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Police & Fire

Man Charged With Cocaine Possession In Southeast SOUTHEAST, N.Y. -- A Danbury man is facing drug charges after he was arrested in Southeast on Friday, N.Y. State Police said. Kyle A. Ledoux, 23, was a passenger in a vehicle traveling on Danbury Road when the unidentified driver was pulled over for an inoperable license plate lamp, police said. Police said Ledoux had cocaine on him and was subsequently charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony; and second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor. Ledoux was sent to the Putnam County Jail in lieu of $1,000 cash bail or $2,000 bond. …

by Carol Reif

04/22/2016

Police & Fire

Police Seek Arrest Warrant In Fatal Bridgeport Crash BRIDGEPORT, CONN. -- A 20-year-old burglary suspect was the driver involved in an accident that took the life of a Seymour man on Monday, April 18, police told The Trumbull Times. Bridgeport police said Friday that an arrest warrant is being prepared for Bridgeport resident Geraldo Maldonado. Maldonado had been arrested in February in connection with an attempted break-in at a Sunnycrest Road home in Trumbull, The Trumbull Times reported. According to an earlier Daily Voice report, police said that David Anthony Anderson, 22, was killed near the intersection of Barnum Avenue and Pembroke S…

by Carol Reif

04/22/2016

Police & Fire

Danbury Teen, Two Others Charged After Brookfield Accident BROOKFIELD, CONN. -- An 18-year-old Danbury man is facing charges of resisting arrest after police said he fled the scene of a car accident in Brookfield last weekend, according to a report by the Danbury News-Times. Police tracked Anthony Abrahams and pulled him over about a mile and a half away from the Whisconier Road crash, the Danbury News-Times reported. He and two passengers, who were not named because of their ages, were arrested after they allegedly struggled with officers, the Danbury News-Times report said. Three other juveniles in the car were found to be intoxicated and were t…

by Carol Reif

04/22/2016

News

Man Behind Deadly Rockland Brinks Robbery Denied Parole ORANGETOWN, N.Y. -- The mastermind of a militant group involved in the murders of a Brinks guard and two police officers in a 1981 robbery in Rockland County has been denied parole, according to a report by lohud,com. Mutulu Shakur, who changed his name from Jeral Wayne Williams, is behind bars in California, having served about half of the 60-year sentence he got for his role in the Rockland County slayings, the lohud,com report said. Shakur's gang, known as “The Family,” committed a number of armed robberies in New York and Connecticut, according to multiple media reports. The gang stole…

by Carol Reif

04/22/2016

Business

Fox News Shake-Up Complicates Succession For Putnam's Roger Ailes PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Based on what sources are telling New York magazine, it doesn’t look like Garrison resident Roger Ailes is ready to give up his position as top dog at Fox News anytime soon. According to New York and other media outlets, the 75-year-old Ailes’ most likely successor, Michael Clemente, was suddenly ousted from his job as the network’s executive vice president for news and moved into a newly created division that will focus on “longform” news programming. Clemente was replaced by Jay Wallace, an executive who has risen through the ranks to head news coverage and radio op…

by Carol Reif

04/22/2016

Weather

Thunderstorms Will Rumble Into Yorktown The region’s recent stretch of sunny weather will end as rain returns Friday with thunderstorms rolling in during the late afternoon and evening, according to the National Weather Service. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will move in mainly after 4 p.m. Friday. Showers and thunderstorms are likely during the evening with patchy fog after midnight. The overnight low will be around 55. Rain is actually good news for the area. The National Weather Service issued its latest Red Flag alert on Thursday based on dry and windy conditions in the region. The warning expired at 6 p.m. Thursda…

by Carol Reif

04/22/2016

Police & Fire

Brush Fire Threatens Homes In Somers, Burns Several Acres SOMERS, N.Y. -- A rapidly moving brush fire threatened homes on David Road in Somers and burned several acres before firefighters were able to put it out Wednesday, April 20, according to local firefighters. The blaze started in a wooded area off Lovell Street and spread to within 50 feet of some of the homes, said Somers Fire Chief George Wahlers. Wahlers said the blaze may have been started by a camp fire in the wooded area. The National Weather Service had issued a Red Flag warning earlier this week. A combination of low relative humidity, strong winds and warm temperatures can create …

by Carol Reif

04/22/2016

Police & Fire

Dispute Over Truck Tops North Castle Police Blotter NORTH CASTLE, N.Y. -- North Castle police were called to Main Street recently to resolve a dispute between a business owner and the driver of a construction vehicle.The owner of a business at 418 Main St. told police that the truck was blocking parking spaces needed by customers. Police determined that the truck belonged to construction crews working at the intersection of Main Street and Maple Avenue. Police spoke to the crews and the vehicle was moved. In other items on the police blotter: Saturday, April 16: A resident of Smith Farm Road called to complain that a neighbor’s dog would …

by Carol Reif

04/22/2016

Schools

Clarkstown Music Students Play Up A Storm CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- High school and elementary school musicians have apparently been playing up a storm around the Clarkstown Central School District. According to a post on the district’s website, ccsd.edu, Jason Andert, a music teacher at Clarkstown High School North has been taking his students to play for the younger ones for years. The teen musicians have performed at the Woodglen, Little Tor, New City, and Lakewood elementary schools. They also listen as the children perform and then play a few selections together, the district said.

by Carol Reif

04/22/2016

News

Ex-Club Owner, Dancer Facing Prostitution Charges In Norwalk Seek Probation NORWALK, Conn. -- The owner of a now-defunct adult club in Norwalk is seeking inclusion in a probation program that would strip away his criminal charges, according to a report by The Stamford Advocate. Arrested in the December 2015 raid on The Office Café were Gene Morell, 60, two bartenders, several dancers, and a number of patrons, according to a report by the Daily Voice. Morrell was charged with promoting prostitution. One of the Liberty Square club’s exotic dancers, Casandra “Diamond” Bryan, a 37-year-old Mount Vernon, N.Y., resident, was charged with prostitution and selling and pos…

by Carol Reif

04/21/2016

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