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Ben Crnic

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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
Teen Caught With Over $90K In Stolen US Treasury Checks In New Rochelle: Police Teen Caught With Over $90K In Stolen US Treasury Checks In New Rochelle: Police
Teen Caught With Over $90K In Stolen US Treasury Checks In New Rochelle: Police A 17-year-old boy was hit with felony charges after he was caught with dozens of stolen US Treasury checks in Westchester following his attempted escape from traffic stops, police said. The events leading to the teen's arrest began just after 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12, when authorities in New Rochelle were alerted of a vehicle entering the city that had previously fled from a traffic stop in New York City, according to New Rochelle Police Captain J. Collins Coyne.  The same car had also fled a traffic stop in New Rochelle just before 8 p.m. on Monday, according to Coyne. Shortly …

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Lifestyle
Pound Ridge's Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively Reveal Themselves As Swifties In New Selfie Pound Ridge's Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively Reveal Themselves As Swifties In New Selfie
Pound Ridge's Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively Reveal Themselves As Swifties In New Selfie Popular power couple and New York residents Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are the latest celebrities to be completely enthralled with pop superstar Taylor Swift. In an Instagram post, Reynolds revealed that he and Lively, who married in 2012 and live in the Northern Westchester town of Pound Ridge, attended an Eras Tour concert in New Orleans in October, an experience he said was "one of the best things I’ve seen/heard/felt." "The main reason I’ll never forget this show is because it brings people together in so many ways," Reynolds, age 48, wrote in the post's caption, also adding, "And …

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Police & Fire
37-Year-Old Caught With Unregistered Weapon In Greenville: Police 37-Year-Old Caught With Unregistered Weapon In Greenville: Police
37-Year-Old Caught With Unregistered Weapon In Greenville: Police A 37-year-old man faces a felony charge after being caught with an unregistered gun in Westchester, police announced. Irvington-on-Hudson resident Stephen Neubauer was arrested on Friday, Nov. 1 following an incident in Greenburgh, the town's police department said on Monday, Nov. 4. According to Greenburgh Police, officers stopped a vehicle in the Greenville part of town on Friday and recovered an unlicensed and unregistered 9mm handgun inside. The investigation then resulted in Neubauer's arrest on a charge of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He was later arraigne…

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News
6 Accused Of Distributing Cocaine, Fentanyl Out Of Public Housing In Peekskill 6 Accused Of Distributing Cocaine, Fentanyl Out Of Public Housing In Peekskill
6 Accused Of Distributing Cocaine, Fentanyl Out Of Public Housing In Peekskill Six people face federal charges in connection with a drug ring that distributed addictive substances out of residential buildings in Northern Westchester, officials said. The six suspects were arrested and arraigned in federal court on Tuesday, Nov. 12 in connection with a drug conspiracy that operated in Peekskill, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Friday, Nov. 15.  According to the federal indictment, from around April 2024 to the date of their arrests, the six defendants worked to supply and distribute large amounts of cocaine, crack co…

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Police & Fire
Rubber Snake Inside Package Prompts Police Response In Armonk Rubber Snake Inside Package Prompts Police Response In Armonk
Rubber Snake Inside Package Prompts Police Response In Armonk Officers were called to a Northern Westchester home after a resident discovered what he thought was a snake inside a package.  The incident happened on Friday, Nov. 8, when an Armonk resident of Old Mount Kisco Road told police that he had opened a Walmart delivery at his home and had found a snake inside the box, according to North Castle Police. An officer then responded to the residence and checked the package, soon confirming that the reported reptile was, in fact, a fake rubber snake. 

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Police & Fire
Vacant Home Broken Into In Armonk Vacant Home Broken Into In Armonk
Vacant Home Broken Into In Armonk Authorities responded to a vacant home in Northern Westchester after a real estate agent found that it had been broken into.  The incident happened on Saturday, Nov. 9, when a real estate agent discovered damage at a house on Limestone Road in Armonk, according to the North Castle Police Department. The house is currently on the real estate market and was vacant when it was broken into. The agent spent an hour cleaning up the damage before notifying police, the department said.  More information about the break-in, including if any suspects were apprehended, was not released by p…

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News
These Westchester Hospitals Get 'A' Grade For Patient Safety: New Report These Westchester Hospitals Get 'A' Grade For Patient Safety: New Report
These Westchester Hospitals Get 'A' Grade For Patient Safety: New Report Several hospitals in the Hudson Valley have earned top marks for keeping patients safe, according to a new report.  Five hospitals in Putnam and Westchester counties were given an "A" grade for patient safety in a new Fall 2024 report released on Friday, Nov. 15 by the Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog organization that advocates for safety in hospitals. These included:  White Plains Hospital, White Plains; Phelps Hospital, Sleepy Hollow; New York-Presbyterian Westchester, Bronxville; Northern Westchester Hospital, Mount Kisco; Putnam Hospital, Carmel. The new …

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Police & Fire
School Employee Accused Of Shoving, Endangering Disabled Student In Yorktown School Employee Accused Of Shoving, Endangering Disabled Student In Yorktown
School Employee Accused Of Shoving, Endangering Disabled Student In Yorktown A 28-year-old employee of a school in the region faces a felony charge after allegedly endangering a disabled student, police said. The events leading to the arrest began in Northern Westchester at around 5:45 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1, when a suspicious incident at the Shrub Oak International School at 3151 Stony St. prompted a police response, Yorktown Police announced on Friday, Nov. 15.  An investigation determined that a school employee, identified as Dutchess County resident Sebastian Borba-Ferreira of East Fishkill, allegedly shoved and "committed other endangering actions" on…

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White Plains Nursing Home Among 4 In NY To Pay $45M Settlement After Mistreating Residents: AG White Plains Nursing Home Among 4 In NY To Pay $45M Settlement After Mistreating Residents: AG
White Plains Nursing Home Among 4 In NY To Pay $45M Settlement After Mistreating Residents: AG A Westchester County nursing home is one of four in New York that will be required to pay tens of millions of dollars following years of mistreating and neglecting its senior residents, officials announced. In an announcement on Thursday, Nov. 14, New York Attorney General Letitia James revealed that four New York nursing homes, including the Martine Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing at 12 Tibbets Ave. in White Plains, would pay a $45 million settlement to address years of alleged insufficient staffing and resident neglect. The other nursing homes, all managed by Centers for Care, …

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DNA Helps Implicates Man In 2 Sexual Assaults In Peekskill: Here's His Sentence DNA Helps Implicates Man In 2 Sexual Assaults In Peekskill: Here's His Sentence
DNA Helps Implicates Man In 2 Sexual Assaults In Peekskill: Here's His Sentence A 43-year-old Northern Westchester man who was implicated in an attempted sexual assault after his DNA was collected from a cup he drank from following his arrest for a separate rape case will spend more than a decade in prison.  Peekskill resident Cristian Panza was sentenced to 16 years in state prison in connection with his rape of a woman in 2021 and his attempted rape of another victim in 2018, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Nov. 14.  According to the DA's Office, Panza was implicated in the 2018 incident after drinking from…

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