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71-Year-Old Dies After Road-Rage Assault By Westchester Man, Police Say 71-Year-Old Dies After Road-Rage Assault By Westchester Man, Police Say
71-Year-Old Dies After Road-Rage Assault By Westchester Man, Police Say A man has died following an assault during an alleged road-rage event involving a Westchester County man in Fairfield County. The victim, Michael Frank Gentile, age 71, of Stamford, died late Thursday, Nov. 18, after the incident in Stamford. It took place around 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 17 on Cold Spring Road. See Earlier Story: Stamford Man In 'Grave Condition' Following Assault, Police Say After the assault, police arrested Westchester County resident Emmanuel Joshua Matias, age 25, of Yonkers for assault of an elderly person, said Lt. Tom Scanlon of the Stamford Police De…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Road Rage: Arrest Made In Northern Westchester After Man Fires Shots At Driver, Police Say Road Rage: Arrest Made In Northern Westchester After Man Fires Shots At Driver, Police Say
Road Rage: Arrest Made In Northern Westchester After Man Fires Shots At Driver, Police Say A man who took out a high-powered rifle and fired shots at another driver during a road-rage incident in Northern Westchester has been apprehended, police announced. Officers responded to a stretch of Route 9 in Peekskill near the intersection of Welcher Avenue at approximately 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 22, where there was a report of a road-rage incident between two vehicles that resulted in shots being fired. The Peekskill Police Department said that the investigation found that the victim and Albany resident Jose Fernandez, age 33, were driving on Route 9 through Peekskill when the latter …

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by Zak Failla
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Man Uses Baseball Bat During Road-Rage Incident In Area, Police Say Man Uses Baseball Bat During Road-Rage Incident In Area, Police Say
Man Uses Baseball Bat During Road-Rage Incident In Area, Police Say An area man was charged with menacing after allegedly threatening another driver with a baseball bat during a road-rage incident. The incident took place in Ulster County on Sunday, Oct. 10, when Saugerties Police, Town of Ulster Police, and New York State Police responded to a 911 call on Kings Highway for a report of an erratic vehicle and road rage fight.  According to Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra, police found that 26-year-old Jared Knox of Ulster Park had threatened another motorist with a baseball bat during a “road rage incident."  Knox was arrested by …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man With Several 'Ghost Guns' Arrested In Area Road-Rage Incident, Police Say Man With Several 'Ghost Guns' Arrested In Area Road-Rage Incident, Police Say
Man With Several 'Ghost Guns' Arrested In Area Road-Rage Incident, Police Say An area man who was arrested for allegedly pointing a "ghost gun" and screaming racist comments at another driver during a road-rage incident was released on his own recognizance. It happened around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6 on Route 212 in the Town of. Saugerties. The victim told police that another driver had pulled up alongside his vehicle screaming about his driving and then used several racial slurs towards the victim, according to Saugerties Chief Joseph Sinagra. The victim then reportedly followed the other driver to the parking lot of the Dunkin Donuts on Ulster Avenue…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Behind Bars Following Road-Rage Incident In Area Man Behind Bars Following Road-Rage Incident In Area
Man Behind Bars Following Road-Rage Incident In Area A 34-year-old man is behind bars following an alleged road-rage incident in the region. Sullivan County resident Ricardo Appling was arrested on Sunday, March 14, by New York State Police following the incident on  Route 17 in Wurtsboro, said Trooper Steven Nevel. According to Nevel, state police from the Wurtsboro barracks responded to a 911 call of a person driving a red Honda Civic Del Sol in an erratic manner and menacing the driver of another vehicle.  The vehicles exited State Route 17 at exit 112. Appling, of Wurtsboro, allegedly stopped his vehicle and prevented the othe…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Alert Issued For Man Wanted After Road-Rage Incident In Area Alert Issued For Man Wanted After Road-Rage Incident In Area
Alert Issued For Man Wanted After Road-Rage Incident In Area New York State Police investigators issued an alert for a wanted man who was arrested following a road rage incident in the Hudson Valley. Troopers from the New York State Police barrack in Middletown are attempting to track down Evan Slattery, 54, who was arrested following a road rage incident on Jacobs Road in Minisink. Police said that Slattery was driving on Jacobs Road when he continued to repeatedly strike another vehicle in the roadway in a bout of rage following an incident with a different driver. Slattery later failed to return to court to respond to a second-degree criminal misc…

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by Zak Failla
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Police Investigating If Road Rage Led To Fatal Shooting Of Yale University Graduate Student Police Investigating If Road Rage Led To Fatal Shooting Of Yale University Graduate Student
Police Investigating If Road Rage Led To Fatal Shooting Of Yale University Graduate Student A Yale University graduate student who was killed after being shot multiple times may have been targeted and police are investigating if the killing was an act of road rage. Kevin Jiang, age 26, who lived in West Haven, was shot to death on Lawrence Street between Nicoll Street and Nash Street Saturday, Feb. 6. During a press conference on Monday, Feb. 8, New Haven Police Chief Otoniel Reyes said Jiang was familiar with the neighborhood where he was killed, and that a vehicle was involved in the incident. He declined to offer additional details of the crime but did say detectives had …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Motorist Threatens Victim With Knife During Road-Rage Incident In Area, Police Say Motorist Threatens Victim With Knife During Road-Rage Incident In Area, Police Say
Motorist Threatens Victim With Knife During Road-Rage Incident In Area, Police Say State police charged a man from the area after he threatened another driver with a military-style knife during a road-rage incident, ultimately using it to damage the other driver's car.  According to troopers in Middletown, the incident took place at approximately 8 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19 in the city of Crawford.  Police said that 32-year-old Peter Tighe was driving his 2012 Subaru Outback alongside another driver in a 2011 Toyota Tundra on Route 302.  He stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of Route 17 and Collabar Road, police said, got out of his vehicle, and be…

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by Christina Coulter
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KNOW THEM? NY Pair Wanted For NJ Turnpike Road Rage Assault KNOW THEM? NY Pair Wanted For NJ Turnpike Road Rage Assault
Know Them? NY Pair Wanted For NJ Turnpike Road Rage Assault New Jersey State Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a pair of men wanted for a road rage incident on the NJ Turnpike. The victim and the two suspects were pulled over on the northbound, inner roadway at milepost 82 in East Brunswick around 6:30 p.m. Aug. 15, State Police said. The two men got out of their car and hit the victim in the face with an unknown object, then got back in a black Mercedes Benz SUV with an unknown New York plate and fled, authorities said. The suspects are described as Hispanic men. Anyone with information is asked to contact the New Jersey State P…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Victim Of Meryl Streep's Nephew's Hamptons Road-Rage Incident To File Hate Crime Suit Victim Of Meryl Streep's Nephew's Hamptons Road-Rage Incident To File Hate Crime Suit
Victim Of Meryl Streep's Nephew's Hamptons Road-Rage Incident To File Hate Crime Suit Meryl Streep’s nephew, a New Canaan High School graduate, could be facing more trouble following a road rage incident on Long Island that left his victim with life-threatening injuries. Charles Harrison Streep, 31, allegedly assaulted his 18-year-old victim in the parking lot of a Chase Bank on Main Street in East Hampton on Monday, Aug. 24, causing “serious head trauma,” East Hampton Village Police said in a press release. The teenager was airlifted to Stony Brook Hospital within an hour after the attack, where he underwent emergency surgery that included the removal of his skull cap to st…

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Accused 7-Eleven Road-Rage Killer Found Dead In Rockland County Jail Accused 7-Eleven Road-Rage Killer Found Dead In Rockland County Jail
Accused 7-Eleven Road-Rage Killer Found Dead In Rockland County Jail A 36-year-old man awaiting trial for killing a pregnant mother when he drove into a family of eight in front of a 7-Eleven store in Rockland County in a case of road rage was found dead in his cell. Orange County resident Jason Mendez, of Washingtonville, was found dead in his Rockland County Jail cell on Thursday, Aug. 6, the Rockland District Attorney’s Office announced. Corrections officers reportedly found Mendez shortly after 8 p.m. on Thursday night alone in his cell after attempting to commit suicide by hanging himself. Officers performed CPR until paramedics arrived, but Mendez was…

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by Zak Failla
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Road Rage: Man Attacks Driver With Large Hunting Knife In Westchester, Police Say Road Rage: Man Attacks Driver With Large Hunting Knife In Westchester, Police Say
Road Rage: Man Attacks Driver With Large Hunting Knife In Westchester, Police Say A Northern Westchester man was arrested after allegedly being involved in a road-rage incident in Scarsdale and assaulting another driver with a hunting knife, police said. Officers from the Scarsdale Police Department on patrol at approximately 1:10 p.m. on Thursday, June 11 responded to the intersection of Mamaroneck Road and Crossway, where there was a report of an incident that left a driver bleeding from both hands following an altercation. The second driver involved in the road rage incident had fled the scene by the time officers arrived, police said. According to police, while dri…

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by Zak Failla