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Sex Trafficked Teen Was Drugged Kept On Long Island Yacht For Days, Dad Says After Arrest Made Sex Trafficked Teen Was Drugged Kept On Long Island Yacht For Days, Dad Says After Arrest Made
Sex Trafficked Teen Was Drugged Kept On Long Island Yacht For Days, Dad Says After Arrest Made An arrest has been made days after 14-year-old Emmarae Gervasi was rescued from a Long Island yacht after nearly a month missing, according to her father, who made the rescue, and local police. Emmarae "Emma" Gervasi was last seen on Terrell Street in Patchogue around 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9. Her father, Frank Gervasi, found her on a boat named The Phoenix on Jan. 3, 26 days after her disappearance, thanks to an anonymous tip, he tells Daily Voice. “The phone call I received was that she was on a boat in Islip, which I didn’t want to believe at the time,” he said in a video shared to Faceb…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Wanted Man Apprehended For Menacing After Manhunt In Hudson Valley Wanted Man Apprehended For Menacing After Manhunt In Hudson Valley
Wanted Man Apprehended For Menacing After Manhunt In Hudson Valley Police in the Hudson Valley have apprehended a man wanted for menacing his girlfriend with a shotgun following a multi-agency manhunt throughout the region. In Rockland County, the Ramapo Police Department enlisted the aid of law enforcement agencies in Westchester on Wednesday, April 20, as they attempted to serve an arrest warrant for a man wanted for a domestic incident reportedly involving a shotgun. According to police, the suspect, John Larywon, age 29, menaced his girlfriend with a shotgun in Rockland on Wednesday before reportedly fleeing to his mother’s home in the BelleFair neighb…

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by Zak Failla
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'It Was A Hoax': SWAT Teams, Helicopters Respond After 911 Call Of Shots Fired In Westchester 'It Was A Hoax': SWAT Teams, Helicopters Respond After 911 Call Of Shots Fired In Westchester
'It Was A Hoax': SWAT Teams, Helicopters Respond After 911 Call Of Shots Fired In Westchester A hoax "swatting" call to police regarding shots fired at an area home sent a massive law enforcement response including SWAT teams and helicopters. The incident took place in Westchester County around 5:52 p.m., Tuesday, May 19, when the village of Dobbs Ferry Police received a 911 call. "We had initially heard that someone could have been shot so the police had to treat this very seriously," Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner said. "It was a hoax." The called told police there had been shots fired at a home on Myrtle Avenue, said Dobbs Ferry Police Chief Manuel Guevara. Members…

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by Kathy Reakes