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Westport Woman Arrested On DWI Charge After Crash WESTPORT, Conn. -- A Westport woman involved in a one-car accident on Wednesday tested at more than three times the legal limit for blood alcohol content.Stefanie Wiedman, 35, of Garden Lane, was charged with DWI and interfering with a police officer after the accident on Green Farms Road, police said. Westport officers said that when they arrived at the scene of the crash they found Wiedman sitting on the ground outside of her vehicle with a distinct odor of alcohol on her breath and red and glassy eyes. When officers tried to speak with Wiedman she became combative and began arguing and s…

by K Reakes

08/19/2016

Neighbors

Spring Valley Landlord Fined After Tenant Collapses From Carbon Monoxide SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. -- A Spring Valley landlord has been fined $8,000 for violations at the home after a tenant collapsed from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to lohud.com. Mattis Fried of The Rashby Trust, was fined by the Rockland Board of Health on Wednesday for four violations at 10 Jay St. Each of the violations carry $2,000 fines for problems that included the lack of a functional carbon monoxide detector, said lohud.com. The fines were made possible by the Rockland Codes Initiative, started in 2015 by County Executive Ed Day and his administration, which uses the sanitary laws…

by K Reakes

08/19/2016

Police & Fire

Second Arrest Made In Theft Of Credit Cards From Elderly Newtown Woman NEWTOWN, Conn. — A man wanted in connection with the theft of a credit card from an elderly Newtown resident by her caregiver has been nabbed by the Newtown police nine months after the crime in New Haven. An arrest warrant was issued for Michael Tallman, 29, of Waterbury, in November 2015, after he was found to be involved in the theft and use of the credit by his ex-girlfriend Earlisha Watson, who was a caregiver for the woman, police said. Watson turned herself in earlier this year, but police were unable to locate Tallman until several days ago, when he was found in New Haven and arreste…

by K Reakes

08/19/2016

Police & Fire

Bridgeport Homicide Victim Hoped To Find Missing Father BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A 37-year-old Bridgeport man who was shot and killed on Tuesday as he sat in a car with a friend had been on a mission to find his father who has been missing since May, according to the Connecticut Post. Fredrick Richardson Jr. was sitting in the front passenger seat when he was shot along with the driver, who was wounded but drove to Bridgeport Hospital. Richardson died and the driver suffered a non-life-threatening injury, according to the Connecticut Post. A baker in Greenwich, Richardson had reported his father missing in May to Bridgeport police, according to the …

by K Reakes

08/19/2016

Police & Fire

Norwalk Police Issue 242 Tickets For Texting, Cell Phone Use NORWALK, Conn. -- Texting and cell phone use has become such a problem with drivers that the Norwalk Police Department recently performed a two week distracted driver detail in an effort to curb the practice.During the detail, which was held from Aug. 1 to Aug. 14, the department held 11 enforcement details where they handed out 242 tickets to drivers who were either texting on talking on their cell phones. In addition, officers issued 44 tickets for other violations. To report a distracted driver, contact the Norwalk Police Tip Line at 203-854-3111. Anonymous Internet tips can be sent to N…

by K Reakes

08/19/2016

Police & Fire

Yorktown Police Charge Man, 27, With Failure To Appear YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. -- A Mount Kisco man was charged with failure to appear on Thursday in connection with a past arrest after failing to show up in court in July. Joshua T. Holmes, 27, was arrested on a bench warrant for failing to appear in court for an earlier arrest in which he was charged with possession of marijuana and driving without a license by Yorktown police. Holmes appeared in court on Thursday and was remanded to the Westchester County Jail in lieu of $1,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear in court again on Sept. 29.

by K Reakes

08/19/2016

News

American Flag Will Again Wave On Arlington Fire District Apparatus POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Amid national attention and local outrage over the decision by the Arlington Board of Fire Commissioners to order the Arlington Fire District to remove American flags affixed to their fire trucks, the two groups met Thursday and came to an agreement that allows for one flag on one truck. Following Tuesday's decision by the commission to remove the flags, Fire Chief Tory Gallante was inundated with support from across the country and from numerous local and national news outlets, according to Fox News. The flags were added to the trucks after the department received a r…

by K Reakes

08/18/2016

Police & Fire

Millerton Man Charged With Violating Order Of Protection Twice In One Day DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Millerton man was charged with two counts of criminal contempt on Wednesday for violating a protection order two times on the same day. James C. Kaiser, 34, was arrested after New York State troopers were dispatched to investigate an order of protection violation at a Town of Washington residence. The complainant reported that she had been receiving text messages from Kaiser in violation of the order of protection. Kaiser was arraigned in the Town of Dover Justice Court and released on his own recognizance, state police said. Hours later, state police said Kaise…

by K Reakes

08/18/2016

News

Rockland Woman Stuck On Bus Wheelchair Lift Calls For Change CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- A Rockland woman stuck in her wheelchair on a motorized lift on a county bus for more than two hours, is calling on the county to make public transportation more accessible for disabled residents, according to News 12. Ella Hill told News 12 her wheelchair was stuck Tuesday after the motorized lift on the Transport of Rockland bus stopped operating, said News 12. Rockland County officials said the issue was a computer malfunction that locked the controls. Crews had to use a flatbed truck to remove Hill from the lift, which had been inspected the same day, added News 12. …

by K Reakes

08/18/2016

Police & Fire

Stamford Teen Charged In Shooting That Sent Bullet Into Home STAMFORD, Conn. -- Stamford police arrested a 17-year-old following a shooting Wednesday that sent a bullet through the wall of a home on Ludlow Street. Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin said luckily no one was injured during the shooting, which took place on Ludlow and Cedar streets about 9 p.m. He credits the quick work of a patrol officer on duty in the area with preventing anyone from getting hurt, and the quick arrest of a suspect. "Luckily Officer Wayne James heard the shot and immediately called for backup," he said. "We were able to get the patrol and investigati…

by K Reakes

08/18/2016

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