An animal believed to be a mountain lion made its presence felt in Northern Westchester.The incident happened on Saturday, Feb. 15 at around 3 p.m. on Whippoorwill Road near the intersection of Half Mile Road, North Castle Police said.A local resident reported that her dogs chased what she believed was a mountain lion up a tree on a neighbor's property. "The caller reported ...

Roger Stone, a Fairfield County native who graduated from high school in Northern Westchester and has been a longtime adviser and confidant of President Donald Trump, was sentenced to prison for lying to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and other charges.The 67-year-old Stone was indicted in January 2019 as part of special counsel ...

Click here for an updated story: Pickup Truck Driver Cited In Route 17 Crash With School Bus In SullivanA stretch of Route 17 has reopened after five students and two adults on a school bus were injured during a two-vehicle crash in which the school bus overturned.It happened around 7:45 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 20, in Sullivan County eastbound in Mamakating between the bus and a pickup ...

Police are searching for a suspect after a 25-year-old Long Island man was shot and killed in broad daylight.It happened around 3:50 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 in Copiague.First Precinct officers responded to 70 Court Street at approximately 3:50 p.m. after a 911 caller reported a man had been shot, Suffolk County Police said.When officers arrived, they found Jewuel Hanson, of ...

A 46-year-old man has been accused of engaging in a sex act with a child at an area hotel and authorities say they are now looking for other possible victims.New York State Police from the Poughkeepsie barracks arrested Northern Fairfield County resident Eric J. Fenyes, of Sherman, on Tuesday, Feb. 18 and charged him with second-degree criminal sex act, a Class D felony. An ...

State Police are asking the public's help in identifying a suspect in a grand larceny investigation in the area.In November and December of 2019, the suspect shown in the photos above used a stolen debit card to make several unauthorized withdrawals from the victim’s bank account in New Windsor and Poughkeepsie. He also used the victim’s identity to obtain a personal loan which was ...

A 15-year-old Long Island girl has gone missing and authorities are asking the public's help in locating her.Gabriella Gonzalez was last seen leaving her Glen Cove home in an unknown direction on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 6 a.m. She is described as being 5-foot-1, approximately 110 pounds, with long brown hair, brown eyes, and wearing a nose ring.  Her clothing description is ...

A suspect has been charged for allegedly committing a pair of bank robberies in as many days in a hamlet on Long Island.Ismael Colon, 41, of Holtsville is the suspect in robberies early this month in Farmingville.The first bank robbery in Farmingville happened on Sunday, Feb. 2 just after 11:30 a.m.That's when Colon allegedly entered People’s United Bank, inside Stop & ...

Twenty-six people are being voluntarily quarantined in Westchester County over coronavirus concerns, officials announced on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 18.The 26 were traveled who returned to the United States from areas of the world where COVID-19 cases have occurred.Most of the 26 are being quarantined in their homes, the county said.County officials noted that patients are ...

Two armed men wearing ski masks who broke into a Long Island home in broad daylight are at large.It happened around 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17 in Seaford on Hampton Avenue.According to Nassau County Police detectives, the two brandished guns and assaulted two female victims, aged 31 and 30. The suspects then fled the scene in an unknown direction by unknown means of transportation.Both ...