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Stepbrother Charged As Adult As New Evidence Emerges In HS Cheerleader's Cruise Ship Death Stepbrother Charged As Adult As New Evidence Emerges In HS Cheerleader's Cruise Ship Death
Stepbrother Charged As Adult As New Evidence Emerges In HS Cheerleader's Cruise Ship Death A cruise ship death that drew national attention has taken another sharp turn in federal court. New court details have emerged in the death of Anna Kepner, an 18-year-old high school cheerleader from central Florida, whose stepbrother, Timothy Hudson, 16, is being prosecuted as an adult. US Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres declined on Wednesday, May 27, to immediately jail Hudson while he awaits trial in Miami federal court. Hudson had been living with an uncle under electronic monitoring after he was first charged as a juvenile, according to NBC News. Prosecutors sought to have him detained …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Truck Dislodged NYC Manhole Before Woman's Fatal Fall: Report (UPDATE) Truck Dislodged NYC Manhole Before Woman's Fatal Fall: Report (UPDATE)
Truck Dislodged NYC Manhole Before Woman's Fatal Fall: Report (Update) New details have emerged in the tragic death of a Westchester County woman who plunged into an uncovered manhole in Midtown Manhattan.  The victim, identified by family members as 56-year-old Donike Gocaj of Briarcliff Manor, died Monday night, May 18, after falling into the open manhole near West 52nd Street and Fifth Avenue, as previously reported by Daily Voice.  Officers responding to a 911 call around 11:19 p.m. found Gocaj unconscious and unresponsive inside the manhole in front of 653 Fifth Ave. She was rushed to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she …

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Car Struck By Train At NY Railroad Crossing Car Struck By Train At NY Railroad Crossing
Car Struck By Train At NY Railroad Crossing Emergency crews responded to a Rockland County railroad crossing on Tuesday morning, July 22, after a car was hit by a train.  The incident happened around 9:44 a.m. on Tuesday at 400 Oritani Dr. in Blauvelt, the Blauvelt Volunteer Fire Company Inc. said.  Firefighters arrived along with the Orangetown Police Department and South Orangetown Ambulance Corps. Police confirmed there were no injuries and no one was trapped in the vehicle. Fire crews contained fluid leaks from the car while EMS evaluated the driver at the scene. The incident was turned over to Orangetown Police for f…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Shots Fired Into NY Apartment: Police Seek Witnesses Shots Fired Into NY Apartment: Police Seek Witnesses
Shots Fired Into NY Apartment: Police Seek Witnesses A hail of gunfire struck a Rockland County apartment building over the weekend, prompting a police investigation, authorities said. The shooting happened around 9:51 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, at 60 East Eckerson Rd. in Soring Valley, the village's police department announced on Monday, July 21.  Officers responded to reports of shots fired and found that several bullets had hit an apartment in the area. No injuries were reported.  Police did not say how many rounds were fired but confirmed that multiple shots entered the apartment. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with info…

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by Ben Crnic
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Tree Trimmer Crushed After 30-Foot Fall On Long Island Job, Police Say Tree Trimmer Crushed After 30-Foot Fall On Long Island Job, Police Say
Tree Trimmer Crushed After 30-Foot Fall On Long Island Job, Police Say A tree trimmer was crushed to death in a gruesome fall while working high above the ground on Long Island, police announced on Tuesday, June 24. The 32-year-old was perched about 30 feet in the air, cutting branches on Woodstock Court in Muttontown, when both the limb he was standing on and its supporting limb suddenly snapped at around 4:15 p.m., on Monday, June 23, according to Nassau County detectives. He plummeted to the ground and suffered devastating injuries. A Nassau County Police Department medic pronounced him dead at the scene. Detectives with the Homicide Squad are investigatin…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Off-Duty Cop Hits Pedestrian In Region; Victim Has Life-Threatening Injuries Off-Duty Cop Hits Pedestrian In Region; Victim Has Life-Threatening Injuries
Off-Duty Cop Hits Pedestrian In Region; Victim Has Life-Threatening Injuries A 65-year-old man is fighting for his life after being struck by a car driven by an off-duty police officer in the Capital Region. The collision happened in Colonie, near the intersection of Old Loudon Road near Purtell Avenue, on Tuesday night, May 27, according to Colonie Police. Multiple people called 911 at around 10:15 p.m. reporting a pedestrian who was seriously injured. The victim was taken by ambulance to Albany Medical Center, where he remained in critical condition on Wednesday, May 28, New York State Police said. A preliminary investigation found that off-duty Colonie Police o…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Prominent Musician Who Worked With KISS Dies After Mom, 90, Crashes Car In New Jersey: Police Prominent Musician Who Worked With KISS Dies After Mom, 90, Crashes Car In New Jersey: Police
Prominent Musician Who Worked With KISS Dies After Mom, 90, Crashes Car In New Jersey: Police A 61-year-old musician who worked with KISS, died on Wednesday, Feb. 19 after his 90-year-old mother crashed a car into a tree in Bridgewater, authorities said. At 7:20 a.m., Arna Cochran was driving a 2015 Subaru Legacy on private property, when she backed the vehicle across the front yard and struck a tree, ejecting her son, Karl, Bridgewater police said.  Karl was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick where he succumbed to his injuries. This crash is still under investigation by the Bridgewater Township Police Department's Traffic Safety Bureau an…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Man Caught In Compactor At Work Dies In Region Man Caught In Compactor At Work Dies In Region
Man Caught In Compactor At Work Dies In Region A 42-year-old man was killed during an industrial accident after being caught in a compactor at work in the region. The incident occurred in Saratoga County at Cottrell Paper on Rock City Road in the town of Milton around 12:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18. According to Saratoga County Sheriff's Capt. Daniel Morley, an investigation into the incident revealed that a company employee, Anthony T. Smith Jr., of Milton, had become trapped in a compactor.  Members of the company, as well as the Rock City Falls Fire Department and Community EMS, extricated him but were un…

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by Kathy Reakes