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Ramapo PD: DWI Motorist Hits Police Car After Twice Trying To Drive Away RAMAPO, N.Y. -- An unidentified Hillburn woman hit a Ramapo police car while trying to get away during a traffic stop on Friday on the Orange Turnpike, said Ramapo police.The incident occurred around 7:15 p.m. when an officer stopped the woman at the Sloatsburg Post Office for driving with no tail lights in an erratic manner, police said. As the officer interviewed the woman, she began to drive away, causing the officer to reach inside the car and remove the keys, police said. While the officer was checking the woman's driver's paperwork, she took out a second set of keys and attempted to d…

by K Reakes

03/07/2017

News

Poughkeepsie Town Board To Vote On Bottini Settlement POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- After a two-year battle between residents of New Hamburg and the Bottini Fuel Co., over the number of trucks rumbling through the hamlet, a hearing Wednesday will consider a mediated settlement that would change traffic restrictions, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal. The restrictions, which were imposed by the Poughkeepsie town board in 2015 after residents complained of a tremendous increase in truck traffic, led Bottini to file a lawsuit in federal court after they were adopted, said the Journal. If the board approves the agreement between the two groups on Wed…

by K Reakes

03/07/2017

Police & Fire

Hyde Park Woman Faces DWI Charge After Poughkeepsie Traffic Stop DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Hyde Park woman was busted for DWI early Sunday after being stopped by a Dutchess County Sheriff's deputy in Poughkeepsie for traffic violations, according to the Dutchess County Sheriff's Department. Meagan McCarvill, 23, was stopped by a deputy on a STOP-DWI patrol in her 2016 Volkswagon on Mansion Street in Poughkeepsie for traffic violations that occurred on Civic Center Plaza, said Lt. Frank LaMonica Jr. The deputy sheriff determined that McCarvill was intoxicated and she was arrested and charged with felony DWI because she had a previous DWI-related convict…

by K Reakes

03/07/2017

Police & Fire

One Injured As Car Slams Into Poughkeepsie House POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- One person is being treated for minor injuries at a local hospital following a one-car crash Tuesday in which the driver crashed into a Poughkeepsie home, said the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office. The unidentified driver was traveling on the Salt Point Turnpike in Poughkeepsie when he lost control of his car, crossed the center lane, drove through three lawns and then plowed into the porch and front of a home at 540 Salt Point Turnpike, said Sheriff's Lt. Michael Dampt. Deputies believe the crash was medically-related, but are still investigating the cause, he added. …

by K Reakes

03/07/2017

Schools

Ex-Mahopac Fire Treasurer Could Face Years In Prison After Guilty Plea MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- Michael Klein, the former treasurer of the Mahopac Fire Department, pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling more than $5.7 million from the department and failing to report the income to the IRS. Klein, of Mahopac and Palm City, Florida, is charged with one count of wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and six counts of subscribing to false tax returns, each of which carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison, according to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. “Michael Klein repaid the trust his fellow volunteer firefighters placed in him by all…

by K Reakes

03/07/2017

News

Irvington Bars Village Police From Detaining People Based On Immigration IRVINGTON, N.Y. -- In the age of fear for many immigrants, the Irvington Village Board voted unanimously Monday to uphold a resolution that prevents village police from enforcing federal immigration laws. Mayor Brian Smith said a similar policy has been in effect for more than 40 years in the police department. Although he said the resolution doesn't designate Irvington as a "sanctuary city," he wants residents and visitors to know that Irvington is a welcoming place. "I think there is too much negative connotation with the term sanctuary city. We prefer to think of ourselve…

by K Reakes

03/07/2017

Police & Fire

Haverstraw Woman Stole $1.5K Worth Of Handbags At Lord & Taylor, Police Say ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Haverstraw woman is behind bars Tuesday for stealing five designer handbags from the Lord & Taylor store at the Palisades Mall on Monday, police said. Ruth Ester Mendez, 29, was charged with burglary, grand larceny and possession of stolen property after Clarkstown Police responded to the store after a loss prevention officers observed her taking the five Michael Kors bags valued at $1,500, said Officer Peter Walker. Mendez had previously signed a store trespass warning for a previous shoplifting incident and was not allowed back in the store for two years, W…

by K Reakes

03/07/2017

Obituaries

Rocco Bueti, 83, Mount Kisco Builder MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Rocco Bueti, 83, of Mount Kisco, died Saturday. Born in Solano, Reggio Calabria, Italy, to Francesca and Nicola Bueti on December 16, 1933, he was the third of five children. Bueti and his brother migrated to the U.S. in 1954, when he was 20 years old and lived in Chappaqua, where he learned the building and construction trade while working with his cousins. In 1968, he founded Carbut Building Corporation with Pasquale Carrozza and his younger brother Antonio Bueti. They built many custom homes in the Chappaqua and Mount Kisco area during a 25-year span; he retired in …

by Daily Voice

03/07/2017

Police & Fire

Putnam Sheriff Plans DWI Crackdown For St. Patrick's Day PUTNAM, N.Y. -- Before getting on the "green" this St. Patrick's Day, partiers will want to make sure they have a designated driver on hand to avoid landing in jail or even worse, killing or injuring someone by driving drunk. To help keep the roads safe, Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith and Town of Carmel Police Department Chief Michael Cazzari announced Tuesday their departments will be out in force with increased patrols and sobriety checkpoints to be on the lookout for drunk drivers during the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day holiday. The extra sheriff’s deputies and town poli…

by K Reakes

03/07/2017

News

Surge In Mice Signals Higher Lyme Disease Risk In Hudson Valley Last summer, mice seemed to be found everywhere from the countertops of local homes to large numbers scampering across forest floors. Unfortunately, that surge spells a higher risk for Lyme disease cases this summer, reports NPR. Local husband and wife team, Rick Ostfeld and Felicia Keesing, have been studying Lyme disease for more than 20 years and are able to predict the disease in any given season, said NPR. In fact, when Keesing came home from a trip and found evidence of mouse droppings all over her home, the Bard College ecologist told NPR she knew this summer would bring a high risk…

by K Reakes

03/07/2017

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