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Driver Gets Prison Time For Hit-Run That Killed Beloved Community Leader In Westchester
A 43-year-old man will spend years behind bars for hitting and killing a beloved community member in Westchester with his truck while under the influence of drugs, officials announced. Brooklyn resident Antonio Robles Sanchez was sentenced to a term of two to six years in state prison for his role in an August 2023 hit-run crash in Hartsdale that killed 65-year-old Stephanie Kavourias, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Monday, Sept. 23. Earlier Report - Update: Man Faces New Charges In Hit-Run Death Of Beloved Community Leader In West…
Police & Fire
Allegedly Drunk Wrong-Way Driver Charged In Fatal Hutchinson River Parkway Crash In Rye Brook
An allegedly drunk driver from Connecticut has been charged in a fatal wrong-way crash in Westchester. The crash happened just after 5 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Rye Brook, about a half mile south of King Street, according to Westchester County Police. Original report - 1 Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Hutchinson River Parkway In Rye Brook Several 911 calls reported that a vehicle traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of travel had collided with another car. Arriving officers found that one of the vehicles, a Toyota Camry, was fully engulfed…
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Salon Crash: Alleged Drunk Driver Who Killed Off-Duty Cop, 3 Others In NY Charged With Murder
An alleged drunk driver who crashed his SUV into a New York nail salon, killing four people, including a police officer, was charged with murder. Long Island resident Steven Schwally, age 64, of Dix Hills, was formally indicted on four counts of second-degree murder, plus 24 other felonies and nine misdemeanors, in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Aug. 1 District Attorney Raymond Tierney said Schwally had just left a liquor store and was intoxicated when he crashed his SUV into Hawaii Nail & Spa, located in Deer Park on Grand Boulevard, going nearly 80 miles per hour on Friday, June 28…
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Westchester Parking Garage To Be Named After Beloved Community Leader Killed In Hit-Run
To celebrate the life of a beloved community leader who was killed in a hit-run, a Westchester parking garage will be dedicated in her memory. In a ceremony on Tuesday, June 11 at 11:30 a.m., a Hartsdale parking garage at 234 East Hartsdale Ave. will be dedicated in memory of Stephanie Kavourias, who was killed in a hit-run crash on East Hartsdale Avenue on Aug. 26, 2023, Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner announced on Wednesday, May 29. During the ceremony, which will be held at the site A garage level 1, the Hartsdale Public Parking District Board of Commissioners…
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Drug Dealer Linked To Fatal Overdose In Hudson Valley Gets Prison Time: Here's His Sentence
A 47-year-old Hudson Valley drug dealer who sold a dangerous drug concoction connected to a fatal overdose will spend years in prison, officials announced. Putnam County resident William Mancusi III of Kent was sentenced to nine years in state prison for selling a dangerous combination of heroin and fentanyl on two occasions, Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy announced on Tuesday, May 14. Earlier Report - Drug Dealer From Kent Convicted After Being Linked To Fatal Overdose: 'Career Criminal' According to Tendy's office, the events leading to Mancusi's sentencin…
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Update: Man Faces New Charges In Hit-Run Death Of Beloved Community Leader In Westchester
A 42-year-old man has been hit with new charges in connection with the hit-run death of a beloved community leader in Westchester. Brooklyn resident Antonio Robles-Sanchez was indicted for the hit-run death of 65-year-old Stephanie Kavourias that happened in Hartsdale in August 2023, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Feb. 15. Earlier Report - Woman Killed In Hit-Run Hartsdale Crash Was Beloved Community Leader According to the DA's Office, around 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 26, Robles-Sanchez drove his Dodge Ram t…
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'We Are Disappointed': DPW Worker Sentenced For Hit-Run That Killed Westchester Teen
A former public works employee has been sentenced for his role in a hit-run crash that killed a beloved 16-year-old boy in Westchester. Former Yonkers Public Works Department worker Stephen Dolan, age 46, was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 14 to one and a half to four and a half years in prison for vehicular manslaughter in connection with an August 2022 crash that killed 16-year-old Christopher Jack “CJ” Hackett of Yonkers, according to a report by ABC News. Earlier Report - DPW Worker Charged For Fatal Hit-Run Crash That Killed 16-Year-Old Stepinac HS Student On the da…
Obituaries
Support Swells For Family Of Beloved Cortlandt Manor Father Killed By Alleged Drunk Driver
Just days after a beloved father from Northern Westchester was killed in a crash caused in the region by an alleged drunk driver that also injured his young son, a community has already raised thousands to support his family. Cortlandt Manor resident Joe Stubblefield, age 52, was killed in a crash in Putnam County on Saturday, Nov. 11 around 9:45 p.m. on Route 9 near Stone Ridge Road, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. Earlier Report - Man Killed, Child Injured After Car Veers Into Oncoming Lane In Putnam County: Police According to authorities, he …
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Cortlandt Manor Man Killed, Child Injured After Car Veers Into Oncoming Lane: Police
A 56-year-old drunk driver from the Hudson Valley faces charges after crossing into the oncoming lane and hitting another car head-on, killing a 52-year-old Northern Westchester man and injuring a young child, police said. New, updated report: Support Swells For Family Of Beloved Cortlandt Manor Father Killed By Alleged Drunk Driver The incident happened in Putnam County on Saturday, Nov. 11, around 9:45 p.m. on Route 9 in Philipstown near Stone Ridge Road. According to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, a vehicle driven by 56-year-old Dutchess County resident Marcos Mart…
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Double-Fatal Crash Caused By Drunk Driver In Westchester: Here's How Long Her Sentence Is
A woman will serve prison time after causing the deaths of two passengers while driving drunk in Westchester. Pelham resident Bethzy Higueros, age 23, was sentenced to one to three years in prison on Wednesday, April 5 for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed two of her friends in Mamaroneck in April 2021, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced. Earlier Report - Westchester Woman Indicted For Drunk Driving Crash That Killed Two On the day of the crash, April 11, 2021, around 2:40 a.m., Higueros had been driving over 80 mph on Boston …
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Hudson Valley Man Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter While Driving Drunk, Police Say
A man has been charged with vehicular manslaughter after crashing a Chevrolet Corvette and killing a 37-year-old woman while allegedly drunk. The Putnam County crash took place around 11 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 22 in Carmel on Croton Falls Road near McLaughlin Drive. According to Lt. Michael Bodo, of the Carmel Police, when officers arrived on the scene they found discovered a white Chevrolet Corvette with heavy damage after running off the road and striking a tree. A female passenger, a 37-year-old resident of New York City was unresponsive and was pronounced dead a…
Police & Fire
IDs Released For Three Women Killed In Crash Involving Drunk Driver Near NY Event Venue
The identities have been released who three women who were killed after a crash involving a drunk driver in front of an event venue in New York, police said. At around 11:10 p.m. Saturday, May 21 on Long Island, a 2010 Lincoln Town Car with a driver and five occupants was struck in the eastbound lane of Jericho Turnpike in New Hyde Park by a 2012 Mercedes-Benz sedan occupied by only the driver, according to Nassau County Police. The incident happened in front of 214 Jericho Turnpike, the location of The Inn at New Hyde Park, a facility for events and weddings. (See…
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Three Female Passengers Killed In Crash Involving Drunk Driver Near NY Event Venue, Police Say
Updated story: IDs Released For Three Women Killed In Crash Involving Drunk Driver Near NY Event Venue Three female passengers were killed after a crash involving a drunk driver that happened overnight in front of an event venue in New York, police said. At around 11:10 p.m. Saturday, May 21 on Long Island, a 2010 Lincoln Town Car with a driver and five occupants was struck in the eastbound lane of Jericho Turnpike in New Hyde Park by a 2012 Mercedes-Benz sedan occupied by only the driver, according to Nassau County Police. The incident happened in front …
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Man Enters Manslaughter Plea For Crash That Killed Hudson Valley Man
A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the connection with a crash that killed a man in Sullivan County. James Greco, age 52, of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, pled guilty on Wednesday, May 11, to felony vehicular manslaughter, said Sullivan County District Attorney Meagan Galligan. According to Galligan, Greco was driving a pickup truck on Route 42 in the Town of Fallsburg on Friday, May 21, 2021, with oxycodone and fentanyl in his system, crossing a double yellow line and crashing into a vehicle driven by Jose Daniel Roldan-Roldan, age 29, of Spring Valley. Emergency responders t…
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Teen Sentenced For DWI Crash That Killed 16-Year-Old Girl In Hudson Valley
An 18-year-old man has been sentenced after he pleaded guilty to 17 charges in a Hudson Valley crash that killed a classmate and seriously injured other passengers in the vehicle. Joseph DeBellis, of Airmont, was sentenced on Tuesday, March 15, to six months of incarceration followed by five years of probation, according to Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh. The crash happened at about 2:50 a.m. on Saturday, April 24, 2021, on Route 202 in Montebello when DeBellis, then 17, was a Suffern High School student. Earlier report: Girl Killed In Single-Vehicle Rockland Cra…
Police & Fire
Woman Charged After Boyfriend Hanging On To Hood Killed In Westchester Crash, Police Say
A New York woman driving while intoxicated has been charged after her boyfriend was killed in a crash as he was hanging to the hood of the car, according to police. Just before 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 4 in Westchester County, officers responded to the north side of the Eugenio Maria De Hostos Microsociety School off Stanley Place in Yonkers on a report of a motor vehicle crash with injuries. Upon arrival, first responders discovered that a 2012 Subaru Forrester had crashed through the Stanley Place access gate to the school property and struck a concrete barrier before impactin…
Police & Fire
Area Woman Charged In Fatal Hit-Run Crash Had Earlier DWI Charge, Police Say
A local woman who was arrested for a hit-and-run crash that killed a man outside a lakefront home in the area was arrested two months ago for DWI and was due to have her license suspended in several days. Maggie DePerna, age 37, of Mahopac was charged on Saturday, June 26, with vehicular manslaughter, and two counts of DWI (she was reportedly driving drunk when arrested) in the hit-and-run death in Mahopac of James Crecco, of Carmel, on Friday, June 25, said the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. See earlier story: 37-Year-Old Woman Arrested For Fatal Hit-Run Crash Near Lakefront A…
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37-Year-Old Woman Arrested For Fatal Hit-Run Crash Near Lakefront Area Home
This story has been updated. A local woman has been arrested for a hit-and-run crash that killed a man outside a lakefront home in the area, Maggie Deperna, age 37, was arrested Saturday, June 26, by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office in connection to the crash that happened a day earlier in Mahopac. She's been charged with vehicular manslaughter, the Sheriff's Office said. The 61-year-old victim, identified as James Crecco, of Carmel, was walking outside his brother's home when he was struck by a Jeep on Friday, June 25 at approximately 8:07 p.m. in Mahopac on South Lake Boulevard (Route…
Lifestyle
Community Rallies To Support Family Of HS Student Killed In Hudson Valley Crash
A community is coming out to support the family of a teen who was killed in a single-vehicle crash in the Hudson Valley. Suffern High School sophomore Jacqueline Zangrilli, age 16, died around 2:50 a.m., on Saturday, April 24, when the vehicle she was riding in struck a utility pole, according to the Ramapo Police. Following Zangrilli's death, a GoFundMe was set up to assist the family with funeral expenses. "Jacqueline was special in so many ways," said the GoFundMe. "She was an incredible daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece, and friend. Jacqueline was full of life." As of Monday…
Police & Fire
ID Released For Woman Killed In Wrong-Way Peekskill Crash
The identity has been released of a woman killed in a wrong-way crash involving another driver allegedly impaired by alcohol in Northern Westchester. The crash happened around 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23 on Route 9 in the area of Main Street in Peekskill. An initial investigation revealed a black 2018 Audi Q7 operated by Mark E. Cope, age 41, of Yorktown, was traveling the wrong way northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 9, state police said. The Audi struck a southbound 2020 Acura MDX containing three occupants, according to state police. The operator of the Acura, 32-y…
Police & Fire
Details Emerge On Fatal Wrong-Way Northern Westchester Crash Involving Alleged Impaired Driver
Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Woman Killed In Wrong-Way Northern Westchester Crash State Police have just released new details on a fatal wrong-way crash involving a driver allegedly impaired by alcohol that happened overnight in Westchester. The crash happened around 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23 on Route 9 in the area of Main Street in Peekskill. An initial investigation revealed a black 2018 Audi Q7 operated by Mark E. Cope, age 41, of Yorktown, was traveling the wrong way northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 9, state police said. The Audi struc…
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Driver Indicted For Fatal Hit-Run In Westchester Park, Police Say
A man who allegedly drove drunk and fatally struck a 23-year-old woman in a Westchester park before attempting to flee from police has been indicted on homicide charges. Yonkers resident Pilar Dominguez-Leon was indicted this week for his role in the death of Julianna Scott, a homeless woman he struck when he lost control of his car and drove through Chicken Island Day Lighting Park shortly before 1:30 a.m. on Monday, March 9. Specifically, Dominguez-Leon, 44, was charged with: Aggravated vehicular homicide; Vehicular manslaughter; Two counts of vehicular manslaughter; Criminally neglig…
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26-Year-Old Sentenced For DWI Crash That Killed Woman Near Westchester County Center
The family of a 57-year-old woman was present in court as the drunk driver who killed her last year was sentenced to prison time for vehicular manslaughter. Elmsford resident Glen Robinson, 26, has been sentenced to a term of between two and six years in prison for hitting and killing Susan Benjamin-Bailey outside of the Westchester County Center last January. Robinson pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter in January. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., said that shortly after 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 24 last year, Robinson was driving while intoxicated in White Plains,…
Police & Fire
Suspect Driving Drunk Charged For Fatal Crash That Killed 20-Year-Old Passenger
A seven-month investigation into a crash that left a 20-year-old dead in the Hudson Valley led to the arrest of a 28-year-old man who was allegedly driving while intoxicated at the time of the fatal incident. Dutchess County resident James Ruiz, 28, of Amenia, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 19 for his role in the fatal crash on Wednesday, Jan. 8 on the Shunpike in the town of Washington. At approximately 11:20 p.m. on Jan. 8, New York State Police troopers out of the Poughkeepsie barrack responded to the Shunpike between Route 44 and Kennels Road, where there was a reported one-car crash w…
Police & Fire
Hudson Valley Resident Mowing Lawn Struck, Killed By Car Driven By Impaired Man, Police Say
A 53-year-old Hudson Valley man mowing his lawn was killed after being struck by a car being driven by an impaired driver, police said. It happened in Rockland County on Wednesday, July 15 at about 5:45 p.m. in Orangeburg. A 2010 Toyota Corolla, operated by Jared S. DeVera, 29, of Englewood, New Jersey, was traveling southbound on Lester Drive, when the vehicle veered off the roadway and struck a man later identified as Giovanni Boiano, of Orangeburg, Orangetown Police said. Boiano, who was mowing his lawn at the time, died of injuries sustained in the crash, police sa…
Police & Fire
Man Stabs Mother, Kills Pedestrian In Hit-Run Crash While Fleeing, Police Say
A man who allegedly stabbed his mother and then killed a pedestrian in a fatal hit-and-run crash in the area has been apprehended. The incident unfolded in Dutchess County around 9:44 p.m., on Wednesday, May 20, when Fishkill Police responded to a report of a vehicle-pedestrian auto accident in the area of Route 82 and Crestwood Court. When officers arrived on the scene, along with the New York State Police, they found a pedestrian had been struck and was seriously injured. The vehicle involved became disabled after striking a curb and the operator fled the scene on foot, Fishk…
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Westchester Man Indicted For Vehicular Manslaughter After Fatal DWI Crash
A 26-year-old man has been indicted on a vehicular manslaughter charge after killing a pedestrian in Westchester while allegedly driving drunk, the District Attorney announced. Elmsford resident Glen Robinson has been indicted by a Westchester County grand jury for allegedly hitting his car in front of the County Center, killing 57-year-old Susan Benjamin-Bailey early on Saturday, Aug. 24 in White Plains. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., announced that the 26-year-old Robinson has been charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter, tw…
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Woman Indicted For Fatal Saw Mill River Parkway Crash In Croton-On-Hudson
An allegedly drunk driver in Westchester is facing a series of charges for her role in a fatal crash on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Hastings-on-Hudson over the summer. Yonkers resident Kristen Lynn has been indicted for her role in the death of a 28-year-old woman who was killed on the parkway in July. Shortly after midnight on Sunday, July 21, it is alleged that Lynn was driving a Lexus south on the Saw Mill River Parkway, when she rammed into the back of a Honda driven by Yonkers resident Danielle Gore-Johnson. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., said that Gore-…
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Westchester Man Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter After Fatal Crash
A 26-year-old man has been arraigned on a vehicular manslaughter charge after killing a pedestrian in Westchester. Elmsford resident Glen Robinson appeared in White Plains City Court on Thursday, Oct. 10, where he was charged for his role in the death of 57-year-old Susan Benjamin-Bailey early on Saturday, Aug. 24 in White Plains. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., said that shortly after 6:30 a.m. on the day of the crash, it is alleged that Robinson was driving while intoxicated in White Plains. At the intersection of Tarrytown Road and Central Avenue, it is alle…
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Man Indicted For Fatal DWI Crash Involving Bicyclist
A Putnam County man has been indicted on charges that he killed a bicyclist while driving drunk. A grand jury voted on Wednesday, March 6 to indict Kent resident Silvio Tenesaca on charges that include vehicular manslaughter for his role in the death of George Rosalino on Nov. 27 last year. Tenesaca was driving in the area of Route 52 and Palmer Trail in Lake Carmel at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 27 when he struck Rosalino, who was riding his bike in the area, police said. Tenesaca waiting upwards of an hour before alerting law enforcement. Rosalino was pronounced dead at the s…
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Man Faces Vehicular Manslaughter Charge After Rhinebeck Crash That Killed Woman, 20
State police have charged a 35-year-old man from the Albany area with manslaughter for a crash earlier this month that killed a Vermont woman. Robert J. Dancy of Worcester in Otsego County was charged at his hospital bed with felony vehicular manslaughter, and driving while intoxicated, said New York State Trooper AJ Hicks. Dancy has been recovering from injuries at Westchester Medical Center since the Friday, Dec. 7, crash, Hicks said. The crash occurred when Dancy, driving a 1997 Ford Explorer south on Route 9G in Rhinebeck, drove over the center lane, striking a northbound 2007 Che…
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