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Rockland Marks Brinks’ Heists’s 40th Anniversary

October 25, 2021 by Jeff Lewis

40 years ago last week, two Nyack police officers and a Brinks guard were gunned down by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground, who jumped from the back of a truck and ambushed them following a robbery at the former Nanuet Mall. Rockland officials and law enforcement personnel were among the hundreds who came out to honor Sergeant Edward O’Grady, Officer Waverly Brown and guard Peter Paige by the stone memorial and plaque in Nyack off Route 59 near Mountainview Avenue. Paige’s son, Michael, spoke at the ceremony…

And that was Sergeant O’Grady’s widow, Diane, who also spoke at Wednesday’s service. 76 year-old David Gilbert, one of the getaway drivers, just over half-way through his 75-years-to-life prison sentence, was expected to go before the state parole board this month after getting clemency from former governor Andrew Cuomo in August. The New York State Department of Corrections website has Gilbert listed as “in custody.”

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