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Ben Crnic

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Ben Crnic graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism & Geoscience in 2021. He has previously worked as a reporter with the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Connecticut, and has also contributed work to the Connecticut Mirror. Ben joined the Daily Voice team in October of 2022.

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Winning Lottery Ticket Worth Nearly $35K Sold At Mount Vernon Deli Winning Lottery Ticket Worth Nearly $35K Sold At Mount Vernon Deli
Winning Lottery Ticket Worth Nearly $35K Sold At Mount Vernon Deli Instead of just a sandwich, one visitor to a Westchester County deli walked away with a winning lottery ticket worth tens of thousands of dollars.  A top-prize winning Take 5 lottery ticket worth $34,782 was sold in Mount Vernon for the evening drawing on Thursday, June 13, New York Lottery officials announced.  According to officials, the winning ticket was bought at 114 Plaza Deli at 114 East Prospect Ave.  If you want to try your own luck, Take 5 drawings are televised twice daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Prizes can be claimed up to a year from the date of the drawing.…

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Police & Fire
Duo Caught At Train Station After Robbing Bank In Ardsley Duo Caught At Train Station After Robbing Bank In Ardsley
Duo Caught At Train Station After Robbing Bank In Ardsley A man and a woman were apprehended at a train station in connection with a robbery at a bank in Westchester, police announced.  The robbery happened on Thursday, June 20 just before 9:30 a.m., when the Chase Bank at 875 Saw Mill River Rd. (Route 9A) in Ardsley set off a hold-up alarm. After receiving a call from Chase Security, officers from the Village of Ardsley Police Department were at the scene in less than a minute, the department said. Responding officers confirmed that a robbery happened and got a description of the suspect, who was reported to be a Hispanic man with a firearm.…

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Car Goes Up In Flames On Taconic Parkway In Briarcliff Car Goes Up In Flames On Taconic Parkway In Briarcliff
Car Goes Up In Flames On Taconic Parkway In Briarcliff Firefighters raced into action after a car was consumed by flames on a busy parkway in Northern Westchester.  The blaze happened on Thursday, June 12 just after 8 p.m., when a vehicle caught on fire on the Taconic State Parkway in Briarcliff Manor, according to the village's fire department.  Arriving crews found the car engulfed in flames and were able to successfully put it out with no reported injuries.  A video of the blaze was later released by the department on Thursday, June 20.  At 2038 hours on Thursday, June 13th, the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department was …

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Man Follows, Assaults 2 Teenagers At Dobbs Ferry Restaurant: Here's His Sentence Man Follows, Assaults 2 Teenagers At Dobbs Ferry Restaurant: Here's His Sentence
Man Follows, Assaults 2 Teenagers At Dobbs Ferry Restaurant: Here's His Sentence A 63-year-old man will spend several years in prison for following and assaulting two 15-year-olds at a Westchester restaurant as well as repeatedly threatening a 13-year-old boy for several months.  Dobbs Ferry resident Vincent Pappas was sentenced on Thursday, June 20 to six years in state prison for assaulting the two teenagers, as well as a separate one-year sentence for harassing and threatening a 13-year-old boy, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, June 21.  According to the DA's Office, on Sept. 29, 2022, at around 5:30 p.m., Pap…

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Police & Fire
Discovery Of Mortar Shell Prompts Evacuation At Philipstown Construction Site Discovery Of Mortar Shell Prompts Evacuation At Philipstown Construction Site
Discovery Of Mortar Shell Prompts Evacuation At Philipstown Construction Site A hazardous device team was called to a Hudson Valley property after a mortar shell was found during excavation work.  The incident happened in Putnam County on Monday, June 17, when a caller performing excavation work at a Philipstown property on Juniper Hill Road reported the discovery of an unexploded mortar shell under some rocks, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday, June 19. A responding sheriff's deputy then removed all workers from the area and called for the Westchester County Police Hazardous Devices Unit to help remove the mortar.  Eventually, the …

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Man Nabbed After Stabbing Victim Outside Cortlandt Bar, Police Say Man Nabbed After Stabbing Victim Outside Cortlandt Bar, Police Say
Man Nabbed After Stabbing Victim Outside Cortlandt Bar, Police Say A 25-year-old man faces an assault charge after allegedly stabbing a victim outside of a bar in Northern Westchester, police announced. Peekskill resident Luis Contreras Paredes was arrested on Wednesday, May 29 in connection with an assault that happened outside of the My Second House Bar in Cortlandt at 2141 Crompond Rd., New York State Police announced on Friday, June 21.  According to police, Contreras Paredes was involved in a physical fight outside the establishment and stabbed a victim.  He was later charged with second-degree assault and turned over to the …

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Man With No ID Killed In Patterson Crash After Speeding In Opposite Lane: Police Man With No ID Killed In Patterson Crash After Speeding In Opposite Lane: Police
Man With No ID Killed In Patterson Crash After Speeding In Opposite Lane: Police A Connecticut man was killed in a New York crash after allegedly speeding in the opposite lane of traffic and striking another vehicle before hitting a tree, police announced.  The crash happened in Putnam County on Wednesday, June 19 just before noon, when two cars collided on Route 311 just south of Caroline Drive in the town of Patterson, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. Arriving Sheriff's deputies found both an Infiniti on the shoulder of the road as well as an Acura that had hit a tree.  The Infiniti's driver, a 35-year-old Patterson woman, told authorities t…

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Traffic
Lane Closures To Affect I-287 In Rye During Emergency Repairs Lane Closures To Affect I-287 In Rye During Emergency Repairs
Lane Closures To Affect I-287 In Rye During Emergency Repairs A lane closure is set to slow traffic on a busy Westchester highway as crews perform emergency repairs, officials announced.  One of the two eastbound lanes on Interstate 287 in Rye near Exit 12 will close overnight on Friday, June 21, the New York State Thruway Authority announced. The closure will begin at 10 p.m. and will allow for emergency guide rail repairs, officials said.  There will also be several traffic stops during the work. 

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Intersection Next To Elementary School In Harrison Reopens After Crash Intersection Next To Elementary School In Harrison Reopens After Crash
Intersection Next To Elementary School In Harrison Reopens After Crash This story has been updated. A busy intersection next to a Westchester elementary school has reopened after a crash.  The intersection of Harrison Avenue (Route 127) and Union Avenue next to the Harrison Avenue Elementary School is now open after it was briefly closed following a crash on Friday afternoon, June 21, Harrison Police announced.  The crash resulted in downed power lines at the intersection, the department added.  The closure caused delays during school pick-up. 

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New Update: IDs Released Of Mother, Child Struck, Killed By School Bus In Mamaroneck New Update: IDs Released Of Mother, Child Struck, Killed By School Bus In Mamaroneck
New Update: IDs Released Of Mother, Child Struck, Killed By School Bus In Mamaroneck The names of a kindergarten student and his mother who were fatally struck by a bus while walking to a Westchester school have been released by police. Mamaroneck resident Molly Murphy Donovan, age 43, and her 6-year-old son, Michael Donovan Volpe, were killed in a crash in in Mamaroneck on Thursday, June 20 around 8:30 a.m. They were struck by a school bus at the intersection of New Street and Mamaroneck Avenue, the Village of Mamaroneck Police Department announced on Friday, June 21.  Earlier Report - Latest Update: Kindergarten Student, Mother Both Fatally Struck Near M…

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