Friday, July 24, 2009
Monsey neighbors deny knowledge of suspect
Little girls and boys played in their yards and rode tricycles in the neighborhood that the FBI named as home to Moshe "Michael" Altman, who was arrested yesterday as part of a sweeping corruption and money-laundering probe in New Jersey.
The home at 48 Bates Drive, listed as his address by the FBI, was empty and appeared unoccupied. It was among several multifamily units newly built on a street with aging two-family homes in a predominantly Ultra-Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish neighborhood.
A new neighbor said she hadn't seen any cars, drapes, lights or people going in or coming out of the house since she moved in a few weeks ago. Another neighbor, among several who said they had just moved in, said she didn't know who lived at that address.
The deed to the house also names Itzhak Friedlander as a resident. Friedlander is named in the FBI complaint as a co-conspirator and an employee of Altman's real estate development company.
The development, also called Bates Horton, was the focus of a lawsuit a decade ago.
The town of Ramapo sued the the builder, claiming two- and three-family houses were built where only single-family, semiattached ones were allowed.
Altman is also registered as living at 68 Bates Drive, along with eight other residents, including Friedlander. Yesterday, however, the house bore the number "12," though the mailbox still read "68."
A woman surrounded by several children opened the door at that address and denied any knowledge of Altman or where he lived.
Neighbors near that address denied knowing him or where he lived.
One man angrily said neither Altman's family nor neighbors would discuss the man or the morning's events.
http://lohud.com/article/20090724/NEWS03/907240390/-1/newsfront
The home at 48 Bates Drive, listed as his address by the FBI, was empty and appeared unoccupied. It was among several multifamily units newly built on a street with aging two-family homes in a predominantly Ultra-Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish neighborhood.
A new neighbor said she hadn't seen any cars, drapes, lights or people going in or coming out of the house since she moved in a few weeks ago. Another neighbor, among several who said they had just moved in, said she didn't know who lived at that address.
The deed to the house also names Itzhak Friedlander as a resident. Friedlander is named in the FBI complaint as a co-conspirator and an employee of Altman's real estate development company.
The development, also called Bates Horton, was the focus of a lawsuit a decade ago.
The town of Ramapo sued the the builder, claiming two- and three-family houses were built where only single-family, semiattached ones were allowed.
Altman is also registered as living at 68 Bates Drive, along with eight other residents, including Friedlander. Yesterday, however, the house bore the number "12," though the mailbox still read "68."
A woman surrounded by several children opened the door at that address and denied any knowledge of Altman or where he lived.
Neighbors near that address denied knowing him or where he lived.
One man angrily said neither Altman's family nor neighbors would discuss the man or the morning's events.
http://lohud.com/article/20090724/NEWS03/907240390/-1/newsfront
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