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Man Nabbed After Leading Officers On Pursuit In Stolen Car In Westchester: Police Man Nabbed After Leading Officers On Pursuit In Stolen Car In Westchester: Police
Man Nabbed After Leading Officers On Pursuit In Stolen Car In Westchester: Police A 20-year-old Connecticut man faces several charges after leading authorities on a chase in a stolen vehicle in New York, police announced.  New Haven County resident Shyheim Mcquillar of New Haven was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 15 following an incident earlier in the day involving a vehicle stolen out of New Haven on Sunday, Feb. 11, the City of Rye Police Department announced. According to the department, on Thursday around 8:15 a.m., City of Rye Police officers in Westchester County were alerted to a stolen white Volkswagen Jetta traveling within Rye. Police soon found the…

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by Ben Crnic
Business
CVS Reopens Westchester Store Nearly Two Years After Fire CVS Reopens Westchester Store Nearly Two Years After Fire
CVS Reopens Westchester Store Nearly Two Years After Fire CVS Pharmacy has just reopened a Westchester location that was ravaged by a fire in December of 2018. The fire started at Excelsior Cleaners in Larchmont on Dec. 20 of 2018, spreading to the CVS, Shop & Shop and other small stores adjoining it in the Ferndale Plaza on Boston Post Road.  While the Stop & Shop location reopened at 6 p.m. that day, just three hours after fire crews arrived at the scene, the CVS location was left with severe damage, including basement flooding. According to an official press release, the location reopened on Friday, Aug. 28 as a HealthHUB, which …

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by Christina Coulter
News
Westchester Man Sentenced For Chase Involving Crash Into Police Car Westchester Man Sentenced For Chase Involving Crash Into Police Car
Westchester Man Sentenced For Chase Involving Crash Into Police Car A man who took police on a high-speed chase in a stolen car before ramming into a police cruiser in Westchester has been sentenced to time in prison. George Smith, 29, of Mount Vernon, has been sentenced after pleading guilty in May to two counts of second-degree assault, unauthorized use of a vehicle and criminal possession of stolen property dating back to an incident on Sunday, Nov. 18 last year. Smith was sentenced to a term of between three and six years on each count of the assault, two to four years each for the other charges. Westchester County Police alerted the Mount Vernon Polic…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Two Arrested, Handgun Recovered After Vehicle Stop, Foot Pursuit On Hutchinson River Parkway Two Arrested, Handgun Recovered After Vehicle Stop, Foot Pursuit On Hutchinson River Parkway
Two Arrested, Handgun Recovered After Vehicle Stop, Foot Pursuit On Hutchinson River Parkway Westchester County Police, assisted by Pelham Manor Police, arrested two men Tuesday who fled from a traffic stop on the Hutchinson River Parkway and attempted to elude officers in their car and then on foot. The two men were captured by county and village officers following a foot pursuit through streets and backyards in Pelham Manor. A handgun was recovered, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police. The incident began about 12:10 p.m. Tuesday when WCPD Officer Dave Dirienzo stopped an Infiniti sedan with apparently fraudulent license plates from New Jersey. As he w…

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by Kathy Reakes