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Mount Pleasant, NY
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Scam Alert: 'Spoofing' Calls Being Made By Scammers Pretending To Be Cops, Municipal Officials
Police are alerting residents to a "spoofing" scam in which the callers pretend to be police officers or other municipal officers in an attempt to solicit money and sensitive personal information. On Friday, Jan. 25, a town resident reported receiving a suspicious phone call that appeared to originate from the Greenburgh Police Department, Chief Chris McNerney said on Saturday, Jan. 26. The caller claimed to be a Greenburgh police officer and wanted to discuss the woman's credit report. "Fortunately, the resident became suspicious and hung up the phone," McNerney said. "We…
Armonk, NY
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Porch Pirate Busted Stealing Package In Westchester, Police Say
A porch pirate was arrested in Westchester after getting busted stealing packages from a local home, police said. Bronx resident Jean Tapia, 33, has been arrested after allegedly stealing a package from a home in the Edgemont neighborhood, Greenburgh Police Sgt. Brian Matthews announced on Wednesday. Tapia was arrested this week and charged with one count of petit larceny. He has been booked at Greenburgh Police Headquarters and has since been released on bail. Tapia is scheduled to appear in court at a later date to respond to the charge. Police said that locals should be vigilant fo…
Greenburgh, NY
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Family Sues For $20M After Son Dies In Scuffle With Police In Greenburgh
The family of a Westchester man who died last year during a struggle with members of the Greenburgh Police Department has filed a $20 million wrongful death lawsuit against the town and first responders. In November last year, Yonkers resident Jonathan Maldonado - Yonkers City Council President Mike Khader’s nephew - died after being tasered by police following an incident at Best Buy on Central Avenue in Hartsdale. At approximately 5:50 p.m. on Nov. 29, police said that officers were called to the Best Buy location following reports of a larceny in progress. Upon arrival, officers allegedl…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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SWAT Team Apprehends Armed Robbery Suspect After Shots Fired In Westchester
A suspect in an early morning armed robbery is behind bars after he was apprehended by a SWAT team in a wooded area in Westchester. Greenburgh Police patrol units heard gunshots when they responded to Saw Mill River Road in the Elmsford section of town for a report of an armed robbery in progress just before 5 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 16, said Sgt. Brian Matthews. Uniform officers confronted an armed offender who fled on foot into a wooded area. A perimeter was established and additional resources such as the Greenburgh Police SWAT team, Greenburgh detectives and Greenburgh Crisi…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Police Probe Packages Stolen Outside Homes In Westchester Community
As the holiday season approaches police are investigating four different incidents of thefts of packages from doorsteps and expect more "porch pirates" to be on the prowl. The thefts took place between Oct. 18 and Nov. 3 at four homes in Greenburgh, said Lt. Kobie Powell with the Greenburgh Police Department. Due to the thefts, Powell and the department are urging residents to consider purchasing a security/video surveillance system to deter thieves and to take steps to safeguard their packages. The first incident took place on Thursday, Oct. 18, around 2:30 p.m. on Eastern Road in Hartsd…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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ID Released For Woman Struck, Killed By BMW In Westchester
The woman killed late Friday afternoon after being struck by a BMW in Hartsdale has been identified. The crash occurred in front of Petco at 324 Central Ave. in Hartsdale between Dalewood Road and Battle Avenue at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday, Greenburgh Police Chief Chris McNerney said. Police officers came upon the unresponsive woman lying in the roadway of the northbound lane. Greenburgh EMS performed CPR and advanced life support protocols while transporting the victim to the Westchester Medical Center where she succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead, G…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Woman Identified As Victim Struck, Killed By Car In Westchester
Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Woman Struck, Killed By BMW In Westchester The person killed late Friday afternoon after being struck by a car in Hartsdale has been identified as an elderly woman. The crash occurred in front of Petco at 324 North Central Ave. in Hartsdale at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday, Greenburgh Police Chief Chris McNerney said. North Central Avenue was closed for several hours during the accident investigation, which is continuing. The driver of the automobile has been cooperating with police. The woman's name and hometown have not yet bee…
Armonk, NY
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Police In Westchester Investigating Fatal Car Crash
Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Woman Struck, Killed By BMW In Westchester Police in Greenburgh are investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash. Detectives from the Greenburgh Police Department are actively investigating the crash, which took place at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 9 outside of Petco on North Central Avenue, Police Chief Chris McNerney said. McNerney said that North Central Avenue northbound lanes will be closed for several hours during the investigation. Motorists have been advised to seek alternate routes. This is a developing story. Check …
Mount Pleasant, NY
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ID Released For Westchester Man Killed In Four-Vehicle Crash On Sprain
A 62-year-old Westchester man was killed in a four-vehicle crash on the Sprain Brook Parkway in Greenburgh. Denis E. Mays of Mount Vernon was killed around 4 p.m. Wednesday after fleeing the scene of a crash, said Trooper AJ Hicks, spokesman for the New York State Police. According to Hicks, Mays was driving a 2016 Infiniti and was involved in a property damage motor vehicle crash on State Route 100C and then fled the scene southbound on the Sprain Brook Parkway. Approximately a half-mile south of the initial collision, Mays struck a 2015 Toyota while attempting to move from the right la…
Somers, NY
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Man Caught After Fleeing Scene Of Hit-Run Involving Boy In Westchester
A 25-year-old man who hit a 9-year-old boy walking to school and then fled the area has been arrested by Sleepy Hollow Police. The incident took place around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday when the boy left home to go to his bus stop and stopped by a local convenience store to pick up a snack, said Sleepy Hollow Police Chief Anthony Bueti. When the child was leaving the area of the store on Depeyster Street, near Clinton Street, he was struck by Jefferson Rodrigues-Veraf of Ossining, the chief said. Rodrigues-Veraf got out of his vehicle and helped the boy up, then hopped back in the vehicle and drove…
White Plains, NY
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Worker At Corporate Park In Westchester Nabbed In String Of Bomb Threats Causing Evacuations
A weekslong investigation into four separate bomb threats that were called in to a busy corporate park in Westchester led to the arrest of a White Plains man working at the building who allegedly called in the phony threats. The Greenburgh Police Department has been investigating four reported bomb threats that took place at the corporate park at 660 White Plains Road on separate occasions between Thursday, Sept. 13 and Wednesday, Sept. 19, Police Capt. Brian Ryan announced on Wednesday. Ryan noted that following each bomb threat, police were dispatched to the corporate park to assist in th…
Rye, NY
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Coyote Sighting Causes Lock-In At Several Schools In Westchester
Several Westchester schools were put on lock-in Thursday following a coyote sighting on school property. The coyote was seen around 10:45 a.m. Thursday on the Greenburgh school district's Warburg campus on Hartsdale Avenue which includes the Woodlands Middle/High School, Lee F. Jackson School, and the Early Childhood Program. As a precaution, the schools were placed in lock-in, which means no one including staff and students can leave the buildings, the district said in a Facebook post. The RJ Bailey and Highview schools were not impacted by the lock-in. District officials assured parents…
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