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Update: Man Nabbed In Car Covered With Hate Speech In Westchester Gets More Charges, DA Says Update: Man Nabbed In Car Covered With Hate Speech In Westchester Gets More Charges, DA Says
Update: Man Nabbed In Car Covered With Hate Speech In Westchester Gets More Charges, DA Says A 47-year-old man who was apprehended after driving a vehicle covered in hate speech and swastikas in Westchester now faces a heap of illegal weapons possession charges, officials announced.  Elmsford resident Hani Saleh was arraigned in Westchester County Court on Friday, March 8 on an indictment for several illegal weapons possession charges, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, March 12.  Saleh was originally arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 25 after he was caught driving around White Plains in a car covered in writing and images, including ne…

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by Ben Crnic
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Westchester DA Responds To Fatal Brother-Sister Shooting Westchester DA Responds To Fatal Brother-Sister Shooting
Westchester DA Responds To Fatal Brother-Sister Shooting A Westchester man is facing a murder charge after allegedly shooting and killing his sister outside their home. Yonkers resident Jeffrey Hirschorn, 61, was arraigned on a second-degree murder charge following a fatal shooting outside their home on Friday, July 3. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. said that Hirschorn and his sister, Leslie Hirschorn, 54, lived with their elderly mother on Oakland Avenue in Yonkers, where they were involved in a verbal dispute on the front lawn of their shared home. Scarpino said that the dispute escalated to violence when Hirschorn …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
20-Year-Old Charged After Cache Of Weapons Seized In Yorktown 20-Year-Old Charged After Cache Of Weapons Seized In Yorktown
20-Year-Old Charged After Cache Of Weapons Seized In Yorktown A 20-year-old has been arrested after a cache of weapons was discovered in Northern Westchester, authorities announced. Emeric Tyler of Yorktown has been charged with illegally possessing numerous high-capacity ammunition magazines which were stored in his family’s Yorktown home along with numerous lawfully possessed weapons.  Police were alerted under the New York State Red Flag Law, according to Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. and Yorktown Police Chief Robert Noble. Tyler is facing 33 counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a Class …

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by Joe Lombardi
Politics
NY's New 'Red Flag' Law Will Seize Guns From Those Deemed By Courts To Be An 'Extreme Risk' NY's New 'Red Flag' Law Will Seize Guns From Those Deemed By Courts To Be An 'Extreme Risk'
NY's New 'Red Flag' Law Will Seize Guns From Those Deemed By Courts To Be An 'Extreme Risk' New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation that will take guns out of the hands of suspect individuals who raise a “red flag” and could cause harm to themselves or others. Cuomo signed the Red Flag Bill - also known as the extreme risk protection order bill - into law on Tuesday, which prevents individuals who show signs of being a threat to themselves or others from purchasing or possessing any kind of firearm. According to Cuomo, “this legislation builds on New York's strongest in the nation gun laws and makes New York the first in the United States to empower its teachers and scho…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Violence At Schools Keeps Him Up At Night, Westchester DA Says As New Commission Starts Violence At Schools Keeps Him Up At Night, Westchester DA Says As New Commission Starts
Violence At Schools Keeps Him Up At Night, Westchester DA Says As New Commission Starts Elected officials, educators, local leaders, students, law enforcement agents and mental health experts were on hand for the first meeting of the newly formed Westchester County School Safety Commission. Westchester County Anthony Scarpino, Jr., formed the Commission over the summer with the goal of “implementing the best practices in safety evaluation and procedures in schools of all levels throughout Westchester County to keep students safe in the event of a credible threat or violent incident.” Scarpino said that the thought of a possible violent incident at a Westchester school “keeps h…

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by Zak Failla
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Westchester Has Lowest Gun Homicide Rate In State, New Data Shows Westchester Has Lowest Gun Homicide Rate In State, New Data Shows
Westchester Has Lowest Gun Homicide Rate In State, New Data Shows The lowest-ranking county in the state for gun-related incidents is in the Hudson Valley, according to a recently released report from the Centers for Disease Control. Based on a five-year average, Westchester ranks the lowest in gun-related homicide deaths in New York, and is the third lowest in overall gun-related deaths and has the sixth lowest death rate of gun-related suicides, according to the report. The data was provided by the CDC and analyzed by the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence, which measured the rates of overall gun-related deaths, and then separately, the rates of suic…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Westchester DA, Cuomo Rally For Bill To Pull Guns From Troubled Kids' Homes Westchester DA, Cuomo Rally For Bill To Pull Guns From Troubled Kids' Homes
Westchester DA, Cuomo Rally For Bill To Pull Guns From Troubled Kids' Homes Elected officials continue to call on New York State to enact a Red Flag Gun Protection bill that would make it the first state in the nation to allow teachers and school administrators to prevent potential school shootings by pursuing court intervention. Last week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo began his push of an “Extreme Risk Protection Order” bill, which would permit teachers and school administrators to have the power to petition a judge to remove guns from the homes of students deemed troublesome. Family members and law enforcement agencies would also be able to approach the court about …

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by Zak Failla