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Yorktown Woman Faces Drug Charges In Putnam Yorktown Woman Faces Drug Charges In Putnam
Yorktown Woman Faces Drug Charges In Putnam MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- A 19-year-old Yorktown Heights woman is facing misdemeanor drug charges after Putman County sheriff's deputies allegedly found her injecting herself with heroin in Mahopac, police said. Candace Moran, 19, of Crest Drive, Yorktown Heights, is charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument, police said. During a routine patrol at 9 p.m. Saturday in the Lake Secor section of Mahopac, narcotics enforcement deputies saw what they considered suspicious activity in a parked car, police said. They found t…

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Mamaroneck's Iconic Walter's Hot Dogs Gets Second Food Truck Mamaroneck's Iconic Walter's Hot Dogs Gets Second Food Truck
Mamaroneck's Iconic Walter's Hot Dogs Gets Second Food Truck MAMARONECK, N. Y. -- Don't worry if the Walter's Hot Dogs food truck hasn't made it, so far, to an event near you. In a few weeks, a second food truck serving food from the well-known Mamaroneck eatery is set to be in circulation, according to lohud.com. To meet a growing demand for mobile hot dog service, Walter's second food truck is set to start Tuesday, April 12. The second truck will visit community festivals and events while the first truck will handle private parties, says lohud.com. Members of the Warrington family, owners of Westchester's historic Walter's Hot Dogs, said having to …

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Orangetown Police Investigate Pearl River Burglary Attempt Orangetown Police Investigate Pearl River Burglary Attempt
Orangetown Police Investigate Pearl River Burglary Attempt PEARL RIVER, N. Y. -- Orangetown police are investigating an apparent attempted burglary at a house Wednesday morning in Pearl River that ended when the resident scared away the intruder, police said.Someone entered a house on Burdick Road between 8:15 a.m. and 10 a.m. Wednesday morning through a sliding glass door, police said. When a woman returned to the house at about 10 a.m., the intruder apparently ran off, police said. Nothing was taken, police said. She did not confront the intruder, police said. Anyone with information about this incident, or any others, should call police at (845)-…

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Briarcliff High School Musicians Perform For Todd Fifth-Graders Briarcliff High School Musicians Perform For Todd Fifth-Graders
Briarcliff High School Musicians Perform For Todd Fifth-Graders BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N. Y. -- Fifth-graders from Todd Elementary School visited Briarcliff High School last month for a special performance of the high school's band, chorus and orchestra.The high school musicians were giving the younger students an idea of what it's like to perform music as part of Music in Our Schools month, in hopes of encouraging future musicians. The three groups performed a mix of classical and popular songs for the Todd Elementary School group. 

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Clarkstown Police Accuse Spring Valley Man Of Identity Theft Clarkstown Police Accuse Spring Valley Man Of Identity Theft
Clarkstown Police Accuse Spring Valley Man Of Identity Theft ROCKLAND COUNTY, N. Y. -- A 27-year-old Spring Valley man is facing identity theft charges after Clarkstown police said he went on a four-day spending spree, racking up more than $1,800 in charges on a stolen credit card number, police said.Nicos Dinkins was arrested Monday and charged with second-degree felony possession of a forged instrument, fourth-degree felony possession of stolen property, first- and second-degree felony identity theft and fourth-degree felony grand larceny, police said. He was being held in Rockland County Jail without bail pending a Friday court date. He was arraign…

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State’s Attorney Finds No Evidence Of Conspiracy In Death Of Redding Lawyer State’s Attorney Finds No Evidence Of Conspiracy In Death Of Redding Lawyer
State’s Attorney Finds No Evidence Of Conspiracy In Death Of Redding Lawyer REDDING, Conn. -- On the heels of a federal lawsuit filed by his family claiming a police coverup in the death investigation of attorney Gugsa Abraham "Abe" Dabela, the state's attorney says he has found no evidence of a conspiracy.Stephen J. Sedensky, state's attorney for the Danbury area, said Friday that his office is still investigating the "tragic death" of Dabela in Redding on April 5, 2014.  "We again express our sincere condolences to the family of Mr. Dabela on their loss," Sedensky said. Dabela's family, meanwhile, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday -- t…

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New Details Emerge About Fatal Stamford Police Shooting New Details Emerge About Fatal Stamford Police Shooting
New Details Emerge About Fatal Stamford Police Shooting STAMFORD, Conn. -- Newly released search warrant documents show the March 21 fatal police shooting of a 25-year-old man at his Stamford home started with an evening 911 call from the man's father that his son was waving what looked to be a handgun, the News-Times reported.The unsealed court documents reveal a little more information about what led two Stamford police officers to shoot and kill Dylan Pape, an event the state medical examiner ruled to be suicide by cop.  The documents show that police found a receipt for a BB gun from a Norwalk Wal-Mart, the News-Times reports, along with a ne…

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Authorities Target Two Westchester Drug Rings With 10 Arrests Authorities Target Two Westchester Drug Rings With 10 Arrests
Authorities Target Two Westchester Drug Rings With 10 Arrests WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N. Y. -- Law enforcement authorities were able to make a big dent into two illegal drug distribution rings with the recent arrests of 10 men charged with dealing drugs in and around Peekskill.U. S. Attorney Preet Bharaha's office announced the indictments Thursday in White Plains Federal Court. “The complaints charge conspiracies to distribute large quantities of crack cocaine. With the federal charges brought today we have taken a big step in neutralizing two different drug rings that have been peddling drugs for years in the city of Peekskill," Bharaha said in a st…

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Bridgeport Diocese Names New Superintendent Of Schools Bridgeport Diocese Names New Superintendent Of Schools
Bridgeport Diocese Names New Superintendent Of Schools FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- A Long Island educator has been selected by the Bridgeport Diocese to become superintendent of the diocese's 31 Catholic schools throughout Fairfield County. Bishop Frank Caggiano announced the appointment Wednesday of Steven Cheeseman, of East Moriches, N.Y., who will start the position June 30. Cheeseman plans to relocate to Fairfield County from Long Island, where he serves as associate superintendent of schools in the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Cheeseman succeeds Sister Mary Grace Walsh, who left to take a new education position with the Archdiocese of Hartfo…

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Rockland Legislator Gets Caught In Foreclosure Quagmire Rockland Legislator Gets Caught In Foreclosure Quagmire
Rockland Legislator Gets Caught In Foreclosure Quagmire A Rockland County Republican legislator has gotten caught up in what county officials say is a rising tide of foreclosures as he works to keep his Stony Point house, according to lohud.com.Douglas J. Jobson, the county Legislature's deputy minority leader, is working on a loan modification for his house on Hoke Drive after it went through foreclosure and an auction in March. Before approving the house's sale at auction, the court is giving Jobson a chance to re-negotiate his loan, lohud.com reports. Rockland County officials said foreclosures have outpaced 2015 for the first quarter. There h…

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