This Day in History: 1940-08-09
A Monsey, New York man was serving a ten-day sentence in the Rockland County jail when he was unable to pay a fine of $10 for operating a motor vehicle without a license. Officer Ted Wickham found Alvin Boyle walking along Valley Road at 4:30 a.m. When questioned, Boyle explained that he had accepted a ride to Monsey but had been left off in Mahwah by mistake. Wickham let him go, although Boyle seemed very nervous. A few minutes later he found a badly damaged car near Jack Reich’s Tavern with the engine still warm. With the help of the Suffern Police he discovered that it was registered to Roy Rubenfeld, the proprietor of the Monsey Park Hotel. He called Rubenfeld who assured him that his car was in his garage. Wickham asked him to check and Rubenfeld found the car missing. The Suffern Police picked up Boyle and charged him with driving without a license when Rubenfeld refused to press charges against Boyle, an employee of the Hotel, for taking the car without his permission. (Bristow)