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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Yorktown, NY
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Overdose Victim Found Dead In Burning Car — Now Mohegan Lake Dealer To Spend Decades In Prison Overdose Victim Found Dead In Burning Car — Now Mohegan Lake Dealer To Spend Decades In Prison Overdose Victim Found Dead In Burning Car — Now Mohegan Lake Dealer To Spend Decades In Prison
Overdose Victim Found Dead In Burning Car — Now Mohegan Lake Dealer To Spend Decades In Prison A repeat Westchester County drug dealer will spend decades in federal prison for selling fentanyl that killed a 37-year-old man found dead in a burning car after passing out with his foot on the pedal.  Mohegan Lake resident Perry Freeman, 40, was sentenced to 292 months, or just over 24 years, in prison by US District Judge Kenneth M. Karas, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Tuesday, Aug. 4. Freeman pleaded guilty on Feb. 11, 2026, to distributing fentanyl resulting in death, conspiring to distribute crack cocaine, and possessing ammunition de…

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by Ben Crnic
Port Chester, NY
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Radioactive Material Detected For Second Time In Months In Port Chester Garbage Truck Radioactive Material Detected For Second Time In Months In Port Chester Garbage Truck Radioactive Material Detected For Second Time In Months In Port Chester Garbage Truck
Radioactive Material Detected For Second Time In Months In Port Chester Garbage Truck Officials in a Westchester County village are again urging residents not to throw radioactive materials into household garbage after another sanitation truck was forced to be taken out of service.  Port Chester village officials issued a new advisory on Tuesday, Aug. 4, this time notifying residents living near Locust Avenue that radiation detection equipment at a regional waste transfer facility identified radioactive material inside a garbage truck servicing the area. The notice marks the second such incident this summer — as Daily Voice previously reported, a sanitation truck was re…

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by Ben Crnic
Mount Vernon, NY
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Ex-MVPD Official Texted Son Instructions On Timing Before Gang Shooting: Indictment Ex-MVPD Official Texted Son Instructions On Timing Before Gang Shooting: Indictment Ex-MVPD Official Texted Son Instructions On Timing Before Gang Shooting: Indictment
Ex-mvpd Official Texted Son Instructions On Timing Before Gang Shooting: Indictment A former high-ranking police official in Westchester County accused of helping her son flee after a Bronx shooting sent him text messages directing his movements before the gunfire, according to a newly unsealed indictment. The indictment, returned by a Bronx grand jury on Friday, July 31, charges former Mount Vernon Police Deputy Commissioner of Wellness Jennifer Lackard, her son Chase Lackard, 20, and James Lackard with multiple felony offenses stemming from a shooting outside the Bronx Hall of Justice on June 29.  As Daily Voice previously reported, Jennifer Lackard was fired by the…

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by Ben Crnic
Port Chester, NY
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Port Chester Smoke Shop Shut Down After Thousands Of Cannabis, Flavored Vapes Seized: Village Port Chester Smoke Shop Shut Down After Thousands Of Cannabis, Flavored Vapes Seized: Village Port Chester Smoke Shop Shut Down After Thousands Of Cannabis, Flavored Vapes Seized: Village
Port Chester Smoke Shop Shut Down After Thousands Of Cannabis, Flavored Vapes Seized: Village A Westchester County smoke shop has been shut down after investigators seized thousands of illegal cannabis and flavored vape products, officials said.  Main St. Smoke Shop, located in Port Chester at 164 North Main St., was shut down following a joint enforcement operation conducted by the Port Chester Police Department and the New York State Office of Cannabis Management, Port Chester village officials announced on Tuesday, Aug. 4. Officials said investigators seized a large quantity of prohibited products, including 276 pre-rolled cannabis cigarettes, 35 retail packag…

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by Ben Crnic
Hyde Park, NY
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6-Time DWI Offender Admits Role In Drug-Impaired Route 9 Hyde Park Crash That Killed Man, 28 6-Time DWI Offender Admits Role In Drug-Impaired Route 9 Hyde Park Crash That Killed Man, 28 6-Time DWI Offender Admits Role In Drug-Impaired Route 9 Hyde Park Crash That Killed Man, 28
6-Time DWI Offender Admits Role In Drug-Impaired Route 9 Hyde Park Crash That Killed Man, 28 A repeat DWI offender has admitted causing a drug-impaired crash that killed a 28-year-old man on Route 9 in Dutchess County in 2025.  Richard C. Rider, 47, pleaded guilty before Dutchess County Court Judge Karen Edelman-Reyes to first-degree vehicular manslaughter and driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of drugs, the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, Aug. 4.  As Daily Voice previously reported, the charges stem from a head-on crash on Dec. 14, 2025, on Albany Post Road (Route 9) near Huyler Drive in Hyde Park.   Inves…

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by Ben Crnic
Pleasantville, NY
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Man Tries Breaking Into 3 Homes In Pleasantville, Jailed Man Tries Breaking Into 3 Homes In Pleasantville, Jailed Man Tries Breaking Into 3 Homes In Pleasantville, Jailed
Man Tries Breaking Into 3 Homes In Pleasantville, Jailed A Bronx man is accused of trying to break into three homes in a Westchester County neighborhood before officers found and arrested him following a search of nearby yards and wooded areas, police said.  The attempted break-ins happened at around 11 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28, on Heritage Drive in Pleasantville, Mount Pleasant Police Chief Paul Oliva said on Monday, Aug. 3. Police were called after a homeowner reported seeing a man trying to enter the home on a home surveillance camera. The homeowner gave officers a description of the suspect, who had fled the area before police arrived, O…

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by Ben Crnic
Southeast-Brewster, NY
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Strangling Suspect Flees Into Southeast Woods, Spends Weeks On Run Before Capture In MD: Cops Strangling Suspect Flees Into Southeast Woods, Spends Weeks On Run Before Capture In MD: Cops Strangling Suspect Flees Into Southeast Woods, Spends Weeks On Run Before Capture In MD: Cops
Strangling Suspect Flees Into Southeast Woods, Spends Weeks On Run Before Capture In MD: Cops A man accused of strangling and assaulting a woman in the Hudson Valley, NY, before fleeing into a wooded area was captured in Maryland after spending weeks on the run, authorities said.   Putnam County resident Selvin Martinez Quim, 34, of Southeast, was arrested following a multi-state investigation prompted by an incident on June 14, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday, Aug. 4.  The case began during the early morning hours on June 14, when deputies responded to a reported domestic violence incident in Southeast. According to the Sheriff's Office, deput…

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by Ben Crnic
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
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Middletown Teacher Enters Hospice After Terminal Cancer Diagnosis: Here's How To Help Family Middletown Teacher Enters Hospice After Terminal Cancer Diagnosis: Here's How To Help Family Middletown Teacher Enters Hospice After Terminal Cancer Diagnosis: Here's How To Help Family
Middletown Teacher Enters Hospice After Terminal Cancer Diagnosis: Here's How To Help Family Friends and family are rallying to support a longtime teacher in Orange County after she entered hospice care following a terminal cancer diagnosis.  Christine Gilpatrick, a school teacher at the Enlarged City School District of Middletown, was diagnosed with cancer in May, according to loved ones. She has spent the past several months receiving treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and White Plains Hospital, but her family has since learned that her illness is terminal. Her husband, Carl Gilpatrick, has arranged for hospice care so she can spend her remain…

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by Ben Crnic
Mount Vernon, NY
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Mount Vernon Police Official Was Getaway Driver In Son's Gang Shooting: Report Mount Vernon Police Official Was Getaway Driver In Son's Gang Shooting: Report Mount Vernon Police Official Was Getaway Driver In Son's Gang Shooting: Report
Mount Vernon Police Official Was Getaway Driver In Son's Gang Shooting: Report A high-ranking police official in Westchester County has been fired after being charged in an alleged Bronx gang-related shooting involving her son, city officials announced.  The City of Mount Vernon announced on Tuesday, Aug. 4, that Jennifer Lackard, who served as the department's Deputy Commissioner of Wellness, was terminated effective immediately following criminal charges filed by the Bronx County District Attorney's Office.  The New York Post reported that Lackard was arrested Tuesday morning alongside her son, Chase Lackard, 20, after prosecutors alleged he opened fire on…

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by Ben Crnic
Yonkers, NY
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Family ID's Man, 20, Killed In Shooting That Injured 4 Teens In Yonkers, Suspect Charged Family ID's Man, 20, Killed In Shooting That Injured 4 Teens In Yonkers, Suspect Charged Family ID's Man, 20, Killed In Shooting That Injured 4 Teens In Yonkers, Suspect Charged
Family ID's Man, 20, Killed In Shooting That Injured 4 Teens In Yonkers, Suspect Charged The 20-year-old man who died in a targeted shooting that also wounded four teenagers in Westchester County has been identified by his family — and the young suspect accused of killing him now faces murder charges.  Brandon Garcia, 20, was the victim of a shooting in Yonkers at around 8:43 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 2, in the area of Elm Street and Palisade Avenue, according to his loved ones.  As Daily Voice previously reported, Yonkers Police said five people were struck by gunfire. Garcia suffered a gunshot wound to the back and was pronounced dead.  Four other victims, a 1…

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