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Elmsford, NY

Sleeping Putnam Man In Plow Blocks I-287 Ramp, Found Nearly 3 Times Over Legal Limit: NYSP Sleeping Putnam Man In Plow Blocks I-287 Ramp, Found Nearly 3 Times Over Legal Limit: NYSP
Sleeping Putnam Man In Plow Blocks I-287 Ramp, Found Nearly 3 Times Over Legal Limit: Nysp A Putnam County man was nabbed on DWI charges after being found asleep in an idling tractor with a plow, blocking an exit ramp on Interstate 287 in Westchester, police said.  The arrest resulted from an incident on Saturday, Feb. 15 at just before 6:30 p.m., when police found a man sleeping inside a tractor with a plow that was blocking the I-287 Eastbound Exit 3 ramp leading to Sprain Brook Parkway in Elmsford, New York State Police announced on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Upon arrival, troopers found the red 2024 Yanmar tractor running, obstructing the roadway. The driver, later identifie…
$11.2M Loan Fraud Scheme: Nurse Practitioner From Hudson Valley Stole Doctors' Identities $11.2M Loan Fraud Scheme: Nurse Practitioner From Hudson Valley Stole Doctors' Identities
$11.2M Loan Fraud Scheme: Nurse Practitioner From Hudson Valley Stole Doctors' Identities A nurse practitioner from Westchester County who stole the identities of over a dozen doctors and orchestrated a multi-million dollar disability loan fraud scheme will spend years in prison, federal prosecutors announced. Catherine Seemer, age 44, of Elmsford, was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday, Feb. 5, after pleading guilty to defrauding federal disability loan programs of more than $11.2 million, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. From June 2017 through March 2022, Seemer ran a scheme that falsely claimed student loan borrowers wer…
Firefighter Dies Months After Son Killed In Putnam Valley Crash: 'Your Work Here Is Done' Firefighter Dies Months After Son Killed In Putnam Valley Crash: 'Your Work Here Is Done'
Firefighter Dies Months After Son Killed In Putnam Valley Crash: 'Your Work Here Is Done' White Plains is mourning the loss of retired firefighter James Patrick "Paddy" Fitzgerald, who died on Tuesday, Jan. 28, just two months after the tragic death of his son, Michael Fitzgerald, in a car crash.  Fitzgerald, a longtime Elmsford resident who was 81, served with distinction in the White Plains Fire Department, where he was stationed at Stations 1 and 2 and earned a Meritorious Service Award for saving a woman and child from a burning building in Yonkers while off duty, according to his obituary.  His commitment to public service extended beyond his firefighting career, …