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15 Displaced After Two-Alarm Fire Tears Through Hudson Valley Apartment Building
Around 15 people were displaced over Memorial Day weekend after a two-alarm fire tore through a Westchester apartment complex, fire officials said. The blaze broke out shortly before 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 25, at the Bari Manor Complex in Croton-on-Hudson, located off Old Post Road South, according to the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department. Multiple calls to Westchester County Fire Control reported smoke and flames coming from the building. On arrival, firefighters confirmed the presence of smoke, prompting an immediate response from Croton fire units and several mutual aid departm…
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Man Who Torched Car With ‘Napalm’ Outside US Capitol During Carter Memorial Dodges Prison
A Virginia man who torched his car with homemade “napalm” outside the US Capitol during President Jimmy Carter’s memorial will avoid prison time, federal officials said. Adrian J. Hinton, 36, of Lorton, was sentenced to one year of supervised release and 125 hours of community service for setting his vehicle on fire near the Capitol, according to the US Attorney’s Office in DC. Hinton pleaded guilty in January to one count of destruction of government property. The incident took place shortly before 5 p.m. on Jan. 8, when Carter's body was lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda. …
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Update: 2 Killed, 8 Injured After Small Plane Originating From East Coast Crashes In San Diego
Two people were killed and eight injured after a private plane that departed from the East Coast crashed into a military housing neighborhood in California, causing fires to break out at several residences. Click here for a new, updated story: Music Exec, Drummer ID'd As Victims After Small Plane From East Coast Crashes Into Neighborhood The incident happened around 3:45 a.m. West Coast time on Thursday, May 22, in San Diego's Murphy Canyon neighborhood, near Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). NBC New York reports that the pla…
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Van Engulfed In Flames In Somers: Crews Use Foam After Fuel Tank Rupture
A fiery van blaze in Westchester kept firefighters busy for hours after the vehicle caught fire near a residential community. The fire began at around 10 a.m. on Monday, May 19, when Somers firefighters responded to reports of a motor vehicle fire in the area of Heritage Hills and Lovell Street, the Somers Volunteer Fire Department announced on Tuesday night, May 20. Upon arrival, first responders found a minivan fully engulfed in flames. According to the department, more crews quickly arrived and deployed a hose line to bring the fire under control. The fire intensified after …
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Hotel Crack Lab: Feds Nab Man After Fire Leads To Drug Bust At Hudson Valley Marriott (
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The man allegedly behind a suspicious hotel room fire that uncovered a clandestine drug lab in New York is now facing federal charges, prosecutors said. Pedro Marte, age 47, of New York City, was presented in White Plains federal court and charged with two counts of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, including cocaine and fentanyl, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Thursday, May 15. Federal prosecutors say Marte used a room at the Residence Inn by Marriott at 35 LeCount Pl. in the Westchester County city of New R…
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Firefighter Hospitalized After Early Morning Blaze Destroys Hudson Valley Home
A firefighter was hospitalized after battling a stubborn house fire in Dutchess County that broke out early in the morning. Crews from the Roosevelt Fire District and Hillside Fire District, along with NDP EMS, were dispatched at 5:14 a.m. on Thursday, May 15, to a reported structure fire at 9 Mountain View Ave. in Hyde Park, the Roosevelt Fire District announced on Thursday evening. Arriving crews found heavy flames coming from the windows of the first and second floors. A second alarm was soon sounded, firefighters said. Although the bulk of the fire was knocked down wi…
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IDs Released Of Victims In Quadruple-Fatal Taconic Parkway Crash In Hudson Valley (
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Police have released the names of the four people killed in a devastating two-vehicle crash on the Taconic State Parkway in New York that claimed the life of beloved football coach and teacher Robert Violante, as well as three New Jersey men. The crash occurred on Wednesday, May 14, at around 4:46 p.m., near mile marker 9.2 in the Westchester County town of New Castle, as Daily Voice previously reported. According to a preliminary investigation, a 2014 Ram ProMaster van driven by a 50-year-old Long Branch, NJ resident was driving southbound when it crossed the center median into the nor…
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4 Dead In Fiery Crash On Major NY Highway: State Police
Four people are dead following a fiery two-car crash on the Taconic State Parkway in Westchester County, state police said. Terrible crash tonight on the Taconic in Westchester County. Waiting confirmation of basic details from NYSP. 📸 CREDIT: Mike Harrington pic.twitter.com/8sJ7imtZVu — Tony Aiello (@AielloTV) May 14, 2025 A Sprinter van traveling south crossed the center median and entered the northbound lanes, where it struck a Honda sedan that was driving in the passing lane at approximately 5 p.m. near milepost 9.2 in New Castle, New York State Police said. The impact caused the …
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'Evil Took Her:' Mom Killed In Home Explosion Murder-Suicide On Mother's Day In NJ Identified
The woman killed in a Mother’s Day murder-suicide home explosion in South Jersey has been identified by loved ones as Michelle Whiting, a devoted mother of three remembered as “full of life” and “the rock” of her family. According to a GoFundMe launched by family friend Tammy Ventura, Whiting died unexpectedly on Mother’s Day. “It wasn’t her time to go,” Ventura wrote. “There is a criminal investigation being done… but the ending will not change.” Whiting leaves behind three children—Gavin, Dakota, and Summer. “Her kids were her world!!! Dakota & Summer are in HS, this being Dakota's gr…
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Triple Fatal: Standout Athlete Among 20-Year-Olds Killed In Fiery NY Crash
A former high school football star and college athlete was among three young men killed in a fiery Mother’s Day car crash on Long Island. Vincent Cavaliere, of Bethpage, died alongside Gino Vicale, of Seaford; and Nicholas Rivera, of Glendale in the single-vehicle wreck in Bethpage, Nassau County Police said. All three men were 20 years old. The horrific wreck happened around 1 a.m. Sunday, May 11, when a 2022 Dodge Durango traveling east on Stymus Avenue near Carol Drive left the roadway and slammed into a tree, as Daily Voice reported. The SUV then burst into flames. Firefighters from th…
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Freshman Arsonist Set Numerous Fires At NY College Dorm While Classmates Slept, Police Say
A 19-year-old student is accused of intentionally setting numerous fires at a New York college dorm as his classmates slept. Joshua Thomas, of Saratoga County, was arraigned on arson charges in Albany County Court on Wednesday, May 7, a spokesperson for the DA’s office told Daily Voice. An investigation found that Thomas–a freshman at Siena College in Loudonville–poured rubbing alcohol on the ground and used a lighter to start a fire outside a dorm room in Hines Hall just after 3 a.m. on Friday, April 25, prosecutors said. At the time, two female students were asleep inside. Thomas then w…
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Lithium Battery Fire Sparks Early Morning Scare At Metro-North Facility In Hudson Valley
An early morning fire at the Metro-North Croton-Harmon Yards prompted a quick response from firefighters after smoke was reported inside one of the buildings. Just before 4 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, Croton-on-Hudson firefighters were called to the train yard for reports of smoke inside a building, according to the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department. Crews arrived and found a confirmed smoke condition and a battery charger on fire. Firefighters quickly located the source, identified as a charging station for a power tool's lithium-ion battery. The battery and charger were badly scorched…
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