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Ex-Greenwich Resident Nabbed For Another Deli Burglary: Smashed Front Door Window, Police Say Ex-Greenwich Resident Nabbed For Another Deli Burglary: Smashed Front Door Window, Police Say
Ex-Greenwich Resident Nabbed For Another Deli Burglary: Smashed Front Door Window, Police Say A former Connecticut resident and serial burglar faces more charges after breaking into another deli in Westchester, police announced.  Port Chester resident Cesar Salazar-Duque, age 36, was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 7 in connection with a burglary that occurred at Sage Deli in Mamaroneck at 392 Palmer Ave., the Village of Mamaroneck Police Department announced.  According to the department, Salazar-Duque, who once lived in the Fairfield County town of Greenwich, allegedly broke the deli's front door window on Friday, Nov. 17. After receiving a report of the incident around…

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by Ben Crnic
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Ida: Body Of College Professor Swept Away In Floodwaters Recovered Ida: Body Of College Professor Swept Away In Floodwaters Recovered
Ida: Body Of College Professor Swept Away In Floodwaters Recovered The body of a college professor who was swept away with her husband by floodwaters from Storm Ida has been recovered in Westchester. The two were trying to get home from Iona College in New Rochelle to Rye Brook on Thursday, Sept 2 when they were swept down the Blind Brook Creek from their vehicle following the Wednesday, Sept. 1 storm. A body found in Purchase was later identified as that of Ken Bailie, authorities said. On Monday, Sept. 6, police announced the body of his wife, Fran Bailie, who was the department chair of the computer science department at the college, had been loca…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Alert Issued For Missing 11-Year-Old Westchester Girl Alert Issued For Missing 11-Year-Old Westchester Girl
Alert Issued For Missing 11-Year-Old Westchester Girl An 11-year-old Westchester County girl has gone missing and authorities are asking the public's help in locating her. Verenizet Calero, who is believed to be endangered, was last seen on East Columbus Avenue in the town of West Harrison at 6:15 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 16, authorities announced.  She was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, a gray T-shirt, light blue shorts, a light blue surgical mask and was carrying a black backpack, Harrison Police said. She may attempt to travel to Elizabeth, New Jersey, said, according to police.  Anyone with info on her whereabout…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Westchester/Fairfield County Stolen Car Chase Leads To Three Arrests Westchester/Fairfield County Stolen Car Chase Leads To Three Arrests
Westchester/Fairfield County Stolen Car Chase Leads To Three Arrests Police arrested three people after taking officers on a chase in a stolen vehicle along the Hutchinson River Parkway in Westchester to the Fairfield County border before crashing. The incident took place around 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 22, when Harrison Harrison Police officers were altered by a license plate reader that a vehicle stolen in the Bronx was traveling along area roads, said the Harrison Police Department. A Harrison sergeant spotted the vehicle at a gas station near North Street on the Hutch, the department said. When the sergeant attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver fl…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Video: Wrong-Way Crash Narrowly Avoided On I-287 Video: Wrong-Way Crash Narrowly Avoided On I-287
Video: Wrong-Way Crash Narrowly Avoided On I-287 A police officer on patrol in Westchester was in the right place at the right time and helped a motorist driving the wrong way avoid a crash. The Harrison Police Department released a video showing a wrong-way driver crossing the Anderson Hill Bridge on I-287 who narrowly avoided crashing into two cars passing on the roadway. Police said the driver was elderly and confused, and was able to be pointed in the right direction by the officer without any incident. “Another alert officer at the right place and at the right time. This driver was crossing the Anderson Hill Road bridge over I-287 g…

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by Zak Failla
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Fast & Furious: Fairfield County Drivers Among Six Busted For Drag Racing Fast & Furious: Fairfield County Drivers Among Six Busted For Drag Racing
Fast & Furious: Fairfield County Drivers Among Six Busted For Drag Racing A group of six people lost their rides after they were a little too fast and a little too furious on a busy Westchester roadway. Officers from the Harrison Police Department broke up an illegal drag racing ring along Westchester Avenue early on Friday, April 5, arresting six drivers and seizing their cars. Harrison Police Chief Joseph Yasinski said that at approximately 1 a.m. on April 5, an officer on patrol spotted between 60 and 80 vehicles and dozens of spectators who were gathered in the vicinity of Westchester Avenue near the Butcher Bridge. While investigating the scene, the officer…

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by Zak Failla