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Pleasantville police will most likely be wearing body cams by 2024 after the Village Board authorized Chief Erik Grutzner last week to accept a $20,000 state grant. The grant, from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, will
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A New York State trooper was arrested and charged Jan. 31 with issuing more than 30 falsified traffic tickets and supporting depositions to multiple individuals, who were never subjected to a traffic stop, while patrolling the Sprain Brook and Taconic
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Football fans planning to party Super Bowl weekend should think twice about getting behind the wheel if drinking will be involved and they will be traveling on Putnam County roadways. Putnam County Sheriff Kevin McConville, Carmel Police Department Chief Anthony
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Westchester County Police have arrested Israel Cazanga, 63, of Moore Avenue in connection with last week’s hit-and-run incident in Mount Kisco that resulted in serious injuries to a pedestrian. Cazanga was taken into custody Tuesday following an investigation conducted by
Read moreTwo City of Beacon residents were arrested by Putnam County Sheriff’s deputies following an investigation into a domestic violence incident in the Town of Philipstown. According to Putnam County Sheriff Kevin McConville, on Jan. 26 at about 11:50 p.m., deputies
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A hole found in the top of a crankcase may have caused the Jan. 19 small plane crash that killed two men less than two miles short of Westchester County Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary
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Three men were charged last week in connection with the Jan. 29 murder of a 35-year-old Peekskill resident. At approximately 4:15 p.m. on Jan. 29, Peekskill police officers responded to the 100 block of Spring St. on 911 calls of
Read moreA White Plains doctor was sentenced Thursday in Manhattan Federal Court to four years in prison for prescribing addictive narcotics for patients with no medical purpose. Marc Laruelle, 65, a licensed doctor specializing in psychiatry, was also ordered by Federal
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The bodies of a man and woman were found Monday in a dilapidated Yorktown home where 150 cats were discovered living in filthy conditions. Yorktown Police were asked by a family member to do a welfare check Jan. 30 at
Read moreA pedestrian was seriously injured in a hit-and-run incident Monday night night at the intersection of Main and Boltis streets in Mount Kisco. A dark-colored SUV turned left from Main Street onto Boltis Street and struck the pedestrian before fleeing
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