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Drunk Drivers Nabbed In Northern Westchester Crashes After Super Bowl: Police Drunk Drivers Nabbed In Northern Westchester Crashes After Super Bowl: Police
Drunk Drivers Nabbed In Northern Westchester Crashes After Super Bowl: Police A man and woman both face drunk driving charges in connection to two separate crashes in Northern Westchester that occurred after the Super Bowl, police announced. The two crashes both happened in Yorktown on Sunday night, Feb. 11, and early Monday morning, Feb. 12, Yorktown Police announced on Wednesday, Feb. 14.  The first of the incidents happened on Sunday around 11 p.m., when a vehicle left the scene of a crash in the area of Crossways Road, according to the department. Responding officers were able to get a description of the vehicle and found it on Barger Street. Police then tr…

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by Ben Crnic
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Drunk Man Caught Driving On Rim In Northern Westchester: Police Drunk Man Caught Driving On Rim In Northern Westchester: Police
Drunk Man Caught Driving On Rim In Northern Westchester: Police A 58-year-old man faces drunk driving charges after he was caught traveling with a flat tire on a Northern Westchester road, police said. The events leading up to the man's arrest began on Saturday, Dec. 24 around 12:45 a.m., when authorities in Yorktown received a report of a vehicle driving on its rim on Old Yorktown Road (Route 132).  According to Yorktown Police, officers soon found the car driving south on Old Yorktown Road at the Taconic State Parkway overpass and saw it allegedly move unsafely from its lane. They then pulled the vehicle over and identified the driver as Bronx re…

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by Ben Crnic
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Person Killed After Being Hit By Car In Northern Westchester Person Killed After Being Hit By Car In Northern Westchester
Person Killed After Being Hit By Car In Northern Westchester Authorities are investigating after a 58-year-old was fatally struck by a vehicle at a Northern Westchester intersection.  The incident happened in Yorktown on Wednesday, Oct. 18 just before 7 a.m., when a pedestrian was hit in the area of Old Yorktown Road and Strang Boulevard, Yorktown Police announced.  Shortly after the crash, Yorktown Police officers as well as crews from Empress EMS, the Lake Mohegan Volunteer Ambulance Corp, and the Lake Mohegan Fire Department raced to the scene. Once there, first responders found the pedestrian who was hit, a 58-year-old Yorktown residen…

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by Ben Crnic
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Man, 24, Charged With Spraying Graffiti In Northern Westchester Man, 24, Charged With Spraying Graffiti In Northern Westchester
Man, 24, Charged With Spraying Graffiti In Northern Westchester A 24-year-old man is in police custody for multiple alleged incidents of graffiti in Northern Westchester. Between New Years Day and Thursday, July 25, officers from the Yorktown Police Department responded to five separate graffiti complaints that were located on the sound barrier of Overlook Avenue, Route 6 and Sunnyside, a fence at Barger Street, a light pole at Old Yorktown Road and an electrical box on Barger Street. According to police, the investigation into those incidents led to the arrest of Buchanan resident Daniel Vines-Mevec, who was arrested this week and charged with five cou…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Driving Drunk Who Stole Items From Gas Station Store Caught After Chase, Police Say Man Driving Drunk Who Stole Items From Gas Station Store Caught After Chase, Police Say
Man Driving Drunk Who Stole Items From Gas Station Store Caught After Chase, Police Say A Northern Westchester man took police on a high-speed chase after allegedly stealing beef jerky from a gas station and driving while impaired. While at the Shell gas station on East Main Street in Yorktown on Wednesday afternoon, an officer from the Yorktown Police Department spotted a man stealing two Jack Link's beef steaks. The man - later identified as 48-year-old Yorktown resident Panayotes Kildonas - then took off in a car, according to police. Police said that when officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop, Kildonas allegedly fled, speeding away, disobeying traffic signals and wi…

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by Zak Failla
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Police: Domestic Assault Suspect Caught With Drugs In Northern Westchester Police: Domestic Assault Suspect Caught With Drugs In Northern Westchester
Police: Domestic Assault Suspect Caught With Drugs In Northern Westchester A police canine found a slew of drugs inside the car of a man involved in an alleged domestic assault in Northern Westchester. Members of the Yorktown Police Department received a report of a person in the middle of Route 132 asking motorists to call law enforcement for an emergency. Responding officers were dispatched to the area, where they met with 26-year-old Ariel Arias and an Old Yorktown Road resident, who were in an alleged domestic dispute. Police said that investigation into the incident led to the arrest of Arias, a Mattapan, Mass. resident, for the alleged domestic assault. Furt…

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by Zak Failla
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Man, 27, Who Crashes Car On Route 132 Was Impaired By Drugs, Police Say Man, 27, Who Crashes Car On Route 132 Was Impaired By Drugs, Police Say
Man, 27, Who Crashes Car On Route 132 Was Impaired By Drugs, Police Say A Fairfield County man is facing multiple charges after being busted with cocaine following a crash on Old Yorktown Road when he was allegedly impaired, police said. Officers from the Yorktown Police Department were dispatched to Old Yorktown Road (Route 132), where there was a report of a motor vehicle crash with injuries and a vehicle on its side. Upon arrival at the scene, police said that investigation into the crash determined that the driver, Bethel resident Jacob Foster, 27, was operating the vehicle under the influence of drugs.  Further investigation into the crash found that Fost…

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by Zak Failla