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Ridgefield Woman Assaulted By Couple After Fight Over Unleashed Dog: Police Ridgefield Woman Assaulted By Couple After Fight Over Unleashed Dog: Police
Ridgefield Woman Assaulted By Couple After Fight Over Unleashed Dog: Police A couple faces charges after a middle-aged Connecticut woman was assaulted on a Northern Westchester hiking trail following a dispute over an unleashed dog, police said.  Around 12:15 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5, authorities received a call from a woman who said that she had been assaulted at the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, located in the towns of Lewisboro and Pound Ridge. According to Westchester County Police Public Information Officer Kieran O'Leary, the woman told authorities that she had been walking on a trail in the reservation when an unleashed dog ran up behind her.  She t…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
CT Woman With Infant Slams Into Cruisers During Chase, Police Say CT Woman With Infant Slams Into Cruisers During Chase, Police Say
CT Woman With Infant Slams Into Cruisers During Chase, Police Say A 20-year-old woman is facing multiple charges after she fled from Westchester County Police with her 8-month-old son in the car. The incident began around 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 7:09 p.m. when a Westchester County Police officer attempted to stop a Nissan Maxima for a traffic violation on the northbound Hutchinson River Parkway in New Rochelle, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police.  The driver -- later identified as Lexxiani Lopez, of Hartford, Connecticut -- refused to pull over and drove off at a high rate of speed, O'Leary said. The officer …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Town Justice Removed From Post After DWI Charge In Northern Westchester Town Justice Removed From Post After DWI Charge In Northern Westchester
Town Justice Removed From Post After DWI Charge In Northern Westchester Court officials report that Bedford Town Justice Erik Jacobsen has been administratively suspended following an arrest for DWI and resisting arrest after police say they had to use a stun gun when he refused to comply with their efforts to arrest him. Jacobsen, 54, of Bedford Hills, was arrested a little after midnight on Monday, April 22, after the Westchester County Police received a report that a silver Mercedes was being driven erratically on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Mount Kisco, said police department spokesman Kieran O'Leary. Following the report, an officer responded to tha…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Brookfield Woman Among Three Arrested After Altercation At Tavern Brookfield Woman Among Three Arrested After Altercation At Tavern
Brookfield Woman Among Three Arrested After Altercation At Tavern Three people were arrested following an altercation at a Northern Westchester tavern that left one man injured. The incident began about 11:10 p.m., Wednesday, April 17, when a dispute broke out among several people who knew each other inside O’Connor’s Public House at 222 East Main St. in Mount Kisco, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police. During the assault, which took place both inside and outside of the tavern, the victim was slapped and punched in the face, knocked to the ground, and kicked in the face. He suffered a concussion and multiple injuries to h…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Missing Area Man Found Missing Area Man Found
Missing Area Man Found Update The 68-year-old man who went missing in Northern Westchester on Monday, Aug. 13 has been found, Bedford Police announced Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 15. A third formal search was conducted for John A. Vasile late Wednesday morning, police said, and Vasile was located - conscious and alert - within the Bedford Village hamlet. He was transported to the Northern Westchester Hospital Center for evaluation. "Today, following a collaborative effort involving multiple agencies, John Vasile has been successfully reunited with his family," Bedford Police Chief Melvin Padilla said. T…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Missing Area Man Found Missing Area Man Found
Missing Area Man Found Update The 68-year-old man who went missing in Northern Westchester on Monday, Aug. 13 has been found, Bedford Police announced Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 15. A third formal search was conducted for John A. Vasile late Wednesday morning, police said, and Vasile was located - conscious and alert - within the Bedford Village hamlet. He was transported to the Northern Westchester Hospital Center for evaluation. "Today, following a collaborative effort involving multiple agencies, John Vasile has been successfully reunited with his family," Bedford Police Chief Melvin Padilla said. T…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Police Talk Man Down From Metro-North Platform Police Talk Man Down From Metro-North Platform
Police Talk Man Down From Metro-North Platform Westchester County Police intervention was required at the Mount Kisco Metro-North station this week when a man got close to the platform and repeated that “he would be better off dead.” Officers were dispatched to the station shortly after 6 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, where there was a report of a man - whose name has not been released - who was sitting on the end of the platform and continued telling people the macabre statement. A County Police spokesperson said that officers were able to calm the man down, who agreed to be transported to Northern Westchester Hospital Center by the Mou…

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by Zak Failla