A decorated Vietnam veteran from Mahopac was recently awarded a New York State Liberty Medal from Senator Pete Harckham (D/Mt. Kisco) at a Veterans Advisory Council meeting in Yorktown. John Fratangelo, who last year was inducted in the New
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo A Mahopac man was charged last week as one of the individuals that stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6 and unlawfully entered the building. Anthony Vuksanaj, 52, was arrested by the FBI on
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo Putnam County District Attorney Robert V. Tendy announced Monday the conviction and sentencing of Heather Genevieve Licari for Attempted Assault in the First Degree, a class C violent felony offense. Licari, who was remanded without bail to
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo A longtime member of the Peekskill Police Department was appointed the new chief of the police force last week. Leo Dylewski, who joined Peekskill Police in August 2020, replaces Don Halmy, who announced last month he was
Read MoreNew York Attorney General Letitia James and New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Dermot Shea last week announced the indictment of 10 members of an auto theft and distribution operation for their roles in the theft and/or criminal possession of
Read MoreMembers of several Putnam County law enforcement agencies successfully convinced a Mahopac resident to emerge from their house Friday afternoon after police were alerted that a person was experiencing a mental breakdown. Carmel police were called at 10:51 a.m. to
Read MoreA Putnam Valley man fatally shot himself Thursday following a standoff with police. According to Putnam County Sheriff Robert Langley, Jr., a Town of Kent ambulance and an EmStar medic were dispatched to Pudding St. about a 10:25 a.m. on
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo Following a three-week trial, a jury has found a Peekskill man guilty of fatally shooting a Mohegan Lake man in 2020. On September 10, Michael Jenkins, 22, was found guilty of murdering Emmanuel Jordan, 27, on Paulding
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo A former Forever 21 employee pled guilty last week to secretly recording women in dressing rooms at the Cross County Center in Yonkers. Heriberto Polanco, 27, of the Bronx, pled guilty on September 14 to three counts
Read MoreA Peekskill man who fatally stabbed a Peekskill High School student in March 2020 and later attacked another prisoner at Westchester County Jail was sentenced September 2 to 20 years in state prison. Jahliv Niles, 20, also received five years
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