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Body Of 35-Year-Old Man Recovered In Hudson River, Police Say Body Of 35-Year-Old Man Recovered In Hudson River, Police Say
Body Of 35-Year-Old Man Recovered In Hudson River, Police Say The body of a man has been recovered after he fell into the Hudson River while walking along its edge with friends. Orange County resident Maurice Pryce, age 35, fell into the water around 10 p.m., Wednesday, June 9, in the area of the Blue Pointe Restaurant, said City of Newburgh Police Lt. Joseph Burns. When police arrived on the scene, several witnesses said they saw Pryce, of the City of Newburgh, fall off the dock into the water. City of Newburgh Fire Department responded to the scene and PD and FD personnel checked along the shore where Pryce was seen going into the w…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
One Missing After Rowboat Overturns On Long Island Sound One Missing After Rowboat Overturns On Long Island Sound
One Missing After Rowboat Overturns On Long Island Sound Click here for an updated story - Body Recovered After Rowboat Overturns On Long Island Sound One person is missing after a rowboat overturned on the Long Island Sound. The incident happened around 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30 on Long Island's North Fork in Suffolk County off Route 48 in the village of Greenport, when the 9-foot long rowboat was in the area of the Cliff Side condominiums, Southold Town Police said. There were two people reported onboard, according to police. One person swam to shore and the other was unaccounted for, said police. The Greenport Fire Department, Su…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Port Authority, Westchester, NYC, PIP Police Search Hudson In Vain For Presumed GWB Jumper Port Authority, Westchester, NYC, PIP Police Search Hudson In Vain For Presumed GWB Jumper
Port Authority, Westchester, NYC, PIP Police Search Hudson In Vain For Presumed GWB Jumper Responders from several law enforcement agencies searched the Hudson River in vain for a presumed jumper after a car was found abandoned on the George Washington Bridge. Port Authority police found the abandoned vehicle midspan of the bridge's westbound upper level around 9 p.m. Sunday. Among the agencies that sent air and sea units to assist were the NYPD, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police, the Nyack and Piermont fire department marine units, the Thiells dive team,  the Irvington and Tarrytown fire departments, the Rockland County Sheriff's Office and the Westchester County Police A…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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One Missing After Boat Overturns Off Long Island Coast One Missing After Boat Overturns Off Long Island Coast
One Missing After Boat Overturns Off Long Island Coast Click here for an updated story - ID Released For Victim Of Fatal Long Island Boating Accident Note: The original version of this report stated one was missing and three were missing. That information, initially reported, has been changed to two rescued, one missing. A third man in the boat who was removed from the water later died. One person is missing and three others were hospitalized after a boat overturned off the Long Island coast. The incident happened late Saturday morning, May 2 south of Point Lookout in Nassau County. At 10:08 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound com…

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by Joe Lombardi
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John F. Kennedy’s Grand-Niece And Her Son, 8, Missing After Boating Accident, Reports Say John F. Kennedy’s Grand-Niece And Her Son, 8, Missing After Boating Accident, Reports Say
John F. Kennedy’s Grand-Niece And Her Son, 8, Missing After Boating Accident, Reports Say The search is on for two members of the Kennedy family who were reported missing after going boating in the Chesapeake Bay. Maeve Kennedy McKean - the granddaughter of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and grand-niece of President John F. Kennedy - and her 8-year-old son Gideon were reported missing near Annapolis, Maryland. They haven’t been seen or heard from since Thursday, April 2. According to reports, McKean was taking the family to visit her mother’s waterfront home in Shady Side, Maryland when her son kicked a ball into the water and it drifted away. The two “popped into a canoe” to track down…

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by Zak Failla
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Teen Swimmer Goes Missing In Hudson River Teen Swimmer Goes Missing In Hudson River
Teen Swimmer Goes Missing In Hudson River A massive search for an 18-year-old teen who was reportedly seen in the Hudson River yelling for help failed to find the man. The incident took place around 3:20 p.m., Monday, March 9, when the City of Poughkeepsie Police received multiple 911 calls about a male drowning in the river, said Det. Lt. Matt Clark. Police said on Monday the area of the search was behind the pavilion at the Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum. Responding officers were told by several people at the scene they had seen a man in the river yelling for help, who then disappeared underwater, Clark said. The man reportedly s…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Dies After Driving Vehicle Into Hudson River in Westchester Woman Dies After Driving Vehicle Into Hudson River in Westchester
Woman Dies After Driving Vehicle Into Hudson River in Westchester This story has been updated. A woman has died after driving her vehicle into the Hudson River in Westchester. The incident took place around 12:45 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18, near a riverside park in Verplanck, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police. The woman was discovered in the car in about 10 feet of water by divers from Yorktown Heights, he said. Due to a strong drift, it took searchers a while to located the vehicle.  Police are not sure how the car ended up in the water, and say the incident is under investigation, pending the outcome of an autopsy.…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Neighborhood Man's Body Pulled From Lake Mahopac After Kayak Overturns Neighborhood Man's Body Pulled From Lake Mahopac After Kayak Overturns
Neighborhood Man's Body Pulled From Lake Mahopac After Kayak Overturns Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Man Pulled From Lake Mahopac After Kayak Overturns  The body of a local man was pulled from the water after police say his kayak overturned in Lake Mahopac. On Monday, July 22 at 1:40 p.m., the Town of Carmel Police received a report of a missing 55-year-old Mahopac resident, Carmel Police Chief Michael Cazzari said. A search of the area around his South Lake Blvd home found his kayak overturned in Lake Mahopac, according to Cazzari.  The Carmel Police Department Marine unit began a search of the lake near the kayak …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Search For Missing Man Causes Closures Of Area Lake Search For Missing Man Causes Closures Of Area Lake
Search For Missing Man Causes Closures Of Area Lake Lake Carmel is closed to swimmers and boaters as emergency responders search for a missing man. The Lake Carmel Fire Department said it was dispatched on a report of a missing swimmer at around 7:35 p.m. Saturday, July 20. The man has been identified as a Connecticut resident in his 50s. The department was assisted in the search by the Carmel Fire Department, Mahopac Falls Volunteer Fire Department dive team and Putnam County Sheriff's Department, Kent Police. Search efforts resumed early Sunday morning, July 21. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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by Daily Voice
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Cell Phone Ping Leads Cops To Long Island Mom Charged In Murder Of Twins Cell Phone Ping Leads Cops To Long Island Mom Charged In Murder Of Twins
Cell Phone Ping Leads Cops To Long Island Mom Charged In Murder Of Twins A suicidal and homicidal mother of murdered twin girls was found in Montauk after a massive two-hour search by pinging her cell phone and following the GPS. Tenia Campbell, 24, of Medford, was charged with murdering the two girls, Jasmine and Jaida, after the children were found Thursday afternoon, June 27 in the family minivan at the entrance to Montauk County Park Third House Nature Center by East Hampton Town Police officers using her phone's GPS. Campbell was located standing on Montauk Highway screaming for the police to shoot her, said the Suffolk County Police during a press con…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Mother Located After Toddler Found Walking Alone Near Train Tracks In Area Mother Located After Toddler Found Walking Alone Near Train Tracks In Area
Mother Located After Toddler Found Walking Alone Near Train Tracks In Area After a massive search, the mother of a toddler found walking alone near train tracks in the area was located, police said. A search was launched in Orange County at approximately 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 27, when a 3-year-old child was found wandering and crying at approximately 1 p.m. along railroad tracks on Maples Road in Wallkill, prompting an extensive search for her mother. Police responded to the scene, and with the assistance of helicopters and ATVs, managed to locate the mother, 29-year-old Amanda Light, who was found shortly after 6:30 p.m. in the woods behind a residence on Rout…

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by Zak Failla
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Missing Woman Found Dead In Hudson River, Identified Missing Woman Found Dead In Hudson River, Identified
Missing Woman Found Dead In Hudson River, Identified A 48-year-old woman who police had been searching for since Thursday has been found dead in the Hudson River and identified. Jennifer Kavanagh was found Sunday morning by the Piermont Police dive team near the end of the Piermont Pier, said the Piermont Police. "It is with a heavy heart that the Piermont Police Department is reporting that a missing person case that was filed on Friday, Oct. 12, has been resolved," the police department wrote on Facebook. A large-scale search was triggered Friday when Kavanagh, a Piermont resident, was reported missing near the area of the Piermo…

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by Kathy Reakes