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$2.5B 2025 Budget Signed In Westchester: Here's Where Funding Will Go $2.5B 2025 Budget Signed In Westchester: Here's Where Funding Will Go $2.5B 2025 Budget Signed In Westchester: Here's Where Funding Will Go
$2.5B 2025 Budget Signed In Westchester: Here's Where Funding Will Go Westchester County's 2025 budget, which avoids a tax levy increase, has been officially signed into law.  The $2.5 billion 2025 Westchester operating budget was signed by County Executive George Latimer, officials announced on Wednesday, Dec. 11. The new budget is the seventh and last to be signed by Latimer, who will resign from his position on Thursday, Jan. 2 to serve in Congress representing New York’s 16th Congressional District.  According to Latimer, the budget proposal maintains the same tax levy as the 2024 budget, making it the sixth consecutive year without an inc…
Woman Dies After Less Than 24 Hours In Allegheny County Jail: Officials Woman Dies After Less Than 24 Hours In Allegheny County Jail: Officials Woman Dies After Less Than 24 Hours In Allegheny County Jail: Officials
Woman Dies After Less Than 24 Hours In Allegheny County Jail: Officials A woman who had only been in the Allegheny County Jail for one day has died, officials announced on Saturday, Sept. 14.  The unidentified 53-year-old woman passed away following a "medicinal incident" less than 24 hours after entering the jail, Acting Warden Shane T. Dady said.   The woman was still in the Allegheny County Jail intake department when she passed. She was brought in on a felony possession charge on Friday, Sept. 13. A "medical emergency" was called in the department at approximately 7:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 14. "Jail healthcare staff attempted lifesavin…
Drunken NY Man Pulls Gun On Worker After Being Kicked Out Of Arlington Business: Police Drunken NY Man Pulls Gun On Worker After Being Kicked Out Of Arlington Business: Police Drunken NY Man Pulls Gun On Worker After Being Kicked Out Of Arlington Business: Police
Drunken NY Man Pulls Gun On Worker After Being Kicked Out Of Arlington Business: Police A 43-year-old New York man kicked out of a Virginia business was arrested for returning to the scene and flashing a gun at an employee, authorities said. Dean Campbell, of Elmont in Nassau County, got the boot from a business on the 3100 block of Wilson Boulevard due to disorderly behavior in Arlington just before 1 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, county police said. Campbell returned shortly after and began arguing outside the business, at which point he brandished a firearm and advanced towards an employee, "making physical contact," with them, police said. Campbell then fled on foot. Responding o…
Disorderly Trespasser Shoves Officer During Pursuit In Arlington: Police Disorderly Trespasser Shoves Officer During Pursuit In Arlington: Police Disorderly Trespasser Shoves Officer During Pursuit In Arlington: Police
Disorderly Trespasser Shoves Officer During Pursuit In Arlington: Police A 34-year-old man tried to hit a security guard and shoved an arresting officer during a pursuit in Arlington, police said. Emmanuel Toefield was acting disorderly inside of a business on the 4200 block of Wilson Boulevard around 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, county police said. Security personnel told him he needed to leave, but Toefield returned a short time later and tried to strike the guard, authorities said. Before leaving the scene on foot, security called police and responding officers found Toefield and tried to detain him.  Toefield was non-compliant and tried to flee aga…
Police ID Ex-Boyfriend Dead By Suicide After Hours-Long Standoff With GF In Maryland Police ID Ex-Boyfriend Dead By Suicide After Hours-Long Standoff With GF In Maryland Police ID Ex-Boyfriend Dead By Suicide After Hours-Long Standoff With GF In Maryland
Police ID Ex-Boyfriend Dead By Suicide After Hours-Long Standoff With GF In Maryland Police have identified the 59-year-old suspect who died by suicide in an hours-long standoff in Anne Arundel County over the weekend. Officers responded to the 1800 block of Blue Jay Court in Severn around 10:20 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, after a woman called police saying her ex-boyfriend, Kenneth Saulsbury, had shot her and he was still inside the home, county police said. After attempts to contact Saulsbury failed, officers went into the home and found the him dead, with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The 55-year-old female victim was transported to an area hospital for treatment…
K9 Officer Finds Missing Man In Freezing Temperatures In Peekskill K9 Officer Finds Missing Man In Freezing Temperatures In Peekskill K9 Officer Finds Missing Man In Freezing Temperatures In Peekskill
K9 Officer Finds Missing Man In Freezing Temperatures In Peekskill Tragedy was avoided when a K9 officer was able to track down an elderly man who went missing in Northern Westchester in freezing conditions.  On Saturday, Dec. 24, around 1:45 a.m., police in Peekskill received a call from a man who said his 75-year-old father with Parkinson’s Disease and possible early stages of dementia had wandered from his home at the Society Hill II complex.  The man also reported that his father had last been seen hours earlier and was only wearing slippers, jeans, and a sweatshirt, which left him vulnerable to the freezing temperatures that hovere…
Bomb Threat Clears Chester County High School Bomb Threat Clears Chester County High School Bomb Threat Clears Chester County High School
Bomb Threat Clears Chester County High School Students were sent home early from a Chester County high school Thursday, Nov. 3 after administrators received a bomb threat, according to authorities.  Kennett High School in Kennett Square Township received the warning at about 9:30 a.m., officials said. School staff evacuated students while township and county police swept the building with K9 units, they added. Students were put on buses and sent home by noon after the school was cleared, police said.  The incident remains under investigation. To submit a tip, visit safe2saypa.org, 
Shooting Breaks Out During Flag Football Game At VA Middle School: Report Shooting Breaks Out During Flag Football Game At VA Middle School: Report Shooting Breaks Out During Flag Football Game At VA Middle School: Report
Shooting Breaks Out During Flag Football Game At VA Middle School: Report Two men were shot near a middle school reportedly during a flag football early Sunday, May 1 in Prince William County, according to authorities and local news reports. Gunfire broke out around 10:15 a.m. near Benton Middle School, during the youth flag football game, according to county police and NBC Washington. The suspect was described as a black male, with a medium complexion, between 5’6”-5’10” and a thin build.  The scene was secured and the victims were hospitalized with injuries. their condition was not immediately known.
Trio Nabbed For Drag Racing In Westchester After Chase Ends With BMW Crashing Into Cruiser Trio Nabbed For Drag Racing In Westchester After Chase Ends With BMW Crashing Into Cruiser Trio Nabbed For Drag Racing In Westchester After Chase Ends With BMW Crashing Into Cruiser
Trio Nabbed For Drag Racing In Westchester After Chase Ends With BMW Crashing Into Cruiser Three men were arrested and a loaded handgun was seized after Westchester County Police interrupted an illegal speed contest Monday, Oct. 19, on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers. At 2:25 a.m. Monday, a patrol sergeant observed two vehicles racing northbound on the Saw Mill near McLean Avenue.  The sergeant attempted to stop one of the vehicles, a blue BMW, near Yonkers Avenue, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police. The BMW fled on to westbound Yonkers Avenue, where it was involved in a minor collision with another responding County Police patrol vehicle…
Driver Who Fled On Foot After Taconic Parkway Crash Remains On Loose Driver Who Fled On Foot After Taconic Parkway Crash Remains On Loose Driver Who Fled On Foot After Taconic Parkway Crash Remains On Loose
Driver Who Fled On Foot After Taconic Parkway Crash Remains On Loose A suspect remains on the loose after fleeing the scene of a mid-day crash near the Taconic State Parkway in Westchester over the weekend. Investigators are attempting to track down a driver who struck a second car at approximately 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoon on Underhill Avenue near the on-ramp of the parkway and took off, prompting an investigation by local, state and county police. One driver involved in the crash was treated for minor injuries. Police utilized a canine unit during their canvas of the scene following the crash, but the driver remains on the loose The investigation is on…