Ben Crnic

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Ben Crnic graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism & Geoscience in 2021. He has previously worked as a reporter with the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Connecticut, and has also contributed work to the Connecticut Mirror. Ben joined the Daily Voice team in October of 2022.

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Poughkeepsie, NY
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Man Accused Of Trying To Cash Fake Checks At Grocery Store In Poughkeepsie, Cops Say Man Accused Of Trying To Cash Fake Checks At Grocery Store In Poughkeepsie, Cops Say Man Accused Of Trying To Cash Fake Checks At Grocery Store In Poughkeepsie, Cops Say
Man Accused Of Trying To Cash Fake Checks At Grocery Store In Poughkeepsie, Cops Say A man was arrested in Dutchess County after police say he attempted to cash multiple fraudulent checks using fake identification, sparking a disturbance at a local grocery store.  The incident happened on Friday, Jan. 9, when officers were called to M&A Chapin Deli & Grocery at 83 Washington St. in Poughkeepsie at around 1:30 p.m. following reports of an altercation, the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department announced on Tuesday, Jan. 13.  When officers arrived, they found several people involved in a dispute. An investigation revealed that the suspect, identif…

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by Ben Crnic
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
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Correction Officer Arrested After Firing Rifle Round In Wallkill Domestic Dispute: Police Correction Officer Arrested After Firing Rifle Round In Wallkill Domestic Dispute: Police Correction Officer Arrested After Firing Rifle Round In Wallkill Domestic Dispute: Police
Correction Officer Arrested After Firing Rifle Round In Wallkill Domestic Dispute: Police A New York State correction officer was arrested after police say a rifle was fired during a domestic dispute inside an Orange County residence.  Officers were sent to a home at 46 Imperial Park Dr. at around 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 13, following a report of a domestic dispute, the Town of Wallkill Police Department announced. During the incident, investigators determined that one round was allegedly discharged from a rifle inside the home.  No injuries were reported as a result of the gunfire, police said. A search of the home led to the recovery of several firearms along wit…

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Yorktown, NY
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Burglar Steals Credit Card From Business In Yorktown, Uses It For Purchases, Police Say Burglar Steals Credit Card From Business In Yorktown, Uses It For Purchases, Police Say Burglar Steals Credit Card From Business In Yorktown, Uses It For Purchases, Police Say
Burglar Steals Credit Card From Business In Yorktown, Uses It For Purchases, Police Say A 32-year-old man has been charged after allegedly breaking into a Westchester County business, stealing a credit card, and using it to make purchases, police say. Croton-on-Hudson resident William Gambichler, 32, was charged on Thursday, Jan. 8, in connection with a late-December burglary at Filingeri Electric Co. on Lexington Avenue in Yorktown, Yorktown Police said on Tuesday, Jan. 13. Officers were called to the business on the morning of Dec. 22, where it was found that a credit card belonging to the victim had been stolen, according to police.  Detectives traced the card’s …

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by Ben Crnic
Haverstraw, NY
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Hiker Hurt In Fall Rescued From Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail In Haverstraw: Report Hiker Hurt In Fall Rescued From Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail In Haverstraw: Report Hiker Hurt In Fall Rescued From Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail In Haverstraw: Report
Hiker Hurt In Fall Rescued From Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail In Haverstraw: Report Emergency crews rescued an injured hiker who fell on a popular Rockland County trail.  Emergency personnel were called to the Suffern–Bear Mountain Trail along Breakneck Road in Haverstraw at around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 13, for reports of an injured hiker, The Monsey Scoop reported. The hiker was said to have fallen and suffered an arm injury. Responders eventually found the hiker on the trail, treated them at the scene, and rushed them to a hospital for further evaluation, according to the report.  Click here to read the full report from The Monsey Scoop.

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by Ben Crnic
Newburgh, NY
Obituaries
'Incomplete Adventures' Support Comes To Family Of NYC DEP Employee Killed In Newburgh Crash 'Incomplete Adventures' Support Comes To Family Of NYC DEP Employee Killed In Newburgh Crash 'Incomplete Adventures' Support Comes To Family Of NYC DEP Employee Killed In Newburgh Crash
'Incomplete Adventures' Support Comes To Family Of NYC DEP Employee Killed In Newburgh Crash Friends and loved ones are rallying around the family of a longtime New York City Department of Environmental Protection employee who was killed in a crash in Orange County while working the day after Christmas.  Ed Walters, 60, died in a crash on Route 9W in Newburgh on Friday morning, Dec. 26, while traveling to his job at the Hillview Reservoir, a critical component of New York City’s water supply system, as Daily Voice previously reported.  He had worked for NYC DEP since 2002 and was assigned to the agency’s Bureau of Water Supply.  Walters is remembered as a devot…

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Chester, NY
Your Community
Petition To Block Proposed ICE Detention Facility In Chester Launched By Rep. Pat Ryan Petition To Block Proposed ICE Detention Facility In Chester Launched By Rep. Pat Ryan Petition To Block Proposed ICE Detention Facility In Chester Launched By Rep. Pat Ryan
Petition To Block Proposed ICE Detention Facility In Chester Launched By Rep. Pat Ryan Opposition to a proposed federal immigration detention facility in Orange County has escalated as Congressman Pat Ryan announces the launch of a Hudson Valley-wide petition urging residents to reject the plans.  Ryan’s announcement follows reporting by The Washington Post that a vacant warehouse in the Chester Industrial Park could be used as part of a nationwide Immigration and Customs Enforcement plan to house up to 80,000 immigrants in large warehouse-style detention centers.  According to Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc., a nonprofit based in Cornwall-On-Hudson, one potentia…

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by Ben Crnic
Eastchester, NY
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Driver Saved From Wreckage After Car Rolls Over At Eastchester Intersection Driver Saved From Wreckage After Car Rolls Over At Eastchester Intersection Driver Saved From Wreckage After Car Rolls Over At Eastchester Intersection
Driver Saved From Wreckage After Car Rolls Over At Eastchester Intersection First responders rescued a driver following a rollover crash at a busy Westchester County intersection.   The crash happened at around 4:40 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 12, at the intersection of Scarsdale Avenue and Lee Avenue in the north end of Eastchester, according to the Eastchester Fire District. Responding firefighters found a vehicle overturned with a driver trapped inside.  Firefighters, working alongside the Eastchester Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Eastchester Police, safely pulled the driver from the vehicle. They were then taken to a local hospital by ambulance.  …

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by Ben Crnic
Suffern, NY
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Route 17 Reopens After Truck Rollover Spills Debris, Causes Injuries In Tuxedo (UPDATE) Route 17 Reopens After Truck Rollover Spills Debris, Causes Injuries In Tuxedo (UPDATE) Route 17 Reopens After Truck Rollover Spills Debris, Causes Injuries In Tuxedo (UPDATE)
Route 17 Reopens After Truck Rollover Spills Debris, Causes Injuries In Tuxedo (Update) This story has been updated.  Route 17 has reopened in both directions after a truck rollover spilled debris and caused minor injuries on Tuesday morning, Jan. 13.  The crash happened at around 9:30 a.m. near Warwick Brook Road in Tuxedo, where a large truck skidded across the southbound lanes, struck a red minivan and pushed it into rocks, and overturned before coming to rest on its side. This scattered debris across the roadway, according to the Town of Tuxedo Police Department and the Monsey Scoop.  Photos released by police show the truck blocking lanes with debris spread along the sho…

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Poughkeepsie, NY
Obituaries
Former Poughkeepsie Town Supervisor Dies: Remembered For Lifelong Public Service Former Poughkeepsie Town Supervisor Dies: Remembered For Lifelong Public Service Former Poughkeepsie Town Supervisor Dies: Remembered For Lifelong Public Service
Former Poughkeepsie Town Supervisor Dies: Remembered For Lifelong Public Service A former Dutchess County town supervisor whose career spanned public service, education, and decades of professional leadership is being remembered following his death.   The death of former Town of Poughkeepsie Supervisor Joseph Davis was announced on Monday, Jan. 13, by New York State Sen. Rob Rolison.  Davis served as Town of Poughkeepsie supervisor from 2002 to 2005, overseeing day-to-day municipal operations, helping manage town departments, and playing a key role in formulating annual budgets and setting policy as part of the Town Board.  After leav…

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by Ben Crnic
Montgomery-Walden, NY
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Man Shoots Victim, Climbs On His Car, Fires Again In Walden: Here's His Sentence Man Shoots Victim, Climbs On His Car, Fires Again In Walden: Here's His Sentence Man Shoots Victim, Climbs On His Car, Fires Again In Walden: Here's His Sentence
Man Shoots Victim, Climbs On His Car, Fires Again In Walden: Here's His Sentence A 56-year-old man who admitted shooting another man twice during a violent confrontation in Orange County nearly half a decade ago will serve a lengthy state prison term, prosecutors announced.  Pine Bush resident Wilfredo Crespo, 56, was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 9, to 15 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision after pleading guilty to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler said on Monday, Jan. 12. As previously reported by Daily Voice, the charges stem from a Christmas Eve shooting on Dec. 24, 20…

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