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Dutchess Program Helps Kids In Need Of A Meal Dutchess Program Helps Kids In Need Of A Meal
Dutchess Program Helps Kids In Need Of A Meal DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. --  A box of cereal can mean a lot to a hungry child. One box can offer that child something to eat for breakfast for at least a week over the long summer months when they won't have access to the free breakfast offered at their school.  Dutchess County residents can help those hungry children by donating a box of cereal through the Cereal Counts! initiative started 13 years ago by Nancy and Dave Samson of Dutchess County. The premise is simple -- local residents and organizations donate a box of cereal to the effort, the cereal is then donated to various local food b…

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Three Ex-Cops Arrested In Rockland-Connected Gun License Bribery Scheme Three Ex-Cops Arrested In Rockland-Connected Gun License Bribery Scheme
Three Ex-Cops Arrested In Rockland-Connected Gun License Bribery Scheme ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Three months after a Rockland man was sentenced to 32 months in prison for working as a "fixer" to get gun licenses quickly approved by New York City police officers, three former officers were arrested Tuesday in the scheme.The investigation into the "fixing" operation began when Alex Lichtenstein, 44, of Pomona, was busted by the FBI last year. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, Lichtenstein would pay bribes to police officers to get gun licenses for clients from the Orthodox Jewish community,  His tak…

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Police & Fire
Kent Man, 71, Caught With Crack Cocaine After Traffic Stop Kent Man, 71, Caught With Crack Cocaine After Traffic Stop
Kent Man, 71, Caught With Crack Cocaine After Traffic Stop KENT, N.Y. -- A Kent man was busted for crack cocaine following a traffic stop on Sunday by Kent Police. Robert Geddes, 71, was arrested after he was stopped for having a suspended license tag. When the officer had Geddes step our of his vehicle, the officer saw him reach for the passenger seat, said Chief Alexander DiVernieri. A check of the vehicle led to the discovery of a quantity of crack cocaine, a crack pipe, and an unidentified white pill, police said. Geddes was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and driving with a suspended registration. He was released on…

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Spring Valley Trustee Vilair Fonvil Busted On Corruption Charge Spring Valley Trustee Vilair Fonvil Busted On Corruption Charge
Spring Valley Trustee Vilair Fonvil Busted On Corruption Charge SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. --  Village of Spring Valley Board of Trustees Vilair Fonvil was arrested Tuesday as an alleged co-conspirator in a sweeping corruption indictment involving the transportation of local children to summer camp. Fonvil, 54,  of 23 Devon Drive, West Orange, N.J., was charged with four felonies including receiving a reward for official misconduct; corrupting the government; grand larceny as a crime of public corruption; and money laundering, according to Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe.  “Once again, we see a combination of hubris and greed corrupt a local of…

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Get Ready For A Phone Call: Rockland To Test Emergency System Get Ready For A Phone Call: Rockland To Test Emergency System
Get Ready For A Phone Call: Rockland To Test Emergency System ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Rockland residents registered with the county's Code Red system should be ready to receive a phone call on Wednesday as part of a test of the system. According to  Rockland officials, residents will receive a call sometime between 5:30  to 9 p.m., Wednesday, April 26. No action is required by residents. Calls will go to all phones registered, including cell phones and landlines. Emergency officials are looking to improve the system through the testing. In the event of a real emergency, residents would receive instructions on what is happening and what steps to take.…

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Croton Middle School 'Lockdown' Just A Drill Croton Middle School 'Lockdown' Just A Drill
Croton Middle School 'Lockdown' Just A Drill CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- A swarm of police cars on Tuesday at the Pierre Van Cortlandt School was just a drill. There was not a real emergency.Officials with the school said the mock lockdown was part of a required series of drills that have to be held throughout the year. During the drill, an alarm from a classroom was pressed, putting the school on automatic lockdown and triggering a response from the police department. Once the drill was complete, students were returned to their classrooms.

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New Hearings On Sullivan Start In Clarkstown New Hearings On Sullivan Start In Clarkstown
New Hearings On Sullivan Start In Clarkstown CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- Suspended Clarkstown Police Chief Michael Sullivan is back in court Tuesday to resume a hearing on more than 22 charges leveled against him by Supervisor George Hoehmann. The charges, which range from insubordination and improper surveillance operations date back to shortly after Hoehmann took office and the hiring of a firm to study how to reduce costs in the $50 million Police Department. The problems escalated when Sullivan claims that he was ordered by the town's deputy town attorney through Hoehmann to investigate Clarkstown Police Sgt. Stephen Cole-Hatchard to find…

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Teen Critically Injured In Milan Taconic Parkway Crash Teen Critically Injured In Milan Taconic Parkway Crash
Teen Critically Injured In Milan Taconic Parkway Crash A 19-year-old man is in critical condition with serious internal injuries following a one-car crash on the Taconic State Parkway early Monday morning in Dutchess County, according to the New York State Police. Saveon Green of Albany was injured when his car struck a tree around 5 a.m. just south of Jackson Corners Road in Milan, becoming entrapped, said state police. Milan and Pine Plains fire departments were on the scene and extricated Green from the vehicle, said Trooper Melissa McMorris, spokeswoman with the NYSP. Green was airlifted by Lifenet to Albany Medical Center, she added. The…

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Search Intensifies For Haverstraw Man Missing More Than A Week Search Intensifies For Haverstraw Man Missing More Than A Week
Search Intensifies For Haverstraw Man Missing More Than A Week ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Haverstraw police are seeking the public's help as they continue their search for a missing 61-year-old man who hasn't been seen in more than a week, according to Lt. Martin Lund. Juan Figueroa was last seen on Friday, April 14, at the Green Hills Home for Adults. Since that time, he has not been seen and efforts to find him have turned up empty, Lund said. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Haverstraw Police at 845-354-1500.

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Two-Alarm Fire Destroys Home In Ossining Two-Alarm Fire Destroys Home In Ossining
Two-Alarm Fire Destroys Home In Ossining OSSINING, N.Y. -- An Ossining family lost their home to a two-alarm fire that leveled their Gordon Avenue home early Tuesday. Briarcliff Manor firefighters were called to what they thought was a laundry room fire around 1:48 a.m., but when they arrived on scene at 48 Gordon Ave., they found the home, and a vehicle, fully engulfed in flames, according to the Briarcliff Fire Company. The fire ripped through the two-story wood structure, causing the home to collapse before firefighters could bring it under control within an hour. The home's long winding driveway, along with downed power lines…

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