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Ben Crnic

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bcrnic@dailyvoice.com

Ben Crnic graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism & Geoscience in 2021. He has previously worked as a reporter with the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Connecticut, and has also contributed work to the Connecticut Mirror. Ben joined the Daily Voice team in October of 2022.

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Police & Fire
19-Year-Old Dodge Charger Driver Caught Going Nearly 3 Times Speed Limit In Mansfield: Police 19-Year-Old Dodge Charger Driver Caught Going Nearly 3 Times Speed Limit In Mansfield: Police
19-Year-Old Dodge Charger Driver Caught Going Nearly 3 Times Speed Limit In Mansfield: Police A 19-year-old man faces a reckless driving charge after he was seen allegedly navigating a wet, curvy Connecticut roadway at high speeds, police announced.  Tolland County resident Dylan Roy of Mansfield was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 20 following a traffic stop conducted in Mansfield, Connecticut State Police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 21.  According to authorities, at around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a trooper saw a white Dodge Charger SXT going east on Chaffeeville Road. The Charger was allegedly going between 80 and 90 miles per hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone. Police also …

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Schools
This Putnam County School District Latest To Ban Students' Cell Phones This Putnam County School District Latest To Ban Students' Cell Phones
This Putnam County School District Latest To Ban Students' Cell Phones Students in another Hudson Valley school district will be forced to look up from their phone screens, as officials will be requiring them to lock up their devices for the entire day.  In its end-of-summer newsletter, the Garrison Union Free School District in Putnam County announced that it will no longer allow cell phone use during the instructional day between 8:25 a.m. and 3:15 p.m.  During this time, students will have to store their devices in lockers and keep them powered down or in silent mode. More information about the policy will be contained in the district's updated&nb…

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Police & Fire
Rollover Crash In Front Of KFC Caught On Video On Busy Yonkers Road Rollover Crash In Front Of KFC Caught On Video On Busy Yonkers Road
Rollover Crash In Front Of KFC Caught On Video On Busy Yonkers Road Two drivers were summonsed following a rollover crash in front of a busy KFC locale in Westchester that was caught on camera, police said.  The crash happened on Tuesday, Aug. 27 just before 1 p.m., when a gray sedan and a dark-colored SUV collided in front of a KFC in Yonkers at 124 Nepperhan Ave., according to Yonkers Police.  An investigation later found that the gray sedan unsafely pulled into traffic before hitting the SUV, which had also failed to stop at a stop sign on Nepperhan Avenue. As the two vehicles collided at slow speed, their front tires hit each other, sending th…

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Police & Fire
Residents Evacuated After Car Slams Into Apartment Building In New Rochelle Residents Evacuated After Car Slams Into Apartment Building In New Rochelle
Residents Evacuated After Car Slams Into Apartment Building In New Rochelle An apartment in Westchester was evacuated after a driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed into one of its walls, police said. The crash happened at around noon on Tuesday, Aug. 27, when an 89-year-old driver lost control of his car in the parking lot of a New Rochelle apartment building at 643 Pelham Rd. and collided with a wall, according to New Rochelle Police Captain J. Collins Coyne.  After the collision, the apartment's residents were evacuated as a precaution, and fire and building department officials responded to the scene, Coyne said.  The driver did not repo…

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News
$2.4M Scheme: Former Cortlandt Town Employee, Business Owner Admit To Illegal Dumping Plot $2.4M Scheme: Former Cortlandt Town Employee, Business Owner Admit To Illegal Dumping Plot
$2.4M Scheme: Former Cortlandt Town Employee, Business Owner Admit To Illegal Dumping Plot A former Northern Westchester town employee has admitted to allowing a business owner to illegally dump unauthorized material at an environmentally fragile facility in exchange for cash bribes, federal officials announced.  Verplanck resident Robert Dyckman, age 52, and Cortlandt Manor resident Glenn Griffin, age 55, both pleaded guilty to charges related to the $2.4 million scheme, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Monday, Aug. 26.  According to federal officials, Dyckman, the former Assistant General Foreman for the Town o…

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Politics
RFK Jr. Drove Decapitated Dead Whale's Head To Mount Kisco, Daughter Reveals RFK Jr. Drove Decapitated Dead Whale's Head To Mount Kisco, Daughter Reveals
RFK Jr. Drove Decapitated Dead Whale's Head To Mount Kisco, Daughter Reveals Even though Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has dropped out of the presidential race, that hasn't stopped him from stirring yet another odd animal-related controversy thanks to a resurfaced interview with his daughter. In the 2012 interview with Town & Country Magazine, Kennedy's daughter, Kick, revealed that her father, the former independent presidential candidate who is now 70 years old, rushed to Squaw Island in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, in 1994 when she was just 6 years old.  This was after he heard that a dead whale had washed up on the shore. After an hours-long trip, Kennedy…

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Police & Fire
Man Dies After Being Shot In Broad Daylight At Park In Yonkers Man Dies After Being Shot In Broad Daylight At Park In Yonkers
Man Dies After Being Shot In Broad Daylight At Park In Yonkers Two men were shot during an incident at a public park in Westchester, including one man who later died of his injuries, police said. The shooting happened just after 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 26 at Doyle Park on Ashburton Avenue in Yonkers, when two men were found with gunshot wounds, according to Yonkers Police Detective Sergeant Frank DiDomizio. Both victims were soon taken to nearby hospitals, where one was pronounced dead. The other is now in stable condition, DiDomizio said. Authorities have not yet identified the victim who died. Yonkers detectives are now investigating the incident…

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Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized After Crashing Into Building At Marina In Croton-On-Hudson Driver Hospitalized After Crashing Into Building At Marina In Croton-On-Hudson
Driver Hospitalized After Crashing Into Building At Marina In Croton-On-Hudson A building at a Northern Westchester marina had to be stabilized after a vehicle crashed into it.  The crash happened on Sunday, Aug. 25 around 10:30 a.m., when a vehicle struck the Hudson House building at the Half Moon Bay Marina in the village of Croton-on-Hudson, according to the village's fire department.  The driver had experienced a medical emergency just before the crash and was able to get out of his vehicle on his own, firefighters said.  Soon after the collision, fire crews rushed to the marina and stabilized the car while also shutting down the building's electri…

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Traffic
Drain Work To Cause Closure On Busy Road In Cold Spring, Block Library Access Drain Work To Cause Closure On Busy Road In Cold Spring, Block Library Access
Drain Work To Cause Closure On Busy Road In Cold Spring, Block Library Access A busy Hudson Valley road will be closed to traffic for two days as a result of construction work, officials announced.  Beginning on Tuesday, Aug. 27, Fishkill Avenue in the Putnam County village of Cold Spring will close between Main Street and the entrance to the Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Library as crews work to replace 170 feet of drain pipe and a catch basin, village officials said. The stretch of road will also close on Wednesday, Aug. 28, officials added.  Library visitors can still access the building through the driveway on Mountain Avenue. 

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Police & Fire
3 Armed Robberies Reported In 3 Days In New Rochelle 3 Armed Robberies Reported In 3 Days In New Rochelle
3 Armed Robberies Reported In 3 Days In New Rochelle Several people face criminal charges following three armed robbery incidents within three days in a Westchester County city that left victims injured, police announced.  The robberies happened in New Rochelle on Saturday, Aug. 24, and Monday, Aug. 26, the city's police department announced.  The first of the incidents occurred just after 10:30 p.m. on Saturday when a 23-year-old videographer was robbed at knife-point at 45 May St.  According to New Rochelle Police, the victim had been contacted by Instagram to film a music video at that location. When he arrived, he met with…

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