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Barricaded Suspect Surrenders To Officers After Five-Hour Standoff In Westchester, Police Say Barricaded Suspect Surrenders To Officers After Five-Hour Standoff In Westchester, Police Say
Barricaded Suspect Surrenders To Officers After Five-Hour Standoff In Westchester, Police Say An attempt to serve a warrant in Westchester turned into a five-hour standoff when the man allegedly barricaded himself inside his home with a knife. The incident began around 5:45 a.m., Tuesday, April 27, when the Yonkers Police Department attempted to serve a warrant to Antonio Valez, age 43, of White Plains, said White Plains Public Safety Chief Joseph Castelli. As the warrant team made contact with Yonkers Police, Valez met them at his apartment door and charged officers with a knife, Castelli said. Yonkers Police deployed a taser, which was ineffective and Valez retreated inside the a…
ID Released For Remains Of Woman Found In Muscoot Reservoir ID Released For Remains Of Woman Found In Muscoot Reservoir
ID Released For Remains Of Woman Found In Muscoot Reservoir A woman who had been missing for more than 30 years has been identified as the person found inside a vehicle at the bottom of the Muscoot Reservoir. Brenda Kerber, age 40, of White Plains, a mother of two from two marriages, was found more than 30 years after she went missing in September of 1989, said the Chief of the White Plains Department of Public Safety Joseph Castelli. Kerber's remains were found on Tuesday, Jan. 19, in a station wagon pulled from the Muscoot Reservoir in Somers. Castelli said on Friday, Jan. 29, that based on the findings by the county's medical examiner and a revi…