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CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. Westchester County Police said they arrested a man for snooping around the International Preschool in Cortlandt Manor without a valid reason.
Michael Esposito, 50, of Lake Drive, Lake Peekskill, was found looking into the windows of the International Preschool on Oregon Road and walking around the perimeter of the school just after 12 p.m. Friday, police said. When he was approached he could not give a valid reason for being at the school.
While Esposito was being taken into custody, police said he was found with an altered New York State inspection sticker and was charged with felony possession of a forged instrument. He was also charged with misdemeanor aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle for driving with a revoked license and misdemeanor criminal trespass for roaming the school grounds.
Police said they also discovered that Esposito was wanted on an unrelated bench warrant from Westchester County for failing to appear in court for traffic charges in 2009. Esposito was issued multiple summonses and remanded to Westchester County Jail.
In other police news:
Sunday, Nov. 27, 11:46 a.m. Westchester County Police responded to Chardonny Road on a report of a dispute between two neighbors. A homeowner said he confronted his neighbor and an argument ensued because the neighbors dog has been regularly defecating on his lawn.
Saturday, Nov. 26, 11:08 a.m. Benny Johnson, 46, of Spring Valley, was charged with multiple offenses after Westchester County Police said he was stopped for failing to signal. Police said Johnson was wanted on multiple warrants from the Town of Ramapo and by Westchester County Police for failing to appear in court on traffic and penal law offenses.
Johnson was pulled over after he failed to signal when making a left turn into the Mobil gas station on Route 6, police said. Johnson was found to be driving on a revoked license, his car was uninsured, unregistered and was displaying improper license plates, police said.
He was issued numerous summonses for those traffic offenses and was booked at county police headquarters in Hawthorne. He was then turned over to Ramapo Police.
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