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20-Year-Old Shot, Killed After Stabbing Person At Hudson Valley Home: Police 20-Year-Old Shot, Killed After Stabbing Person At Hudson Valley Home: Police
20-Year-Old Shot, Killed After Stabbing Person At Hudson Valley Home: Police A man was shot and killed after state police say he stabbed a person inside a home in the Hudson Valley. The incident occurred in Dutchess County on Saturday, Oct. 5 in the town of Pleasant Valley. Responding state police troopers and Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office deputies officers located one victim suffering from a stab wound and another the victim of gunfire at the residence on Rawls Road, located just west of the Taconic State Parkway. Troopers and deputies secured the scene and began attempted  life-saving-techniques for both victims.   Empress …

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by Joe Lombardi
Obituaries
Beloved Hudson Valley Firefighter Dies At 26: 'Rising Star' Beloved Hudson Valley Firefighter Dies At 26: 'Rising Star'
Beloved Hudson Valley Firefighter Dies At 26: 'Rising Star' A fire department in the Hudson Valley has announced the death of a 26-year-old member who is being remembered for the positive mark he left on everyone he knew.  New, updated report - Support Pours In For Family Of Brewster's William May Putnam County firefighter William "Billy" May of the Brewster Fire Department died on Friday, March 29 at the age of 26, the department announced on Saturday, March 30. According to his department, May became a Brewster firefighter in February 2020 at age 22 and quickly became a "rising star who brought the best out of everyone he inte…

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by Ben Crnic
Schools
COVID-19: High School Senior From Northern Westchester Joins EMS Front-Line Workers In NYC COVID-19: High School Senior From Northern Westchester Joins EMS Front-Line Workers In NYC
Covid-19: High School Senior From Northern Westchester Joins EMS Front-Line Workers In NYC A Northern Westchester high school senior is working the front lines in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Patrick Baia, who attends Kennedy Catholic High School in Somers, is also working as an EMT in New York City and Yonkers as a member of Empress Emergency Medical Services. During his hours at work, Baia is transporting many positive COVID-19 patients to the hospital for treatment. He is also helping to staff the Yonkers Medical Evacuation Transport Unit (METU). The Yonkers Police Department created the METU which provides the department th…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
New Details Emerge After 11 Found Unconscious From Carbon Monoxide Exposure In Westchester New Details Emerge After 11 Found Unconscious From Carbon Monoxide Exposure In Westchester
New Details Emerge After 11 Found Unconscious From Carbon Monoxide Exposure In Westchester Nearly a dozen people, including children, were found unconscious inside a Westchester apartment complex after being exposed to carbon monoxide. Police and fire officials received the call for a possible CO exposure around 8:30 a.m., Friday, April 19, at 27 Coyle Place in Yonkers, said Yonkers Police Lt. Jared Singer. "Members of the Yonkers Police Department, Yonkers Fire Department, and Empress Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and located 11 individuals who appear to be suffering from various degrees of carbon monoxide poisoning; they were all removed to local area hospit…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
12-Year-Old Dies After Accidental Shooting In Westchester 12-Year-Old Dies After Accidental Shooting In Westchester
12-Year-Old Dies After Accidental Shooting In Westchester The 12-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself in the head with an illegal handgun in Westchester has died from his wound, police said. Officers from the Yonkers Police Department were dispatched to a Nepperhan Avenue apartment shortly before midnight on Saturday, April 13, where there was a report of a child who was bleeding from the head. Yonkers Police Det. Sgt. Dean Politopoulos said that upon arrival, officers found the child on the bedroom floor and assisted members of the Yonkers Fire Department and Empress Emergency Medical Services in providing aid and cardiopulmonary resuscita…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
One Dead, Two Hospitalized After Overdosing At Gas Station In Westchester, Police Say One Dead, Two Hospitalized After Overdosing At Gas Station In Westchester, Police Say
One Dead, Two Hospitalized After Overdosing At Gas Station In Westchester, Police Say One man is dead and two others have been hospitalized after overdosing at a gas station in Westchester in an incident police say may be linked to fentanyl. Members of the Yonkers Police and Fire Departments along with units from Empress Emergency Medical Services responded to the gas station at 200 South Broadway on a report of a man down at about 7:45 p.m. on Friday, April 12. First responders located two men who were unconscious and unresponsive; one appeared to be in cardiac arrest and the other had difficulty breathing, said Yonkers PD Det. Sgt. Dean Politopoulos. Units immediately ren…

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by Joe Lombardi