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Man Steals Wallet From Gym Locker, Tries Using Victim's Credit Card In Westchester: Police
A 68-year-old man faces grand larceny charges after police said he stole a wallet from a gym locker in Westchester County and tried using the victim's credit card.
Peekskill resident Martin L. Robbins, 68, was arrested on Wednesday, July 8, in connection with an incident at Club Fit Jefferson Valley at 600 Bank Rd. in Yorktown, the Yorktown Police Department announced on Tuesday, July 14.
According to police, on Friday, July 3, the department received a report regarding a larceny at the fitness center. Officers later found that a wallet had been stolen from a locker at the facili…
LI Powerlifter’s Social Media Flexes Exposed $100K Disability Fraud: Authorities
A Long Island powerlifter bilked more than $100,000 through disability payments while competing in professional competitions, authorities said.
Raymond Phillips, 40, of Huntington Station, pulled off the fraud between 2021 and 2024, the New York Attorney General’s office said.
Phillips said he suffered a serious injury while weightlifting in 2018, rendering him unable to work or perform routine activities without help, investigators said. He applied for state disability payments and was approved in May 2021, according to authorities.
But by 2021, Phillips was perfectly capable of working a…
Fugitive Captured In Westchester Shot Ex-Girlfriend For Coming Home Late: Authorities
A Long Island man shot and paralyzed the mother of his children because she returned home late from work, authorities said.
Eric Whilby, 37, was indicted Monday, July 13 for the attack on a 40-year-old woman in Greenlawn, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Whilby, of Greenlawn, had been living with the victim, their two children, and the woman’s mother, brother, and sister, authorities said. Around 1 a.m. on Thursday, June 4, the woman returned home late from work and learned Whilby was angry she hadn’t come straight home, according to investigators.
The woman left the hom…
Help Pours In After Fatal NY Crash Kills Dad, Critically Injures Local Musician (Update)
In the weeks following a devastating Hudson Valley, NY motorcycle crash that both killed a beloved father and critically injured a popular local musician from Connecticut, community members have raised over $100,000 to make sure their families receive the help they need.
The crash, which happened at around 11:30 a.m. on Monday, June 29, on Route 22 near 5761 Route 22 in the Dutchess County town of North East, killed Morris, CT resident Tim Nurnberg and severely injured CT-based blues musician Eran Troy Danner.
As previously reported by Daily Voice, a vehicle colli…
