CRIME & SAFETY
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...
Update From The Clarkstown Police Department
Recently, a resident posted this picture of a large black rat snake at Congers Lake. Town staff was sent to identify and locate it and the photo was sent to the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation experts who identified it as an extremely large native black rat snake. According to the DEC these snakes average three to five feet but can grow to as large as eight feet. It is not venomous and poses NO harm to people. It is prime season to see them as they emerge from hibernation and the temperature is still cool out. They feed on mice, voles, small birds and eggs etc.
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.
Home Depot upping security, adding guard dogs amid migrant loitering, theft concerns
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (TND) — Home Depot has reportedly hired additional security, including guard dogs, at certain locations following thefts allegedly committed by undocumented immigrants. The retailer brought on German Shepherds with third-party security teams for its New Rochelle, New York, store after migrants allegedly broke into cars and...
Bronx River Parkway: 30-Year-Old Woman Dies following Car Accident
A 30-year-old woman has died following a motor vehicle collision on the Bronx River Parkway, police said. Police said that on Friday, April 19, at around 3.18 a.m., officers from the 49th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding a vehicle collision on the Bronx River Parkway approaching the Boston Road exit, west of the Pelham Parkway neighborhood.
Mother and daughter from Mount Vernon seek no prison time in pandemic relief fraud
A former Mount Vernon CSEA president and her daughter are hoping to avoid incarceration in a pandemic relief scheme that bilked the U.S. Small Business Administration out of nearly $1.7 million and are asking a federal judge to sentence them only to two years of home confinement. Lawyers for Andrea...
NYPD cracks down on illegal scooters and dirt bikes
THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — The NYPD is cracking down on the illegal use of mopeds, ATVs, motorcycles, and scooters that they say are being used to commit crimes. These crimes are even impacting delivery workers who say they need these vehicles to make a living. The NYPD is using air support to follow those individuals […]
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...
Latest Update: Man Killed In I-684 Crash In Northern Westchester Had False ID, Police Say
Authorities have released the identity of a man killed in a one-car crash on I-684.New York City resident Mario Goris, age 53, of the Bronx, was killed in a crash that happened on Sunday, April 14, around 3:15 p.m. on the northbound side near Exit 4 in Bedford, according to New York State Police. …
Drug Den On Wheels: Closter Officer Stops Driver With Wide Assortment, Police Say
It was two minutes before the calendar turned to Thursday, April 18, when Officer Anthony Lofaro stopped 22-year-old Mexican national Rafael Guerrero Gonzalez at the BP station on Closter Dock Road just off Piermont Road, Capt. Vincent Aiello said. Lofaro immediately smelled pot, the captain said. Inside the car, Aiello...
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