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Support Surges For Beloved Coach Injured In School Bus, Car Crash In Northern Westchester Support Surges For Beloved Coach Injured In School Bus, Car Crash In Northern Westchester
Support Surges For Beloved Coach Injured In School Bus, Car Crash In Northern Westchester A community is doing its best to help a beloved basketball coach and bus monitor who was injured in a head-on crash between a car and a school bus in Northern Westchester. Basketball coach Jim Martin was severely injured on Wednesday, April 26 just before 3 p.m. when the school bus he was serving as a bus monitor on collided head-on with a Honda Accord driven by an unlicensed 16-year-old in New Castle on Lake Road.  Earlier Report - Update: 4 Have Life-Threatening Injuries After School Bus, Car Crash In New Castle The crash injured at least nine people including Martin…

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by Ben Crnic
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Scam Alert: Fake Fundraiser Involves Police Sweatshirts In Northern Westchester Scam Alert: Fake Fundraiser Involves Police Sweatshirts In Northern Westchester
Scam Alert: Fake Fundraiser Involves Police Sweatshirts In Northern Westchester A police department in Northern Westchester is warning of a fake fundraiser involving the sale of sweatshirts emblazoned with the department's logo.  Sweatshirts sold by MONZANO24 that display the Yorktown Police Department's logo have been falsely advertised as a fundraiser for the department, Yorktown Police said in a post on Monday, Jan. 23.  This is a SCAM if advertised as a fundraiser for YPD. If we ever advertise any item for sale as a fundraiser (like our... Posted by Yorktown Police Department on Monday, January 23, 2023 Members of the department said that any actual fundraise…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Assault: Man Pulls Victim's Hair, Shoves Her Into Bush In Northern Westchester, Police Say Assault: Man Pulls Victim's Hair, Shoves Her Into Bush In Northern Westchester, Police Say
Assault: Man Pulls Victim's Hair, Shoves Her Into Bush In Northern Westchester, Police Say A man from Northern Westchester is facing assault charges after allegedly pushing a victim into a bush and hurting them. The incident happened in Yorktown on Tuesday, Jan. 10 around 7:30 a.m. when police responded to a home on Springhurst Street for a reported assault, according to Yorktown Police.  After arriving at the residence, police determined that 50-year-old Bedford Hills resident Michael Miller had pulled a victim by the hair and shoved her into a bush, injuring her in the process. A week later on Tuesday, Jan. 17, Miller was arrested after surrendering himself to police. He …

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Road Rage: Northern Westchester Man Brandishes Knife At Victim, Child, Police Say Road Rage: Northern Westchester Man Brandishes Knife At Victim, Child, Police Say
Road Rage: Northern Westchester Man Brandishes Knife At Victim, Child, Police Say A Northern Westchester man is in trouble after threatening a victim and their child with a butcher's knife in a road rage incident, police said.  On Saturday, Nov. 12, around 5:30 p.m., police responded to a dispute between two motorists in Yorktown by Route 202 and Stony Street, according to Yorktown Police.  After some investigation, police alleged that the suspect displayed the knife in front of the male victim and his child, threatened to kill the man, and then left the scene before authorities arrived.  On Wednesday, Nov. 16, police located the suspect, 57-year-old Denn…

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by Ben Crnic
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Northern Westchester Man Charged After Road-Rage Incident Northern Westchester Man Charged After Road-Rage Incident
Northern Westchester Man Charged After Road-Rage Incident A 51-year-old Northern Westchester man is facing charges after an alleged road-rage incident where he damaged a woman’s car, police said. At approximately 4:45 p.m. on Monday, March 28, there was a report of criminal mischief involving two drivers in Yorktown that required police intervention. According to the Yorktown Police Department, an officer met with the woman, who stated she was involved in a road-rage incident and alleged that the other involved driver exited his vehicle and punched the hood of her vehicle, leaving it with two dents to the hood. The responding officer conducted an…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Suspect Nabbed In Hit-Run Northern Westchester Crash Suspect Nabbed In Hit-Run Northern Westchester Crash
Suspect Nabbed In Hit-Run Northern Westchester Crash A suspect has been apprehended after a 40-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Northern Westchester. Demetrios Doupis, of Yorktown, was found on Route 6 in Yorktown around 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 after police received a call regarding a person lying in the roadway. A. vehicle traveling eastbound on Route 6, between Sunnyside Street and Barger Street, struck Doupis and left the scene of the crash, Yorktown PD Lt. John Delulio said. Police searching the area of the crash.Rockland Video Productions An investigation was immediately launched by the Yorktown Police Department…

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by Joe Lombardi