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Officer Saves Unresponsive Baby At Northern Westchester Home: 'Every Second Counted' Officer Saves Unresponsive Baby At Northern Westchester Home: 'Every Second Counted'
Officer Saves Unresponsive Baby At Northern Westchester Home: 'Every Second Counted' Thanks to quick and skillful action, an officer was able to save the life of a baby who had become unresponsive at a Northern Westchester residence. The incident began at around 1:50 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, when a Mount Kisco family reported that their 1-year-old child was non-responsive and not breathing, according to Westchester County Police. Soon after this, police arrived at the residence, the exact location of which was not released, and Officer Stephen Samuel took the baby from her relatives to begin CPR. Additionally, Samuel also turned the baby over and administered several back…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Woman Assaulted By Couple After Fight Over Unleashed Dog In Northern Westchester: Police Woman Assaulted By Couple After Fight Over Unleashed Dog In Northern Westchester: Police
Woman Assaulted By Couple After Fight Over Unleashed Dog In Northern Westchester: Police A couple faces charges after a middle-aged Connecticut woman was assaulted on a Northern Westchester hiking trail following a dispute over an unleashed dog, police said.  Around 12:15 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5, authorities received a call from a woman who said that she had been assaulted at the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, located in the towns of Lewisboro and Pound Ridge. According to Westchester County Police Public Information Officer Kieran O'Leary, the woman told authorities that she had been walking on a trail in the reservation when an unleashed dog ran up behind her.  She t…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Distraught Man Stopped From Jumping Off Bridge In Northern Westchester Distraught Man Stopped From Jumping Off Bridge In Northern Westchester
Distraught Man Stopped From Jumping Off Bridge In Northern Westchester A life was saved when police were able to talk a man down from jumping off a bridge in Northern Westchester.  In the early morning hours of Friday, Feb. 3, around 1:12 a.m., police responded to a residence in Mount Kisco on Maple Avenue after receiving a report from a caller that their roommate had fallen and injured his hand before becoming upset and leaving the apartment, according to the Westchester County Police Department. Officers were then able to locate the man at a bridge on Lieto Drive, where he had climbed over a railing and was threatening to jump onto the Metro-North railr…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed For Northern Westchester Hit-Run Crash That Injures Woman Man Nabbed For Northern Westchester Hit-Run Crash That Injures Woman
Man Nabbed For Northern Westchester Hit-Run Crash That Injures Woman A man was nabbed after he struck a pedestrian with a van he was driving and fled from the scene in the area, authorities said. The incident occurred in Northern Westchester at 8:15 a.m., Friday, July 22 in Mount Kisco, at Main Street and Bedford Road (Route 117). The woman who was crossing the street in front of Northern Westchester Hospital Center was struck by a white van, which immediately turned on to South Bedford Road and fled eastbound into Bedford, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police. The pedestrian suffered a head injury and was aided at the scene…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Slashed During Fight Over iPhone In Northern Westchester, Police Say Man Slashed During Fight Over iPhone In Northern Westchester, Police Say
Man Slashed During Fight Over iPhone In Northern Westchester, Police Say A Northern Westchester resident was arrested after allegedly slashing a man in the leg and stealing his cell phone. The incident took place in Mount Kisco around 5 p.m., Sunday, July 18 at Leonard Park. The victim called the Westchester County Police to report that he had been in an argument at Leonard Park with a man he knows over damage to that man’s cell phone, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police. During the argument, the victim was slashed with a knife on one of his knees and his iPhone was taken from him, O'Leary said. Rolando Abzun-Sanabria, age 48, of M…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Town Justice Removed From Post After DWI Charge In Westchester Town Justice Removed From Post After DWI Charge In Westchester
Town Justice Removed From Post After DWI Charge In Westchester Court officials report that Bedford Town Justice Erik Jacobsen has been administratively suspended following an arrest for DWI and resisting arrest after police say they had to use a stun gun when he refused to comply with their efforts to arrest him. Jacobsen, 54, of Bedford Hills, was arrested a little after midnight on Monday, April 22, after the Westchester County Police received a report that a silver Mercedes was being driven erratically on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Mount Kisco, said police department spokesman Kieran O'Leary. Following the report, an officer responded to tha…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Missing Northern Westchester Man Found Missing Northern Westchester Man Found
Missing Northern Westchester Man Found Update The 68-year-old man who went missing in Northern Westchester on Monday, Aug. 13 has been found, Bedford Police announced Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 15. A third formal search was conducted for John A. Vasile late Wednesday morning, police said, and Vasile was located - conscious and alert - within the Bedford Village hamlet. He was transported to the Northern Westchester Hospital Center for evaluation. "Today, following a collaborative effort involving multiple agencies, John Vasile has been successfully reunited with his family," Bedford Police Chief Melvin Padilla said. T…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Missing Northern Westchester Man Found Missing Northern Westchester Man Found
Missing Northern Westchester Man Found Update The 68-year-old man who went missing in Northern Westchester on Monday, Aug. 13 has been found, Bedford Police announced Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 15. A third formal search was conducted for John A. Vasile late Wednesday morning, police said, and Vasile was located - conscious and alert - within the Bedford Village hamlet. He was transported to the Northern Westchester Hospital Center for evaluation. "Today, following a collaborative effort involving multiple agencies, John Vasile has been successfully reunited with his family," Bedford Police Chief Melvin Padilla said. T…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Westchester County Police Talk Man Down From Metro-North Platform Westchester County Police Talk Man Down From Metro-North Platform
Westchester County Police Talk Man Down From Metro-North Platform Westchester County Police intervention was required at the Mount Kisco Metro-North station this week when a man got close to the platform and repeated that “he would be better off dead.” Officers were dispatched to the station shortly after 6 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, where there was a report of a man - whose name has not been released - who was sitting on the end of the platform and continued telling people the macabre statement. A County Police spokesperson said that officers were able to calm the man down, who agreed to be transported to Northern Westchester Hospital Center by the Mou…

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by Zak Failla