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3 Teens In 2 Stolen Cars Nabbed After Chase Starting On I-684 Injures Officer In Westchester 3 Teens In 2 Stolen Cars Nabbed After Chase Starting On I-684 Injures Officer In Westchester
3 Teens In 2 Stolen Cars Nabbed After Chase Starting On I-684 Injures Officer In Westchester Three teenagers who led authorities in New York on pursuits in two cars stolen from Connecticut and Rhode Island and injured an officer in the process face a heap of criminal charges, police announced. The incident leading up to the arrests began in Westchester County on Thursday, Feb. 15 around 2:20 p.m., when police learned that two stolen cars were traveling together on southbound Interstate 684. An officer began waiting for the two cars to enter the Hutchinson River Parkway and followed them south once he spotted them, according to Westchester County Police.  Once the cars arrived…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Suspect On Loose After Stealing Car With Child Inside In Hudson Valley Suspect On Loose After Stealing Car With Child Inside In Hudson Valley
Suspect On Loose After Stealing Car With Child Inside In Hudson Valley This story has been updated. One of a parent's worst nightmares was realized when a running vehicle with a child still inside was stolen by a suspect in Westchester who now remains on the loose.  The incident happened on Thursday, March 2 around 8:10 a.m., when police in Eastchester were notified that a vehicle with a child inside had been stolen while parked in the Green Knolls part of town.  The vehicle had been left running with the key inside while its owner had been escorting another child to a bus stop in the immediate vicinity of the car, police said. While this happened, …

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Police In Hudson Valley Warn Against Scammers Posing As Fire Department Members Police In Hudson Valley Warn Against Scammers Posing As Fire Department Members
Police In Hudson Valley Warn Against Scammers Posing As Fire Department Members A police department in Westchester County is warning against scammers posing as fire department members to get business owners to pay them money.  Police said a business owner in Eastchester was contacted by an individual claiming to be part of the town's fire department who said that their business's fire extinguishers were expired, and that they should pay to have their extinguishers inspected, according to a post by Eastchester Police from Wednesday, Nov. 9.  The Eastchester Fire Department would not inspect portable fire extinguishers except for periodic building fire inspecti…

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by Ben Crnic
Obituaries
Richard Liebson, Longtime Journalist In Area, Dies At 61 Richard Liebson, Longtime Journalist In Area, Dies At 61
Richard Liebson, Longtime Journalist In Area, Dies At 61 Richard Liebson, a longtime journalist in Westchester, died Sunday, in White Plains at age 61, according to The Journal News/lohud.com, where he worked for decades. Liebson had cancer for about two years, according to the article. Liebson was a crime reporter for more than 30 years at The Journal News. The article says he was one of the newspaper's "best-known writers and characters, a beat reporter of the old school." He covered the City of White Plain most recently, according to The Journal News. Liebson covered big stories including a 1994 propane-truck explosion in White Plains to…

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by Donna Christopher