A man was arrested after allegedly getting into a fight with a juvenile in Westport, according to police.Gerald Seitz, 71, was arrested around 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 12, after Westport Police officers responded to a complaint of a disturbance involving physical violence, said the Westport Police Department.When officers arrived on the scene, they learned that Seitz had allegedly ...

In an effort to help keep guns off the streets and out of the hands of criminals, a gun buyback event has been organized between law enforcement and civic organizations that will offer gift cards in return for unwanted or old guns.The Norwalk Gun Buyback event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Norwalk Police Department at 1 Monroe St., Norwalk.The event is a ...

An area father and son are behind bars after being nabbed for burglary in Ulster County.Paul V. Cahill Jr., 52 and his 20-year-old son Paul V. Cahill III, both of Walden, were arrested around 8:45 a.m., Friday, Oct. 11, after Ulster County Sheriff's deputies responded to a residence on Albany Post Road in the Town of Shawangunk for a reported burglary in progress, said Det. Lt. Abe ...

Students stunned over the death of one of their classmates at Pearl River High School and the serious injury of another will have access to grief counseling throughout the week.Altin Nezaj, 17, a popular football and wrestler at the school, died during a multi-vehicle crash on Route 304 around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13. Also, critically injured in the crash was fellow PRHS ...

A man wearing a baseball hat with a swastika on it at an area diner was escorted out of the establishment by police in Westchester.The incident took place on Friday, Oct. 11, at the City Limits Diner in White Plains, according to the restaurant's owner on Facebook.Nick Livanos, who has run the popular diner, along with his family for more than 25 years, wrote that in the mid-afternoon, ...

There are lots of things that make Briarcliff Manor a quaint and great place to live and one of them is the street signs adorned with roses.But someone, or a group of people, are stealing or damaging the signs, ripping them right off their posts, said Village Manager Philip E. Zegarelli.The signs started disappearing in September and to date, 21 signs are now in need of replacement, ...

A tractor-trailer and CSX train collided in West Nyack, cutting power to the area.The collision took place around 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 11, at the Pineview Crossing, said the Clarkstown Police.The crash took down power wires, with some 30 customers left without power.There were no injuries reported, police said.An investigation is underway.

A 38-year-old area man was arrested after allegedly attacking another man with a tire pressure gauge.The incident took place around 11:16 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 13, when the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department received a report of a man with a head injury, said Town of Poughkeepsie Police Capt. Michael O'Dowd.Robert E. Shannon, of Poughkeepsie, was arrested after police responded to the ...

Police are looking for a suspect in the theft of a 2005 red Corvette from a Coram 7-Eleven parking lot.The incident took place Friday, Oct. 11, after a man walked into the store on Route 112, leaving the keys in the ignition, said the Suffolk County Police.A security camera at the store captures a man walking up the car and then the camera freezes.The Corvette's license plate says ...

A 40-year-old woman was arrested following a domestic dispute in which she allegedly hit the victim.The incident took place around 3:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 10, when the Saugerties Police responded to a domestic dispute on Sawmill Road, said Town of Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra. An investigation found during a verbal dispute with the victim, Olivia ...