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Wednesday, feb 19
Police & Fire
Deputy Police Commissioner In Westchester Faces Charges For Illegal Driving
Mount Vernon Deputy Police Commissioner Joseph Spiezio has been placed on administrative leave after being busted in New Rochelle driving a city vehicle with a suspended license. Spiezio was stopped on Webster Avenue at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3, police said. He was driving a city-owned Chevrolet Suburban - which has been a point of contention amongst Mount Vernon officials - and using a siren to drive by other cars. According to a police report, Spiezio identified himself as a police commissioner, but did not have any documentation or his driver’s license. A computer check…
News
Ex-Westchester Priest Appears In Court For Alleged Behavior With A Minor
A former priest in the area was back in court this week to respond to charges that he allegedly engaged in inappropriate behavior with a minor. Thomas Kreiser, a former priest in Bronxville, Garnerville and Yorktown, was in church on Wednesday, Jan. 16 after surrendering himself to police custody late last year for allegedly sexually abusing a 10-year-old child. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., announced last year that on Sept. 20, Kreiser allegedly engaged in touching his victim on an intimate part of her body while in a school building in Bronxville in the middl…
Lifestyle
Embattled Mount Vernon Mayor Hospitalized With Flu
Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas is urging area residents to get their flu shots after he was briefly hospitalized with the virus and has since returned home. Thomas, who has been in the news in recent weeks as he battles felony charges alleging he illegally used campaign funds, announced on Twitter at approximately 11 p.m. on Wednesday morning that he was treated for the flu. “Mayor Thomas was treated at an area hospital for flu-like symptoms and released after amazing care from the medical team. He extends his deepest thanks and gratitude for the quality care from the doctor and nurses w…
Business
Look Who's Coming Back: Ralph's Returning To Mamaroneck In New Location
With its legal issues behind it, Ralph’s Italian Ices & Ice Cream is set to make a grand return to Mamaroneck. Last year, owner Scott Rosenberg was forced to shut the doors on his shop on East Boston Post Road due to zoning discrepancies regarding the business. Ultimately, a State Supreme Court judge chose to dismiss his case against the village, where he sought $300,000 in damages after being told to close. Less than a year later, the two sides have reunited, an application for a 3,000-square-foot location on Mamaroneck Avenue has been approved. The new location is scheduled to reopen …
Obituaries
Westchester Teacher, Coach Dies At 36
A 36-year-old track coach and social studies teacher at a high school in Northern Westchester has died. The death of Matthew Ketterer, a member of the faculty at Horace Greeley High School, was announced in an email from the Chappaqua Central School District. Ketterer has been on paid leave since allegations came to light last year of an "inappropriate" relationship with a former student. The popular teacher and coach resigned his position in February, effective June 30, the date his paid lead ended. Since the news broke regarding the relationship, the district has not reveale…
News
Comedian Charged With Calling In Fake Bomb Threat On Westport-Bound Train
The joke is on famed comedian T.J. Miller this time, as he faces charges for allegedly making a false bomb threat from an Amtrak train in Fairfield County after being busted by the FBI at LaGuardia Airport this week. John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced the arrest of New York City resident Todd Miller, 36, on Tuesday, who is facing charges by federal criminal complaint with intentionally conveying to law enforcement false information about an explosive device on a train traveling to Connecticut. According to the criminal complaint, Miller called…
Police & Fire
21-Year-Old Caught With Rifles, Shotgun, Handgun In Taconic Stop
A 21-year-old man is facing weapons charges after being busted by New York State Police troopers as a passenger inside a vintage Volkswagon Vanagon on the Taconic State Parkway in Dutchess County with several illegal firearms. New York State Police troopers conducted a traffic stop of the 1981 van, driven by Social Circle, Georgia resident Jonathan Rozier, 23, at approximately 3:15 p.m. on Sunday afternoon on the parkway in Pleasant Valley, for an equipment violation. During the stop, troopers initially determined that Rozier was in possession of 5.8 grams of marijuana, prompting further in…
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Ex-Cop Charged With Killing Four In Hudson Valley Assaulted In Prison
Nicholas Tartaglione, a former police officer in Westchester and Dutchess counties charged with killing four people, is receiving inhumane treatment, including being assaulted at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, according to a letter his attorney wrote. Tartaglione, of Otisville in Orange County, was hospitalized for more than two weeks for a fractured eye socket bone, after being assaulted Feb. 11 in the prison's general population unit, the letter to U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas from his attorney Bruce Barket said. The 50-year-old Tartaglione is charged with killing…
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Mayor In Westchester Facing Criminal Corruption Charges, Reports Say
Click here for an updated story: Mount Vernon Mayor Used Campaign Funds As 'Personal Piggybank,' AG Says Another embattled Mount Vernon mayor finds himself embroiled in trouble with the law, according to reports. Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas, 35, has been arraigned on corruption charges, as part of an investigation by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s Office, according to multiple reports Monday morning. Thomas was arraigned on a felony charge of grand larceny and filing a false instrument after being accused of stealing more than $10,000 from his campaign committe…
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Ex-Westchester DA Jeanine Pirro To Pay Fine, Take Course For 119 MPH Ticket
After several months, Fox News host and former Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro has pleaded guilty to a speeding charge against her. New York State Police troopers stopped Pirro driving 119 miles per hour on Nov. 19 last year in the Town of Nichols, which is in upstate Tioga County near Owego and her hometown Elmira. When she was stopped by troopers, Pirro, who lives in Harrison, was driving in a 65 mph zone. According to the New York Department of Motor Vehicles, Pirro faced up to 11 points on her license for driving more than 40 mph over the speed limit, though that was…
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Westchester Gym Teacher Sues Over 'Caddyshack' Moment, Report Says
A Westchester gym teacher has filed a lawsuit after being struck in the head by an errant golf club thrown by a man having a rough day on the links at Dunwoodie Golf Course in Yonkers, according to a New York Post report. Mary Touhey, 55, a gym teacher in Yonkers is reportedly suing 33-year-old Manhattan resident Daniel Schapiro after she allegedly suffered a broken nose last September when the latter threw a golf club in anger following a bad shot. According to the report, Touhey and her golf partner were paired with Shapiro and his partner to make a foursome. She alleges that Schapiro was…
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