Monday, February 6, 2012
The following is from the New York State Police. Arrests do not indicate convictions.
The New York State Police reported handing out 23 traffic tickets and performing one Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated arrest on Super Bowl Sunday. During a "roving DWI saturation detail" in Westchester County, Julian Pena of Yonkers was stopped for speeding and subsequently arrested on the Sprain Brook Parkway. Police report the 28-year-old was processed at NYSP's Hawthorne department, where a breath test revealed his blood alcohol content (BAC) measured in at .20 percent. He is due back in Greenburgh Court on February 13. Also during the detail, state police reported issuing 23 traffic tickets:
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Lt. Frederick's son, a Suffern firefighter, attended the event.
More than 400 firefighters from the region gathered at the Tarrytown Marriott Hotel on Saturday for the 11th Annual Lt. Andy Fredericks Memorial Seminar and Exhibit. Included in the crowd was 19-year-old Suffern firefighter Andrew Fredericks, who was 9 years old when his father was killed. "I spent a day at another FDNY house when I was 14. I was with Lt. Brian Curid who showed me around and that's what made me want to become a firefighter," Fredericks said. The seminar included two presentations by FDNY officers meant to educate those in the crowd on firefighting tactics and safety. There were also exhibits of emergency service products by dozens of vendors. Proceeds of the event go to three charities, including the Lt. Andy Fredericks …
Recent weird and unusual crime in the Hudson Valley.
Homeless Ossining Man Sues Eminem Stephen Lee Pieck, a homeless Ossining man, is suing hip-hop artist Eminem for $9 million, reports AllHipHop.com. Pieck claims he was in White Plain's Legal Seafood restaurant with pop star Christina Aguilera and her husband Sep. 9, 2010 when Aguilera put him on the phone with Eminem. At issue: Pieck then allegedly gave Eminem the idea for his "Born of Fire" Chrysler commercial, which premiered during last year's Super Bowl. A Mountain Lion Near Pleasantville? Mount Pleasant Police Chief Louis Alagno confirmed receiving reports of "a large cat—possibly a mountain lion" roaming the streets of northern Mount Pleasant. Police did not find the animal. Road Rage Over Funeral Procession A New City man was …
Friday, February 3, 2012
Ethan Weibman will spend 90 days in a Baltimore, MD jail.
A Bedford native accused of animal abuse has been sentenced to 90 days in jail by a Baltimore judge, according to this Baltimore Sun report. Ethan Weibman, 20, who pled guilty last fall to animal cruelty in the death of one cat and the beating of another, will also have to pay $5,000 in fines and court costs and will serve three years probation during which time he is ordered to have no contact with animals, wrote Jill Rosen, the Sun reporter following the case. Weibman, a Fox Lane graduate, was charged last March with animal cruelty resulting in death. Court documents say Weibman is a suspect in the deaths of five more cats and kittens. The charges stemmed from separate incidents which took place in March and April 2010. Weibman …
The following information was provided by the Bedford Police and does not indicate a conviction.
Two friends from Scarsdale were arrested in Bedford this week after police saw them sitting in their car at a solid green traffic light, police said. After observing the car stopped at the light on Woodsbridge Road and Route 35, and seeing the car eventually proceed eastbound onto Route 35/Cross River Road and make an unsafe lane change, police stopped the vehicle on the I-684 South ramp. The traffic stop was at 4:23 p.m. on Jan. 30. Officers questioned the driver, Joseph Steven Russo, 23 and his passenger, Alfred Robert Lafata, 24. Russo had a lighter in his hand and was asked to step out of the car. Officers also noticed a strong smell of marijuana coming from the car. Because of the traffic on the ramp, no field sobriety tests were …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
The information below was provided by the Bedford police and does not indicate a conviction.
A Mt. Kisco woman was arrested and charged with aggravated DWI after driving her 2005 Mercedes up an embankment on McClain Street, police said. Patricia Byrns, 43, was observed by Bedford police as having difficulty staying in her lane while driving eastbound from Bedford Road to Green Lane on Jan. 28. After following Byrns' car until she reached the embankment, police administered field sobriety tests, at approximately 2 a.m. Byrns failed the tests and admitted to drinking at a bar, then refused to take a pre-screen alco-sensor test. She was taken to headquarters, where she submitted to a chemical test which resulted in .24 BAC, more than three times the legal limit. She was charged with DWI, aggravated DWI and refusing a pre-screen test…
Sunday, January 29, 2012
A White Plains man and Somers woman died in separate crashes Jan. 28 in North Castle.
The Westchester County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victims of two separate crashes in North Castle on Jan. 28, according to LoHud.com. Kimberly Figa, 23, of 39 Deans Bridge Rd. in Somers, died at Northern Westchester Hospital Center in Mount Kisco after driving her 2011 Mercedes Benz off Hickory Pass near Cedar Hill Road at approximately 9:15 a.m. An earlier police report identified the woman as 24. About an hour later, Elbert Jourdy, 61, of 468 No. Broadway in White Plains, was driving his Mercury Marquis when he and a Ford pickup driven by a Katonah man collided near the entrance of the Westchester County Airport on Route 120. Jourdy died at Northern Westchester Hospital Center. The Katonah man, 35, was treated and released…
Saturday, January 28, 2012
North Castle Police are investigating the accidents; Katonah man also involved.
Two fatal car crashes occurred within an hour of one another in North Castle on Saturday morning. At approximately 9:18 a.m. on Jan. 28, a 24-year-old Somers woman fatally crashed a 2011 Mercedes Benz near 25 Hickory Pass in the Banksville part of North Castle, according to a police report. The Armonk and Banksville Fire Departments, and Westchester EMS were also on scene. The North Castle Police Department responded to a second incident at approximately 10:22 a.m. at the intersection of NY Route 120 and Airport Road in the Armonk section of town involving two vehicles. According to police, a 2002 Ford pickup truck registered to a Katonah business and driven by a Katonah man, 35, and a 2003 Mercury registered to a White Plains business …
Recent weird and unusual crime in the Hudson Valley.
Brothers Allegedly Steal Storm Drain Grates and Scrap Metal Three Harrison brothers face misdemeanor charges for allegedly stealing storm drain grates and scrap metal over the last two months. Area scrap metal yards value the grates at approximately $50. Four grates were stolen before police were given a lead by the Journal News facilities manager, who reported that two men stole scrap metal from a dumpster on his property. Cat House The SPCA of Westchester rescued 16 neglected cats from a private Yorktown residence on an anonymous tip. The homeowners were reported to be in the hospital and the cats were allegedly left without care. The home was deemed unfit for occupation by animals or people. Many of the cats were living inside the walls…
Friday, January 27, 2012
The information below was provided by Bedford police and does not indicate a conviction.
A 43-year-old local man faces a felony DWI charge after Bedford police reported he was allegedly driving a car with a blood-alcohol level more than three times the state's legal limit with an 11-year-old child in the backseat. Just after 11 p.m. Sunday night, Bedford police received a report of a possible accident on Long Ridge Road. Upon their arrival, police said they found two cars. The driver of one of the cars said that they had almost been hit head-on by the other driver, Wensley McKenney of Bedford. After avoiding a collision, the witness said, they were able to turn around and block McKenney from continuing, then called police. When they approached McKenney's car, police said they detected an odor of alcohol. McKenney failed field …
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12:01 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012
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