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Area Man Arrested After Hitting NYPD Officer With Drone During Funeral Area Man Arrested After Hitting NYPD Officer With Drone During Funeral
Area Man Arrested After Hitting Nypd Officer With Drone During Funeral A 36-year-old man was arrested during a rebbe's funeral in Brooklyn after his drone hit an NYPD officer injuring her face. Yehiel Rosenfeld of Monsey in Rockland County was arrested Tuesday, April 2, after a drone he was using to film large crowds who turned out to mourn the death of Yisroel Avrohom Portugal,  the rebbe of the Skulen Hasidic dynasty in Brooklyn, hit the officer, said the NYPD. The incident took place around 1:50 p.m. when officers responded to calls of an injured officer on the funeral route, said the NYPD. The incident took place in the vicinity of 54t…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Road-Rage Chase Between BMW, Cadillac Ends In Crash, Police Say Road-Rage Chase Between BMW, Cadillac Ends In Crash, Police Say
Road-Rage Chase Between BMW, Cadillac Ends In Crash, Police Say A road-rage car chase led to a crash into a utility pole when the two cars collided in Westchester. The crash took place around 8:10 p.m., Wednesday, April 3, on Nepperhan Avenue in Yonkers, said Yonkers Police Det. Sgt. Dean Politopoulos. According to Politopoulos, the drivers of a BMW and a Cadillac were engaged in a dispute that escalated into a car chase, with the BMW allegedly pursuing the Cadillac on Nepperhan Avenue. The chase ended when the vehicles made contact, sending the BMW into the utility pole and the Cadillac spinning out. The BMW's driver, Jovanie Castillo,…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Wrong-Way Driver In Head-On Westchester Crash Was Drunk, Police Say Wrong-Way Driver In Head-On Westchester Crash Was Drunk, Police Say
Wrong-Way Driver In Head-On Westchester Crash Was Drunk, Police Say Westchester County Police arrested a 40-year-old man on Sunday night after he drove the wrong way on the Bronx River Parkway in Eastchester and slammed head-on into another car. The incident occurred shortly before 11 p.m. when Joseph Ayala of Yonkers, who was alone in his car, drove his 2015 Cadillac Escalade southbound in the northbound lanes of the Bronx River Parkway, said  Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police. At Leewood Drive, Ayala collided head-on with a 2010 Hyundai driven by Robert Holt, 23, of Carmel, and five passengers. Holt and his passengers …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Westchester Man Faces Murder Charge For Love Triangle Shooting, DA Says Westchester Man Faces Murder Charge For Love Triangle Shooting, DA Says
Westchester Man Faces Murder Charge For Love Triangle Shooting, DA Says A love triangle led to murder charges for a Mount Vernon man who allegedly shot and killed his victim over a relationship with the same woman. Mount Vernon resident Robert Campbell has been arraigned on an indictment charging him with the murder of Diesel Mercedes in July last year. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. noted that the incident came about due to their relationship with the same woman. On July 1 last year, Campbell and Mercedes both attended the same afternoon party on South Ninth Avenue in Mount Vernon. Campbell allegedly shot his victim twice in the hea…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Uses Vehicle To Strike Victim In Northern Westchester Domestic Incident, Police Say Man Uses Vehicle To Strike Victim In Northern Westchester Domestic Incident, Police Say
Man Uses Vehicle To Strike Victim In Northern Westchester Domestic Incident, Police Say A 40-year-old man is behind bars after state police say he menaced two victims and used his vehicle to strike one of them in a Northern Westchester domestic incident. Troopers responded to a domestic incident on Grandview Road in Lewisboro on Friday, Jan. 18. An investigation revealed Neil C. Smith of Lewisboro arrived unwelcomed at the victim’s residence and is alleged to have menaced the two, used his vehicle to strike one victim, causing non-life-threatening injuries, damaged property belonging to a victim, according to state police. Smith fled the scene prior to the troopers' arrival, po…

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Northern Westchester Man Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison For Setting Fire To Own Business Northern Westchester Man Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison For Setting Fire To Own Business
Northern Westchester Man Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison 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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by Kathy Reakes
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Suspect Charged For Firing Gun During Bar Fight In Westchester Suspect Charged For Firing Gun During Bar Fight In Westchester
Suspect Charged For Firing Gun During Bar Fight In Westchester An arrest has been made after a man fired three gunshots during an altercation outside a Westchester bar over the weekend. Officers were dispatched to Chuggers bar in New Rochelle at approximately 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, when shots rang out during a dispute. Police said that three shell casings were recovered at the scene. The shooting prompted an investigation, which led to a suspect being identified. On Thursday, Dec. 20, at approximately 6:30 a.m., detectives from the New Rochelle Police Department and members of the FBI arrested Jeffrey Stover, in connection to the shootin…

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by Zak Failla
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Woman Accused Of Leaving Newborn In Hotel Toilet Enters Plea Woman Accused Of Leaving Newborn In Hotel Toilet Enters Plea
Woman Accused Of Leaving Newborn In Hotel Toilet Enters Plea A woman who allegedly left her baby for dead in a motel room toilet pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges. Teresa Rose Smith, 23, entered her plea Friday before Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown on an indictment charging her with attempted murder, assault, abandonment of a child, reckless endangerment, and endangering the welfare of a child, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office. Smith was charged after allegedly leaving her newborn baby boy in the toilet of the Budget Inn in the Town of Newburgh and then left in a taxi.  Motel workers w…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Faces Attempted Murder, Others Charges After Leaving Baby In Hotel Toilet, Police Say Woman Faces Attempted Murder, Others Charges After Leaving Baby In Hotel Toilet, Police Say
Woman Faces Attempted Murder, Others Charges After Leaving Baby In Hotel Toilet, Police Say A month after a newborn was found floating in a hotel room toilet in a pool of blood, the baby boy is doing "very well." "It's really the bright side of this story," said Town of Newburgh Police Lt. James Nenni. The story of the baby started around 10 a.m. on Nov. 1, when police received a call from an employee at the Budget Inn on Route 9W who found blood covering the room after entering to clean. Sgt. Ted Brucato and officers Julia Haight and Conner Stenglein raced to the hotel and entered the hotel room. Within seconds of searching for a victim, they found the baby boy floating in the …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Faces Felony Charges After High-Speed Police Chase, Crash Into Westchester Police Cruiser Man Faces Felony Charges After High-Speed Police Chase, Crash Into Westchester Police Cruiser
Man Faces Felony Charges After High-Speed Police Chase, Crash Into Westchester Police Cruiser A man faces multiple charges after allegedly stealing a vehicle and getting involved in a high-speed chase that ended with his car crashing into a police cruiser in Westchester. George Smith of Mount Vernon struck the cruiser after evading officers from Mount Vernon all the way to the Bronx on Sunday, Nov. 18. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced Smith’s arraignment on a variety of charges relating to the theft and subsequent police chase. Smith is charged with three class D felonies, including second-degree assault, criminal possession of stolen property …

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by Valerie Musson
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Driver Arrested After Hospitalizing Westchester County Police Officer During Chase On The Hutch Driver Arrested After Hospitalizing Westchester County Police Officer During Chase On The Hutch
Driver Arrested After Hospitalizing Westchester County Police Officer During Chase On The Hutch A Westchester County Police officer was injured when a man rear-ended her patrol car while attempting to evade arrest in a stolen gypsy cab. The Westchester County Police Real Time Crime Center alerted the Mount Vernon Police Department of a stolen vehicle in the city shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18, County Police spokesman Kieran O’Leary said.  When officers attempted to pull the stolen vehicle near the intersection of West 1st Street and Vista Place, the driver took off onto the Hutchinson River Parkway. The driver of the stolen vehicle - later identified as 29-year-old G…

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by Zak Failla
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Westchester Man Sentenced For Attempted Aggravated Assault On Cop Westchester Man Sentenced For Attempted Aggravated Assault On Cop
Westchester Man Sentenced For Attempted Aggravated Assault On Cop A 52-year-old man who took police on a wild ride after attempting to run down the officers pursuing him has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison. Earlier this year, Kim Carl of Yonkers was found guilty by a jury at trial of five felonies and a misdemeanor for an incident dating back to Sept. 24, 2016, when he drove his mother’s Mitsubishi recklessly, at a high rate of speed and attempted to evade police attempting to pull him over. On Tuesday, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced that Carl has been sentenced as a predicate violent offender to: Twe…

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by Zak Failla