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Drunk Drivers Nabbed In Westchester Crashes After Super Bowl: Police Drunk Drivers Nabbed In Westchester Crashes After Super Bowl: Police
Drunk Drivers Nabbed In Westchester Crashes After Super Bowl: Police A man and woman both face drunk driving charges in connection to two separate crashes in Northern Westchester that occurred after the Super Bowl, police announced. The two crashes both happened in Yorktown on Sunday night, Feb. 11, and early Monday morning, Feb. 12, Yorktown Police announced on Wednesday, Feb. 14.  The first of the incidents happened on Sunday around 11 p.m., when a vehicle left the scene of a crash in the area of Crossways Road, according to the department. Responding officers were able to get a description of the vehicle and found it on Barger Street. Police then tr…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Storm Aftermath: Westchester Town Left Drenched By Heavy Rain Storm Aftermath: Westchester Town Left Drenched By Heavy Rain
Storm Aftermath: Westchester Town Left Drenched By Heavy Rain Much of a Northern Westchester town was left submerged following a powerful storm that dropped over six inches of rain and caused officials to declare a state of emergency.  The storm, which rampaged across the Hudson Valley on Sunday night, July 9 into Monday morning, July 10, brought a deluge of rainfall that left many public areas and roads in Yorktown damaged and under a pool of water.  Earlier report: Hudson Valley Woman Killed During Severe Storm ID'd As 35-Year-Old Trying To Rescue Dog Some of the damage caused by the freak event included a sinkhole behind the town ha…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Woman Driving Drunk Charged After Crashing In Westchester, Police Say Woman Driving Drunk Charged After Crashing In Westchester, Police Say
Woman Driving Drunk Charged After Crashing In Westchester, Police Say A 27-year-old Hudson Valley woman faces drunk driving charges after crashing on a Northern Westchester road, police said.  The arrest stemmed from an incident on Friday, June 23 just after 7 p.m., when Yorktown Police responded to a single-car crash on Barger Street and found that a vehicle had driven off the road, the department said.  Once they arrived at the scene of the crash, officers identified the driver as Putnam County resident Kristen Comilloni of Putnam Valley, age 27, and determined that she had allegedly been driving while intoxicated by alcohol.  Comilloni was …

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Suspect Nabbed In Hit-Run Westchester Crash Suspect Nabbed In Hit-Run Westchester Crash
Suspect Nabbed In Hit-Run Westchester Crash A suspect has been apprehended after a 40-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Northern Westchester. Demetrios Doupis, of Yorktown, was found on Route 6 in Yorktown around 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 after police received a call regarding a person lying in the roadway. A. vehicle traveling eastbound on Route 6, between Sunnyside Street and Barger Street, struck Doupis and left the scene of the crash, Yorktown PD Lt. John Delulio said. Police searching the area of the crash.Rockland Video Productions An investigation was immediately launched by the Yorktown Police Department…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Westchester Man Killed In Hit-Run Crash Westchester Man Killed In Hit-Run Crash
Westchester Man Killed In Hit-Run Crash A 40-year-old man was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Northern Westchester. Demetrios Doupis, of Yorktown, was found on Route 6 in Yorktown around 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 after police received a call regarding a person lying in the roadway, said Lt. John Delulio. A preliminary investigation determined that a vehicle traveling eastbound on Route 6, between Sunnyside Street and Barger Street, struck Doupis and left the scene of the accident, Delulio said. Police searching the area of the crash.Rockland Video Productions The investigation into the crash is being conducted by the depa…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man, 24, Charged With Spraying Graffiti In Westchester Man, 24, Charged With Spraying Graffiti In Westchester
Man, 24, Charged With Spraying Graffiti In Westchester A 24-year-old man is in police custody for multiple alleged incidents of graffiti in Northern Westchester. Between New Years Day and Thursday, July 25, officers from the Yorktown Police Department responded to five separate graffiti complaints that were located on the sound barrier of Overlook Avenue, Route 6 and Sunnyside, a fence at Barger Street, a light pole at Old Yorktown Road and an electrical box on Barger Street. According to police, the investigation into those incidents led to the arrest of Buchanan resident Daniel Vines-Mevec, who was arrested this week and charged with five cou…

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by Zak Failla