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Police & Fire

Man Charged With Disorderly Conduct Resisted Arrest, Stony Point PD Says STONY POINT, N.Y. -- Stony Point police had to struggle to arrest a Monroe man following a traffic accident on Friday, according to Stony Point Police. The struggle took place when officers were attempting to arrest Stephen K. Setteducati, 36, following the accident, said Lt. Keith Williams. "When he was told he was being placed under arrest he began to struggle and resist," Williams said. "He didn't attack the officers, but he did resist arrest." Setteducati was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. He was released on $500 bail and is scheduled to appe…

by K Reakes

01/31/2017

Obituaries

NYC Marathon Legend Allan Steinfeld, Former Rye Neck Teacher, Dies at 70 Allan H. Steinfeld, 70, known for modernizing the technical operations of the New York City Marathon and as a beloved math and physics teacher in Rye Neck who volunteered with Road Runners, died Tuesday, Jan. 24. The cause was multiple system atrophy, a neurological disease, according to his brother Jay Cody. Steinfeld, along with Fred Lebow, an impulsive entrepreneur in Manhattan’s garment district, began in 1970 to grow the race from a field of 127 runners to one with tens of thousands. “Fred would throw out all kinds of crazy ideas, and I would reel them in,” Steinfeld was quoted saying…

by K Reakes

01/31/2017

Police & Fire

Poughkeepsie Officials to Meet After Rise In Fires POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Following two fires at vacant houses Saturday in the City of Poughkeepsie, city officials will hold a common council meeting on Feb. 13 to discuss the current situation around suspicious fires within the city, according to Chairwoman Natasha Cherry. The first blaze took place around 10:20 p.m. at 44 Harrison St. This was the second time firefighters have returned to the vacant home to battle a blaze. They were at the house on Saturday, Jan. 14, said Chief Mark Johnson. "I can't comment about who may have started the fires, the police department is investigating,&q…

by K Reakes

01/30/2017

Police & Fire

Westchester Pet Store Owner Permanently Barred For Animal Cruelty A pet store owner with stores in the Hudson Valley has been permanently barred from working as a pet dealer and will pay $20,000 in fees and penalties as part of a plea agreement for repeated animal cruelty, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Monday afternoon. Richard Doyle of Mahopac, who owned and operated three retail pet stores in Westchester and the Hudson Valley: American Breeders, Inc. in Wappingers Falls; Puppies and Kittens in Mohegan Lake, and Best Breeds, Inc. in Larchmont, took part in practices that resulted in sick dogs being sold and even dying, said a stat…

by K Reakes

01/30/2017

Obituaries

Obituary: Edwin Shapiro, Ossining Town Justice OSSINING, N.Y. -- Edwin S. Shapiro, 86, a longtime Ossining Town Justice, died on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at his Briarcliff Manor home after a long illness. He served as Town Justice from 1980 till his retirement in 2011, winning election seven times. Born in 1931 in Brooklyn, he graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., in 1952 and received his law degree from Harvard in 1955. He then practiced law in Manhattan for several years until moving his practice to Briarcliff Manor. Shapiro is survived by his wife, Sandra; his daughter Sarah Barnard; son, James Shapiro; three grandchildren,…

by K Reakes

01/30/2017

Schools

Police Investigate Social Media Post Directed At Beacon School BEACON, N.Y. -- A threatening post on Instagram on Sunday threatening violence at the Rombout Middle School was made by a student and deemed not credible by police, said Beacon Police Chief Doug Solomon. "Our officers thoroughly vetted the threat and deemed that the student was not a threat," he added. Solomon would not comment on what type of threat was made, but did say the department worked closely with the school district to make sure parents were notified and students were safe, he said. Parents were notified by robo-call and by a statement on the district's website: "W…

by K Reakes

01/30/2017

Police & Fire

Authorities Search For Jumpers From Newburgh-Beacon, Mid-Hudson Bridges This story has been updated. Police and fire officials were kept busy on both sides of the river on Sunday searching for reported jumpers from the Mid-Hudson Bridge and the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. The first report of a person jumping came into the New York State police around 7 p.m., from a driver that had seen a woman leaning on the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, said Melissa McMorris with the New York State police. "By the time police and fire arrived the woman had already jumped from the bridge," she said. Both the City of Beacon and Newburgh firefighters searched for the woman for …

by K Reakes

01/30/2017

News

Winning Take 5 Ticket Worth $32,210 Sold In Garnerville ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Garnerville residents who played the Take 5 lottery game on Saturday, Jan. 28, should be checking their lottery tickets for a winner after someone from the area matched all five numbers, according to New York State Lottery officials. A winning ticket with the numbers 2-20-22-29-38 for the Jan. 28 TAKE 5 drawing was sold at 202 Mini Mart and Deli at 135 Ramapo Road in Garnerville, said Christy A. Calicchia, deputy director of Communications. The winning ticket is worth $32,210.50, she added. In addition to the top-prize winner, 202 players also purchased winning ti…

by K Reakes

01/30/2017

Police & Fire

Suspect In Three Dutchess Bank Robberies Caught DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Wappingers Falls man has been charged with three Dutchess County bank robberies as part of a plea agreement reached earlier this month in Orange County Court, according to the Hyde Park police. Joshua Jamel Dejesus, 25, was charged Thursday, Jan. 26, in connection with the three Dutchess County bank robberies as part of a plea deal for his involvement in the robbery of the Hudson Heritage Federal Credit Union Bank in Newburgh on Aug. 24, 2015, said Lt. Robert Benson. Dejesus was charged by the Town of Hyde Park Police for a robbery at the TD Bank located at 4240…

by K Reakes

01/30/2017

Weather

Snowy Tuesday In Store For Armonk A storm streaking across the Upper Midwest is forecast to bring snow to the area on Tuesday, dropping anywhere from one to three inches of the powdery stuff to the Hudson Valley before midnight, according to the National Weather Service. The snow should move in sometime during the morning Tuesday and bring with it a wind-chill factor between 15 and 25 degrees. The chance of snow is 80 percent in Westchester and Rockland and 60 percent in Dutchess and Putnam, according to the National Weather Service. As a result of the storm, commuters should be prepared for snow-covered roads and slow and …

by K Reakes

01/30/2017

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