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Boy, 8, Dies After Boat Carrying Eight Flips Over In Area Boy, 8, Dies After Boat Carrying Eight Flips Over In Area
Boy, 8, Dies After Boat Carrying Eight Flips Over In Area An 8-year-old boy drowned after being underwater for some time when a boat carrying seven children and one adult flipped over in Haverstraw Bay. The incident took place around 1:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18, about 100 feet off of Haverstraw Bay, said Rockland County Sheriff's Chief William Barbera. According to Barbera, the boat flipped over sending all eight occupants into the water. Most clung to the boat until help arrived, but the boy went underwater. The child was recovered by dive team members, who immediately began CPR, Barbera said.  The other six children were also transported t…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
NY State Trooper Saves Unresponsive Child At Area Grocery Store NY State Trooper Saves Unresponsive Child At Area Grocery Store
NY State Trooper Saves Unresponsive Child At Area Grocery Store New York State Police are honoring one of their own for saving a small child who was not breathing. During the incident, which took place last week, Trooper David Sabillon of Troop K, responded to a Dutchess County supermarket in the town of LaGrange for a report of an unresponsive child.  At the scene, Sabillon began life-saving measures and the 1-year-old regained consciousness and started breathing normally, state police said. The child was taken to a local hospital and is in stable condition. "A life saved, thanks to his quick thinking and training," Troop K officials said.&…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
High-Speed Diamond Cutter Used To Remove Seat Belt From Child's Finger In Danbury High-Speed Diamond Cutter Used To Remove Seat Belt From Child's Finger In Danbury
High-Speed Diamond Cutter Used To Remove Seat Belt From Child's Finger In Danbury A quick-acting team of emergency responders used a high-speed diamond cutter to remove a seat belt stuck to a child's finger in Northern Fairfield County. It happened Friday night, Sept. 13. New Fairfield Fire and EMS requested mutual aide from the Danbury Fire Department for a 5-year-old boy with a finger stuck in the seat belt buckle from his school bus.  Rescue 1 responded with Car 30 to meet the ambulance at the Danbury Hospital Emergency Room. Upon arrival, Rescue 1 set up its equipment in the ER and when the patient arrived they made several attempts to remove the buckle wi…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Former Area Teacher Pleads Guilty To Evidence Tampering In Sex Case Former Area Teacher Pleads Guilty To Evidence Tampering In Sex Case
Former Area Teacher Pleads Guilty To Evidence Tampering In Sex Case A school teacher in the area pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence in connection with a case in which he allegedly arranged a meeting with a person posing as a 15-year-old girl to have sex.  Jonathan D. Castell, 46, of Wallkill, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Sept. 5, for deleting electronic communications between himself and a person posing as a 15-year-old girl who he arranged to meet in Queens for sex, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office. At the time that Castell pleaded guilty, he admitted having deleted the messages so that they could not be used as evidence ag…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Police Campaign Alerts Motorists Of Risks To School-Age Children Police Campaign Alerts Motorists Of Risks To School-Age Children
Police Campaign Alerts Motorists Of Risks To School-Age Children New York State Police have initiated a campaign to alert motorists of their ongoing risk to school-aged children. The “School’s Open - Drive Carefully” campaign runs through Friday, Oct. 11 and helps alert motorists to the special risks to school-aged children from motor vehicle crashes, which are the leading cause of death for children between the ages of five and 14. While some children are going to school for the first time, others may be distracted by thoughts about seeing old friends and meeting new teachers. As part of the campaign, school buses, State Police vehicles and other offic…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Westchester Dad Accused Of Leaving Child In Hot Car Westchester Dad Accused Of Leaving Child In Hot Car
Westchester Dad Accused Of Leaving Child In Hot Car A Westchester County dad was arrested by police after allegedly leaving his 4-year-old child in a hot car. Geremie Ram, 42, of New Rochelle, was apprehended on Thursday, Aug. 8, after police and fire were alerted to a child in a hot car in a shopping center parking lot around 4:34 p.m., at 136-02 20th Ave. in College Point, said the NYPD. The child was rescued within minutes by New York City firefighter Matthew Clinton who broke a window to get the child out of the car that was "dangerously hot." "The kid was screaming that it was hot," Clinton said on the FDNY Facebook page. "You could s…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Apparent Luring Incident In Westchester A Misunderstanding, Police Say Apparent Luring Incident In Westchester A Misunderstanding, Police Say
Apparent Luring Incident In Westchester A Misunderstanding, Police Say This story has been updated. An apparent luring incident involving a 13-year-old girl in Westchester turned out to be a misunderstanding, police said. A man had reportedly attempted to lure her the girl into his pickup truck at Pace University while she waited for a ride on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Police had received the report that a 13-year-old was waiting for a ride home at the college when a gray pickup truck drove up next to her and the driver made contact, offering to provide a ride. After an investigation, police later said that the man had been at Pace to pick up another girl, his grandd…

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by Zak Failla
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Automaker Adds Rear-Door Alert To Prevent Hot Car Deaths Of Children Automaker Adds Rear-Door Alert To Prevent Hot Car Deaths Of Children
Automaker Adds Rear-Door Alert To Prevent Hot Car Deaths Of Children Following the deaths of twins from the area who were left in a hot car eight hours in New York City, a prominent American automaker is introducing new technology to prevent more tragedies. Nissan is looking to introduce a “rear door alert” that could help save the life of a child left inside a hot vehicle, which would provide a warning sound that is now standard on 10 of its 2019 models, with that tech expected to be expanded. Last year, there were 52 deaths that were reportedly related to children left in hot vehicles. According to the company, the rear door alert technology will monitor …

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by Zak Failla
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FBI Reports Rise In Sextortion Of Children FBI Reports Rise In Sextortion Of Children
FBI Reports Rise In Sextortion Of Children Sextortion is defined as a criminal act that occurs when someone demands something of value, usually money, images of a sexual nature or sexual favors, from another person. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, there has been a rapid increase in the solicitation of these incidents from minors over the internet. The FBI reports that children ages 10 through 17 have been increasingly sexually exploited and ‘sextorted’ by internet predators. Fortunately, there are several steps parents can take to ensure the safety of their children when browsing the Internet and engaging in activit…

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by Valerie Musson
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In The Nick Of Time: Police Called In To Help Rescue Baby Locked In Car In Northern Westchester In The Nick Of Time: Police Called In To Help Rescue Baby Locked In Car In Northern Westchester
In The Nick Of Time: Police Called In To Help Rescue Baby Locked In Car In Northern Westchester A mother received a scare after her baby accidentally got locked inside a car in Northern Westchester, police said. The North Castle Police Department received a call shortly before 5 p.m. on Monday, June 24, from a woman stating that her 8-month-old baby had been locked inside an Audi that was not running in a Business Park Drive parking lot. Police said that dispatchers alerted the Armonk Garage, who responded to the scene alongside officers from the department. The baby was able to be extricated from the car without further incident and was unharmed, police said. The baby checked out f…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Semiconscious Girls Rushed To Westchester Medical Center After Near Drowning In Area Semiconscious Girls Rushed To Westchester Medical Center After Near Drowning In Area
Semiconscious Girls Rushed To Westchester Medical Center After Near Drowning In Area Two young girls ages 2 and 3 were pulled semiconscious from a pool outside a home in the area. The incident took place around 12:30 p.m., Monday, May 20, at a home on Sydell Lane in Spring Valley, said Ramapo Police Sgt. Shawn Baker. First responders who arrived on the scene found the girls in the partially-fenced pool, semiconscious and not breathing, police said. Emergency personnel were able to resuscitate the girls before they were rushed to Westchester Medical Center, Baker said. He reported that both girls were "much better," and are expected to survive. Baker said police are invest…

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
NY May Require Gun Owners With Children To Lock Up Their Weapons NY May Require Gun Owners With Children To Lock Up Their Weapons
NY May Require Gun Owners With Children To Lock Up Their Weapons New York lawmakers may seek to become one of the few states that mandate that gun owners lock away their weapons from children. There have been 63 unintentional shootings by children statewide so far this year, according to Everytown for Gun Safety. There have been at least 1,104 child shootings since 2015, the organization notes. Last month, lawmakers passed a bill - which has not yet been signed into law - requiring gunners who live with children under the age of 16 to lock up their weapons when they are not in use. Those who failed to comply would face fines and misdemeanor charges. “It…

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by Zak Failla