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Officers Awarded For Saving Lives, Surviving Standoffs, Seizing Drugs In Westchester Officers Awarded For Saving Lives, Surviving Standoffs, Seizing Drugs In Westchester
Officers Awarded For Saving Lives, Surviving Standoffs, Seizing Drugs In Westchester Several Westchester County police officers have received awards for showing extreme bravery and ingenuity, including one who saved a shooting victim's life with a potato chip bag and several who survived a standoff while being repeatedly fired at.  A total of 30 officers received their awards during the Westchester Department of Public Safety’s annual award ceremony held on Tuesday, June 20 at the Police Academy in Valhalla.  The awards were presented by County Executive George Latimer, Deputy County Executive Kenneth Jenkins, and Acting Public Safety Commissioner Terrance Ra…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Westchester Detectives Awarded For Solving Multiple Cell Phone Thefts Across Hudson Valley Westchester Detectives Awarded For Solving Multiple Cell Phone Thefts Across Hudson Valley
Westchester Detectives Awarded For Solving Multiple Cell Phone Thefts Across Hudson Valley Two police officers in Westchester County were awarded for catching a suspect involved in numerous cell phone thefts across the Hudson Valley.  Detectives Brandon Amlung and Kevin McGovern of the Westchester County Police Department were recognized for solving connected larcenies that happened at cell phone stores in Mount Kisco, and Rockland County in Ramapo and Spring Valley, Westchester County Police announced on Tuesday, Nov. 8.  On Jan. 14, 2021, around 2:15 p.m., two iPhones were stolen from a T-Mobile store in Mount Kisco when a suspect ripped them out of the store's d…

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by Ben Crnic
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IDs Released For Victims Of Triple-Fatal Rollover Westchester Crash IDs Released For Victims Of Triple-Fatal Rollover Westchester Crash
IDs Released For Victims Of Triple-Fatal Rollover Westchester Crash Police have identified the three people killed in a rollover crash in Westchester last week. Garibaldi Reyes-Jerez, 22, of Manhattan, and Bronx residents John Pena-Martinez, 24, and Maria Vasquez-Guzman, 16, died when the car they were traveling in crashed on the Cross County Parkway shortly before 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 25 in Mount Vernon. The driver, Yordany Bautista-Hernandez, 21, of the Bronx, struck a guard rail and rolled over while traveling east on the Cross Count Parkway between the Exit 9 ramp for the Hutchinson River Parkway and Exit 10 for New Rochelle Road, police sai…

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by Zak Failla