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Double-Fatal Crash: 20-Year-Old Charged After Hitting Tree Head-On In Westchester Double-Fatal Crash: 20-Year-Old Charged After Hitting Tree Head-On In Westchester
Double-Fatal Crash: 20-Year-Old Charged After Hitting Tree Head-On In Westchester A man has been charged after driving over 100 miles per hour without headlights and hitting a tree head-on in Westchester County, killing two passengers, authorities just announced.  Mount Vernon resident Anthony Rose, age 20, was charged with causing the December 2021 crash and arraigned on Thursday, Jan. 26 in court, according to Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah.  On Dec. 18, 2021, around 5:30 a.m., Rose and three other passengers were driving on the Cross County Parkway in Mount Vernon. Rose started driving at high speeds over 100 mph without his headlights tur…

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by Ben Crnic
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15-Year-Old Gets Years In Prison For Fatally Stabbing Westchester Cheerleading Captain 15-Year-Old Gets Years In Prison For Fatally Stabbing Westchester Cheerleading Captain
15-Year-Old Gets Years In Prison For Fatally Stabbing Westchester Cheerleading Captain A teenage girl will spend years behind bars for fatally stabbing a 16-year-old cheerleading captain in Westchester County, officials said. Earlier Report - Teen Girl Admits To Fatally Stabbing Mount Vernon Cheerleading Captain: DA The 15-year-old, who was not named because of her age, was sentenced to three to nine years in jail on Tuesday, Jan. 24 for the April 8, 2022 killing of 16-year-old Kayla Green in Mount Vernon, according to Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah. On the day of the stabbing, around 4 p.m., the teenager stabbed Green in the abdomen foll…

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by Ben Crnic
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Teen Girl Admits To Fatally Stabbing Cheerleading Captain In Westchester County: DA Teen Girl Admits To Fatally Stabbing Cheerleading Captain In Westchester County: DA
Teen Girl Admits To Fatally Stabbing Cheerleading Captain In Westchester County: DA A teenager has admitted to fatally stabbing a 16-year-old cheerleading captain in Westchester County, officials said.  Earlier Report - Teen GirI Indicted For Fatal Stabbing Of Mount Vernon Cheerleading Captain The 15-year-old defendant, who was not identified, pleaded guilty to the April 8, 2022 killing of 16-year-old Kayla Green in Mount Vernon on Tuesday, Dec. 20, according to Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah.  On the day of the stabbing, around 4 p.m., the defendant stabbed Green in the abdomen during the Mount Vernon High School’s celebratory parade on&…

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by Ben Crnic
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Man Nabbed After Nothern Westchester Chase In Stolen Vehicle, Police Say Man Nabbed After Nothern Westchester Chase In Stolen Vehicle, Police Say
Man Nabbed After Nothern Westchester Chase In Stolen Vehicle, Police Say A Westchester man was arrested after fleeing from police and taking them on a chase along the Taconic State Parkway before crashing in a stolen vehicle. The incident took place in around 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12. It began when the Real Time Crime Center broadcast an alert that a stolen Kia SUV was traveling on the Saw Mill River Parkway, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police. An officer located the vehicle in Hawthorne and attempted a traffic stop at the ramp to the northbound Taconic Parkway, O'Leary said. O'Leary said the driver refused to pull over, fled nor…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Popular Actor From Westchester Figures Prominently In 'White Lotus' Season Finale Popular Actor From Westchester Figures Prominently In 'White Lotus' Season Finale
Popular Actor From Westchester Figures Prominently In 'White Lotus' Season Finale With the Season 2 finale of the HBO drama "White Lotus" just hours away, many in the region are wondering how a popular actor and native New Yorker figures in things amid a flurry of cliffhangers. Westchester County native Michael Imperioli, who was born in Mount Vernon, plays philandering Hollywood hotshot Dominic Di Grasso, who is joined in Italy, the venue for the second season, by his son, Albie (actor Adam DiMarco), and father, Bert (played by F. Murray Abraham). The 56-year-old Imperioli has a long list of credits, including earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporti…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Suspect Nabbed After Woman Killed In Hit-Run Crash At Northern Westchester Shopping Center Suspect Nabbed After Woman Killed In Hit-Run Crash At Northern Westchester Shopping Center
Suspect Nabbed After Woman Killed In Hit-Run Crash At Northern Westchester Shopping Center A suspect has been apprehended after a woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash at a busy shopping center in Northern Westchester. The crash happened around 8:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1 in the town of Lewisboro at the Orchard Square Shopping Center at the intersection of routes 35 and 121 in the hamlet of Cross River. The victim, Randi J. Blattberg, age 65, of Mount Vernon, was transported to Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco with life-threatening injuries, New York State Police said. She was later transported to Westchester Medical Center where she was pronounced dead. An inv…

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by Joe Lombardi
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'Safety, Resiliency': $60.5M In Hudson Valley Bridge Upgrade Projects Completed 'Safety, Resiliency': $60.5M In Hudson Valley Bridge Upgrade Projects Completed
'Safety, Resiliency': $60.5M In Hudson Valley Bridge Upgrade Projects Completed Two major bridge upgrade projects totaling $60.5 million in the Hudson Valley have been successfully completed.  According to an announcement by the New York Department of Transportation on Monday, Nov. 21, the two upgrade projects include:  A $48 million replacement of a bridge in Mount Vernon that carries East Lincoln Avenue over the Hutchinson River Parkway and Hutchinson River;  A $12.5 million project in Orange County that replaced one bridge and rehabilitated three others in Wawayanda that carry Interstate 84 over the Monhagen Creek and McVeigh Road.&nbs…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Westchester Police Officers Awarded For Role In Seizing Nearly $32M Worth of Cocaine Westchester Police Officers Awarded For Role In Seizing Nearly $32M Worth of Cocaine
Westchester Police Officers Awarded For Role In Seizing Nearly $32M Worth of Cocaine Several members of the Westchester County Police Department have been awarded for their role in seizing almost one ton of cocaine from an airport cargo terminal.  The seizure happened on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, when the Drug Enforcement Task Force Group D-42, which includes members of the WCPD, was surveilling a cargo terminal at Newark Airport as part of a seven-month investigation into a Puerto Rico-based drug trafficking organization, according to a post by Westchester County Police on Monday, Nov. 14.  While conducting surveillance, detectives saw two large pallet…

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by Ben Crnic
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Westchester High School Alum Receives Full-Ride Scholarship In Name Of Actor Chadwick Boseman Westchester High School Alum Receives Full-Ride Scholarship In Name Of Actor Chadwick Boseman
Westchester High School Alum Receives Full-Ride Scholarship In Name Of Actor Chadwick Boseman An alum of a high school in Westchester County has received a full-ride college scholarship in the name of deceased actor Chadwick Boseman.  Jayleen Seeburg, who graduated from Mount Vernon's Denzel Washington School of the Arts in 2022, has received the Chadwick Boseman Memorial Scholarship, which will cover her four years of schooling at Howard University in Washington, DC, according to the high school.  The $5.4 million endowed scholarship was created in Oct. 2021 by the university with the help of a donation from Netflix and is meant to honor Boseman, an alumnus of H…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
$7.5K Reward Offered To Solve Fatal Shooting Of Victim At Vigil For Murdered Man In Westchester $7.5K Reward Offered To Solve Fatal Shooting Of Victim At Vigil For Murdered Man In Westchester
$7.5K Reward Offered To Solve Fatal Shooting Of Victim At Vigil For Murdered Man In Westchester A $7,500 reward is being offered to help find the suspect of the fatal shooting of a man who was at the vigil of another murder victim. Earlier Report - Police Investigate Fatal Shooting At Vigil For Murdered Man In Westchester On Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at around 10:45 p.m., Mount Vernon Police responded to a shooting in the area of 129 Monroe St., where they found 32-year-old Jeremy Logan with multiple gunshot wounds to his head and neck, according to Mount Vernon Police Chief Trent Page.  Medical aid was then given to Logan, but he later died of his wounds at the hospital, P…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
New Details: Police Looking For Suspects In Shooting Of 22-Year-Old In Westchester New Details: Police Looking For Suspects In Shooting Of 22-Year-Old In Westchester
New Details: Police Looking For Suspects In Shooting Of 22-Year-Old In Westchester Police have released new details regarding the suspects of a Westchester County shooting that left a 22-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds.  Earlier report - 22-Year-Old Man Shot Multiple Times In New Rochelle, Police Say On Tuesday, Nov. 8 at around 1 p.m., police responded to a shooting in New Rochelle at 345 Main St. (Route 1), where they found the man wounded on the sidewalk after being shot three times, New Rochelle Police said.  Police then administered first aid to the victim, who is originally from Mount Vernon but now lives in New Rochelle, before taking him …

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
22-Year-Old Man Shot Multiple Times In Westchester County, Police Say 22-Year-Old Man Shot Multiple Times In Westchester County, Police Say
22-Year-Old Man Shot Multiple Times In Westchester County, Police Say A Westchester County man is in the hospital after being shot multiple times, police said.  On Tuesday, Nov. 8 at around 1 p.m., police responded to a shooting in New Rochelle at 345 Main St. (Route 1), where they found one victim on the sidewalk who suffered multiple gunshot wounds, New Rochelle Police said.  First aid was then given to the victim, identified as a 22-year-old man from Mount Vernon, before he was transported to a hospital where he is now in stable condition, according to police.  Police said that the victim, whose name was not released, was the intended …

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