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Man, Woman Asleep In Car Busted With Needles, Crack Cocaine In Westchester, Police Say Man, Woman Asleep In Car Busted With Needles, Crack Cocaine In Westchester, Police Say
Man, Woman Asleep In Car Busted With Needles, Crack Cocaine In Westchester, Police Say Two were arrested in Westchester on drug charges after being found asleep inside a parked car with alleged crack cocaine and loaded needles, police said. Officers from the Scarsdale Police Department were dispatched to Claremont Road at approximately 11 p.m. on Saturday, July 31, where there were reports of two people sleeping in the front seats of a parked vehicle. Upon arrival, police said that officers found a blue Honda Accord parked on Claremont Road with a man asleep in the front passenger’s seat, which was reclined, and a woman in the driver’s seat. Police said that there was drug…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Nabbed For Alleged DWAI/Drugs Following Traffic Stop In Northern Westchester Man Nabbed For Alleged DWAI/Drugs Following Traffic Stop In Northern Westchester
Man Nabbed For Alleged Dwai/Drugs Following Traffic Stop In Northern Westchester A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs after police were notified of an unsafe driver. Michael Vazquez, of Yorktown, was arrested around 2:40 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 18, after he was spotted driving erratically by an off duty officer who reported the incident, the Yorktown Police said. During the stop on East Main Street, an investigation revealed Vazquez was allegedly driving under the influence of drugs, police said. During a search, officers allegedly found Vazquez was in possession of a quantity of heroin, clonazepam, and a hypodermic instrument…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Teen Charged With Driving While Impaired After Two-Car Crash In Area Teen Charged With Driving While Impaired After Two-Car Crash In Area
Teen Charged With Driving While Impaired After Two-Car Crash In Area A teen from New Fairfield has been charged after allegedly driving impaired and getting into a two-car crash, Putnam County Sheriff Robert Langley said. Putnam County Sheriff Deputies responded to State Route 312 in the Town of Southeast on Thursday, Feb. 21 on the report of a two-car accident. Further investigation revealed that one of the drivers involved in the crash, 19-year-old Dylan Stefanelli of New Fairfield, was allegedly impaired by drugs, police say. Officers allegedly found Suboxone and two hypodermic syringes in Stefanelli’s possession, which police say he did not have a presc…

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by Valerie Musson
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Man, Woman Face Separate Charges After Route 22 Stop Man, Woman Face Separate Charges After Route 22 Stop
Man, Woman Face Separate Charges After Route 22 Stop A man and woman of Brewster are both facing charges following a traffic stop initiated by a Putnam County Deputy Sheriff. The deputy sheriff pulled over a vehicle on Route 22 in Patterson that allegedly committed a traffic violation Tuesday, Nov. 20. Upon further inspection, the deputy learned that the vehicle’s driver, 40-year-old John Covias, had a suspended license in addition to two active warrants out from the Duchess County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff then discovered what appeared to be heroin and hypodermic needles in the subject’s possession. The vehicle’s passenger, 35-year-old…

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by Valerie Musson
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Police Seek Woman, 25, Wanted On Variety Of Charges In Hudson Valley Police Seek Woman, 25, Wanted On Variety Of Charges In Hudson Valley
Police Seek Woman, 25, Wanted On Variety Of Charges In Hudson Valley State Police investigators in Poughkeepsie are seeking the public’s assistance as they continue their search for a woman wanted on multiple charges in Union Vale after allegedly breaking and entering a barn illegally. New York State Police issued an alert for Pleasant Valley resident Jennifer Voltz, 25, who is wanted on charges that include petit larceny, criminal possession of a controlled substance and possession of a hypodermic instrument dating back to an incident in Union Vale in May last year. According to police, on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, troopers were dispatched to a Union Vale res…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Passed Out Behind Wheel Found With Heroin, Meth In Putnam, Police Say Man Passed Out Behind Wheel Found With Heroin, Meth In Putnam, Police Say
Man Passed Out Behind Wheel Found With Heroin, Meth In Putnam, Police Say A man who passed out behind the wheel of his car after using heroin is facing jail time after being busted in Putnam in possession of meth and other drugs, Kent Police said. Police received a call from a concerned member of the community at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, stating that there was a man in an SUV in a parking lot near Route 52 who appeared to be passed out behind the wheel. Responding officers were able to wake up Kent resident Brian Flandreau, 39, after he allegedly used heroin and passed out. Further investigation found numerous bags of heroin, several bags of me…

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by Zak Failla