Ramapo Police nabbed an Airmont man wanted for attempted homicide who had barricaded himself in a bedroom and then climbed out a second-floor window and fled on foot. The incident took place around 7:56 p.m., Monday, Aug. 19, when Ramapo Police responded to a residential complex in the village of Airmont for a report of a domestic dispute, Ramapo Police said.When police arrived on ...

Police in Connecticut issued a warning to area residents to beware of tainted dog biscuits left in a resident's lawn that made the family's dog become ill.The possibly tainted dog biscuits were reported to police around 9:30 a.m., Monday, Aug. 19, when a resident on Council Ring Drive called the police to report that her dog had become sick after eating dog biscuits left in their yard, ...

The daughter of a former TV producer who allegedly attempted to blackmail Westchester resident and former late-night TV star David Letterman has been arrested for allegedly baring all at a beach in Fairfield County.Anna Lee Halderman, 28, of Norwalk, turned herself into police on Saturday, Aug. 17, on charges of indecent exposure for allegedly taking off her bathing suit on Monday, July ...

A man wanted for an alleged bank robbery at a busy Long Island shopping center has been arrested by police.Raymond Peruggi, 29, was nabbed around 8:55 p.m., Monday, Aug. 19, in Mastic Beach for allegedly robbing the Miller Place Chase Bank, on Route 25A, earlier in the month, Suffolk County Police said.Peruggi, address unknown, was arrested following an investigation into ...

A Long Island man has been arrested for animal cruelty for keeping a pit bull in a feces and urine-filled metal crate in a dark basement.Dashawn Belcher, 25, of Central Islip, was arrested on Friday, Aug. 16, after the female pit bull was found starved, with untreated open sores in the metal crate of a Cypress Street home, said the Suffolk County SPCA.On Friday, August 16, 2019, Suffolk ...

A 37-year-old man was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing an area teenager for years, police said.Pawel Dabrowski of Shelton was arrested on Friday, Aug. 16, following an investigation into the abuse of a teenager which began when the girl was 10-years-old, said Shelton Police Det. Richard Bango.Dabrowski was charged with three counts of sexual assault and three counts of risk of ...

At least one person was injured when a car plowed into a train in East Rockaway, causing a service nightmare for commuters.The crash took place around 3:38 p.m. at Forest Avenue and Rocklyn Avenue, said the Nassau County Police.Police said a driver hit a train, but were still at the scene and did not have much information regarding the extent of injuries.According to the Long Island ...

If you picked up a Powerball ticket at a gas station on Long Island over the weekend, check those numbers twice, because one lucky person won a cool $148 million.The winning ticket was sold in Nassau County at Merrick Gas & Repair on Merrick Avenue in Merrick, said the New York State Lottery.The winning ticket with numbers 18-21-24-30-60 with the Powerball 20, was sold to a single ...

Two electric workers were found dead at the bottom of an electric pole after firefighters responded to a brush fire in Orange County.According to Orange & Rockland Utilities, shortly before 11 a.m., Monday, Aug. 19, two EJ Electric contractors were electrocuted in Warwick, while performing work for O&R along a transmission right-of-way, said Mike Donovan, spokesman for ...

As the details of the horrific crash of a small plane into a house come to light, support pours in for the family devasted by the event through a fundraiser set up by a family friend.The plane crash, which killed two people and left one with life-threatening injuries in a burn unit, took place around 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon, Aug. 17 in Dutchess County on South Smith Road in Union ...