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Winning Lottery Ticket Worth Nearly $30K Sold At Westchester Gas Station: Here's Where Winning Lottery Ticket Worth Nearly $30K Sold At Westchester Gas Station: Here's Where
Winning Lottery Ticket Worth Nearly $30K Sold At Westchester Gas Station: Here's Where Someone out there is nearly $30,000 richer after buying a winning lottery ticket at a Westchester gas station, officials announced. The top-prize-winning Take 5 ticket, worth $29,796.50, was sold at a Yonkers gas station for the drawing on Sunday, Feb. 11, New York Lottery officials announced. The ticket was revealed to have been bought at a Sunoco gas station at 931 McLean Ave., officials added. Information about who bought the ticket was not released.  If you hope to repeat this stroke of luck, Take 5 drawings are televised twice daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Winners can cl…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Victim Shot At Gas Station In Hudson Valley: Suspect Caught, Police Say Victim Shot At Gas Station In Hudson Valley: Suspect Caught, Police Say
Victim Shot At Gas Station In Hudson Valley: Suspect Caught, Police Say A suspect has been apprehended following a shooting at a Hudson Valley gas station that left one person injured, police said. The incident happened in Putnam County on Friday evening, Nov. 10 in Kent at the Sunoco gas station at 1320 Route 52.  According to the Kent Police Department, arriving officers soon found a victim with a gunshot wound. A description of the suspect and their vehicle was then quickly given to authorities in the area.  With this information, the suspect was apprehended with help from New York State Police and the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. Their id…

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by Ben Crnic
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Car Bursts Into Flames At Gas Station In Westchester Car Bursts Into Flames At Gas Station In Westchester
Car Bursts Into Flames At Gas Station In Westchester Thanks to the quick action of firefighters, a car blaze was prevented from spreading to fuel pumps at a Northern Westchester gas station.  The incident happened on Saturday, Nov. 11 just after 11 a.m., when members of the Somers Volunteer Fire Department were sent to a Sunoco gas station at 253 Route 100, where a car had gone up in flames next to the building.  According to the department, firefighters quickly arrived and put out the blaze, keeping it from spreading to the gas pumps.  After around an hour, crews left the scene and went back into service. Both Somers Police a…

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by Ben Crnic
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Man Kicks, Shatters Glass Door Of Business In Westchester: Police Man Kicks, Shatters Glass Door Of Business In Westchester: Police
Man Kicks, Shatters Glass Door Of Business In Westchester: Police A 30-year-old man faces charges after repeatedly kicking the glass door of a business in Northern Westchester, causing it to shatter.  Yorktown resident Albert Tapia, age 30, was arrested on Monday, May 22 just before 2 a.m. for allegedly shattering the door of the Sunoco 7-Eleven gas station at 3650 Lee Blvd., according to Yorktown Police.  The incident allegedly happened on Sunday, April 16 just after 3 a.m., when police responded to the 7-Eleven and met with an employee who identified Tapia as the suspect. An investigation revealed that Tapia had kicked the door repeatedly befo…

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by Ben Crnic
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Drunk Driver Leads Troopers On Thruway Chase, Intentionally Strikes Cop Cars, Police Say Drunk Driver Leads Troopers On Thruway Chase, Intentionally Strikes Cop Cars, Police Say
Drunk Driver Leads Troopers On Thruway Chase, Intentionally Strikes Cop Cars, Police Say A 29-year-old man is facing multiple charges after allegedly leading New York State Police troopers on a highway chase before intentionally striking two police vehicles, authorities said. The incident began at around 11:15 p.m. Thursday, March 2, when troopers in Greene County attempted to stop Angelo Paradiso, of Palenville, for a traffic violation on the northbound Thruway near Catskill, according to state police. Paradiso, who was driving a Chevrolet Cobalt, allegedly refused to stop and a chase ensued. Troopers deployed a tire deflation device near mile marker 106, causing Paradiso’s …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Top-Prize Winning Take-5 Ticket Sold In Westchester Top-Prize Winning Take-5 Ticket Sold In Westchester
Top-Prize Winning Take-5 Ticket Sold In Westchester A first prize-winning lottery ticket valued at more than $19,000 was sold in a Westchester County store.  The lucky $19,052.50 Take-5 ticket was bought at a Sunoco gas station in White Plains located at 555 North Broadway, New York Lottery announced on Thursday, Oct. 20.  The winning numbers were 1-11-31-33-36. 

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by Ben Crnic
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Man Who Left His Cell Phone At Crime Scene Nabbed For Gas Station Burglary In Hudson Valley Man Who Left His Cell Phone At Crime Scene Nabbed For Gas Station Burglary In Hudson Valley
Man Who Left His Cell Phone At Crime Scene Nabbed For Gas Station Burglary In Hudson Valley An area man who allegedly left his cell phone and personal papers at the scene of a gas station robbery has been charged with the crime. He was arrested on Friday, March 18, in Ulster County after robbing a Sunoco gas station in the Saugerties. Officers responded to the stations around 2:30 a.m. after receiving a burglary alarm notification, said Chief Joseph Sinagra, of the Saugerties Police. When officers arrived on the scene, they found a large rock has been thrown thru the station's glass doors and a burglar had stolen lottery tickets and packs of Newport cigarettes, Sinagra said. Whi…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Top-Prize Winning NY Lottery Take 5 Ticket Sold At Market In Region Top-Prize Winning NY Lottery Take 5 Ticket Sold At Market In Region
Top-Prize Winning NY Lottery Take 5 Ticket Sold At Market In Region A top-prize winning New York Lottery ticket worth nearly $20,000 that was sold at a market in the region could be burning a hole in one lucky player's pocket after the latest midday Take 5 draw. In Sullivan County, a jackpot-winning $19,565.50 Take 5 ticket was sold at the Liberty Quick Mart attached to the Sunoco station on North Main Street in the Village of Liberty. The winning numbers for the Take 5 midday drawing on Wednesday, March 9 were 11-27-32-34-36. In addition to the top prize, New York Lottery paid out 56 $506 prizes for players who matched four numbers, 2,245 $21.50 third-pla…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Four Suspects On Loose After Strong-Arm Gas Station Robbery In New Rochelle Four Suspects On Loose After Strong-Arm Gas Station Robbery In New Rochelle
Four Suspects On Loose After Strong-Arm Gas Station Robbery In New Rochelle Four men are wanted by investigators in Westchester County after threatening to kill a gas station clerk during an armed robbery overnight, police said. Shortly before 12:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, officers from the New Rochelle Police Department responded to Sunoco on Huguenot Street, where there was a report of an armed robbery. New Rochelle Police Capt. Cosmo Costa said that the investigation into the robbery determined that four African American men entered the Sunoco store, walked behind the counter and demanded money from an employee. Costa said that one of the four men then poin…

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by Zak Failla
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Police Investigating Armed Robbery Of Westchester Gas Station Police Investigating Armed Robbery Of Westchester Gas Station
Police Investigating Armed Robbery Of Westchester Gas Station Police are investigating an armed robbery of a Northern Westchester gas station by a man armed with a handgun. The incident took place around 2:30 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 31, in Peekskill at the Sunoco at 980 Washington St., when the man, wearing a mask, entered the store and demanded cash from the lone employee, said Peekskill Police Lt. Jack Galusha. The clerk turned over an undetermined amount of cash and the man fled the store in an unknown direction. No one was injured during the robbery and no arrest have been made. Galusha said the incident remains under investigation.

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Naked Man Charged After Dancing In Mamaroneck Gas Station Parking Lot Naked Man Charged After Dancing In Mamaroneck Gas Station Parking Lot
Naked Man Charged After Dancing In Mamaroneck Gas Station Parking Lot Visitors to a Sunoco gas station in Westchester might have done a double take if they happened to catch a view of a large naked man dancing in the parking lot. The man, who police did not identify, but said was from Hobe Sound, Florida, was arrested around 10:10 p.m., on Tuesday, June 11, when officers responded to a 911 call from the gas station in the village of Mamaroneck at 540 Mamaroneck Ave., who reported a man was acting "erratically," said Mamaroneck Police Lt. Sandra DiRuzza. When officers arrived, they found the 36-year-old man getting into his vehicle, a video recorded by s…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Suspect In Multiple Thefts At Westchester Gas Stations Caught In Foot Chase Suspect In Multiple Thefts At Westchester Gas Stations Caught In Foot Chase
Suspect In Multiple Thefts At Westchester Gas Stations Caught In Foot Chase A suspect implicated in the theft of cigarettes from area gas stations injured an attendant and Good Samaritan who chased him down following an alleged robbery over the weekend until police could intervene in Northern Westchester. Officers from the Yorktown Police Department were dispatched to the Shell station on Commerce Street at approximately 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, where there was a report of a robbery. While en route to investigate, the officers were advised that a suspect had fled on foot and was running on Kear Street. Upon arrival at Kear Street, the officers found the sus…

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by Zak Failla