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A list of recent police activity in Dobbs Ferry over the last week.
Besides making 2 DWI arrests this week, Dobbs Ferry police were kept busy with a number of other cases: including alleged harassment, a scratched car and a group of young people who fled a taxi without paying the fee. Feb. 14: Feb. 17: Feb. 18: Feb. 19: Note: Police Beat does not include all cases investigated by DFPD during the listed dates.
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A local and a queens man were both arrested this weekend for alleged drunken driving.
Dobbs Ferry Police charged two men, one local, with driving while intoxicated on Saturday night. Sgt. Rick Guevara said that at around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Lt. Michael Spedaliere was at Maple Avenue and Broadway when he heard metal grinding. He observed a gray Mazda 3 with two flat front tires and damage to the front bumper. Spedaliere stopped the driver Michael Ginghina, 42, of Dobbs Ferry at Belden Avenue. The suspect failed field sobriety tests, and submitted to a Datamaster "breathalyzer" test—registering a blood alcohol level of .22, twice the legal limit, making it a charge of Aggravated DWI, police said. The car was impounded and Ginghana was released to return to court on March 1. Later that evening, at 3:13 a.m. on the 19th, …
A look at recent police activity in Hastings.
Besides making an arrest in an alleged sexual abuse case and arresting a resident for DWI after allegedly sideswiping five parked cars and fleeing the scene, members of the Hastings Police Force and the Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force also arrested a 56-year-old Yonkers woman for alleged criminal possession of a controlled substance, believed to be cocaine, police said. On Feb. 10, members of the Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force alerted Hastings officers to a traffic stop at Broadway and Burnside Drives. Police believe the task force had been involved in an investigation of the driver, Janet Pinto, who was pulled over in her 1997 Buick, which had a suspended license. After a search of the car, officers found a white substance …
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Recent weird and unusual crime in the Hudson Valley.
Bestiality in Rye? Kujtim Nicaj was arrested for burglary Feb. 9 and since then, reports have been circulating that bestiality was involved. Nicaj has been employed by the Rye Colony Apartments as a superintendent for a number of years. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend Police were called to check on three Hastings teenagers with flashlights to make sure they were attempting a robbery. The girls were actually looking for lost jewelry. Trapped in the Scene of the Crime A 50-year-old Long Island man is accused of stealing clothes with two other men from a donation bin located in a Stop & Shop parking lot, reports LoHud.com. Clarkstown police caught the man in the bin, where he said his alleged accomplices told him to wait. Valentine's Day…
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Police are investigating why a teenager had $11,000 cash on him.
Members of he Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force arrested a 17-year-old Mt. Kisco resident after observing him with a burning marijuana cigarette in Halsey Pond Park, police said. Th teenager—who is believed to attend school in Irvington—was with two other teens, a 17-year-old girl from Irvington and an 17-year-old boy from Tarrytown when they were approached by police on Feb. 7. Upon further investigation, officers discovered the teenager with the joint was in possession of $11,219 in cash and un-prescribed Xanax. He was formally charged with two criminal counts of criminal possession of marijuana and criminal possession of a controlled substance, the anxiety pills. Police seized the money and are continuing to investigate this …
Police charged a 20-year-old resident with DWI.
Hastings police charged resident Asheree Griffin, 20, with DWI and leaving the scene of a property damage incident after she allegedly sideswiped five parked cars and fled the scene of the crime, police said. At around Midnight on Feb. 10, police received several 911 calls about an erratic driver that had "struck five parked cars and crashed into a guard rail on Southside Avenue," Lt. David Dosin said. The damage from the 1999 Ford Infinity reportedly occurred at the intersection of Southside and Washington Avenues. Officers located the owner of the vehicle at her residence and brought her to headquarters, where she was charged with: "Evidently, the suspect had received tickets in the past for driving without a licence, but we do not know…
Rye Police say Judge Joseph Latwin ordered court documents related to a bestiality case sealed to prevent press access.
Clerks at Rye City Court on Thursday denied knowledge of the Feb. 9 burglary arrest of Nicaj Kutjim, 43, of 58 Peck Ave., and Rye Police refused to release copies of the arrest report saying Judge Joseph Latwin had "sealed" the arrest and court reports. However, information on the case is trickling out. Lucian Chalfen of the Westchester District Attorney's office confirmed Kutjim is due to appear again in Rye City Court on March 6. Published reports Wednesday said the Westchester District Attorney's Office confirmed the case involved bestiality. A resident of the Rye Colony Apartments, who ask not to be identified, told Rye Patch that Kutjim has been employed as a superintendent at the cooperative apartments for a number of years. …
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Hastings police make arrest in possible abuse case.
After a long-term investigation by a 19-year-old Bryan T. Fuentes was arrested for abusing a victim under the age of 17, police said. The alleged incidents of abuse took place over three months—between late 2011 and early 2012. The victim is female. Fuentes was charged with: All charges are Class-A misdemeanors. Fuentes was taken into custody by Hastings police on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at about 11:50 a.m. based on a warrant assigned by Village Justice Joseph DiSalvo. He was arraigned Wednesday night and remanded to the Westchester County Jail in Valhalla on $2,500 bail. "This is a very sensitive case," said Hastings' Lt. David Dosin. "No more information—or a mug shot—is available at this time in order to protect the young victim. These are …
12:47 pm on Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Serious offenses and yet Only $2,500 bail!!?? This is not the only case where bail has been low for felonies. more ›
Irvington police are investigating a bizarre case of forgery this week involving a handicapped permit, an apparently able-bodied individual and an elaborately-crafted forged note.
An Irvington resident appeared at police headquarters this week with a letter he thought had had been placed on the windshield of his car by parking enforcement, police said. The lengthy and official-looking document alleged that the man had been misusing a handicapped space on South Astor Street—although he did have an official state-issued handicapped permit. "But we don't issue any such forms," said Sgt. Michael Foley. "If we see someone abusing handicapped spaces, the only thing we'd do is issue a ticket." The document stated that "in response to recent complaints" about the driver's abuse of handicapped spaces, he had been summonsed to Irvington Police HQ "by Feb. 28 with medical certification of disability completed by a physician …
8:54 pm on Friday, February 17, 2012
Whats weird is the person seems to have a permit? If they have a permit how do they know he doesn't have a heart condition or an arthritic knee or hip. I think it is down right wrong for people to do that to someone and then make them go to a police station. Whoever wrote that should be ashamed of themselves. Plus, it's illegal what they did. So weird, what's next people questioning each other … more ›
