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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Middletown-Wallkill, NY
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2-Alarm Blaze Leaves Middletown Home Charred, Melts Bed 2-Alarm Blaze Leaves Middletown Home Charred, Melts Bed 2-Alarm Blaze Leaves Middletown Home Charred, Melts Bed
2-Alarm Blaze Leaves Middletown Home Charred, Melts Bed An afternoon fire left significant damage inside an Orange County home after flames tore through a bedroom and other parts of the structure.  Firefighters were dispatched around midday on Sunday, Dec. 7, to 127 Academy Ave. in Middletown for a reported structure fire, according to the city's fire department. Upon arrival, crews confirmed heavy smoke and fire conditions and immediately transmitted a second alarm, the department said.  Mutual aid was called to assist, including the Slate Hill FASTeam on scene, while Pocatello Fire Department, Howells Fire Department, and Mechanicst…

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Port Chester, NY
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Fake Parking Notices Spread In Port Chester, Prompt Investigation Fake Parking Notices Spread In Port Chester, Prompt Investigation Fake Parking Notices Spread In Port Chester, Prompt Investigation
Fake Parking Notices Spread In Port Chester, Prompt Investigation Residents in a Westchester County village woke up to find alarming parking notices placed on cars across several neighborhoods — but officials say the warnings are completely fake.  According to the Village of Port Chester, the notices falsely claim that a new overnight parking policy will take effect on Monday, Dec. 8, and also threaten fines of $100 to $150 and possible vehicle impoundment for cars not registered within a two-block radius of where they are parked.  The notices, written in both English and Spanish and stamped with what appears to be an unofficial logo, state: “I…

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Piermont-Palisades, NY
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Driver Critical After 4-Vehicle Crash At Orangetown Intersection Driver Critical After 4-Vehicle Crash At Orangetown Intersection Driver Critical After 4-Vehicle Crash At Orangetown Intersection
Driver Critical After 4-Vehicle Crash At Orangetown Intersection A four-vehicle crash in Rockland County sent two people to the hospital, including one driver who remains in critical condition, police said. The collision happened around 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4, at the intersection of Clausland Mountain Road and Tweed Boulevard in Upper Grandview, the Orangetown Police Department said. Police said a 61-year-old Pearl River man driving a 2022 Dodge Ram 1500 was traveling east on Tweed Blvd. when he attempted to make a right turn at the intersection. During the turn, his vehicle struck three northbound vehicles on Clausland Mountain Road.  South…

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Stony Point, NY
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2 Arrests Made In String Of Vehicle Break-Ins In Same Stony Point Neighborhood: Police 2 Arrests Made In String Of Vehicle Break-Ins In Same Stony Point Neighborhood: Police 2 Arrests Made In String Of Vehicle Break-Ins In Same Stony Point Neighborhood: Police
2 Arrests Made In String Of Vehicle Break-Ins In Same Stony Point Neighborhood: Police Two people have been arrested in connection with a series of vehicle break-ins that hit a Rockland County neighborhood, police announced.   The arrests of both 37-year-old Wellington Remigio of Haverstraw and 34-year-old Elizabeth Martello of Tomkins Cove in connection with vehicle break-ins in a neighborhood off South Liberty Drive were announced by the Stony Point Police Department on Saturday, Dec. 6.  According to the department, officers first began receiving calls around 6:15 a.m. on Nov. 25 reporting several thefts from vehicles in a residential area off South Lib…

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Newburgh, NY
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Man Punches, Stabs Victim As They Try Running Away In Newburgh: Here's His Fate Man Punches, Stabs Victim As They Try Running Away In Newburgh: Here's His Fate Man Punches, Stabs Victim As They Try Running Away In Newburgh: Here's His Fate
Man Punches, Stabs Victim As They Try Running Away In Newburgh: Here's His Fate An Ulster County man will spend years in prison for assaulting and stabbing a man on a street in Orange County earlier this year, prosecutors said. Marlboro resident Marvin Hampton, 26, was sentenced on Wednesday, Dec. 3 to six years in state prison, followed by three years of post-release supervision, after previously pleading guilty to second-degree assault in connection with a March stabbing in Newburgh, Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced on Friday, Dec. 5. According to court documents and statements made in court, the incident happened around 4:30 a.m. on March 1…

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Sachem, NY
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Alert Issued for Missing Holbrook Man With Bipolar Schizophrenia Alert Issued for Missing Holbrook Man With Bipolar Schizophrenia Alert Issued for Missing Holbrook Man With Bipolar Schizophrenia
Alert Issued for Missing Holbrook Man With Bipolar Schizophrenia Suffolk County Police have issued a Silver Alert as they search for a missing Long Island man who left his home and has not been seen since.  According to police, 71-year-old Ricci Esposito of Holbrook, who suffers from bipolar schizophrenia, walked away from his residence at 1298 Coates Ave. sometime between 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4.  Esposito is described as white, 6-foot-3, about 200 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Police said he walks with a limp. At the time he went missing, he was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, burgundy thermal shirt, blue jeans, …

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Cortlandt, NY
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NYSP Investigator Gets DWI Charge After Hit-Run Crash In Cortlandt, Police Say NYSP Investigator Gets DWI Charge After Hit-Run Crash In Cortlandt, Police Say NYSP Investigator Gets DWI Charge After Hit-Run Crash In Cortlandt, Police Say
Nysp Investigator Gets DWI Charge After Hit-Run Crash In Cortlandt, Police Say A New York State Police investigator who resides in Putnam County is facing DWI charges after allegedly leaving the scene of a crash in Northern Westchester, authorities said.  Investigator Richard A. Miller, 51, of Putnam Valley, was arrested in connection with an incident on Thursday evening, Dec. 4, that happened in Cortlandt, New York State Police announced on Friday, Dec. 5. According to police, troopers responded to Hudson Valley Hospital just after 8 p.m. on Friday after receiving a report of a hit-and-run that had occurred near East Main Street. Investigators then det…

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Monticello-Rock Hill, NY
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Man Fatally Struck By Off-Duty Officer In Monticello: NY AG Now Investigating Man Fatally Struck By Off-Duty Officer In Monticello: NY AG Now Investigating Man Fatally Struck By Off-Duty Officer In Monticello: NY AG Now Investigating
Man Fatally Struck By Off-Duty Officer In Monticello: NY AG Now Investigating The New York State Attorney General's Office has launched an investigation into the death of a man who was fatally struck by an off-duty police officer in Sullivan County. The crash happened in Monticello at around 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 25, near Pleasant Street and High Street, according to the Attorney General's Office, which announced its investigation on Friday, Dec. 5. Investigators said a man was crossing the street when he was hit by an off-duty Monticello Village Police Department officer driving his personal vehicle.  The victim was taken to a local hospital, where he died d…

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Suffern, NY
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Firefighter Injured By Hose While Battling Cabin Blaze In Montebello Firefighter Injured By Hose While Battling Cabin Blaze In Montebello Firefighter Injured By Hose While Battling Cabin Blaze In Montebello
Firefighter Injured By Hose While Battling Cabin Blaze In Montebello A late-night fire in Rockland County drew a large emergency response after flames tore through a cabin attached to a home.  The fire was reported around 9:30 p.m. on Marget Ann Lane in Montebello and involved a structure fire with possible transformer damage and live wires down, The Monsey Scoop reported. Firefighters arrived to find the cabin burning while energized wires lay across the property. Crews quickly worked to knock down the flames, stopping the fire before it could spread to the main residence, the outlet reported. According to the outlet, several pairs of Jewish religious…

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Albany, NY
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NY Woman Accused Of Smuggling Migrants Across US/Canada Border Indicted: Feds NY Woman Accused Of Smuggling Migrants Across US/Canada Border Indicted: Feds NY Woman Accused Of Smuggling Migrants Across US/Canada Border Indicted: Feds
NY Woman Accused Of Smuggling Migrants Across US/Canada Border Indicted: Feds A New York woman is facing federal charges for what prosecutors describe as an ongoing role in an international human-smuggling operation that moved migrants, primarily from India, across the US–Canadian border.  Plattsburgh resident Stacey Taylor, 42, was arraigned Monday, Dec. 1, after a federal grand jury in Albany returned an indictment on Oct. 2 charging her with conspiring to engage in alien smuggling and four counts of alien smuggling for profit, the US Department of Justice announced on Friday, Dec. 5. Three of those counts are designated as second or subsequent offenses, …

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