Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Hitting Woman In Eye In Front Of Two Children In Area, Police Say Man Accused Of Hitting Woman In Eye In Front Of Two Children In Area, Police Say
Man Accused Of Hitting Woman In Eye In Front Of Two Children In Area, Police Say A 47-year-old man was arrested for allegedly hitting a victim in the eye while two children were in the room. Ulster County resident Jarmel M. Anderson-Fialkow, of Saugerties, was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 24, after police responded to a report of a physical domestic dispute in the town of Saugerties, said Chief Joseph Sinagra. Following a police investigation, it was determined that Anderson-Fialkow had struck the victim in the left eye, causing injury, the chief said. At the time of the physical altercation, the couple’s 9-year-old child and an infant were present. …

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by Kathy Reakes
Brookfield, CT
Police & Fire
CT Man Held Woman For Days, Sexually, Physically Assaulting Her, Police Say CT Man Held Woman For Days, Sexually, Physically Assaulting Her, Police Say
CT Man Held Woman For Days, Sexually, Physically Assaulting Her, Police Say A Connecticut man has been arrested for allegedly holding a woman captive and sexually and physically assaulting her for several days. The attack came to light on Sunday, Feb. 21, when the victim came to the. Torrington Police Department to report being physically assaulted over the past several days by a man later identified as Cedric Brown, of Torrington, said the Torrington Police.  The victim sustained significant injuries from this incident, police said. The victim was immediately transported to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital via ambulance while patrol officers accompanied the vic…

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by Kathy Reakes
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
KNOW ANYTHING? Woman Assaulted, Abandoned On Roadside By NJ Men Giving Her Lift Home From Bar KNOW ANYTHING? Woman Assaulted, Abandoned On Roadside By NJ Men Giving Her Lift Home From Bar
Know Anything? Woman Assaulted, Abandoned On Roadside By NJ Men Giving Her Lift Home From Bar Authorities in Somerset County are searching for clues after a woman was assaulted by two men she paid to give her a ride. The woman was at a Plainfield bar when she met two men, who agreed to drive her to Irvington around 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 26, North Plainfield Police Lt. Edward Sinker said. During the trip, the men physically assaulted the woman, forcing her out of the vehicle on the highway and fled the scene with her cell phone, police said. Watchung police later found the woman walking on Route 22 east, they said. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Nor…

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by Valerie Musson
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark HS Basketball Coach Attacked By JV Players After Livingston Game Newark HS Basketball Coach Attacked By JV Players After Livingston Game
Newark HS Basketball Coach Attacked By JV Players After Livingston Game The Shabazz High School's junior varsity basketball team coach was brutally beaten by his own players after an away game in Livingston Tuesday in Newark. Video footage published by RLS Media shows a person on the ground outside of the Newark high school being punched and kicked by at least three team members in a nearly 25-second attack. Livingston officials said Shabazz players were engaged in "some physical confrontation among themselves" during the game. It wasn't until they returned back to Newark that the attack on the coach occurred. The coach did not appear to have suffered serious …

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by Cecilia Levine
Westport, CT
Police & Fire
Man Claims He Acted In Self-Defense In Violent Fight With Girlfriend In Westport, Police Say Man Claims He Acted In Self-Defense In Violent Fight With Girlfriend In Westport, Police Say
Man Claims He Acted In Self-Defense In Violent Fight With Girlfriend In Westport, Police Say A man who claims he acted in self-defense during a violent fight with his girlfriend in Westport has been charged, police say. Westport Police say they received a report from a woman who claimed that she had been involved in a physical altercation with her boyfriend on Saturday, Oct. 6 around 4:15 a.m. The woman stated that a verbal argument with Bartholomew (Buddy) Valiante at her home caused him to shove her, prompting her to defend herself, police say. The report further stated that a physical struggle ensued, and Valiante struck her several times in the face, pulled her hair and choked…

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by Valerie Musson
Mahopac, NY
Police & Fire
Two Officers, Residents Injured During Melee Involving Juveniles On Bikes In Poughkeepsie Two Officers, Residents Injured During Melee Involving Juveniles On Bikes In Poughkeepsie
Two Officers, Residents Injured During Melee Involving Juveniles On Bikes In Poughkeepsie Two City of Poughkeepsie police officers were injured after responding to numerous calls reporting a fight in progress and possible home invasion. The incident began around 8:55 p.m., on Friday, May 17, when 911 received numerous calls of a fight in the area of Thompson Street, said City of Poughkeepsie Capt. Richard Wilson. When police, detectives, and members of the Neighborhood Recovery Unit responded to the scene they found that numerous juveniles had fled the area all on bicycles, Wilson said. Four juveniles on bikes were located and detained at Main and Clinton st…

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by Kathy Reakes
Poughkeepsie, NY
News
Victim In Viral Video Incident Declines To Press Charges Against Bouncer Victim In Viral Video Incident Declines To Press Charges Against Bouncer
Victim In Viral Video Incident Declines To Press Charges Against Bouncer The criminal investigation into an incident at a Poughkeepsie bar that was caught on video and went viral on social media has ended after the patron who was put in a chokehold declined to press charges, police said. A police investigation was launched earlier this week, when a video of a bouncer at Milo’s Cantina on Main Street in Poughkeepsie went viral, where he is seen putting the patron - later identified as Mike Boyce - in a chokehold and kicking him. Boyce “declined to proceed with criminal charges,” police investigators said in a statement. In the video - which has more than 135,000…

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by Zak Failla