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Alleged Social Media Threat To Area High School Leads To Student's Arrest Alleged Social Media Threat To Area High School Leads To Student's Arrest
Alleged Social Media Threat To Area High School Leads To Student's Arrest A student has been arrested after allegedly making a threat against a high school in the Hudson Valley. The arrest by state police came in Orange County after the post was discovered on social media in mid-April, prompting a two-week investigation by local and state police, Wallkill Central School District Superintendent Kevin Castle said. Following the investigation in which Castle says the district was in "constant communication" with officers, police determined there was no credible threat to the school district community, Castle said on Wednesday, May 1. The student's name, grade …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Deadly Combination: Teen Driver Plus Teen Passenger Increase Crash Chance 51 Percent, AAA Says Deadly Combination: Teen Driver Plus Teen Passenger Increase Crash Chance 51 Percent, AAA Says
Deadly Combination: Teen Driver Plus Teen Passenger Increase Crash Chance 51 Percent, AAA Says Teenage passengers may be the biggest threat to teenage drivers, according to a recently released report from AAA. Research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that when a teen driver has only teen passengers in their vehicle, the fatality rate for all people involved in a crash increased 51 percent. In comparison, when passengers over the age of 35 ride with a teen driver, overall fatality rates in crashes decreased 8 percent. According to AAA, in 2016, teen drivers were involved in more than a million police-reported crashes resulting in more than 3,200 deaths. Researchers f…

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by Zak Failla
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Police Bust 55 New Jersey Teens Partying At Vermont Vacation Home Police Bust 55 New Jersey Teens Partying At Vermont Vacation Home
Police Bust 55 New Jersey Teens Partying At Vermont Vacation Home Vermont State Police busted 55 New Jersey high school seniors drinking at a house rented by parents early Sunday morning, authorities said. The teenagers had "a vast quantity of alcohol and a civil amount of marijuana" when troopers arrived at the West Hill Road home at 12:35 a.m., in Jamaica, V.T., Sgt. Ryan Wood said. Police did not disclose where in New Jersey the students were from. All 55 teens were issued diversion paperwork for minors in possession of alcohol, and were supervised by state troopers as they destroyed the alcohol and marijuana, Wood said. Sober parents were …

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by Cecilia Levine