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Sleeping Westchester Man Struck By Stray Bullet In New Jersey Home Sleeping Westchester Man Struck By Stray Bullet In New Jersey Home
Sleeping Westchester Man Struck By Stray Bullet In New Jersey Home A Yonkers man was sleeping when he was struck in the arm by gunfire in a Paterson, New Jersey home before dawn Monday, July 26, authorities confirmed. It was just after midnight when shots rang out on East 23rd Street off Park Avenue, just around the corner from where city police last week raided an open-air drug market, responders initially said. The sleeping 35-year-old victim and three vehicles were struck, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora confirmed Monday morning. An ambulance took him for treatment to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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DWI Westchester Driver In Head-On Crash Reached 106 MPH, Authorities Charge DWI Westchester Driver In Head-On Crash Reached 106 MPH, Authorities Charge
DWI Westchester Driver In Head-On Crash Reached 106 MPH, Authorities Charge  A Jeep driven by a drunk Yonkers man was doing 106 miles an hour when it crashed head-on into a sedan in Passaic County, New Jersey, authorities said. Derrick Valerio, age 33, was headed in the wrong direction on Greenwood Lake Turnpike when his 2021 Grand Cherokee slammed into a 2003 Infiniti I35 in a 45-mile-per-hour zone near Stonetown Road in Ringwood on Monday, July 5, they said. A passenger in the Infiniti, 22-year-old Riley Lindholm of Rock Hill in Sullivan County,  was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with serious injuries, Passaic County Prosecutor Came…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Westchester Driver, 60, Killed In New Jersey Crash Westchester Driver, 60, Killed In New Jersey Crash
Westchester Driver, 60, Killed In New Jersey Crash A 60-year-old Yonkers driver was killed in a single-car crash Wednesday morning in Clifton, authorities said. Denis Murphy was driving a 2010 Toyota Corolla when he “failed to negotiate the exit ramp” at the intersection of Route 21 North and Route 3, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said in a joint release. An ambulance took Murphy to St. Mary’s Hospital in Passaic following the 9:42 a.m. call, Valdes and Rinaldi said. He was pronounced dead exactly an hour later, they said. An investigation was continuing. Authorities asked that anyone…

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by Jerry DeMarco