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Man Nabbed With Loaded Rifle, Drugs After Sending Threats In Hudson Valley: Police Man Nabbed With Loaded Rifle, Drugs After Sending Threats In Hudson Valley: Police
Man Nabbed With Loaded Rifle, Drugs After Sending Threats In Hudson Valley: Police A 56-year-old Hudson Valley man was caught with controlled narcotics and an illegally possessed weapon following an investigation into threatening messages, police said. Putnam County resident Kevin Willis of Southeast was arrested on Friday, Oct. 18 around 3:45 p.m. after he was found with narcotics and a firearm he was prohibited from having, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday, Oct. 23.  According to the Sheriff's Office, Willis's arrest followed a short investigation into threatening messages he had allegedly sent someone. While deputies questioned him, they l…

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by Ben Crnic
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Westchester Physician, NY Pharmacist Illegally Prescribed, Dispensed Opioids: Feds Westchester Physician, NY Pharmacist Illegally Prescribed, Dispensed Opioids: Feds
Westchester Physician, NY Pharmacist Illegally Prescribed, Dispensed Opioids: Feds A Westchester County physician and a pharmacy owner from Long Island both face federal charges in connection with their alleged illegal distribution of highly addictive opioids, officials announced.  Nassau County resident Feroze Nazirbage of Bellerose, age 50, and Larchmont resident Mordechai Bar, age 71, were both arrested on Wednesday, June 5 and charged with illegally diverting oxycodone and other controlled substances, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced.  According to federal officials, Nazirbage, who is associated wit…

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by Ben Crnic
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Unlawful Smoke Shop Shut Down By Police In Westchester County Unlawful Smoke Shop Shut Down By Police In Westchester County
Unlawful Smoke Shop Shut Down By Police In Westchester County A smoke shop in Westchester County was shut down after police discovered numerous law violations during a visit.  Earlier report - Out Of Compliance: Police Shut Down 3 Yonkers Smoke Shops After Inspections On Tuesday, Nov. 1, police visited an unnamed smoke shop located in Yonkers at 403 McLean Ave. and found the store to be out of compliance, according to Yonkers Police.  Police said that the violations included:  no Certificate of Occupancy; no dispensary or hemp licenses; a large quantity of illicit controlled substances such as CBD gummies and vape products …

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by Ben Crnic
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Police Nab Wanted Man In Hudson Valley After Report Of Suspicious Person Police Nab Wanted Man In Hudson Valley After Report Of Suspicious Person
Police Nab Wanted Man In Hudson Valley After Report Of Suspicious Person Authorities in the Hudson Valley arrested a wanted man after responding to a report of a suspicious person. Police in Ulster County responded to a report of a suspicious person on Oak Street in Barclay Heights in the town of Saugerties at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 31, the Saugerties Police Department reported. Officers located Christopher Rega on Lamb Avenue, and discovered that Rega was wanted out of Bergen County, New Jersey, police said. Authorities said Rega was arrested as a Fugitive From Justice. Police also found that Rega was in possession of several controlled substanc…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Third Person Arrested In Fake Prescription Scheme Third Person Arrested In Fake Prescription Scheme
Third Person Arrested In Fake Prescription Scheme A third person has been arrested in a scheme to fill a fake prescription at a Fairfield County pharmacy. Westchester County resident Elijah Jalil Arnold, 22, of Mount Vernon, was arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 28, by Greenwich Police in connection with an attempt by three men to fill a fake prescription at a Greenwich Pharmacy, said Captain Mark E. Zuccerella.  According to Zuccerella, Arnold was arrested after a pharmacist from Greenwich notified police that three men were attempting to fill, which he believed to be a fake prescription for a controlled substance. After receiving th…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Westchester Man Busted Allegedly Attempting To Fill Fake Prescription In Fairfield County Westchester Man Busted Allegedly Attempting To Fill Fake Prescription In Fairfield County
Westchester Man Busted Allegedly Attempting To Fill Fake Prescription In Fairfield County A Westchester County man was busted attempting to fill a fake prescription at a pharmacy in Fairfield County.  Coleem Luther Field, 20, of Mount Vernon, was arrested on Sunday, Nov. 1, after allegedly attempting to fill a fake prescription at a central Greenwich pharmacy, said Greenwich Police Capt. Mark Zuccerella. According to Zuccerella, a pharmacist in Greenwich contacted police when Fields attempted to fill a prescription he believed to be fake. Plainclothes officers responded to the store and detained three people believed to be involved in passing fake prescriptions in order to…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Two From Westchester Among 68 Arrested In Drug Bust At Music Festival Two From Westchester Among 68 Arrested In Drug Bust At Music Festival
Two From Westchester Among 68 Arrested In Drug Bust At Music Festival Four residents of the Hudson Valley and two from Fairfield County were among 68 people charged during a four-day New York State Police detail that focused on the illegal distribution of controlled substances at the Disc Jam Music Festival in Stephentown, New York, east of Albany. The detail was held from Thursday, June 6 to Monday, June 10 by members of Troop G and Troop K uniform and BCI, along with the Troop G Violent Gang Narcotics Enforcement Team. State Police seized quantities of cocaine, doses of LSD, hallucinogenic mushrooms, ketamine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, MDMA, and …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Westchester Doctor Charged After Patient's Fentanyl Overdose Death Westchester Doctor Charged After Patient's Fentanyl Overdose Death
Westchester Doctor Charged After Patient's Fentanyl Overdose Death A doctor from Mount Kisco who is already facing charges for an alleged kickback scheme has been indicted for distributing the fentanyl that led to a fatal overdose. Gordon Freedman was indicted in Manhattan federal court this week with 16 counts of distributing oxycodone, fentanyl and other controlled substances to a patient for his role in prescribing the drugs that led to the overdose. The indictment alleges that between 2013 and May 2017, Freedman who owned and operated a private pain management office on the Upper East Side prescribed controlled substance to a particular patient, includ…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Port Chester Woman Charged With Trying To Fill Fake Prescription At CVS Port Chester Woman Charged With Trying To Fill Fake Prescription At CVS
Port Chester Woman Charged With Trying To Fill Fake Prescription At CVS A Westchester woman was busted in Greenwich attempting to fill a fraudulent prescription at CVS, police said. Officers from the Greenwich Police Department were dispatched to CVS on West Putnam Avenue shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 20, police said, when there was a report of a woman attempting to illegally fill a prescription. Police said that the investigation revealed that Port Chester resident Ana Garcia, 67, was attempting to fill a fraudulent prescription. Further investigation found that she was in possession of multiple unlabeled pill bottles with a variety of prescripti…

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by Zak Failla
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Westchester Doctor, Pharmacist Illegally Sold Oxycodone Pills, Feds Say Westchester Doctor, Pharmacist Illegally Sold Oxycodone Pills, Feds Say
Westchester Doctor, Pharmacist Illegally Sold Oxycodone Pills, Feds Say A doctor and pharmacist from Westchester were among seven medical professionals that have been accused of illegally distributing millions of oxycodone pills. Yonkers resident Nadem Sayegh, a doctor with offices in Westchester and the Bronx, and Marc Klein, who owns a pharmacy in White Plains, are each facing time behind bars for their roles in a pill mill that has been under investigation. Both are scheduled to appear in Manhattan federal court on Thursday. According to investigators who announced their arrests, Sayegh wrote illegal prescriptions in order to live a life of luxury.  He “mai…

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by Zak Failla
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Westchester Man Busted With Large-Caliber Illegal Handgun Westchester Man Busted With Large-Caliber Illegal Handgun
Westchester Man Busted With Large-Caliber Illegal Handgun A 39-year-old Northern Westchester man was busted with a large-caliber handgun after police received a tip he would be in the area with the weapon. The bust took place around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday after members of the Stamford Police Narcotics and Organized Crime squad received word that Fransico Ferro of Thornwood would be in the area of Knickerbocker Avenue with the weapon, said Capt. Richard Conklin. Members of the squad set-up on the area and pulled Ferro over when he arrived in a black VW Jetta, Conklin said. When officers approached the vehicle they told Ferro to put his hands in the air…

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by Kathy Reakes