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High-Speed Chase Ends In Flat Tire For Suspect In Westchester, Police Say High-Speed Chase Ends In Flat Tire For Suspect In Westchester, Police Say
High-Speed Chase Ends In Flat Tire For Suspect In Westchester, Police Say A man who led police on a high-speed chase on several busy parkways in Westchester was caught after his vehicle suffered a flat tire, authorities said.  The incident happened on Tuesday, April 18 around 9 a.m., when a Westchester County Police officer saw a black Mercedes driving at a high speed on the northbound Bronx River Parkway near the Cross County Parkway interchange.  According to police, the officer tried pulling the Mercedes over but it did not stop. It then continued traveling at high speed onto the Sprain Brook Parkway and exited onto Central Park Avenue in Yonker…

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by Ben Crnic
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Suspect On Loose After Stealing Car With Child Inside In Westchester Suspect On Loose After Stealing Car With Child Inside In Westchester
Suspect On Loose After Stealing Car With Child Inside In Westchester This story has been updated. One of a parent's worst nightmares was realized when a running vehicle with a child still inside was stolen by a suspect in Westchester who now remains on the loose.  The incident happened on Thursday, March 2 around 8:10 a.m., when police in Eastchester were notified that a vehicle with a child inside had been stolen while parked in the Green Knolls part of town.  The vehicle had been left running with the key inside while its owner had been escorting another child to a bus stop in the immediate vicinity of the car, police said. While this happened, …

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by Ben Crnic
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Westchester Police Chase May Be Linked To Rockland Road-Rage Shooting Westchester Police Chase May Be Linked To Rockland Road-Rage Shooting
Westchester Police Chase May Be Linked To Rockland Road-Rage Shooting Police say the shooting of a man in the face and back in Rockland may be related to a chase in Westchester that ended with a crash on the Bronx River Parkway. The initial shooting took place around 1:10 p.m., Friday, April 17, in Rockland County on West Burda Place in New City, said Clarkstown Police Officer Norman Peters. According to Peters, the 29-year-old man was shot once in the back and once in the face.  The victim, who was in a red Toyota SUV, then drove more than six miles to Montefiore Nyack Hospital.  The victim was later taken to the Westchester Medical Center in…

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by Kathy Reakes