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Police & Fire
Man Nabbed After Setting Stolen Vehicle On Fire In Westchester, Police Say
A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly setting fire to a stolen vehicle in a wooded area and was badly burned in the process. The incident took place in Westchester County when Yorktown Police received numerous 911 calls from residents on Baldwin Avenue reporting a vehicle on fire in the woods in Yorktown. Police and Yorktown Heights firefighters responded to the scene and found a fully-involved car fire, police said. The responding officers quickly identified the vehicle as being stolen out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and suspected the vehicle had been intentionally set on fi…
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Teen Charged With Attempting To Torch
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A teenager is facing an arson charge for allegedly attempting to torch an NYPD cruiser, federal officials announced. Queens resident Victor Sanchez-Santa, 19, has been arrested and charged after he was caught on surveillance video attempting to destroy the police car in midtown Manhattan earlier this month, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said. According to a complaint filed by the Southern District of New York Court, at approximately 1:25 a.m. on Tuesday, June 9, Sanchez-Santa stopped his Honda beside a marked NYPD vehicle on West 42nd Street in Manhattan. It is alleged that San…
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Westchester Man Charged With Setting Easter Sunday House Fire
A 43-year-old Westchester man is facing an arson charge after allegedly burning down a home early on Easter Sunday. Mount Vernon resident Lamont Riddenhour has been arraigned on an arson charge for setting a fire that destroyed a South Tenth Avenue home in Mount Vernon. The alleged arson happened at approximately 9 a.m. on Sunday, April 12. No injuries were reported, though the fire destroyed the home. Fire officials said the property may have been vacant when it went up in flames. The fire also damaged a neighboring home. Riddenhour was arraigned and charged with second-degree arson, a fe…
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Duo Charged With Blowing Up Mailboxes In Westchester
Two young men have been charged after a string of incidents involving mailboxes being blown up in Northern Westchester, state police said. Troopers responded to two residences in the Cortlandt Manor area shortly after 10 p.m.on Monday, Aug. 26 for reports of mailboxes blown up. A third destroyed mailbox was reported in the Montrose area of Cortlandt on Monday, Sept 2. An investigation found Christopher M. Servedio, 19, and Kyle R. Louch, 20, both of Cortlandt, used mortar type fireworks to blow-up the mailboxes. Servedio was also arrested for the destruction of a mailbox using explosi…
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Man Sentenced For Setting House On Fire In Westchester
A 46-year-old man will spend time behind bars after being sentenced for setting fire to a Westchester home earlier this year. White Plains resident Michael Johnson, who had been accused of starting a fire that destroyed a vacant two-family Smith Street home in Port Chester in January, was sentenced this week to one year in jail for arson. Johnson pleaded guilty to arson in July. The fire took crews several hours to knock down the flames on Tuesday, Jan. 29, which was complicated when a first-floor roof collapsed, though there were no injuries reported. The property is now owned by Nen’s Ba…
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Owner Sentenced For Conspiring With Westchester Man In Setting Fire To Rival Deli
A former deli owner will spend years behind bars after conspiring with a man from Westchester to burn down a competitor’s store. Redhwan Saleh has been sentenced to 63 months in prison for his participation in arson in the Bronx. He was convicted earlier this year following a four-day trial, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said. According to Berman, Saleh owned a deli near the intersection of 242nd Street and Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. When Saleh learned that a competing deli was set to open a few stores down, Saleh paid three men - including New Rochelle resident Antoine…
Police & Fire
Man Charged With Arson For Involvement In Westchester House Fire
A man has been charged with arson for his alleged involvement in a house fire that took dozens of firefighters in Westchester hours to extinguish. Michael Johnson 45, of White Plains, was arrested Wednesday, Jan. 30, and charged with arson for allegedly starting the raging fire in the vacant home on Smith Street in Port Chester, that took place around 5 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 29, according to the Port Chester Police. "Detective's worked vigorously all yesterday to charge Johnson with this incident after he was located by Patrol Officers," the Port Chester Police Department said on Faceboo…
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Fire Called 'Suspicious' Destroys Home In Westchester
A raging fire destroyed a house in Westchester on Tuesday morning. Firefighters from several Westchester departments were dispatched to Smith Street in Port Chester shortly before 5 a.m., when the vacant home went up in flames. According to reports, the fire has been deemed “suspicious.” Fire crews took several hours to knock down the flames, and a first-floor roof collapsed. No injuries were reported. Smith and Pearl streets were temporarily closed in Port Chester as officials investigated the fire, including an arson detection dog from the Westchester Police Department. The village …
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Westchester Man Sentenced For Setting Fire To Own Business
A Northern Westchester business owner was sentenced to 17 years in prison for setting fire to his own market, endangering a resident who lived above the store. Jesus Cruz, 44, of Peekskill, was sentenced Tuesday to the prison time along with five years post-release supervision for intentionally setting fire to a building where he had operated a market in the City of Newburgh, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office. Cruz was convicted after a jury trial of arson and reckless endangerment for the Sept. 22, 2017 fire, said the DA's Office. The jury found that Cruz ha…
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Teen Charged In Arson That Caused $39K In Damage To Park In Westchester
A months-long police investigation into an arson incident at a park in Northern Westchester has led to the arrest of a Putnam County teenager who caused nearly $40,000 in damages. Investigators from the Yorktown Police Department were dispatched to Shrub Oak Park at approximately 7:15 a.m. on Sept. 6, where there was a report of criminal mischief. Police said that the initial investigation determined that an unknown suspect had entered the pool area, and lit a fire that caused “extensive damage.” According to police, at approximately 10:25 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21, an officer stopped a …
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Wildcliff Committee To Explore Future Of Historic Westchester Mansion, Grounds
A committee is being established in New Rochelle to determine the best course of action for the Wildcliff mansion property after it was destroyed by a fire allegedly set by four teens last month. Dozens of firefighters responded to the Wildcliff Manor in New Rochelle shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 26, when a fire was reported at the building, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. The three-alarm fire quickly tore through the building, which has been unoccupied for years. In response, city officials announced they are forming an Advisory Committee to…
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Four Teens Arrested For Fire At Historic Westchester Mansion
Four teenagers have been arrested in connection to the fire that broke out at a historic Westchester mansion that burned to the ground, police said. Dozens of firefighters responded to the Wildcliff Manor in New Rochelle shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 26, when a fire was reported at the building, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. On Wednesday, police said that four 13-year-olds are currently being held accountable for the fire. Three of the teenagers are facing trespassing charges and a fourth has also been charged with arson, police said. The…
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