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Domestic Dispute Involving Firearms Leads To Multi-Agency Response In Area Domestic Dispute Involving Firearms Leads To Multi-Agency Response In Area
Domestic Dispute Involving Firearms Leads To Multi-Agency Response In Area A Hudson Valley man was charged after he allegedly tied up and beat his wife and then held police at bay for more than eight hours after she escaped. The incident began in Rockland County around 9 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 27 on Fillmore Drive in Stony Point. According to Stony Point Police Chief Edward Finn, the police department received a call from a woman who had been and beaten by her husband during the night and was able to escape the residence to call the police.  When police arrived, the woman told officers her husband, identified as Jeffrey Kavanagh, age 38,  o…

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by Kathy Reakes
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'Please Call The Police': Area Woman Held Hostage Uses Grubhub To Get Help 'Please Call The Police': Area Woman Held Hostage Uses Grubhub To Get Help
'Please Call The Police': Area Woman Held Hostage Uses Grubhub To Get Help A New York woman being held hostage and sexually assaulted was finally rescued after using a food delivery app to call for help. Westchester County restaurant The Chipper Truck Cafe, located in Yonkers, said it received the desperate plea for help Sunday, June 19, via a customer order on Grubhub. Written in the app’s “additional instructions” box was the message: “please call the police his going to call me when u delivered come with the cones please don’t make it obvious.” In a Facebook post, the restaurant’s owner said staff immediately called 911 and reported the message to police. …

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by Michael Mashburn