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Estranged Husband In Missing Mom Case Clinging To Life After Suicide Attempt Estranged Husband In Missing Mom Case Clinging To Life After Suicide Attempt
Estranged Husband In Missing Mom Case Clinging To Life After Suicide Attempt Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of missing Fairfield County mother of five Jennifer Farber Dulos, is clinging to life and being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning hours after an apparent suicide attempt, police say. Dulos was found at his Farmington, Connecticut, mansion around noon, Tuesday, Jan. 28, after he failed to show up in court for an emergency bond hearing, said Farmington Police spokesman Lt. Tim McKenzie at a press conference. Officers responding to the wellness check found Dulos, who is charged with the murder of his missing New Canaan wife, inside the garage in a vehicl…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Slain NYPD Officer From Westchester Remembered As Natural-Born Leader, Star Athlete Slain NYPD Officer From Westchester Remembered As Natural-Born Leader, Star Athlete
Slain Nypd Officer From Westchester Remembered As Natural-Born Leader, Star Athlete The NYPD officer who lived in Westchester and grew up in Orange County who was fatally shot in a hand-to-hand struggle with an armed suspect over the weekend is being remembered as a natural-born leader and standout athlete. Brian Mulkeen, 33, was shot and killed while wrestling with an armed suspect just after 12:30 Sunday, Sept. 29 at the Edenwald Houses in the Bronx. Mulkeen was a 2008 graduate of Fordham University, where he was a standout on the track-and-field team. Mulkeen had just decided to re-join his alma mater as a volunteer throwing coach. Mulkeen was a two-year…

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by Joe Lombardi
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NYPD Officer From Westchester Killed During Hand-To-Hand Struggle With Armed Suspect NYPD Officer From Westchester Killed During Hand-To-Hand Struggle With Armed Suspect
Nypd Officer From Westchester Killed During Hand-To-Hand Struggle With Armed Suspect An NYPD officer from Westchester was fatally shot in a hand-to-hand struggle with an armed suspect overnight. It happened just after 12:30 Sunday, Sept. 29 at the Edenwald Houses in the Bronx. The officer, Brian Mulkeen, was 33 and lived in Yorktown Heights with his girlfriend, who is also a police officer in the Bronx in the 44th precinct. Police officers were patrolling the area the incident occurred due to gang activity including recent shootings, the NYPD said. Three officers left their vehicle to question a man, who fled on foot, the NYPD said. As Mulkeen and his partner attempt…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Dangerous Discovery: 157 Snakes, Many Poisonous, Found At Area Home Dangerous Discovery: 157 Snakes, Many Poisonous, Found At Area Home
Dangerous Discovery: 157 Snakes, Many Poisonous, Found At Area Home Law enforcement officials found 157 snakes in a city of Newburgh home after the owner was treated for a poisonous snake bite at an area hospital. The snakes were found Tuesday, June 4, when the Department of Environmental Conservation along with DEC police and members of the Bureau of Environmental Crimes Investigation unit executed a search warrant at a residence in the city of Newburgh after being alerted by Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx that a man had been bitten by a poisonous snake, said Maureen Wren, with the DEC. The unidentified man was treated at the hospital Sunday, June…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Area Home Where Three Were Overcome By Fumes Had No Carbon Monoxide Sensors Area Home Where Three Were Overcome By Fumes Had No Carbon Monoxide Sensors
Area Home Where Three Were Overcome By Fumes Had No Carbon Monoxide Sensors There were no carbon monoxide sensors in a home where three people were found unconscious on Tuesday, Ramapo Police said. The three, two teens, ages 14 and 16, and a 54-year-old woman, were found unconscious by a man who lives in the Bolger Lane home after being overcome by fumes around 11 a.m., Tuesday, March 5, said Ramapo Police Lt. Chris Franklin. All three are hospitalized and in stable condition early Wednesday, March 6, said Franklin. Ramapo Police and EMS responding to the call for help found the three and removed them from the home and began providing first aid, he …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Three Found Unconscious Due To CO Exposure Transported To Westchester Medical Center Three Found Unconscious Due To CO Exposure Transported To Westchester Medical Center
Three Found Unconscious Due To CO Exposure Transported To Westchester Medical Center This story has been updated. Three people found unconscious by a family member in a home in the village of Airmont are still hospitalized. The incident took place around 10:57 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, when the Ramapo Police Department responded to the home at 4 Bolger Lane in Airmont, said Ramapo Police Lt. Chris Franklin. Once on the scene, four officers and EMS personnel found three female residents, ages 14, 16, and 54. The officers removed all three from the home and began providing first aid outside the residence, Franklin said. All three victims were transported to Westchester County …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Beloved Barber Dies After Being Struck By Two Cars Crossing Street In Westchester Beloved Barber Dies After Being Struck By Two Cars Crossing Street In Westchester
Beloved Barber Dies After Being Struck By Two Cars Crossing Street In Westchester It was like any other day, cutting hair and joking with customers until the end of the day when a local beloved barber walked out the door of the shop and was hit by two vehicles while crossing the street. Just before 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, life support was turned off for Vyacheslav Shaknmurov, known as Steve at B&A Barber Shop in New Rochelle, said the shop's manager and his close friend, Alex Ribiev. The incident which ultimately took Shaknmurov's life, happened at 7:02 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 14, while he was crossing Main Street near Stephenson Bouleva…

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by Kathy Reakes
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NYPD Officer From Westchester Who Just Ended Shift Killed In Crash With City Parks Truck NYPD Officer From Westchester Who Just Ended Shift Killed In Crash With City Parks Truck
Nypd Officer From Westchester Who Just Ended Shift Killed In Crash With City Parks Truck A Westchester man has been identified as the off-duty NYPD officer who died Wednesday morning when he was involved in a head-on crash with a garbage truck. New Rochelle resident Brian Kessler, 28, was driving home from an overnight shift at 1 Police Plaza on Wednesday morning, Jan. 16 at approximately 8:20 a.m. when he struck a city Parks Department garbage truck on Shore Road in Pelham Bay. Kessler was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, where he was pronounced dead.  The NYPD officer had been on the job for less than a year and was assigned to the Police Service Area 8 of t…

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by Zak Failla
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Starbucks Employee Rescued After Fall In Westchester Starbucks Employee Rescued After Fall In Westchester
Starbucks Employee Rescued After Fall In Westchester Firefighters had to use a unique rig to rescue a Starbucks employee who had fallen through an open grate in the floor and ended up in the basement. The incident took place Friday afternoon at the Starbucks on Palmer Avenue in Larchmont, said Larchmont Fire Chief John Caparelli. "Because of the injuries to her legs and the steep pitch of the stairs leading to the basement, we had to use the sidewalk grate outside and what's called a 'low-angle-type' rescue to rescue the employee," he said. Firefighters put the woman on a backboard and then used a pulley system by hooking to a tire…

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by Kathy Reakes
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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…

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by Kathy Reakes
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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…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Iona Increases Security Following Latest New Rochelle HS Stabbing Incident Iona Increases Security Following Latest New Rochelle HS Stabbing Incident
Iona Increases Security Following Latest New Rochelle HS Stabbing Incident Iona College has beefed up its security in the wake of the third stabbing incident involving New Rochelle students. According to police, at approximately 8:50 a.m. on Thursday, the department received a call from security guards at the high school reporting that a stabbing had occurred at the school, and a 15-year-old suspect was seen on video fleeing the building. New Rochelle Police Capt. Robert Gazzola said that a 16-year-old student suffered two puncture wounds to his torso and has been transported to Jacobi Medical Center for treatment for what are believed to be non-life-threatening i…

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by Zak Failla