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20-Year-Old Man Steals Vehicle With Child's Wheelchair From Home In Hudson Valley: Police 20-Year-Old Man Steals Vehicle With Child's Wheelchair From Home In Hudson Valley: Police
20-Year-Old Man Steals Vehicle With Child's Wheelchair From Home In Hudson Valley: Police A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man faces criminal charges after stealing a van containing a girl's customized wheelchair from a Northern Westchester driveway, police announced. Letrell Ackerman of Reading, Pennsylvania was taken into custody by Yorktown Police on Thursday, May 16 in connection with the theft of a vehicle with an electric wheelchair inside that occurred in June 2023, the department announced on Friday, May 17.  The arrest was made in connection with an incident on June 15, 2023, when a van was reported stolen from a Yorktown resident's driveway. This vehicle had contained a…

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by Ben Crnic
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Putnam Valley Woman Charged With Leaving Scene After Pedestrian Is Hit Putnam Valley Woman Charged With Leaving Scene After Pedestrian Is Hit
Putnam Valley Woman Charged With Leaving Scene After Pedestrian Is Hit A 28-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly hitting a pedestrian and then leaving the scene of the accident. Caitlin White, of Putnam Valley, was arrested by Yorktown Police around 6 p.m., on Thursday, Dec. 19, after responding to the report of a pedestrian hit, said Yorktown Police. The pedestrian was transported to Westchester Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. According to police, White allegedly hit the pedestrian on Lexington Avenue and then left the scene before police arrived.  Police said White voluntary returned to the scene as the investigation was taking…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Husband, Wife Both Charged With Driving Drunk With Kids In Car In Area Husband, Wife Both Charged With Driving Drunk With Kids In Car In Area
Husband, Wife Both Charged With Driving Drunk With Kids In Car In Area A husband and wife are facing a series of charges after allegedly both driving drunk with children in the car - including going the wrong way down a stretch of the Taconic State Parkway - in overnight. Investigators from the Yorktown Police Department received multiple reports at approximately 11:20 p.m. of an erratic, potentially intoxicated, driver who had children inside the car on Lexington Avenue as well as Route 202 (Crompond Road) before allegedly driving southbound in the northbound lane of the Taconic State Parkway. A canvas of the area found the alleged vehicle on Crompond Road. P…

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by Zak Failla
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Carmel Man, Woman Face Multiple Charges After Stop Carmel Man, Woman Face Multiple Charges After Stop
Carmel Man, Woman Face Multiple Charges After Stop A late night Valentine’s Day traffic stop led to multiple charges for a Hudson Valley man violating an Order of Protection while in possession of drugs and an illegal weapon in Yorktown. Officers from the Yorktown Police Department stopped Carmel resident David Gonzalez, 44, at approximately 10:45 p.m. on Wednesday while on patrol on Lexington Avenue after he allegedly failed to maintain his lane and had a broken brake light. During the subsequent traffic stop, police said that a driver’s license check determined that Gonzalez was in violation of a duly served Order of Protection involving …

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by Zak Failla