New Rochelle, NY
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Teens Caught In Home Depot After Stealing Car In New Rochelle, Police Say Teens Caught In Home Depot After Stealing Car In New Rochelle, Police Say Teens Caught In Home Depot After Stealing Car In New Rochelle, Police Say
Teens Caught In Home Depot After Stealing Car In New Rochelle, Police Say Three teenagers face charges after allegedly stealing a car and fleeing into a Home Depot store in Westchester, injuring a detective in the process, police said.  The incident happened on Tuesday, May 9 around 12:20 p.m., when New Rochelle PD was notified of a stolen car that was heading into the Home Depot parking lot at 55 Weyman Ave., according to Captain J. Collins Coyne.  Several detectives responded to the scene and found the car, which was occupied by three people. When authorities then tried stopping the vehicle, the suspects initially tried to drive away before exiting th…

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by Ben Crnic
Yonkers, NY
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14-Year-Old Student Charged In School Swatting Incident In Yonkers: Police 14-Year-Old Student Charged In School Swatting Incident In Yonkers: Police 14-Year-Old Student Charged In School Swatting Incident In Yonkers: Police
14-Year-Old Student Charged In School Swatting Incident In Yonkers: Police A 14-year-old student was arrested and charged with reporting a false shooting incident at a high school in Westchester, police said.  The incident happened on Wednesday, May 3 just after 11:30 a.m., when officers responded to Lincoln High School in Yonkers at 375 Kneeland Ave. after receiving an anonymous report of shots fired, according to Yonkers Police.  Once they arrived at the school, responding officers made contact with school officials and searched the building before determining that no shots had been fired and that the report had been unfounded.  Realizing th…

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by Ben Crnic
Newburgh, NY
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14-Year-Old Charged With Making Active Shooter 911 Call At Hudson Valley HS, Police Say 14-Year-Old Charged With Making Active Shooter 911 Call At Hudson Valley HS, Police Say 14-Year-Old Charged With Making Active Shooter 911 Call At Hudson Valley HS, Police Say
14-Year-Old Charged With Making Active Shooter 911 Call At Hudson Valley HS, Police Say A 14-year-old boy from the Hudson Valley has been charged with falsely reporting an incident after allegedly calling 911 to report an active shooter at an area high school.  The incident took place in Orange County around 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 26 at Pine Bush High School in Pine Bush. The teen, from the town of Wallkill, was arrested by the New York State Police after calling Orange County 911 and reporting there was an active shooter inside Pine Bush High School, said Trooper Steven Nevel. Earlier story: Active Shooter Threat At Pine Bush High School Unfounded, Lockdown …

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by Kathy Reakes
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Student In Glen Rock Among Those Receiving Mass Shooting Threat From Upstate NY: Police Student In Glen Rock Among Those Receiving Mass Shooting Threat From Upstate NY: Police Student In Glen Rock Among Those Receiving Mass Shooting Threat From Upstate NY: Police
Student In Glen Rock Among Those Receiving Mass Shooting Threat From Upstate NY: Police A threat of a mass shooting at a middle school in New York State last week somehow made its way to Glen Rock, where authorities said a student received a disturbing message. The Glen Rock High School student went directly to administrators before the day began last Thursday, March 23, to report it, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The threat involved what the chief called “a potential act of violence” at a middle school nearly 75 miles north, in the Putnam County, NY, town of Carmel. "Hello! Would you like to be a part of a GFMS mass shooting?" sources said a TikTok friend request asked. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahopac, NY
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Violent Threat At School In Hudson Valley Leads To Student's Arrest Violent Threat At School In Hudson Valley Leads To Student's Arrest Violent Threat At School In Hudson Valley Leads To Student's Arrest
Violent Threat At School In Hudson Valley Leads To Student's Arrest Updated story: Person Accused Of Making Threat Against Current Student At High School In Hudson Valley Authorities are keeping close watch over a middle school in the Hudson Valley after a reported threat of violence that led to an arrest of a juvenile student. The threat was made in Putnam County at the George Fischer Middle School in Carmel around midnight on Thursday, March 23, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.  The incident caused the school to delay its opening by two hours and also prompted an investigation conducted by the Sheriff's Office.  One j…

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by Ben Crnic
Brentwood, NY
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Teens Doing 'Kool-Aid Man Challenge' For TikTok Smashed Fences At LI Homes, Police Say Teens Doing 'Kool-Aid Man Challenge' For TikTok Smashed Fences At LI Homes, Police Say Teens Doing 'Kool-Aid Man Challenge' For TikTok Smashed Fences At LI Homes, Police Say
Teens Doing 'Kool-Aid Man Challenge' For TikTok Smashed Fences At LI Homes, Police Say Several teenagers are facing charges after allegedly damaging property at Long Island homes as part of a TikTok challenge, authorities said. A homeowner in Centereach called 911 shortly after 4 a.m. Monday, Feb. 20, to report that six people had been caught on surveillance video kicking portions of his fence down on Cobblestone Court, according to Suffolk County Police. The homeowner told police the incident had happened at around 1 a.m., but the suspects returned several hours later and ran through the fence. When officers arrived a short time later, they found all six suspects, who rang…

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by Michael Mashburn
Elizabeth, NJ
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After-School Shooting Wounds Teen's Dad In Linden: Police After-School Shooting Wounds Teen's Dad In Linden: Police After-School Shooting Wounds Teen's Dad In Linden: Police
After-School Shooting Wounds Teen's Dad In Linden: Police The father of a boy being shot at by another teen hoping to settle an ongoing dispute in an after-school meetup ended up in the hospital — and the 15-year-old shooter in police custody, Linden police said. The 15-year-old boy and another teen agreed to meet after school Wednesday, Jan. 25 following an ongoing dispute, Linden Police Capt. Christopher Guenther said.  That's when one of the boys pulled out a handgun around 3:35 p.m. on the 900 block of Seymour Avenue, and fired several rounds at the other, police said. Two of the rounds struck the other boy's father, a 36-year old Linden…

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by Cecilia Levine
Greenburgh, NY
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3 Juveniles Throw Rocks, Smash Windshields Of Moving Cars In Greenburgh: Police 3 Juveniles Throw Rocks, Smash Windshields Of Moving Cars In Greenburgh: Police 3 Juveniles Throw Rocks, Smash Windshields Of Moving Cars In Greenburgh: Police
3 Juveniles Throw Rocks, Smash Windshields Of Moving Cars In Greenburgh: Police Three juveniles are facing felony charges after throwing rocks at moving cars on a Westchester County parkway.  Beginning around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, state police received 16 complaints of damaged vehicles after rocks were thrown at them in Greenburgh on the Sprain Brook Parkway at Payne Street.  The next day on Wednesday, Jan. 18, the three juveniles were identified and charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, a felony.  The damage to the cars included smashed windshields and flat tires.  Each suspect was issued a family court appearance ticket before t…

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by Ben Crnic
Kingston, NY
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Brother, Sister Nabbed For Carjacking After Beating Man Flagged Down By Girl, Police Say Brother, Sister Nabbed For Carjacking After Beating Man Flagged Down By Girl, Police Say Brother, Sister Nabbed For Carjacking After Beating Man Flagged Down By Girl, Police Say
Brother, Sister Nabbed For Carjacking After Beating Man Flagged Down By Girl, Police Say Two teenage siblings were charged with robbery after allegedly carjacking and beating a man who stopped to help a girl who flagged him down. The incident took place in Sullivan County around 10:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 10, in the town of Liberty. According to Trooper Steven Nevel, of the New York State Police, the man was driving a 2018 Subaru Forester when he was flagged down by a girl who asked for a ride. The unknown girl got in the vehicle on the passenger side and began striking the driver of the vehicle in the face. Another person got into the backseat of the vehicle and began strikin…

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by Kathy Reakes
Massapequa, NY
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Missing 15-Year-Old Boy Has Been Located, Nassau County PD Reports Missing 15-Year-Old Boy Has Been Located, Nassau County PD Reports Missing 15-Year-Old Boy Has Been Located, Nassau County PD Reports
Missing 15-Year-Old Boy Has Been Located, Nassau County PD Reports Update: A 15-year-old boy who went missing last week has been found. The Nassau County Police Department said in an update on Wednesday, Oct. 19, that Ivan Sorto has been located. Ivan was previously reported missing on Thursday, Oct. 13. Original report: Police on Long Island issued an alert about a missing 15-year-old boy. Ivan Sorto was last seen at Family Court, located in Westbury at 1200 Old Country Road, on at 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13, according to the Nassau County Police Department. NCPD said he is described as being 5-foot-6 and 150 pounds, with brown hair an…

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by Nicole Valinote
Brentwood, NY
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Victim Hit With Bat, Shot With BB Gun In Assault By Group At Lake Ronkonkoma Park, Police Say Victim Hit With Bat, Shot With BB Gun In Assault By Group At Lake Ronkonkoma Park, Police Say Victim Hit With Bat, Shot With BB Gun In Assault By Group At Lake Ronkonkoma Park, Police Say
Victim Hit With Bat, Shot With BB Gun In Assault By Group At Lake Ronkonkoma Park, Police Say Four people are facing charges after a 20-year-old man was hit with a metal baseball bat and shot with a BB gun at a Long Island park. Officers responded to a report of a disturbance at Larry's Landing, located on Lake Shore Road in Lake Ronkonkoma, at about 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 24, the Suffolk County Police Department reported. Police reported finding that a 20-year-old Lake Grove man had been assaulted by four individuals who were known to him. He was struck with a baseball bat, kicked, and shot with a BB gun, SCPD said. The victim was hospitalized with serious injuries, police…

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by Nicole Valinote
Massapequa, NY
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15-Year-Old's Joyride In Truck Leaves Long Island Teen Hospitalized, Cops Say 15-Year-Old's Joyride In Truck Leaves Long Island Teen Hospitalized, Cops Say 15-Year-Old's Joyride In Truck Leaves Long Island Teen Hospitalized, Cops Say
15-Year-Old's Joyride In Truck Leaves Long Island Teen Hospitalized, Cops Say A Long Island teenager is fighting for his life after he was thrown from a truck being driven by a 15-year-old boy. Three people were in the Dodge Dakota pickup truck as it was taken for a joyride in Bethpage at around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, according to Nassau County Police. At some point, the teen driver began doing donuts in a parking lot near Stewart Avenue and Arumdaun Street while two passengers rode in the rear truck bed, police said. While the truck was driving in circles, a 16-year-old boy was thrown from the vehicle, suffering facial and skull fractures, according to poli…

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by Michael Mashburn