STONY POINT – State Police have arrested a 36-year-old Stony Point man in connection with a February 16, 2021 murder.
Troopers said at around 2 a.m. on that date, they found a Hyundai Sonata fully engulfed in flames on the Palisades Interstate Parkway near exit 16 in the Town of Stony Point.
Ronald Mann of the Bronx was found dead inside the car and the Rockland County Medical Examiner’s Office determined he suffered from a gunshot wound and his death was ruled a homicide.
Investigation by the State Police Troop F Bureau of Criminal Investigation led to the arrest of Robert Rodriguez of Stony Point.
He was remanded to the Rockland County Jail without bail.
State Police were assisted in the investigation by New York State Fire, the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office and police departments from Stony Point, Haverstraw and Suffern.
