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School Closes In Hudson Valley After Shooting Injuring Four Teens
Police are investigating after the shootings of several teens caused the closure of an area school. The Newburgh Free Academy in Orange County is closed Thursday, Nov. 18, after the City of Newburgh Police discovered four teens shot in the area on Wednesday, Nov. 17. In a message from the school posted Wednesday, school leaders said the closure is out of an "abundance of caution in response to an incident that occurred in the community". The four victims, ages 16 to 18, were discovered around 3:30 p.m., Wednesday when the City of Newburgh Police received a ShotSpotter notification for…
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Man Drives Jeep Into Front Of Grocery Store In Hudson Valley, Hits Woman, Police Say
A woman was injured after a man lost control of his 2011 Jeep Cherokee and drove over a curb, hitting the woman, and then struck the front wall of a grocery store in the Hudson Valley. The crash took place around 2:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 1 in Rockland County at the ShopRite in Pearl River. According to police, the crash happened when a 77-year-old man New City man drove up onto the curb of the grocery store located at 26 N. Middletown Road, said Captain James Brown of the Orangetown Police. The Jeep hit the front of the building and a 74-year-old woman from Orangeburg, police said. Th…
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New Bear Sightings Reported In Northern Westchester
Some Northern Westchester residents had an unexpected visitor as one or more black bears made the rounds through their neighborhoods. The New Castle Police Department issued alerts for two separate bear sightings that happened in a 24-hour span. On Friday morning, Oct. 22, the department advised that a black bear was seen making the rounds in the area of Twin Ridges Road and Lake way in the town of New Castle. Police said that the bear stuck to himself, and did not create any public disturbances before heading back into the woods. Late Saturday morning, Oct. 23, the department reported a …
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Two Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide In Hudson Valley
Click here for an updated story: IDs Released In Apparent Murder-Suicide In Hudson Valley Two people are dead after an apparent murder-suicide in the Hudson Valley. At about 4:20 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16, there was a report of a shooting in the Orange County hamlet of Pine Island, located in the town of Warwick. New York State Police troopers along with the Warwick Police Department officers rushed to the scene. A preliminary investigation revealed that a male subject from Pine Island was shot on Newport Bridge Road, according to state police. That subject was transported…
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Suspect At Large After Overnight Shooting In Area Injures One
An investigation is underway after a person was hospitalized following an overnight shooting in the area. It happened around 2:25 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 in Rockland County in the Village of Nyack in the area of the Riverspace Municipal Parking lot and Artopee Way. Orangetown Police officers patrolling in the area reported that they had heard multiple gunshots fired and responded. Officers located one victim, a 34-year-old man who sustained two non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, Orangetown Police said. Officers on the scene requested an ambulance and then re…
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Distressed Woman Wielding Hammer, Knife On Street In Westchester Hospitalized By Police
A woman in Westchester who was waving a knife and hammer at passing cars was hospitalized for evaluation following a joint intervention by local and county law enforcement agencies. Shortly before 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 29, the New Rochelle Police Department received multiple calls from passersby about a woman in emotional distress who was standing in the middle of the street in the South End of the city who was brandishing a hammer and knife in the area. The New Rochelle Police Department’s Critical Incident Unit responded to the scene to find that the woman had retreated back into her…
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Police Chief In Northern Westchester Calls It A Career
A police chief in Northern Westchester is calling it a career later this month. City of Peekskill Police Department Chief Don Halmy announced his plan to retire as of Saturday, Sept. 25, after more than 22 years with the department. Halmy was hired in 1999 and worked on patrol, including the overnight shift, earning the title of sergeant in 2009, lieutenant in 2017, and appointed chief of the Department in 2018. He has accepted a position in the private sector at a school where he will draw on both his experience in public safety and his first career as an educator whe…
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Tropical Storm Henri: Biden Approves Federal Disaster Declaration For 26 NY Counties
Updated story - Tropical Storm Sunday: Henri Makes Landfall President Joe Biden has approved a pre-landfall disaster declaration for the New York counties set to be impacted as Tropical Storm Henri moves through the region, the state announced. New York State officials reported that as of the morning of Sunday, Aug. 22, parts of New York City and Long Island have seen up to six inches of rain. Some inland locations along the coast could see a dangerous storm surge, heavy rainfall, and high winds, the state added. Henri was categorized as a Category 1 hurricane on Saturday m…
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Danbury Mall Placed On Lockdown After Girl Injured In Shooting
Click here for an updated story: Victim In Danbury Mall Shooting May Have Been Involved In Melee, Police Say A teenage girl was injured after shots were fired during an incident at the Danbury Fair Mall overnight. The incident happened around 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11. The victim, a 16-year-old, suffered the gunshot wound to her upper chest and was described as being conscious and alert, according to Danbury Police. She was taken to Danbury Hospital. The incident happened near Macy's. The mall was immediately placed on lockdown as police officers cleared the building. Police sai…
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Nationwide Emergency Alert System Test Scheduled
Fret not, it will only be a test. A nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS) test is scheduled to be conducted on Wednesday, Aug. 11 on radios, televisions, and cellphones where users have opted in to receive alerts. The test is being conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and is expected to begin at approximately 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon. According to officials, the EAS portion of the test, which is on radio and television, will last about one minute, while the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) to cellphones will be sen…
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Alert Issued For Wanted Hudson Valley Sex Offender
Seen him? An alert has been issued by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision's (DOCCS) Office of Special Investigations for a sex offender in the Hudson Valley who is wanted for failing to register in Ulster County. William Knox, age 51, whose last known address is in Kingston, a Level 3 sex offender, is wanted for repeatedly failing to register as a sex offender due to his conviction of sexual-related offenses in California. According to officials, Knox has a history of gang affiliation and violent offenses. It is alleged that Knox beat a woman with a ba…
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Escaped 1,500-Pound Bull On Loose In Suburban NY Neighborhood
Police are alerting residents in a suburban New York neighborhood after a bull that escaped from an area farm has been spotted running loose through multiple communities. The incident began to unfold on Long Island Tuesday morning, July 20. The Suffolk County Police Department said the bull has been reported in Mastic and Shirley. The first sighting was at about 8:20 a.m. on Montgomery Avenue in Mastic, SCPD said. The bull broke through the fence of a farm located at 136 Barnes Road in Manorville, authorities reported. Police said the bull weighs about 1,500 pounds. A "Cod…
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