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Route 118, Yorktown, NY
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Caught In Disabled Car At Busy Yorktown Intersection: Police
A 45-year-old Fairfield County man faces drunk driving charges after authorities found him driving a disabled car at a busy Northern Westchester intersection, police announced. Stamford resident Phillip Walsh was arrested for DWI in connection with an incident in Yorktown on Saturday, March 2, Yorktown Police announced on Tuesday, March 12. According to police, at around 6:30 a.m. on the day of Walsh's arrest, officers found a disabled vehicle in the roadway at the intersection of Underhill Avenue and Route 118 (Saw Mill River Road). Officers identified Walsh as the driver and determi…
Police & Fire
Purses, Laptops Stolen From Vehicles At Trail Parking Lot In Yorktown
Authorities in Northern Westchester are investigating several car break-ins that happened at a trailway parking lot. The incidents happened on Wednesday, Feb. 7 between 4 and 4:30 p.m. in Yorktown at the North County Trailway parking lot on Route 118, according to Yorktown Police. According to the department, the suspects involved forced their way into three locked vehicles and stole several items, including purses and laptops. The thefts are now under investigation, police said. The department also warned residents to remove valuables from their unoccupied vehicles to av…
Traffic
Part Of Busy Northern Westchester Roadway To Close For Nearly A Month
A section of a busy roadway in Northern Westchester will soon close for four weeks. The section of Route 118 in Yorktown between Birdsall Drive and Hanover Street will close starting on Monday, Oct. 17, at 12 a.m. and continue to Monday, Nov. 14, Department of Transportation officials said. The closure is to allow for a culvert replacement if weather permits, officials said. As a detour, commuters should use Route 202, Saw Mill River Road and State Route 35, and State Route 200. Officials are warning commuters to drive slowly near the work zone…
Police & Fire
Trio Nabbed After Robbery Of Pharmacy In Northern Westchester
Three suspects who ransacked a pharmacy during a robbery in Northern Westchester are in custody after a manhunt, authorities announced. The incident happened on Thursday, June 30 at around 4:20 p.m. at the Yorktown Pharmacy on Commerce Street. When police identified the trio’s car and attempted to pull them over, the suspects fled on Underhill Avenue and eventually collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Underhill Avenue and Route 118, Yorktown Police said. The passengers in the car hit by the suspects were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, said p…
Police & Fire
Person Seriously Injured After Being Hit By Car In Northern Westchester
One person was seriously injured after being hit by a car in Northern Westchester. It happened around 2:10 p.m. Tuesday, May 17 in Yorktown on Route 118 in the area of the North County Trail. An initial investigation revealed that a bicycle being ridden by a 66-year-old Mamaroneck resident was struck by a vehicle being driven by a 71-year-old Rhinebeck resident, said Lt. John Deiulio, of Yorktown Police. The bicyclist was transported to the Westchester County Medical Center by Yorktown Volunteer Ambulance Corp and Empress Paramedics with serious injuries, Deiulio said. The acci…
Police & Fire
Woman Found In Stopped Vehicle On Route 118 Faces DWI Charge, Police Say
A 30-year-old woman has been charged with DWI after police say she was found in a stopped vehicle in Northern Westchester. Yorktown Police say they observed a disabled vehicle stopped on Route 118 in the Town of Yorktown on Thursday, May 30 around 8 p.m. Further investigation revealed that the driver, identified as Michelle Louisseize, of Elmsford, was operating the vehicle while intoxicated, according to police. Louisseize also refused a breath test and was driving with a cracked windshield, police say. Louisseize was arrested and transported to Yorktown Police Headquarters, where she wa…
Lifestyle
New Bear Sighting Reported: This One In Brewster
Bears, bears, everywhere. Or so it seems. Around noon Friday Yorktown police warned of a bear up a tree which prompted Sonia Gelbart to post photos of another bear (or maybe the same, who knows?) she spotted in her Brewster backyard last week. Another reader said the Yorktown bear had climbed down its tree and was now by Jennifer's Restaurant near Route 118. Wildlife officials said bears can travel great distances, but if an area is known to have food, they will tend to return to that area. They especially like dumpsters, and bird feeders, which is supposed to be like "crack" fo…
Traffic
Route 129 Reopens In Yorktown After Downed Tree Pulls Down Lines
Route 129 in Yorktown reopened late Friday afternoon after a downed tree which pulled utility lines into the roadway caused its closure for about nine hours. The roadway was closed both east and westbound between Underhill Ave and Route 118.
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