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Pedestrian Killed While Crossing Busy Highway In Pouring Rain In Hudson Valley Pedestrian Killed While Crossing Busy Highway In Pouring Rain In Hudson Valley
Pedestrian Killed While Crossing Busy Highway In Pouring Rain In Hudson Valley A man was killed after he was hit by a car while trying to cross a busy Westchester County highway in the midst of a powerful pre-Christmas storm, police said.  The accident happened on Friday, Dec. 23, around 2:45 a.m., when a Honda Pilot struck a man attempting to cross the southbound Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers in the area of Odell Avenue, according to Westchester County Police.  The man, whose name has not yet been released by police but was in his 40s and was believed to be homeless, was rushed to St. John’s Riverside Hospital, where he died around 4 a.m.  Po…

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by Ben Crnic
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Former Teller Sentenced For Participating In Violent Area Bank Robbery Former Teller Sentenced For Participating In Violent Area Bank Robbery
Former Teller Sentenced For Participating In Violent Area Bank Robbery A former bank teller in Westchester has been sentenced for her participation in an armed robbery that netted more than $300,000 and a vacation to Aruba. Virginia Blanco has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for participating in the robbery of a Wells Fargo Bank branch on Odel Avenue in Yonkers in October 2013 that included several rounds being fired during the exchange. She must also pay $303,500 in restitution. Blanco had been found guilty by a jury of conspiracy, bank robbery, and a firearm offense in July last year following a four-day trial in White Plains federal court, U.S. At…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Two Charged With Dumping Dead Body In Duffel Bag Outside Hudson Valley Bank Two Charged With Dumping Dead Body In Duffel Bag Outside Hudson Valley Bank
Two Charged With Dumping Dead Body In Duffel Bag Outside Hudson Valley Bank A woman and man have been identified as suspects who allegedly dumped the body of a murdered man in a duffel bag outside a bank in Westchester. Members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to the Wells Fargo Bank on Odell Avenue shortly after noon on Monday, Nov. 19, where there was a report of a suspicious bag. Inside the bag, they found the intact body of Deshawn Cortez-Seaborne, who had been stabbed multiple times before his body was left at the bank. The investigation into the dead body led to the conclusion that Cortez-Seaborne had been murdered in the Bronx and the body was left…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Human Remains Found In Duffel Bag Outside Bank In Hudson Valley Human Remains Found In Duffel Bag Outside Bank In Hudson Valley
Human Remains Found In Duffel Bag Outside Bank In Hudson Valley Police have launched an investigation after the discovery of a suspicious duffel bag outside a bank that had human remains inside. Members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to the Wells Fargo Bank on Odell Avenue shortly after noon on Monday, Nov. 19, where there was a report of a suspicious bag. Police said that upon arrival, members of the Emergency Service Unit found the bag on the west side of the building, near a dumpster. Officers tested the air for the presence of a potential explosive device, which was unfounded.  Further investigation into the duffel bag found that i…

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by Zak Failla