Overcast 31°
Schools
Two Northern Westchester School Districts Add Armed Security Officers Two Northern Westchester School Districts Add Armed Security Officers
Two Northern Westchester School Districts Add Armed Security Officers The Westchester County Department of Public Safety will provide four police officers to serve as School Resource Officers (SRO) in the Lakeland and Hendrick Hudson School Districts.  The positions were created through an amendment to an existing intermunicipal agreement (IMA) which adds three new SRO’s where the existing IMA previously provided one SRO at Walter Panas High School.  The newly created SRO positions were approved at the Westchester Board of Legislators meeting on Monday evening, Sept. 17 by a unanimous 16-0 vote. The new SRO positions were created at the request of the L…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
News
Two Killed In Apparent Murder-Suicide At Westchester Medical Center Two Killed In Apparent Murder-Suicide At Westchester Medical Center
Two Killed In Apparent Murder-Suicide At Westchester Medical Center Click here for an updated story: Northern Westchester Married Couple ID'd In Medical Center Murder-Suicide  Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla on Wednesday morning. Police said a male visitor in his 70s entered a room on the fourth floor and shot and killed a female family member who was a patient before turning the gun on himself. The identities of the two have not yet been released, but authorities said they were both Westchester residents. The Westchester County Department of Public Safety had earlier confirmed the incident, wh…

SHARE

by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Teen Suspect Nabbed In Mid-July Northern Westchester Homicide Teen Suspect Nabbed In Mid-July Northern Westchester Homicide
Teen Suspect Nabbed In Mid-July Northern Westchester Homicide An 18-year-old Northern Westchester resident has been arrested for the shooting death of a man in July. Demetrius Bogan of Peekskill was arrested Friday following an exhaustive three-week investigation into the July 13 murder of Khalil Lyons, 22, of the Bronx, said Peekskill Chief of Police Don Halmy. Police discovered Lyons lying on the ground in the area of 1245 Park St. when responding to a call for shots fired, Halmy said.  He was transported to New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later. A male suspect was reported to have been observ…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
News
Man Drowns In Westchester Watercraft Accident On Hudson River Man Drowns In Westchester Watercraft Accident On Hudson River
Man Drowns In Westchester Watercraft Accident On Hudson River A 31-year-old man drowned after becoming stranded in the Hudson River after falling off a personal watercraft in Westchester, according to the police. The incident took place around 6:45 p.m. Monday when Yonkers Police responded to the JFK Marina off Warburton Avenue on a report a stranded personal watercraft with a male and female missing, said Det. Sgt. Dean Politopoulos. Members of the Westchester County Department of Public Safety Marine Unit and Aviation Unit provided support services. Empress Ambulance services were also dispatched. The female passenger of the watercraft was located …

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
News
Westchester Trash Hauler Must Pay $2M For Fraud Scheme Westchester Trash Hauler Must Pay $2M For Fraud Scheme
Westchester Trash Hauler Must Pay $2M For Fraud Scheme A 61-year-old contractor has been sentenced to prison time and ordered to pay millions in restitution for his role in defrauding and stealing millions from Westchester County clients that hired his waste hauling business based out of Briarcliff Manor. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Thursday that Florida native Stephen DiSalvo has been sentenced to a term of three to six years in prison for the fraud scheme involving ATNM Corporation.  He additionally forfeited $1 million and ordered to pay more than $2 million with his co-defendants, Christopher C. a…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Two Inmates Indicted For Violent Attack On Westchester Corrections Officer Two Inmates Indicted For Violent Attack On Westchester Corrections Officer
Two Inmates Indicted For Violent Attack On Westchester Corrections Officer Two inmates at the Westchester County Jail are facing new charges after hospitalizing a corrections officer last month who still has been unable to return to work. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced the indictment and arraignment of Mount Vernon resident Ishmael Ben Reuben and Yonkers resident Carlos Yarborough, who allegedly beat an officer while he was on duty on April 27. According to the indictment, at approximately 9:40 p.m. on the day of the incident, as inmates were being directed to their cells for the evening, Ben Reuben and Yarborough lingered in …

SHARE

by Zak Failla
News
Info Released On 4 Critically Injured In DWI Mamaroneck Restaurant Crash Info Released On 4 Critically Injured In DWI Mamaroneck Restaurant Crash
Info Released On 4 Critically Injured In DWI Mamaroneck Restaurant Crash The ages and hometowns have been released of the four people critically injured when a drunk driver backing out of a parking space hit two vehicles before continuing in reverse and slamming into the front of Enzo's Restaurant in the Village of Mamaroneck. Police were notified of the incident around 7:45 p.m. Sunday, when responding officers arrived on scene and found a vehicle inside of the building/Enzo’s Restaurant. Officers immediately began rendering aid to multiple people on the scene, said Sgt. Sandra DiRuzza. A total of nine victims were treated, four with critical injuries. Of the n…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
DWI Charge For Woman In Mamaroneck Restaurant Crash That Injures Nine DWI Charge For Woman In Mamaroneck Restaurant Crash That Injures Nine
DWI Charge For Woman In Mamaroneck Restaurant Crash That Injures Nine This story has been updated. A drunk driver backing out of a parking space hit two vehicles before continuing in reverse and slamming into the front of Enzo's Restaurant in the Village of Mamaroneck, according to police. Police were notified of the incident around 7:45 p.m. Sunday, when responding officers arrived on scene and found a vehicle inside of the building/Enzo’s Restaurant. Officers immediately began rendering aid to multiple people on the scene, said Sgt. Sandra DiRuzza. A total of nine victims were treated, four with critical injuries. Of the nine victims, three were transporte…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
News
Westchester Man Found Guilty Of Engaging In Sex Acts With Child Westchester Man Found Guilty Of Engaging In Sex Acts With Child
Westchester Man Found Guilty Of Engaging In Sex Acts With Child A 43-year-old White Plains man was arrested by Rye police and convicted on Friday, March 16 of engaging in sex with a child under the age of 13, according to Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr.  Jard Hobbs was found guilty on three counts.  Judge Susan Cacace presided over Hobbs' jury trial in Westchester County Court. The three counts against Hobbs are: -- Course of Sexual Conduct against a Child in the First Degree, a class B violent felony -- Rape in the Second Degree, a class D felony. -- Endangering the Welfare of a Child, a class A misdemeanor. County pr…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Three Busted For Selling Heroin In Northern Westchester Three Busted For Selling Heroin In Northern Westchester
Three Busted For Selling Heroin In Northern Westchester Three men with lengthy arrest records are facing possession and sale of heroin charges following the execution of several search warrants Monday by members of the Peekskill Police Department and the Westchester County Heroin and Opiate Task Force.  Charles Pritchett, 65, of the Bronx, John Brown, 58, and Mark Mair, 58, both of Peekskill, were busted following a search of a home at 118 Old Bay St., in Peekskill, and a vehicle belonging to Pritchett, said Peekskill Police Chief Eric Johansen. During the search, police recovered more than 200 bags of heroin and seized Pritchett’s 2013 Chevrole…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes