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Update: Trooper Under Criminal Investigation Amid Doubts Over NY Highway Shooting Update: Trooper Under Criminal Investigation Amid Doubts Over NY Highway Shooting
Update: Trooper Under Criminal Investigation Amid Doubts Over NY Highway Shooting A New York State Police trooper who claimed someone shot him on a roadway in the region is now under criminal investigation amid growing doubts over his story. On Long Island, state police “have reason to believe that the incident did not occur the way it was reported” by trooper Thomas Mascia, an agency spokesperson told reporters Wednesday morning, Nov. 6. Police confirmed that the five-year department veteran is now the subject of both a criminal investigation and an internal probe being conducted by state police and the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. Earlier Report: T…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Update: EMTs Resign Over Alleged Mistreatment Of NY Patient Caught On Video Update: EMTs Resign Over Alleged Mistreatment Of NY Patient Caught On Video
Update: EMTs Resign Over Alleged Mistreatment Of NY Patient Caught On Video Two paramedics in upstate New York who were seen on a viral video mistreating and berating a developmentally disabled patient have resigned. The Greene County incident happened Friday evening, May 17, in the Village of Catskill. Emergency crews were called to a residence on Main Street for reports of a 63-year-old man who was unable to get up and was having difficulty breathing, Greene County newspaper Porcupine Soup reports. Nest home video footage posted on YouTube shows a male and female EMT responding to the residence in an ambulance. The female EMT appears agitated right off the bat w…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Officer Under Investigation For Response To Street Fight Involving Brothers In Westchester Officer Under Investigation For Response To Street Fight Involving Brothers In Westchester
Officer Under Investigation For Response To Street Fight Involving Brothers In Westchester A police officer is under investigation following accusations they mishandled the response to a street fight that broke out near a bar in Westchester County. Yonkers Police were called at around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25 with reports of a street fight that had broken out near Yonkers and Ridgewood avenues, police said. When officers arrived, they witnessed two men assaulting another man. The victim was repeatedly punched and kicked, including being kicked in the head while on the ground, according to police. A subsequent investigation revealed that several men had been at the bar when a…

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by Michael Mashburn
Politics
New Rochelle Officials React After Grand Jury Does Not Indict Cop Who Shot, Killed Man New Rochelle Officials React After Grand Jury Does Not Indict Cop Who Shot, Killed Man
New Rochelle Officials React After Grand Jury Does Not Indict Cop Who Shot, Killed Man New Rochelle officials expressed their support for the city’s police department after a Westchester County grand jury opted not to indict an officer who was involved in the fatal shooting of an African American man over the summer. On Wednesday, Nov. 4, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced that a grand jury opted not to indict New Rochelle Police Officer Alec McKenna for his role in the shooting of Kamal Flowers on Friday, June 5. Earlier story - Grand Jury Does Not Indict New Rochelle Police Officer Who Shot, Killed 24-Year-Old Black Man Flowers, a convict…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Mount Vernon Police Officer Suspended After Being Arrested For Menacing Mount Vernon Police Officer Suspended After Being Arrested For Menacing
Mount Vernon Police Officer Suspended After Being Arrested For Menacing A Mount Vernon police officer has been suspended with pay following an arrest for menacing and harassment over the weekend. Orville Kitson, who pleaded guilty last year to firing his gun without authorization during a late-night incident in 2016, was arrested in Brooklyn on Sunday, Sept. 15, and charged with two counts of menacing, both misdemeanors, and harassment, a violation. Details of what let to Kitson’s arrest have not been released. Mount Vernon Police Commissioner Shawn Harris has stated that Kitson has been suspended as the department conducts an internal investigation. Kitson wa…

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by Zak Failla
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Police Chief In Westchester Under Independent Investigation After Son Takes Gun Police Chief In Westchester Under Independent Investigation After Son Takes Gun
Police Chief In Westchester Under Independent Investigation After Son Takes Gun A hearing officer from Mount Pleasant has been hired to further investigate Eastchester Police Chief Timothy Bonci, whose son allegedly took his father’s gun before turning himself into police custody in July. While he is being investigated internally by two lieutenants in the department, town officials have appointed Mount Pleasant Judge Robert Ponzini to lead a separate, independent probe, according to a lohud report. The nature of the independent investigation was not clear, and town officials have not yet laid out a timetable regarding the probe moving forward. Bonci is not facing any c…

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by Zak Failla