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Off-Duty Officer Admits Firing Gun On Westchester Residential Street Off-Duty Officer Admits Firing Gun On Westchester Residential Street
Off-Duty Officer Admits Firing Gun On Westchester Residential Street An off-duty police officer has surrendered himself into custody after pleading guilty to unlawfully firing his service weapon without cause. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced that Orville Kitson, a Mount Vernon Police Officer pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of prohibited use of a weapon after surrendering himself at Scarpino’s office on Friday morning. Kitson was sentenced to a one-year conditional discharge. The charge comes from an incident in June 2016, when at approximately 4 a.m., Kitson fired his police service weapon on South Third Avenue in…

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'Doing Donuts' Incident Under Investigation In Westchester 'Doing Donuts' Incident Under Investigation In Westchester
'Doing Donuts' Incident Under Investigation In Westchester A video of a Yonkers police officer doing doughnuts in a squad car has gone viral on social media. Earlier this week, a Twitter user posted a video of a Yonkers police officer doing doughnuts on city property, taking the cruiser for a joy ride late at night. Since being posted on Monday, the video has garnered more than 31,000 views on social media outlets. There was a sudden backlash on social media, with posters making jokes about cops and doughnuts or posting sarcastic comments about taxpayer dollars. The officer who was involved in the video has been identified. It was not clear what, …

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by Zak Failla