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IDs Released For Husband, Wife Killed In Chain-Reaction Westchester Crash IDs Released For Husband, Wife Killed In Chain-Reaction Westchester Crash
IDs Released For Husband, Wife Killed In Chain-Reaction Westchester Crash The identities have been released of the victims of a double-fatal, chain-reaction crash involving five vehicles in Westchester. It happened around 8:25 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 19 on I-287 eastbound, in the town of Harrison, between Exit 10 (Purchase/Port Chester) and Exit 11 (Port Chester/Rye), state police said.  Initially, state police reported the crash involved a cement mixer and two passenger vehicles.  But a further investigation revealed that a total of five vehicles were involved in the crash that claimed the lives of a husband and wife, state police announced…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Man Rams Two Cruisers During Multi-County Pursuit Ending In Westchester, Police Say Man Rams Two Cruisers During Multi-County Pursuit Ending In Westchester, Police Say
Man Rams Two Cruisers During Multi-County Pursuit Ending In Westchester, Police Say A Connecticut man was arrested by New York State Police for allegedly fleeing officers and ramming two police vehicles in an effort to escape before finally being apprehended in Westchester County. The incident started around 4 p.m. Thursday, June 24, when New York State Police were assisting the Mahwah, New Jersey, Police Department and South Nyack Police Department with a pursuit that entered I-287 and continued south on I-87, said Trooper Tara McCormick. The fleeing vehicle intentionally caused damage to two troop cars, a South Nyack patrol car, and a Mahwah patrol car, said McCormick. …

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Federal Judge Joins Review Of Fatal Officer-Involved Shootings In Westchester Federal Judge Joins Review Of Fatal Officer-Involved Shootings In Westchester
Federal Judge Joins Review Of Fatal Officer-Involved Shootings In Westchester A former federal prosecutor in New York is being called in to assist the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office in reopening the investigation into a pair of police-involved shootings that left a 20-year-old Pace University student from Massachusetts and former US Marine dead. Danroy “DJ” Henry, an Easton, Massachusetts man who was a junior at Pace was shot to death by police officers in Pleasantville in October 2010 while he was in a moving vehicle. Related story - Thousands Demand Justice 10 Years After College Athlete Shot, Killed By Cop In Westchester Thirteen months later, Ken…

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by Zak Failla
News
Rapper DMX Hospitalized In Westchester In Grave Condition Rapper DMX Hospitalized In Westchester In Grave Condition
Rapper DMX Hospitalized In Westchester In Grave Condition The rapper DMX is hospitalized in his native New York in Westchester County in grave condition, according to a report by TMZ. DMX, age 50, whose birth name is Earl Simmons, suffered an overdose around 11 p.m. Friday, April 2, which led to a heart attack, according to TMZ. He is hospitalized in the critical care unit in White Plains, the report said. Simmons is a Mount Vernon native who grew up in Yonkers. Simmons lived near the Bedford border on McLain Street in Mount Kisco with his now-estranged wife Tashera Simmons before putting the home into foreclosure in 2016 after filing for bankru…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Alleged Car Thief Apprehended On 18th Birthday In Westchester County Alleged Car Thief Apprehended On 18th Birthday In Westchester County
Alleged Car Thief Apprehended On 18th Birthday In Westchester County A Fairfield County teen spent his 18th birthday with police in Westchester County, but it wasn't exactly a celebration. The individual, whose identity was not released, was arrested after Harrison Police received a call around 3:37 a.m., Monday, March 1, from a resident reporting that three men were trying to open the doors of several vehicles on Pearl Street. When an officer responded he spotted a Subaru Outback driving away, said Harrison Police Chief John T. Vasta.  The vehicle turned down Edward Street to elude the officer and crashed into a fence.  The occupant of…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Westchester Man Arrested For Role In Decade-Long $1M Ponzi Scheme Westchester Man Arrested For Role In Decade-Long $1M Ponzi Scheme
Westchester Man Arrested For Role In Decade-Long $1M Ponzi Scheme A Westchester County man was arrested this week for his role in a near decade-long Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors in New York and other parts of the country out of more than $1 million. White Plains resident James Doyle, 72, and Carl Carro, 59, of Walton, Delaware, the purported managing directors of headhunting companies Endeavor Management Solutions and Endeavor Consultancy, have been charged in a 42-count indictment for their roles in the schema. Specifically, the two were charged with multiple counts of money laundering, grand larceny, securities fraud, and scheme to defraud. Ne…

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Syracuse University Student, 18, From Westchester Remembered For His Engaging Personality Syracuse University Student, 18, From Westchester Remembered For His Engaging Personality
Syracuse University Student, 18, From Westchester Remembered For His Engaging Personality A Syracuse University first-year student from Westchester who died suddenly earlier this week is being remembered for his high energy and engaging personality. John “Jack” Howard Lundin of the Crestwood section of Yonkers, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Oct. 14. He was 18. He was born on June 20, 2002, in White Plains. He attended Immaculate Heart of Mary School and the School of the Annunciation. He graduated from Fordham Prep in 2020.  Jack was studying magazine, news, and digital journalism at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.  He had …

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by Daily Voice
News
Former Owner Of Upscale Northern Westchester Restaurant Sentenced For Fraud Former Owner Of Upscale Northern Westchester Restaurant Sentenced For Fraud
Former Owner Of Upscale Northern Westchester Restaurant Sentenced For Fraud The former owner and operator of an upscale Northern Westchester restaurant has been sentenced for committing wire fraud in connection with her multi-year scheme to defraud the restaurant’s lenders, mortgagee, bankruptcy creditors, and customers, authorities announced. Fairfield County resident Barbara Meyzen, also known as “Bobbie," 57, of Redding,  owned and operated the La Crémaillère Restaurant in the North Castle hamlet of Banksville starting in 1993 until earlier this year. She pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud on Thursday, March 5  in White Plains federal court…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Police Issue Alert For Missing 36-Year-Old Woman Police Issue Alert For Missing 36-Year-Old Woman
Police Issue Alert For Missing 36-Year-Old Woman A 36-year-old woman has gone missing in the area and authorities are asking for the public's help in locating her. New York State Police out of the Cortlandt barracks in Westchester issued the alert for Karla Congiunti, 36, last seen in White Plains.  She was reported missing by her family and is described as 5-foot-7, 118 pounds, with blonde hair and brown eyes. It is not known what she was last wearing.  She is known to frequent the Cortlandt, Peekskill, and White Plains areas, state police said, adding that she has been known to use the aliases “Karla DeRonda,” and “Toni…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Trio, Including Westchester Man, Charged In Violent Robbery Of Fairfield County Jeweler Trio, Including Westchester Man, Charged In Violent Robbery Of Fairfield County Jeweler
Trio, Including Westchester Man, Charged In Violent Robbery Of Fairfield County Jeweler A Westchester man was among three charged for their roles in a violent robbery of a Fairfield County jewelry store that led to the death of the store owner. White Plains resident Thomas Liberatore, Brooklyn residents Robert Rallo and Paul “Tony Pro” Prosano have been arrested and charged with federal robbery offenses following an incident last month at Marco Jewelers in Stamford. U.S. Attorney John Durham said that shortly after 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 28, officers from the Stamford Police Department were dispatched to the Sixth Street jewelry store, where there was a report of a robbe…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
COVID-19: Joyful Family Welcomes Greenwich Hospital Newborn From Afar COVID-19: Joyful Family Welcomes Greenwich Hospital Newborn From Afar
Covid-19: Joyful Family Welcomes Greenwich Hospital Newborn From Afar A new baby boy born in Fairfield County during the middle of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will have quite a story to tell one day. Myles Mackenzie Mangan, born at 8:49 a.m., Wednesday, April 8,  at Greenwich Hospital via cesarean section to parents Miranda and Nick Mangan, of White Plains, came into the world without much fanfare due to the no visitor's policy in effect due to COVID-19 at hospitals. But that didn’t prevent Miranda’s father, stepmother, stepsister and brother-in-law from driving one-and-a-half hours from Patchogue in Suffolk County to Greenwich Hospital to wish…

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by Kathy Reakes