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3 Teens In 2 Stolen Cars Nabbed After Chase In New Rochelle With Bloodhound's Help 3 Teens In 2 Stolen Cars Nabbed After Chase In New Rochelle With Bloodhound's Help
3 Teens In 2 Stolen Cars Nabbed After Chase In New Rochelle With Bloodhound's Help Three teenagers who led authorities in New York on pursuits in two cars stolen from Connecticut and Rhode Island and injured an officer in the process face a heap of criminal charges, police announced. The incident leading up to the arrests began in Westchester County on Thursday, Feb. 15 around 2:20 p.m., when police learned that two stolen cars were traveling together on southbound Interstate 684. An officer began waiting for the two cars to enter the Hutchinson River Parkway and followed them south once he spotted them, according to Westchester County Police.  Once the cars arrived…

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by Ben Crnic
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2-Year-Old, Officers Hospitalized After Struggle With Suspect In New Rochelle Apartment: Police 2-Year-Old, Officers Hospitalized After Struggle With Suspect In New Rochelle Apartment: Police
2-Year-Old, Officers Hospitalized After Struggle With Suspect In New Rochelle Apartment: Police A 2-year-old and two officers were sent to a hospital following a struggle with a man who broke into his ex-girlfriend's Westchester apartment while high on drugs, police said. The incident happened on Thursday, Oct. 5 just before 4:40 a.m., when New Rochelle Police responded to a reported dispute on a fourth-floor apartment at 361 Main St. According to New Rochelle Police Captain J. Collins Coyne, arriving officers were told that a 43-year-old man was inside the apartment with a young 2-year-old child while high on drugs and was in possession of a knife. Officers then entered the apartmen…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Impaired Hudson Valley Woman Bites Trooper During Assault, Police Say Impaired Hudson Valley Woman Bites Trooper During Assault, Police Say
Impaired Hudson Valley Woman Bites Trooper During Assault, Police Say A woman who was high on drugs assaulted a state trooper and damaged his police vehicle during an arrest, New York State Police said. Troopers in Ulster County first made contact with the woman at around 9:45 p.m. Thursday, June 9, after witnessing her violate traffic laws on Washington Avenue in the town of Ulster, police said. While speaking with her, the trooper determined that she was under the influence of drugs and attempted to arrest her. But she became combative and resisted the officer’s efforts, police said. At one point, she reportedly bit the trooper on the arm, causing a lace…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Officer Dragged By Car While Trying To Arrest Shoplifting Suspect In Area, Police Say Officer Dragged By Car While Trying To Arrest Shoplifting Suspect In Area, Police Say
Officer Dragged By Car While Trying To Arrest Shoplifting Suspect In Area, Police Say A police officer was seriously injured after being dragged by a fleeing shoplifting suspect in the Hudson Valley. The incident took place in Dutchess County around 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15 in the Town of Poughkeepsie, at the Home Depot store located on North Road. The loss prevention employee gave a physical description of the suspect, later identified as John Vanleuven Jr., age 29, and followed him on foot to the area of North Road and West Cedar Street, said the Town of Poughkeepsie Police. A Town of Poughkeepsie police officer was arriving in the area at that time and spotted…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Fairfield County Man Charged With Pinning Police Officer Between Doors During Capitol Hill Riot Fairfield County Man Charged With Pinning Police Officer Between Doors During Capitol Hill Riot
Fairfield County Man Charged With Pinning Police Officer Between Doors During Capitol Hill Riot A Fairfield County man has been charged in connection to the violent assault of a police officer during the deadly pro-Trump Capitol Hill riot on Wednesday, Jan. 6 that was captured on video and shown repeatedly throughout the world. Patrick Edward McCaughey III, age 23, of Ridgefield, "knowingly and willfully joined a crowd of individuals who forcibly entered the grounds of the United States Capitol and impeded, disrupted, and disturbed the orderly conduct of business by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate," according to a complaint by Federal author…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
ID Released For Suspect Charged With Attempted Murder In Stabbing Of Putnam Sheriff's Deputy ID Released For Suspect Charged With Attempted Murder In Stabbing Of Putnam Sheriff's Deputy
ID Released For Suspect Charged With Attempted Murder In Stabbing Of Putnam Sheriff's Deputy The man who allegedly stabbed a Putnam County deputy during a confrontation has been identified. Timothy Redmond, 25, was arrested and charged with attempted murder, attempted assault, assault and aggravated assault of a police officer, the department said. The unidentified sheriff's deputy was stabbed while investigating a disturbance in the Town of Putnam Valley around 10 a.m., Monday, Jan. 20 in Putnam Valley, said Putnam County Sheriff Robert L. Langley Jr. According to ABC News 7, two deputies responded to the Putnam Valley home after a report that a man had stabbed his father. Deputi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Westchester Man Sentenced For Attempted Aggravated Assault On Cop Westchester Man Sentenced For Attempted Aggravated Assault On Cop
Westchester Man Sentenced For Attempted Aggravated Assault On Cop A 52-year-old man who took police on a wild ride after attempting to run down the officers pursuing him has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison. Earlier this year, Kim Carl of Yonkers was found guilty by a jury at trial of five felonies and a misdemeanor for an incident dating back to Sept. 24, 2016, when he drove his mother’s Mitsubishi recklessly, at a high rate of speed and attempted to evade police attempting to pull him over. On Tuesday, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced that Carl has been sentenced as a predicate violent offender to: Twe…

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by Zak Failla