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Police Release New Info On Vehicle Involved In Fatal Hit-Run Crash Involving Woman, 34 Police Release New Info On Vehicle Involved In Fatal Hit-Run Crash Involving Woman, 34
Police Release New Info On Vehicle Involved In Fatal Hit-Run Crash Involving Woman, 34 State police have released a description of the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run crash that resulted in the death of a 34-year-old woman over the weekend. At about 7 a.m. Sunday, March 31, Kiera L. Babcock of the Village of Otisville in Orange County was found dead on the side of the road on State Street in Otisville after being struck by a vehicle on Saturday night, March 30, according to state police. Police are now saying the crash occurred around 11:15 p.m. Video surveillance near the accident scene indicates that the vehicle involved is a dark pickup truck that was headed eastb…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Hit-Run Suspect At Large After Woman, 34, Found Dead On Side Of Road, State Police Say Hit-Run Suspect At Large After Woman, 34, Found Dead On Side Of Road, State Police Say
Hit-Run Suspect At Large After Woman, 34, Found Dead On Side Of Road, State Police Say New update: Police Release New Info On Vehicle Involved In Fatal Hit-Run Crash Involving Woman, 34 State police are asking the public's help in the investigation of a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred early in the morning on Sunday, March 31. At about 7 a.m., 34-year-old Kiera L. Babcock of the Village of Otisville in Orange County was found dead on the side of the road on State Street in Otisville after being struck by a vehicle on Saturday night, March 30, according to state police. The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact State Police in …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
See Anything? Suspect In Taconic Hit-Run Crash On Loose See Anything? Suspect In Taconic Hit-Run Crash On Loose
See Anything? Suspect In Taconic Hit-Run Crash On Loose Did you see anything? A suspect in a hit-and-run crash that occurred during the evening commute on the Taconic State Parkway is at large and state police are asking for the public's help in the investigation. The incident occurred on Wednesday, March 20 at approximately 4:40 p.m., when the black Honda Pilot pictured above was rear-ended on the Taconic State Parkway in the town of Yorktown by a vehicle that then left the scene. No description of the vehicle is available, state police said. Anyone who may have information regarding the incident is being asked to…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Ex-Police Officer Sentenced For Cover-Up After Westchester Hit-Run Hospitalizes Two Ex-Police Officer Sentenced For Cover-Up After Westchester Hit-Run Hospitalizes Two
Ex-Police Officer Sentenced For Cover-Up After Westchester Hit-Run Hospitalizes Two A former police officer has been sentenced after pleading guilty to attempting to engage in an elaborate cover-up after he hospitalized two people in a hit-and-run crash in Westchester before driving away. Valhalla resident Raymond Beckley, a former police officer in New Castle and New Rochelle, has been sentenced to five years of "shock" probation, starting with 90 days in Westchester County Jail for tampering with evidence. The 26-year-old pleaded guilty last year to tampering with physical evidence dating back to a hit-and-run crash in November 2016 that left his victims with broken …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Hit-Run SUV Driver On Loose: Motorist With NY Plates Crashes Into Utility Pole In Ridgefield Hit-Run SUV Driver On Loose: Motorist With NY Plates Crashes Into Utility Pole In Ridgefield
Hit-Run SUV Driver On Loose: Motorist With NY Plates Crashes Into Utility Pole In Ridgefield Did you see anything? Police investigators in Ridgefield are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to gather information about a one-one-vehicle crash that destroyed a utility pole. According to police, at approximately 10:50 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, a vehicle struck the pole on North Street, breaking it into several pieces. A white Chevy SUV with New York license plates was spotted in the area with front end damage traveling toward Route 116 (North Salem Road).  Anyone with information regarding the hit-and-run crash has been asked to contact investigators at the Ridgefi…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Driver At Large After Fleeing From Crash In Northern Westchester Driver At Large After Fleeing From Crash In Northern Westchester
Driver At Large After Fleeing From Crash In Northern Westchester Police are on the hunt for a driver who narrowly missed a building after crashing in Northern Westchester on Monday night, Feb. 11. The incident on Old Post Road North was reported around 11 p.m. by an On-Star operator, and several passersby, the Croton Police said. When police arrived on the scene, they found a red car was demolished after it rolled over. No other vehicle was involved, and police declined to confirm that the driver left the scene, although the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department announced that the driver, who was the sole occupant, fled.  Anyone with informat…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
21-Year-Old Charged In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Man On Morning Run 21-Year-Old Charged In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Man On Morning Run
21-Year-Old Charged In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Man On Morning Run A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run crash of a pedestrian that was seriously injured. Ismael Ramos, of Port Jervis, was arrested Thursday, Jan. 31, and charged with leaving the scene of a serious injury accident and failure to keep right, said New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel. The incident took place around 7 a.m. Jan. 8 when Robert Ruscher, 62, of Greenville, was on a morning run along Monahan Road in Greenville when he was struck by a vehicle in the 100 block of the roadway, Nevel said. The driver of the vehicle, later identified as Ramos, …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man In Disabled Vehicle On New TZB Charged With Aggravated DWI After Hit-Run Westchester Crash Man In Disabled Vehicle On New TZB Charged With Aggravated DWI After Hit-Run Westchester Crash
Man In Disabled Vehicle On New TZB Charged With Aggravated DWI After Hit-Run Westchester Crash A 37-year-old man is facing aggravated DWI charges after a hit-and-run crash in Westchester County, police say. New York State Police responded to a report of a two-car motor vehicle accident on I-87 in the City of Yonkers on Saturday, Jan. 5 around 2:25 a.m. The report stated that a Toyota Rav4 hit a Volvo pickup truck and fled the accident scene with significant damage to the front end. A short time later, the Rav4 was found disabled on the new Tappan Zee Bridge. The vehicle’s driver, Victor R. Salazar of Clifton, New Jersey, was found to be intoxicated with a blood alcohol content was m…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Injured In Beacon Hit-Run Pedestrian Injured In Beacon Hit-Run
Pedestrian Injured In Beacon Hit-Run Police are asking the public's help in their search for a suspect in a hit-and-run incident in which a pedestrian was injured after being hit by an automobile. It occurred on Monday, Jan. 7 at about  6:40 p.m. at the intersection of West Main Street and Bank Street in Beacon. The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries, Beacon Police said.  A description of the vehicle involved has not been released. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Beacon Police Department Detective Division at 845-831-4111.

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
NYC Firefighter Arrested In Connection With Fatal Route 9A Hit-Run NYC Firefighter Arrested In Connection With Fatal Route 9A Hit-Run
NYC Firefighter Arrested In Connection With Fatal Route 9A Hit-Run This story has been updated. Westchester County Police have charged a New York City firefighters from Buchanan in connection with a fatal hit-and-run incident that occurred on Saturday in the village of Buchanan. Eric Werner, 44, an 18-year FDNY veteran who works in Queens, was arrested Sunday and charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, a felony, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police. Werner is charged with fleeing in a 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk that struck and killed Joseph Orichello, 63, of Buchanan, on Albany Post Road in the early…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Sentenced For Hit-Run That Killed Tow-Truck Driver In Westchester Man Sentenced For Hit-Run That Killed Tow-Truck Driver In Westchester
Man Sentenced For Hit-Run That Killed Tow-Truck Driver In Westchester The box truck driver responsible for the fatal hit-and-run crash on I-95 that took the life of tow-truck driver Salvatore Brescia has been sentenced in Westchester County Court. Ozone Park resident Anthony Mangano, 53, has been sentenced to the 12 months he has already spent in the Westchester County Jail after pleading guilty to a felony count of leaving the scene of a personal injury incident resulting in a death, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Wednesday. Brescia, a New Rochelle native, had lived in Yonkers before moving to Stamford, just befo…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Woman Charged With Leaving Scene Of Fatal Hit-Run Woman Charged With Leaving Scene Of Fatal Hit-Run
Woman Charged With Leaving Scene Of Fatal Hit-Run The driver of a passenger bus has been arrested for leaving the scene of a fatal hit-and-run incident. The incident was uncovered around 5:45 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, when City of Newburgh Police officers responded to the area of 301 Robinson Avenue for a report of a male struck by a vehicle, said Det. Sgt. Joseph Rutigliano. Officers located a man who appeared to have been struck by a vehicle and was deceased. The vehicle that struck the man had left the scene.  City of Newburgh detectives began working and a short while into the investigation; it was de…

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by Kathy Reakes