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Northern Westchester Man Accused Of Falsely Reporting Robbery, Shooting Northern Westchester Man Accused Of Falsely Reporting Robbery, Shooting
Northern Westchester Man Accused Of Falsely Reporting Robbery, Shooting A 37-year-old Northern Westchester man is facing charges for claiming he was shot at during a robbery over a stolen car that never happened, police said. At approximately 2:20 a.m. on Sunday, April 3, a man reported to the Yorktown Police Department that he was involved in an alleged motor vehicle crash on Strawberry Road in the area of Foothill Street in Mohegan Lake. Upon arrival, a spokesperson for the Yorktown Police Department said that they were able to locate the vehicle, but there was no one inside. A canvas of the area led officers to the caller - whose name has not been rele…
Four Charged, Two Arrest Warrants Pending In Fatal Hudson Valley Fire, DA Says Four Charged, Two Arrest Warrants Pending In Fatal Hudson Valley Fire, DA Says
Four Charged, Two Arrest Warrants Pending In Fatal Hudson Valley Fire, DA Says Four people have been arrested, including two facing manslaughter charges, and two others face arrest warrants in connection with a fatal fire at a Rockland County home for elderly residents. The arrests were announced on Tuesday, June 29 by Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh during a press conference following a three-month investigation into the Tuesday, March 23, fire at Evergreen Court Home for Adults in Spring Valley. The fire, which caused the building to partially collapse, killed Spring Valley Volunteer Firefighter Jared Lloyd as he was rescuing residents and a 79-year-…
Worker At Corporate Park In Westchester Admits To String Of Bomb Threats Causing Evacuations Worker At Corporate Park In Westchester Admits To String Of Bomb Threats Causing Evacuations
Worker At Corporate Park In Westchester Admits To String Of Bomb Threats Causing Evacuations A 22-year-old man has admitted to calling in several false bomb threats to a busy Westchester corporate park that led to multiple evacuations. David Prieto of White Plains pleaded guilty to four counts of false reporting, all felonies, for making false bomb threats against a Greenburgh building at 660 White Plains Road between Sept. 13 and Sept. 19 last year, forcing its evacuation four times. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., said that Prieto was employed by his father’s construction business at the time of the phony threats. In each incident, the threat was…