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Arson Fire Destroys 3-Story Multi-Family Building In HV: Tenant Charged, Police Say Arson Fire Destroys 3-Story Multi-Family Building In HV: Tenant Charged, Police Say
Arson Fire Destroys 3-Story Multi-Family Building In HV: Tenant Charged, Police Say A man has been arrested and charged with arson after allegedly confessing to setting fire to his own apartment in a blaze that tore through a three-story building in Putnam County, police said. The fire broke out Wednesday, June 11, at 8 Old Route 6 in the Town of Southeast. When New York State Police and emergency crews arrived, they found the multi-family structure—containing 10 apartments—engulfed in flames, police said on Thursday, June 12.  Following an investigation, tenant Brian Cronin, age 43, of Southeast, admitted to intentionally starting the fire inside his apartment, according …

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Cops Storm Apartment After Menacing Incident In Westchester: Suspect Caught, Police Say Cops Storm Apartment After Menacing Incident In Westchester: Suspect Caught, Police Say
Cops Storm Apartment After Menacing Incident In Westchester: Suspect Caught, Police Say A suspect accused of menacing was arrested after fleeing into a Westchester apartment, sparking a tense police response, officials said. The incident happened in Mount Vernon around 4:30 p.m. on Monday, June 9 on the 100 block of South 11th Avenue, Mount Vernon city officials said on Tuesday, June 10. Responding officers found the suspect had entered a nearby residence and secured the area “out of an abundance of caution." After obtaining a search warrant, officers entered the apartment and took the suspect into custody without incident, police said. They were arrested for menacing. T…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Family Parking Fight Erupts Into Brawl: 3 Arrested After Cops Assaulted In Westchester, PD Says Family Parking Fight Erupts Into Brawl: 3 Arrested After Cops Assaulted In Westchester, PD Says
Family Parking Fight Erupts Into Brawl: 3 Arrested After Cops Assaulted In Westchester, PD Says A late-night argument over a parking spot between two families exploded into violence in Westchester, leaving two officers injured and three people under arrest, police said.  The incident happened at around midnight on Sunday, June 8, at a multi-family residence located at 45/47 Charles St. in New Rochelle, the city's police department announced on Monday, June 9. Officers responded to a report of a large dispute and found a violent altercation in progress involving two families who live at the address. Police said the fight started over a parking spot and quickly escalated into a phy…

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by Ben Crnic
Lifestyle
Prankster Arrested For Idiotic Long Island Stunts Begs For Cash: 'I Need Lawyer Money' Prankster Arrested For Idiotic Long Island Stunts Begs For Cash: 'I Need Lawyer Money'
Prankster Arrested For Idiotic Long Island Stunts Begs For Cash: 'I Need Lawyer Money' This TikTok "prankster" isn't laughing anymore now that he's facing consequences for his actions.  Kyle Vazquez, of Coram, New York, goes by the name Tommy Tuff Knuckles on TikTok, where he uploads videos of himself harassing retail and restaurant workers. He's amassed nearly 150,000 followers on the social media platform.  However, after some of his videos caught the police's attention, Vazquez isn't so bold. The 21-year-old hopes to raise $5,000 on GoFundMe to help cover the cost of an attorney and "keep the laughs coming" after he was arrested on Monday, June 2.  I’m…

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by Josh Lanier
News
Westchester Gas Station Heist Suspect Tracked Down At Rikers Island Prison, Police Say Westchester Gas Station Heist Suspect Tracked Down At Rikers Island Prison, Police Say
Westchester Gas Station Heist Suspect Tracked Down At Rikers Island Prison, Police Say A 22-year-old man was arrested while already in prison in connection with a gas station burglary that took place in Westchester more than a year ago, police said.   John Edward Villar-Villa of the Bronx was taken into custody on Tuesday, June 3, at Rikers Island Correctional Center, where he was already being held on an unrelated matter, the Yorktown Police Department announced on Thursday, June 5.  Police said Villar-Villa was wanted on an active warrant charging him with third-degree burglary, third-degree grand larceny, and third-degree criminal mischief in connection with…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Fertility Clinic Bombing Probe Leads To Arrest At JFK Airport Fertility Clinic Bombing Probe Leads To Arrest At JFK Airport
Fertility Clinic Bombing Probe Leads To Arrest At JFK Airport A man was arrested overnight at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City in connection with a high-profile bombing that killed one person and injured several others last month in California, law enforcement officials say. The suspect is tied to the Saturday, May 17 car bombing outside the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic in Palm Springs, according to NBC New York. The blast, described by authorities as an “intentional act of terror,” left a 250-yard debris field and was reportedly driven by anti-natalist ideology. The primary suspect in the bombing died at t…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Stop Sticks Halt Fleeing Duo In Stolen Car In Westchester: 2 Arrested On Roof, Police Say Stop Sticks Halt Fleeing Duo In Stolen Car In Westchester: 2 Arrested On Roof, Police Say
Stop Sticks Halt Fleeing Duo In Stolen Car In Westchester: 2 Arrested On Roof, Police Say Two suspects who tried to flee officers in a stolen vehicle linked to a grand larceny were caught on the roof of a Westchester apartment building after stop sticks were used to take out their tires, police said. The incident happened in Yonkers on Thursday, May 29, when police spotted a stolen Toyota at a traffic light believed to be connected to a grand larceny from a local store just a day earlier. Officers had already anticipated that the driver, later identified as Dabir Imam, would try to flee, Yonkers Police announced on Wednesday, June 4.  According to Yonkers Police, a lieutena…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Latest Update: Suspect ID'd, 8 Burned In Shocking Flamethrower Attack At Colorado Event Latest Update: Suspect ID'd, 8 Burned In Shocking Flamethrower Attack At Colorado Event
Latest Update: Suspect ID'd, 8 Burned In Shocking Flamethrower Attack At Colorado Event A suspect has been identified after what the FBI described as a "targeted terror attack" in which victims were allegedly set on fire at a demonstration outside a Colorado courthouse. The incident occurred in Boulder at the outdoor Pearl Street Mall on Sunday afternoon, June 1. Eight injuries, ranging from minor to serious have been reported, Boulder Police said. Two victims were airlifted to a burn unit with serious injuries. Officers rushed to the scene at 1325 Pearl St. and arrested the suspect at 1:32 p.m. local time. The suspect has been identified as Mohamed Sabry Soli…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Suspected DUI Pregnant Woman Refuses Sobriety Test In Bodycam Arrest VIDEO: Suspected DUI Pregnant Woman Refuses Sobriety Test In Bodycam Arrest
Video: Suspected DUI Pregnant Woman Refuses Sobriety Test In Bodycam Arrest A New Jersey woman pulled over for speeding was arrested for DUI after officers said she failed a sobriety test — then claimed she was pregnant and needed to go to the hospital, bodycam footage shows. Aymira Rivera-Torres, 28, of Long Branch, was stopped around 12:48 a.m. on April 18 while driving a black 2011 Toyota Yaris on Norwood Avenue in Deal, according to police. Officers said she was driving 52 MPH in a 25 zone and later refused a chemical breath test, according to court summonses Bodycam footage of the stop published by Transparency Bodycam on YouTube this weekend shows River…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Man With Suspected Gun Barricades Inside Westchester Home, Causes Standoff: Victim Injured Man With Suspected Gun Barricades Inside Westchester Home, Causes Standoff: Victim Injured
Man With Suspected Gun Barricades Inside Westchester Home, Causes Standoff: Victim Injured A domestic dispute in Westchester led to a tense standoff after a man who was suspected to be armed with a gun barricaded himself inside a home, police said.  The incident began around 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 29, when Mount Vernon Police responded to a 911 call reporting a domestic dispute at a residence on North High Street, city officials said.  Arriving officers were met outside the residence by a female victim, who told them that the male suspect was inside and armed with a firearm.  When officers tried to make contact with the man, he refused to open the door and bar…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Mayor’s Bodyguard Tied To Crypto Torture Case? NYPD Officers Subject Of Internal Investigation Mayor’s Bodyguard Tied To Crypto Torture Case? NYPD Officers Subject Of Internal Investigation
Mayor’s Bodyguard Tied To Crypto Torture Case? Nypd Officers Subject Of Internal Investigation The bizarre Bitcoin torture saga playing out in a luxury Manhattan townhouse has now reached City Hall. Two members of the NYPD, including an officer assigned to Mayor Eric Adams’ security detail, have been placed on modified duty amid an internal investigation into whether they had any involvement in the kidnapping and torture of an Italian crypto trader, an NYPD spokesperson confirmed to Daily Voice. The detective assigned to Adams’ security detail provided security at the Prince Street townhouse in Nolita where John Woeltz and William Duplessie allegedly tortured the victim for 17 days, …

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Crack, Cash Found At 2 Times Convicted Felon's Hudson Valley Home In SWAT Raid: Police Crack, Cash Found At 2 Times Convicted Felon's Hudson Valley Home In SWAT Raid: Police
Crack, Cash Found At 2 Times Convicted Felon's Hudson Valley Home In SWAT Raid: Police A man under state parole supervision was arrested in Dutchess County after a SWAT raid uncovered crack cocaine and evidence of drug sales, authorities said.  Richard Bivens Jr., 40, was taken into custody on Wednesday, May 28, after members of the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department’s Neighborhood Recovery Unit and SWAT team executed a search warrant at 48 Cannon St., the department announced on Thursday, May 29. The arrest followed an investigation into narcotics activity on Cannon Street and the Main Street corridor, according to the department. Police said that during the search…

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by Ben Crnic