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Wilton Police Charge Danbury Woman With Failing To Return Rental Car Wilton Police Charge Danbury Woman With Failing To Return Rental Car
Wilton Police Charge Danbury Woman With Failing To Return Rental Car WILTON, Conn. -- A 66-year-old Danbury woman was arrested after police in Norwalk found she was driving a stolen car during a traffic stop, according to Wilton police.Jane Brenner was arraigned Monday on a charge of second-degree larceny, police said. She was held on $2,000 bond, Wilton police said in a post on Facebook. She was stopped on Route 7/Main Avenue in Norwalk when police were alerted through a License Plate Reader that the car she was driving was stolen in Branford, police said.  The stolen vehicle belongs to a car rental agency in Branford, and it had not been returned per the r…

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Fishkill Firm Marks Anniversary With Donation To Poughkeepsie Center Fishkill Firm Marks Anniversary With Donation To Poughkeepsie Center
Fishkill Firm Marks Anniversary With Donation To Poughkeepsie Center FISHKILL, N. Y. -- Fishkill law firm Feldman, Kleidman, Coffey, Sappe and Regenbaum is celebrating 30 years with 30 acts of kindness, starting with a $7,500 gift to Family Services in Poughkeepsie.The donation is the start of a chain of kindness for the benefit of the Dutchess County area. Officials with Family Services, a Dutchess County nonprofit, plan to use the $7,500 to make improvements to the center's Poughkeepsie facility. Family Services provides programs for youth, particularly those affected by crime, domestic violence and sexual assault, officials said. Jeffrey M. Feldman, law fi…

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Poughkeepsie Police Carry On After Officer's Crash Poughkeepsie Police Carry On After Officer's Crash
Poughkeepsie Police Carry On After Officer's Crash POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Poughkeepsie police say they are working through the difficulties resulting from having an officer and car out of commission following a Wednesday car crash, according to a Poughkeepsie Journal reports.The officer, meanwhile, has been released from the hospital after suffering injuries when his cruiser was hit head-on by another car near Main and North/South Bridge streets. The officer was responding to a call, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports. Other officers and equipment have been covering for the temporary loss, but it hasn't been easy, Poughkeepsie police told the P…

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East Fishkill Investigates Water System Following Lead Reports East Fishkill Investigates Water System Following Lead Reports
East Fishkill Investigates Water System Following Lead Reports EAST FISHKILL, N.Y. -- East Fishkill leaders are investigating reports of high levels of lead in the water of a few properties in the Little Switzerland Water District, but they believe it has to do with older pipes, according to a Time Warner Cable News report.Officials said that in September, five homes were tested, and two came back with higher-than-normal lead levels. Then in January, one more house tested positive, Time Warner Cable News says. All residents in the 138-home water district got notice of the lead testing results. Officials are looking at the system as well as pipes and con…

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Woman Charged With Entering Fishkill Correctional Facility With Pills Woman Charged With Entering Fishkill Correctional Facility With Pills
Woman Charged With Entering Fishkill Correctional Facility With Pills FISHKILL, N. Y. -- A 43-year-old Brooklyn woman is facing criminal drug charges after New York State Police say she entered the Fishkill Correctional Facility with prescription drugs, police said.Rachel J. Sime was arrested Saturday, March 19, and charged with felony first-degree promoting prison contraband along with misdemeanor seventh-degree possession of a controlled substance, police said. She's being held on $2,500 cash bail, or $5,000 bond, in the Dutchess County Jail, police said, in anticipation of a 10 a.m. March 23 court date in the Town of Fishkill Court. State police, assisted …

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Missing NYC Teen Had Appointment In Westchester Missing NYC Teen Had Appointment In Westchester
Missing NYC Teen Had Appointment In Westchester WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N. Y. -- The mother of a Brooklyn teenager, missing since traveling to Westchester County on Friday, is appealing to the public for help, according to News 12 Westchester.Alicia Cambpell says she got a text from her son, 18-year-old Calvin Jerome Cambell Ross, Friday night saying he was getting on a train in Mount Vernon.  She hasn't heard from him since, News 12 Westchester reports. Click here to read the full story.

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Prescriptions Must Be Submitted Electronically Under New NY Law Prescriptions Must Be Submitted Electronically Under New NY Law
Prescriptions Must Be Submitted Electronically Under New NY Law Searching around for that little prescription sheet -- or hoping the pharmacist can read it -- will soon be a thing of the past.New York State is poised to become the first state to demand doctors issue prescriptions electronically by punishing those who don't. Starting Sunday, March 27, all prescriptions are to be sent electronically to the pharmacy, the New York Times reports. New York already leads the nation in the number of health care providers using electronic prescriptions. The effort is part of a further push to prevent fraud, particularly in cases of opioid drug overuse and abuse,…

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Greenwich Honors Officers' Efforts In Arrest Of Sex Offender Greenwich Honors Officers' Efforts In Arrest Of Sex Offender
Greenwich Honors Officers' Efforts In Arrest Of Sex Offender GREENWICH, CONN. -- Greenwich Police Officers Alan C. Pesce and Aran J. Santilli are being recognized by the department for their efforts to apprehend a sex offender and rescue a 15-year-old Cos Cob girl.Both officers are the Officer of the Month for February, the department announced in a Facebook post. Though the man has a long criminal history using different names and no known address, the officers were able to track him down in White Plains, officials said They coordinated with the White Plains department on the arrest. The man is being held in Weschester County jail awaiting extraditio…

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Police Seek Public's Help In Cortlandt Stolen Credit Card Investigation Police Seek Public's Help In Cortlandt Stolen Credit Card Investigation
Police Seek Public's Help In Cortlandt Stolen Credit Card Investigation This story has been updated. CORTLANDT, N. Y. -- New York State Police are looking for the public's help to identify a woman police want to question in connection with an ongoing stolen debit card investigation, police said. Police said the woman is believed to be responsible for using stolen debit cards earlier this month at various Westchester County businesses, such as Montrose Deli, DSW, Modell's and Walmart. Anyone with information should contact Investigator Timothy Miller from the state police's Cortlandt division by calling (914) 788-8044 or by email at timothy.miller@troopers.ny.g…

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Man Faces Forgery Charges In Orangetown Man Faces Forgery Charges In Orangetown
Man Faces Forgery Charges In Orangetown ORANGEBURG, N.Y. -- A 42-year-old Brooklyn man is facing felony forgery charges after Orangetown police connected him to reports of forged U.S. Postal Money Orders being cashed at several local post offices, police said. Francisco G. Pinto is charged with first-degree and second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, both felonies, police said. He was arraigned in Orangetown Town Court and is being held on $5,000 bond in the Rockland County Jail pending a future court date, police said.  The U.S. Postal Service sent out an alert that a man had cashed forged money orders at post …

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