Mount Vernon, NY
Police & Fire
Mount Vernon Man Drove Drunk New Year's Eve On NYC Bridge, Police Say Mount Vernon Man Drove Drunk New Year's Eve On NYC Bridge, Police Say
Mount Vernon Man Drove Drunk New Year's Eve On NYC Bridge, Police Say A man from Westchester County is charged with driving drunk on a bridge in New York City on New Year's Eve, police said.  On Saturday, Dec. 31, around 12:40 a.m., police pulled over a 2020 Dodge Durango that had violated traffic laws in the area of the Henry Hudson Parkway Bridge in the Bronx, state police announced on Tuesday, Jan. 3.  The driver, identified as Mount Vernon resident George Greenaway, age 47, was then arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated.  Greenaway was then taken to Manhattan Central Booking, police said. 

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by Ben Crnic
Brentwood, NY
News
Culprit In $94K Theft From Luxury Long Island Store Sentenced Culprit In $94K Theft From Luxury Long Island Store Sentenced
Culprit In $94K Theft From Luxury Long Island Store Sentenced A 28-year-old man will spend years in prison for helping to steal thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from a luxury store on Long Island. Ali Harris, of Newark, New Jersey, was sentenced to three to nine years in prison in Suffolk County Court on Friday, Dec. 16, after pleading guilty to second-degree grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, both felonies. Prosecutors said Harris admitted to working with four others to target a Balenciaga store in East Hampton in March 2022. Surveillance footage showed a woman wearing a pink ski mask and glasses enter the store at ar…

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by Michael Mashburn
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Road Rage Driver Shoots, Rear-Ends Victims On Route 1&9: Police Road Rage Driver Shoots, Rear-Ends Victims On Route 1&9: Police
Road Rage Driver Shoots, Rear-Ends Victims On Route 1&9: Police Police in Hudson County were searching for a road rage driver who rear-ended another vehicle and then fired two shots into the windshield over the weekend. The victim, a 27-year-old Rahway man, told Kearny police he had a 29-year-old passenger in his BMW 335, and were in front of a white Dodge Durango had been behind  in traffic on Truck Route 1&9 south near Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City around 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, local police said. The driver of the Durango apparently flashed his high beams repeatedly at the victim’s vehicle and then struck the victim’s BMW from behind. …

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by Cecilia Levine
Bethlehem, PA
Police & Fire
Easton Motorcyclist, 32, Killed In Head-On Crash With SUV Easton Motorcyclist, 32, Killed In Head-On Crash With SUV
Easton Motorcyclist, 32, Killed In Head-On Crash With SUV A 32-year-old Easton motorcyclist was killed in a crash with an SUV last week, authorities said. A Dodge Durango was turning left from Route 611 North onto Browns Drive in Williams Township around 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, Pennsylvania State Police said. The SUV crossed into the oncoming lane and hit Benjamin Blampied head-on in the southbound lane, police said.  Blampied, who was wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead, authorities said.

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by Cecilia Levine
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
News
SUVs Collide, Topple Traffic Light In Midland Park SUVs Collide, Topple Traffic Light In Midland Park
SUVs Collide, Topple Traffic Light In Midland Park A driver was hospitalized after two SUVs collided at a Midland Park intersection, taking out a traffic light in the process. A Chevy Tahoe slammed into the light pole in the collision with a Dodge Durango at the corner of Erie and Franklin avenues around 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8. The Midland Park Ambulance Corps took the female driver of the Toyota to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. All Points Towing removed both vehicles. Midland Park police and firefighters responded, along with members of the borough DPW. Borough police were inv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Manorville Man Seriously Injured After SUV Crashes Into Tree In Bellport Manorville Man Seriously Injured After SUV Crashes Into Tree In Bellport
Manorville Man Seriously Injured After SUV Crashes Into Tree In Bellport Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash that left a Long Island man seriously injured. It happened in Bellport at around 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4. A 40-year-old Manorville resident was driving a 2004 Dodge Durango southbound on Provost Avenue, between Patchogue and Atlantic Avenues, when he lost control of the vehicle in front of 554 Provost Ave. and crashed into a tree, Suffolk County Police said. The man was transported to Long Island Community Hospital in Patchogue for treatment of serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries. Anyone with information on the crash is asked…

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by Joe Lombardi
Greenburgh, NY
Police & Fire
22-Year-Old Killed In Fiery Greenburgh Crash 22-Year-Old Killed In Fiery Greenburgh Crash
22-Year-Old Killed In Fiery Greenburgh Crash One person was killed during a fiery single-vehicle crash in Westchester County. It took place in the town of Greenburgh around 12:30 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 21 on the Sprain Brook Parkway. Troopers were dispatched to the area of mile marker 7.6 southbound on the Sprain Brook Parkway for a vehicle off the roadway engulfed in flames, said New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks. Yonkers and Fairview fire departments extinguished the flames and extricated the operator and sole occupant, Hicks said. Greenburgh paramedics attempted life-saving measures but pronounced Gavion P. Singleton, age 22, of…

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by Kathy Reakes
Newark, NJ
News
Newark Woman Admits Stealing Nearly $94K Worth Of Balenciaga Bags In Hamptons Newark Woman Admits Stealing Nearly $94K Worth Of Balenciaga Bags In Hamptons
Newark Woman Admits Stealing Nearly $94K Worth Of Balenciaga Bags In Hamptons A Newark woman pleaded guilty to grand larceny for her part in stealing $94,000 in handbags from a luxury retail store in the Hamptons. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced the guilty plea of Baseemah Davis on Tuesday, Aug. 16, for stealing from the Balenciaga store in East Hampton in March. “The message here is clear, organized retail theft in Suffolk County will not be tolerated,” said Tierney In addition to pleading guilty to grand larceny, Davis, 34, also pleaded guilty to criminal possession of stolen property and possession of a controlled su…

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by Kathy Reakes
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
ID Released For Person Killed In Hempstead Crash Involving Drunk Driver, Police Say ID Released For Person Killed In Hempstead Crash Involving Drunk Driver, Police Say
ID Released For Person Killed In Hempstead Crash Involving Drunk Driver, Police Say The identity has been released of a man who police say was killed in a crash on Long Island involving a drunk driver. The crash happened around 1:40 a.m. Sunday 26 in Hempstead. A 2017 Dodge Durango operated by Oscar Argueta, age 35, of Hicksville, was traveling northbound on Greenwich Street when it struck a 2017 Mercedes-Benz that was traveling eastbound on Martin Street, Nassau County Police said.  The male passenger in the Mercedes-Benz was pronounced dead at the scene by a Northwell Health EMT, police said.  Earlier report: Hicksville Man Driving Drunk Charged After…

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by Joe Lombardi
Lynn, MA
Business
270,000 SUVs Recalled Due To Rollaway Risk 270,000 SUVs Recalled Due To Rollaway Risk
270,000 SUVs Recalled Due To Rollaway Risk Chrysler is recalling more than 270,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango vehicles because of a malfunction that could cause the cars to rollaway.   The manufacturer said the models antilock-brake system (ABS) module "may illuminate the brake lights, and allow the vehicle to start and shift out of Park without the brake pedal being applied."  These modules were installed in the vehicles built between June 10, 2018 to April 30, 2019, according to the recall filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).  The recall accounts for 211,934 Gr…

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by David Cifarelli
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Murder Suspect Flips Off US Marshals Agents In PA Arrest (PHOTOS) Murder Suspect Flips Off US Marshals Agents In PA Arrest (PHOTOS)
Murder Suspect Flips Off US Marshals Agents In PA Arrest (Photos) Marlon Cooper had a message for those arresting him. The 19-year-old man had been wanted since the August 2021 killing of  Samad Montgomery in Chester, and was taken into custody after a brief pursuit through Delaware County this week, the US Marshals Office said (scroll down for photos). A picture taken at the scene of Cooper's Media arrest shows him sitting in the back of a police vehicle, using his right hand to shield his face with his middle finger up. He was spotted driving on the on the 400 block of East Baltimore Pike in Wednesday, June 16, and tried to flee when he noticed the fe…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
News
High-Tech Toll Evader Nabbed By Port Authority PD High-Tech Toll Evader Nabbed By Port Authority PD
High-Tech Toll Evader Nabbed By Port Authority PD VIDEO: New technology isn't just for crime fighters. Just ask Port Authority police, who thwarted a unique toll-evasion move at the Holland Tunnel. A Dodge Durango driven by Sean Nicholas Seagers, 32, of the Bronx drew an officer's attention shortly before 7:30 a.m. Friday, April 29, because it was missing a front license plate, Port Authority Spokeswoman Lenis Valens said. As the truck was about to roll through a cashless lane, Seagers hit a switch and a black panel slid down over the rear license plate, Valens said. Police who staff New York metropolitan area bridges and tunnels often se…

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by Jerry DeMarco