CRIME & SAFETY
Attleboro police arrest New York man accused of stealing used cooking oil
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (WJAR) — Attleboro police said a New York man was arrested early Tuesday morning after he allegedly stole used waste cooking oil that was stored behind businesses. Police said 38-year-old Wilkin Argamonte of Yonkers, New York, was arrested on 68 Washington St. around 3 a.m. Argamonte, who...
Fugitive Duo Caught On Mundy Lane In Mount Vernon: Police
The arrests of Dion Johnson, age 38, and Yolanda Lower, age 46, who were both wanted in connection with a stabbing in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were announced by the Westchester County Police Department on Monday, April 22. According to the department, the events leading up to the arrests began when authorities...
Violent Mahwah Crash Sends Rockland Bicyclist To Hospital (UPDATE)
A Rockland County bicyclist was hospitalized after an SUV struck him on a Mahwah road a mile or so from the state line.The 40-something victim was "lucid and responsive at the scene" following the crash on Island Road at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, Mahwah Police Chief Timothy O'Hara said.He was ta…
Edenwald: Police Appeal for Help Locating 13-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing
The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 13-year-old girl reported missing from the Edenwald section of The Bronx. Police said that Anaisa Coby of 3620 Marolla Place was last seen leaving her home on Saturday, April 20, at around 2.15 p.m. She is described as female, is around 5 feet, 8 inches tall, has black curly hair, and was last seen wearing a green coat, a white t-shirt, dark colored jeans and white sneakers.
Visitations Set For Officer Eleanor Birrittella Of Yonkers
Westchester Correction Officer Eleanor Birrittella of Yonkers died on Saturday, April 20 in a crash at the age of 40, according to the New York Correctional Officers' Benevolent Organization. Birrittella had been a corrections officer for three years before her death and had also served with the Westchester County Board...
Cats used as live bait to train ferocious pitbulls in illegal NYC dogfighting ring, group claims
Sick goons in the Bronx are grabbing stray cats and using them as live bait to train ferocious pit bulls for an illegal underground dogfighting ring, a Big Apple animal rescue group tells The Post. Disturbing video footage shows the helpless felines being mauled by blood-thirsty hounds — part of a stomach-turning training regimen for the vicious dog fights, according to Little Wanderers NYC. “It has gone on for years and years in the Gun Hill and Parkland [housing] projects, and that’s the reality,” said group co-founder Courtney Chandel. “My question is, where’s the NYPD? Where’s the [New York City Housing Authority]?...
Student Caught With Unloaded Gun On Clarkstown High School Campus
In Anne Arundel County, Severna Park High School was temporarily locked down early on April 23, when officers were called in to investigate a threat of possible violence, shutting down the middle and high school. Meanwhile, in Montgomery County, police say that Wootton High School was ordered to shelter-in-place, and...
Driver plows car onto NYC sidewalk, chases down pedestrian in wild road-rage incident: video
An enraged Big Apple driver has been caught on camera plowing his car onto a Manhattan sidewalk before chasing down a pedestrian in a wild road-rage ordeal. The incident unfolded on West 39th Street near Seventh Avenue on Monday, according to footage shared by the What Is New York Instagram account. The driver was filmed steering his white sedan onto the sidewalk in front a shirtless pedestrian, knocking over two large trash cans in the process. Pickup truck driver charged with attempted murder in road rage-fueled NYC stabbing: cops As the pedestrian walked away, the driver reversed and drove up the path...
Gotcha! Teens Nabbed By Fair Lawn Police After Pursuit, Crash
The 17-year-old driver hit the gas and sped west when the officers pulled up on the SUV on Yerger Road at Menow Street shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday, April 21, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Eric Eleshewich said. They chased the Audi Q5 into the city before it crashed at Market...
Man accused of punching seven random women in New York City is arrested
A man accused of assaulting random women in New York City was arrested Tuesday, police said. Daquan Armstead, 31, of East Bronx, was taken into custody on suspicion of hate-motivated assaults on seven women from late March to mid-April in Lower Manhattan, police said. Authorities allege he punched women, sometimes...
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