White Plains Hospital Receives 'A' Grade For Patient Safety, Report Says
One hospital in the Hudson Valley is at the top of its class for keeping patients safe, according to a new report.
Westchester County's White Plains Hospital, located at 41 East Post Rd, has been assigned an "A" grade for patient safety in a new Fall 2022 report by the Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog organization that advocates for safety in hospitals.
The report gives letter grades to nearly 3,000 hospitals across the country based on how well they protect patients from preventable medical errors, accidents, injuries, and infections, according to the gr…
Quincy Man 'Tired Of Swiping' Allegedly Kidnaps, Sexually Abuses Woman: Report
A Quincy man is facing several charges after allegedly kidnapping a woman at a train station, sexually abusing her and dumping her in a Brockton parking lot over the weekend, reports said.
Christian Lynch, age 26, allegedly kidnapped the woman at Wollaston Station in Quincy around 7 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12 while she was walking to work.
Lynch allegedly duct-taped the woman’s mouth, hands and feet and started sexually abusing her in his car, Boston25 said citing an MBTA Transit Police investigative report.
The woman, believed to be in her 60s, was then repeatedly strangled and sexually …
Trio Indicted For Murder Of Hudson Valley Teen Set To Start Senior Year In High School
A grand jury has indicted three Hudson Valley men in the fatal shooting of a beloved 17-year-old high school student.
Rockland County resident Treynahel Cineus, age 17, of Spring Valley, was found shot to death at around 2:30 a.m. on July 8, in a parking lot on West Eckerson Road.
Cineus, who was about to begin his senior year at Ramapo High School, later died at Good Samaritan Hospital, according to police.
On Thursday, Aug. 11, a Rockland County grand jury indicted three Haverstraw men on murder and other charges related to the boy’s killing.
They were identified as Anthony Mitchell,…
Boston Man Convicted Of Stabbing 31-Year-Old Brockton Father Of 2 Dead
A Brockton jury convicted a South Boston man this week of killing a 31-year-old father of two during a fight at a gas station in 2020, prosecutors said.
Cody Urban, 25, was convicted with voluntary manslaughter in the death of Samuel Rutledge on Thursday, July 21, prosecutors said.
The stabbing happened on August 23, 2020, just before 10 p.m. at a Stop 'N Gas on Warren Street in Brockton, The Enterprise reported.
Rutledge and his girlfriend pulled into the station to get gas, but Urban's car was blocking the pumps, the report said.
Rutledge got out of his…
Man, Woman Killed In Fiery Crash On Southern State Parkway
A man and woman were killed in a single-vehicle crash on Long Island overnight.
It happened around 1:15 a.m. Monday, July 11 on the eastbound Southern State Parkway near Exit 40 in the town of Islip.
State Police say when troopers arrived, a Land Rover was observed against a tree on the southside shoulder fully engulfed in flames.
A preliminary investigation determined the driver, Travis T. Williams, age 45, and his passenger, Shenella Braithwaite, age 35, both of Central Islip, were traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control, went off the road, and struck a tree, causing …
One Killed In Palisades Parkway Crash
A Hudson Valley man was killed during a two-car head-on crash on the Palisades Parkway.
The crash took place in Orange County in the town of Highlands around 4:45 a.m., Thursday, June 16.
A preliminary investigation revealed that a 1998 Toyota Corolla, driven by Hugo Vasquez, age 67 from Spring Valley was traveling southbound in the northbound lane when he struck a 2006 Toyota TC head-on, said Trooper Steven Nevel.
Vasquez was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital where he was pronounced dead, Nevel said.
The driver of the Toyota, Franklin Yanza-Zaruma, age 46, from Spring Valley, was tr…
