' probation.



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RGC Manager Resigns; Ice Rink Public Hearing; Pay Your Taxes

... is expected they will discuss the proposed Peachwave Yogurt shop for Purchase Street. Read more on that here . 5. Rye Brook Village Board of Trustees Meeting The village will hold the first official public hearing on Reckson's four-rink ice facility ...



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Town-Owned Rink Boasts 'Best Ice Around'

... l NHL-size rinks at Stamford's Chelsea Piers lure away Greenwich skaters? If the proposed four-rink ice complex in Rye Brook on the state line goes forward, will that draw off Greenwich skaters? Dorothy



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Rye Brook in line for proposed four-rink ice palace

... inside the Ice Hutch in Mount Vernon before a Fordham game. (Jan. 19, 2013) A proposal to build four ice rinks in Rye Brook could make for a highly competitive 2013-14 hockey season in Westchester County, where already-packed skating venues are ...



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What To Do In Rye This Week

RYE/PORT CHESTER, N.Y. - Here's a look at what's happening around Rye, Rye Brook and Port Chester this week, including government meetings and community events.



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Rye Brook Ice Arena Public Hearing Set For Tuesday

This illustration shows where a proposed four-rink ice arena would be built on the grounds of Reckson Executive Park on King Street in Rye Brook.



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ETFs open doors to other institutional accounts

... assets, compared to $94.7 billion for retail passive. Adam Patti, chief executive officer at IndexIQ, a Rye Brook, N.Y., realized early on that his firm's hedge fund replication strategies, which use ETFs as their core holdings, might not always be ...



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Money and Politics: Forum Looks at Impact of Cash on Local Campaigns

A forum hosted by the Rye, Rye Brook and Port Chester League of Women Voters is set to examing the impact of money on the political process and election campaigns.



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What's Closed For MLK Jr. Day In Rye

... N.Y. Here's a list of closings in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday in Port Chester, Rye and Rye Brook: In Rye, trash pickup dates will change due to the holiday. If you are unsure, ask a neighbor, or call the Public Works Department ...



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Rye Ridge European Waxing Center Opens with Free Offers

... the esthetician prepares to remove the wax at the European Waxing Center, says its owner Daniel Demasi. The wax at Rye Brook's newest beauty center is designed to be painless. It comes in small beads, is melted to a warm - not hot - temperature and ...



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04/29/12 The Raw Rye Brook News Feed

The latest News about Rye Brook, NY......

• IUPUI to close University Place hotel _{2012-04-27, 05:26 pm}
  ... 150 people, many of whom are likely to lose their jobs. The hotel and center are operated under contract with Rye Brook, NY-based Flik Hotels and Conference Centers. Flik officials could not be immediately reached for comment. IUPUI plans to employ ...
• Blind Brook dam project moving ahead _{2012-04-27, 03:00 am}
  ... which residents have been pushing for years, could begin in the coming months. The plan involves Harrison, Rye and Rye Brook, though Harrison is not required to conduct or pay for any of the work. It calls for the installation of a new sluice gate ...
• Narcy Novack trial: Ben Novack Jr. still alive when eyes cut out at... _{2012-04-27, 12:07 pm}
  ... have attacked both Novacks, beating the elderly woman with a monkey wrench on April 4, 2009, and Ben Novack at the Rye Brook hotel. His accomplice in that killing, Gonzalez, was a food vendor at the Miami carwash where Garcia worked. Both men have ...
• Narcy Novack trial: Garcia says Veliz bought knife for gouging out Ben Novack's eyes_{2012-04-27, 02:30 am}
  ... Hotel owned by his father, was bludgeoned to death while overseeing an Amway convention at the Hilton in Rye Brook. His mother was killed three months earlier in her Fort Lauderdale home. Garcia has admitted beating her with a monkey wrench - a ...
• Suspect in Novack's beating death testifies in New York courtroom _{2012-04-26, 09:54 pm}
  ... Jr. unwittingly walked right past his killers. Novack happened to walk through the lobby of the Rye Town Hilton in Rye Brook just as the two men hired to attack him were casing the hotel, according to Wednesday court testimony. One of the hit men, ...
• Witness: Wife Signaled Attackers _{2012-04-26, 04:51 pm}
  ... the man and slash his eyes." Two days before the killing, Garcia said, he and Gonzalez cased the Hilton hotel in Rye Brook, N.Y., where Ben Novack's travel company was running a convention for Amway and Ben and Narcy Novack were staying in a suite. ...
• Witness: Wife Pointed Out Husband To Attackers _{2012-04-26, 06:47 pm}
  ... the man and slash his eyes." Two days before the killing, Garcia said, he and Gonzalez cased the Hilton hotel in Rye Brook, N.Y., where Ben Novack's travel company was running a convention for Amway and Ben and Narcy Novack were staying in a suite. ...
• Iona Grammar School Students Places First in Geography Bee _{2012-04-26, 05:56 pm}
  ... event, which took place on April 16 at Iona Grammar School, featured students from Blind Brook Middle School in Rye Brook and both the Rye County Day School and Rye Middle School in Rye, along with Iona Grammar School. Schonander emerged victorious ...
• Hit man testifies that he used wrench on Novack mom _{2012-04-26, 04:29 pm}
  ... Veliz, 58, are charged with orchestrating the 2009 killings of Novack's millionaire husband, Ben Novack Jr., in a Rye Brook hotel and with killing his mother in Florida in a plot prosecutors said...
• Shop for Self and Home in Westchester _{2012-04-26, 11:15 am}
  ... you can find something for you, your home and even the hostess at your next dinner party. And Company : Shop this Rye Brook boutique to outfit your home and your wardrobe in style. Owners Sammy and Jenni Elmished pride themselves on their carefully ...
• Narcy Novack trial: Knife used to cut Ben Novack Jr.'s eyes out... _{2012-04-26, 12:18 pm}
  ... three months earlier. Ben Novack was brutally bludgeoned to death while overseeing an Amway convention at the Rye Brook hotel. His mother was killed in her Fort Lauderdale home, a killing that was initially ruled as an accidental fall by local ...
• Narcy Novack trial: Hit man says he killed mogul's mom with monkey wrench, details Veliz role _{2012-04-26, 03:00 am}
  ... both killings in a span of three months in 2009. Ben Novack was beaten to death at the Hilton Rye Town in Rye Brook on July 12 that year. Garcia, who appeared Wednesday wearing dark sunglasses because of a teenage eye injury, admitted to taking part ...
• Hitman testifies that he used wrench on Novack mom _{2012-04-25, 05:42 pm}
  ... Veliz, 58, are charged with orchestrating the 2009 killings of Novack's millionaire husband, Ben Novack Jr., in a Rye Brook hotel and with killing his mother in Florida in a plot prosecutors said...
• Suspect says he used wrench on Novack mom _{2012-04-25, 05:42 pm}
  ... Veliz, 58, are charged with orchestrating the 2009 killings of Novack's millionaire husband, Ben Novack Jr., in a Rye Brook hotel and with killing his mother in Florida in a plot prosecutors said...
• Good Counsel High School Teaches Compassion For 90 Years _{2012-04-25, 03:48 pm}
  ... "l learned an infinite more about how to be a good and decent person in the world." DeStafanis, who lives in Rye Brook, said she and her fellow students spent more time at the school then at home-since the school community felt like a family and was ...
• Ben Novack's Mistress Rebecca A.. Star Bliss Testifies Against Narcy Novack _{2012-04-25, 02:06 pm}
  ... the Miami Beach scion of Fontainebleau Hotel builder Ben Novack Sr. Junior was brutally tortured and murdered in a Rye Brook hotel room in July 2009, and Bliss's testimony added a new, tawdry layer to an already incredible criminal case. Novack's ...
• Narcy Novack stood to gain more from husband's death than divorce, lawyer testifies _{2012-04-25, 09:18 am}
  ... to death at her Fort Lauderdale, Fla., home in April 2009. Ben Novack was killed at the Hilton Rye Town in Rye Brook three months later. Schuster handled estate matters for the Novack family for more than two decades, starting with the death of Ben ...
• Republican Challenger to Bob Cohen Announces Entry into Race for 37th Senate District_{2012-04-25, 07:17 am}
  ... I live with my Husband Tom, my daughter Holly and son Tommya My Mom JoAnne, (who's here today) currently lives in Rye Brook and my brother Julian DiDonato lives in Eastchester where he runs the youth soccer program that touches over 15,000 families ...
• Rye Brook Trustees Adopt Budget That Falls Under Tax Levy Cap _{2012-04-25, 02:27 am}
  Rye Brook's Village Board of Trustees adopted a 2012-13 budget on Tuesday that proposes a cap compliant property tax levy increase of 0.73 percent.
• Narcy Novack allegedly threatened husband's mistress:... _{2012-04-24, 09:16 pm}
  ... discovered the affair and launched an obsessive crusade to stop him -- one that ended with his torture-murder in a Rye Brook, N.Y. hotel room in July 2009. Bliss, 40, testified in court Tuesday that Narcy Novack told her in a raging and rambling ...

03/10/12 The Raw Rye Brook News Feed (20 Recent Rye Brook, NY News Stories)

• Allergies Get a Jump on Spring in Rye Brook _{2012-03-10, 12:45 am}
  Spring is so close you can almost smell it -- unless of course you suffer from seasonal allergies -- in which case, you'll just have to take someone's word for it.
• Woman says statements coerced in NY killing _{2012-03-09, 09:16 pm}
  ... the son of the founder of the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach. He was beaten to death at the Hilton hotel in Rye Brook, N.Y., where his travel company had organized an Amway convention. His 86-year-old mother had been killed in her Fort ...
• Rye Brook trustee candidates unopposed in village election _{2012-03-09, 03:00 am}
  David Heiser and incumbent Paul Rosenberg are running for unpaid three-year terms on the village board. They were nominated by Rye Brook Together.
• Judge To Decide What Evidence Can Be Allowed In Novack Murder _{2012-03-09, 01:44 pm}
  ... Veliz, of New York, is a co-defendant. Ben Novack was beaten to death in July 2009 at the Hilton hotel in Rye Brook, N.Y., where his travel company had organized an Amway convention. He was the son of the founder of the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami ...
• Things to Do in Port Chester This Weekend _{2012-03-09, 01:03 pm}
  ... discuss his book An Other's Mind, which advocates for the equality of handicapped individuals. - The Village of Rye Brook will hold only its second installment of the Rye Brook Indoor Farmers Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday inside the AJP ...
• Hotel Group Bashes Proposed Local Tax _{2012-03-09, 05:50 am}
  ... including Harrison -have applied for the tax since 2010; when the state government allowed the Village of Rye Brook to impose the tax. Before then only cities in the state had been allowed to collect on the tax. If approved at the state level, the ...
• Feds want wife's old complaints aired at NY trial _{2012-03-08, 04:50 pm}
  ... Veliz, of New York, is a co-defendant. Ben Novack was beaten to death in July 2009 at the Hilton hotel in Rye Brook, N.Y., where his travel company had organized an Amway convention. He was the son of the founder of the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami ...
• IndexIQ Proposes the Physical Diamond Trust ETF _{2010-11-10, 03:00 am}
  ... which it owns, and will verify the diamond identities through GIA certificates. IndexIQ was founded in 2006 in Rye Brook, New York and offers hedge fund replication ETFs using its own "Rules-Based Alpha Investment" strategy, which seeks to combine ...
• Dr. Jacqueline Proner, wife of Westchester legislator, dies at 49_{2012-03-07, 03:37 am}
  ... the county board last year, had been married for more than 20 years and had three children. They lived together in Rye Brook. 'She was a terrific mother and was tremendously devoted to her family and temple,' Gelfarb said Tuesday. 'It leaves a ...
• Man Slams Police Car, Gets DWI Charge in Rye Brook _{2012-03-06, 06:24 pm}
  Manuel L. Lojas-Bacuilima, 53, of Stamford, was charged with a DWI after hitting a cop car in Rye Brook on Sunday.
• Blind Brook Schools Mull Need for Athletics Boss _{2012-03-06, 01:25 am}
  With news of Blind Brook School District Athletic Director James Spano's retirement hitting the Rye Brook community, members of the public expressed desire to eliminate the full-time position from the 2012-13 budget as a money-saving measure.
• Rye Brook officer's cruiser smashed by alleged drunk driver _{2012-03-05, 07:47 pm}
  Ali Silfen made the go-ahead basket and two clutch free throws to lift Blind Brook to a 69-66... Maia Hood and Ayanna Behagan each scored 20 points to lead top-seeded Hamilton to a 57-40 win over... RYE BROOK - A village police officer suffered a minor leg injury Sunday night when his cruiser was smashed from behind by a motorist who was allegedly ... (more)
• Pro Squash Westchester Open Under Way in Rye Brook _{2012-03-03, 12:45 am}
  ... U.S. Junior Mason Ripka (r) beat Yasser Kamel by a score of 3-0 during the first match of the tournament. RYE BROOK, N.Y. -- The Pro Squash Tour's Buffalo Wild Wings Westchester Open began play at the Club@800 in Rye Brook on Friday as American ...
• Women's Health _{2012-03-04, 03:00 am}
  ... Functional medicine Ask Susan Blum, MD, MPH, Founder and Director of the Blum Center for Health in Rye Brook. Dr. Blum, describes herself as a medical detective. She takes a complete and thorough history, including non-routine questions such as ...
• Pro Squash Westchester Open Underway in Rye Brook _{2012-03-03, 12:45 am}
  ... U.S. Junior Mason Ripka (r) beat Yasser Kamel by a score of 3-0 during the first match of the tournament. RYE BROOK, N.Y. -- The Pro Squash Tour's Buffalo Wild Wings Westchester Open began play at the Club@800 in Rye Brook on Friday as American ...
• Greenwich Native Advances in Pro Squash Tournament _{2012-03-03, 12:19 am}
  ... U.S. Junior Mason Ripka (r) beat Yasser Kamel by a score of 3-0 during the first match of the tournament. RYE BROOK, N.Y. -- The Pro Squash Tour's Buffalo Wild Wings Westchester Open began play at the Club@800 in Rye Brook on Friday as American ...
• Daily Sports Digest: World Famous Athlete Comes to Rye Brook _{2012-03-02, 07:42 pm}
  ... for the Buffalo Wild Wings Westchester Open hosted by the Club @ 800 Squash & Fitness, 800 Westchester Ave. in Rye Brook, NY, March 2-4, 2012. Headlining this tournament is Egyptian squash player Wael El Hindi, the most charismatic and colorful ...
• Greenwich Squash Pro Loves Teaching in America _{2012-03-02, 01:00 pm}
  ... in the sport and if you already play you want to compete against the best." Khan teaches at the Club at 800 in Rye Brook. It's something he says he wants to do, "as long as I can." "I like teaching someone who has never played before and showing ...
• UHY Advisors Moves Into Estate Planning _{2012-03-02, 11:56 am}
  ... to our clients is exceptional," says Michael Mahoney, managing director for UHY Advisors in both New York City and Rye Brook, NY. Falanga and Goodman have been a team for nearly two decades, most recently at Schonbraun McCann Group, which was ...
• Daily Sports Digest: World Famous Athlete to Compete in Rye Brook_{2012-03-02, 09:42 am}
  A The Top Spot: Pro Squash Returns to the Area Pro Squash Tour will return to Westchester County for the Buffalo Wild Wings Westchester Open hosted by the Club @ 800 Squash & Fitness, 800 Westchester Avenue in Rye Brook, NY, March 2 -4, 2012.