Active White Plains PD Officer Dies Suddenly After Medical Emergency: Was 6-Year Veteran Active White Plains PD Officer Dies Suddenly After Medical Emergency: Was 6-Year Veteran Active White Plains PD Officer Dies Suddenly After Medical Emergency: Was 6-Year Veteran
Active White Plains PD Officer Dies Suddenly After Medical Emergency: Was 6-Year Veteran A police department in Westchester County is mourning the sudden loss of one of its own.  Officer Pasquale “PJ” Barile, a six-year veteran of the White Plains Police Department, died on Monday night, Aug. 11, following a medical emergency, according to White Plains Police. Barile, who joined the department in July 2019, was most recently assigned to the Neighborhood Initiatives Unit.  Before becoming an officer, he worked as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor at UFC Gym from 2016 to 2019, according to his LinkedIn profile. “Our deepest condolences go out to the…
$50K Powerball Ticket Sold At This White Plains Store $50K Powerball Ticket Sold At This White Plains Store $50K Powerball Ticket Sold At This White Plains Store
$50K Powerball Ticket Sold At This White Plains Store Someone in Westchester may be walking around $50,000 richer and not even know it. The New York Lottery announced that a third-prize-winning ticket for the Saturday, Aug. 9 Powerball drawing was sold at A V Convenience Store at 173 Martine Ave. in downtown White Plains.  The lucky ticket matched enough numbers to score a $50,000 payout, lottery officials said. Five other winning tickets worth the same amount were sold in Brooklyn, Lockport, Manhattan, and Watertown. The winning numbers were 07 14 23 24 60 with a Powerball number of 14.  Powerball numbers are drawn every Monday, …
Marine Bureau, Harbormaster Rescue Six From Kayaks, Riptide On Long Island Sound In Smithtown Marine Bureau, Harbormaster Rescue Six From Kayaks, Riptide On Long Island Sound In Smithtown Marine Bureau, Harbormaster Rescue Six From Kayaks, Riptide On Long Island Sound In Smithtown
Marine Bureau, Harbormaster Rescue Six From Kayaks, Riptide On Long Island Sound In Smithtown Six people were rescued from dangerous waters off Long Island Sound in Smithtown, Suffolk County police announced on Sunday, Aug. 10. Marine Bureau officers and the Town of Smithtown Harbormaster responded to two separate incidents — first involving three kayakers, then two swimmers and a jet skier — according to the release. Three adult male kayakers from Central Islip were about a mile north of Nissequogue when a double kayak began taking on water and partially submerged. Jorge Alexander, 39, fell into the water and was separated from Anibal Canetas, 45, who stayed in the boat. Miguel Dom…
Former Employee Linked To 2 Burglaries At Dessert Shop In Mamaroneck, Police Say Former Employee Linked To 2 Burglaries At Dessert Shop In Mamaroneck, Police Say Former Employee Linked To 2 Burglaries At Dessert Shop In Mamaroneck, Police Say
Former Employee Linked To 2 Burglaries At Dessert Shop In Mamaroneck, Police Say A 23-year-old man has been arrested and accused of stealing cash from a Westchester dessert shop he used to work at, police said.  The incidents happened at Ralph’s Italian Ices at 407 Mamaroneck Ave. in the Village of Mamaroneck, the village's police department announced on Friday, Aug. 8.  The investigation began on Wednesday, July 23, after the business owner reported that someone had entered the store on Friday, July 18, and stolen about $1,000 in cash.   Security footage showed a masked person using a key retrieved from an external lock box, according to the depart…
3 Shot In School Parking Lot After Basketball Event In White Plains, Police Say 3 Shot In School Parking Lot After Basketball Event In White Plains, Police Say 3 Shot In School Parking Lot After Basketball Event In White Plains, Police Say
3 Shot In School Parking Lot After Basketball Event In White Plains, Police Say Three people, including a teenager, were injured after more than 20 shots were fired during an altercation at an elementary school parking lot in Westchester, police said. The shooting happened around 10:15 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 7, in the parking lot entrance of the Church Street School at 295 Church St. in White Plains, according to the city's police department. Police said the gunfire followed a dispute among a group of people who had just left an organized basketball event at the nearby Gardella Park. A total of three Bronx residents were injured: an 18-year-old man, a 21-year-old man, …
Boyfriend, Girlfriend Found With Massive Drug Cache After Weeks-Long Probe In Harrison: Cops Boyfriend, Girlfriend Found With Massive Drug Cache After Weeks-Long Probe In Harrison: Cops Boyfriend, Girlfriend Found With Massive Drug Cache After Weeks-Long Probe In Harrison: Cops
Boyfriend, Girlfriend Found With Massive Drug Cache After Weeks-Long Probe In Harrison: Cops A boyfriend and girlfriend are facing felony drug charges following a five-week investigation into narcotics activity in Westchester that ended in both their arrests, authorities announced.  The arrests stem from separate incidents that took place on Tuesday, July 15, and Wednesday, July 16, culminating in the seizure of more than a kilogram of suspected cocaine, along with ecstasy, Xanax, and crack cocaine, Harrison Police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 6. The first arrest occurred on July 15, when 48-year-old Ida Lucas of White Plains was spotted in downtown Harrison. Officers conducte…
Social Services Clerk From Mount Vernon Extorted Daycare Providers For Cash, DA Says Social Services Clerk From Mount Vernon Extorted Daycare Providers For Cash, DA Says Social Services Clerk From Mount Vernon Extorted Daycare Providers For Cash, DA Says
Social Services Clerk From Mount Vernon Extorted Daycare Providers For Cash, DA Says A Westchester County Department of Social Services employee is facing charges for allegedly demanding cash bribes from daycare providers in exchange for processing reimbursement checks meant to support families in need, prosecutors announced. Cheryl Spencer, 61, of Mount Vernon, was arraigned Tuesday afternoon, August 5, in White Plains City Court on five counts each of third-degree bribe receiving, fourth-degree criminal solicitation, and official misconduct, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced.  According to the DA's Office, Spencer, a Senior Audit Clerk …
Here’s Where You Can Swim Late (And Cheap) In Westchester As Temps Hit 103° Here’s Where You Can Swim Late (And Cheap) In Westchester As Temps Hit 103° Here’s Where You Can Swim Late (And Cheap) In Westchester As Temps Hit 103°
Here’s Where You Can Swim Late (And Cheap) In Westchester As Temps Hit 103° As temperatures soar across the Hudson Valley, Westchester County is keeping its pools and beaches open later to help residents cool off. A heat advisory is in effect through 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30, for Westchester County, with heat index values expected to reach up to 103°, according to the National Weather Service. An Air Quality Alert is also in effect Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., with health officials urging residents to limit strenuous outdoor activity. In response to the extreme heat, Westchester officials announced that county-run swimming areas will stay open an extra hour…
White Plains Hiker Rescued After Slipping, Injuring Leg In Catskills White Plains Hiker Rescued After Slipping, Injuring Leg In Catskills White Plains Hiker Rescued After Slipping, Injuring Leg In Catskills
White Plains Hiker Rescued After Slipping, Injuring Leg In Catskills A hiker from Westchester County was rescued after slipping on a wet rock and injuring their leg while hiking in the Catskills.  The incident happened on Friday, July 18, around 4:30 p.m., on the Huckleberry Loop Trail in the Dry Brook Ridge Wild Forest in Delaware County, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said on Tuesday, July 22.  A 69-year-old hiker from White Plains was about two miles from the Hill Road trailhead when they fell and suffered an upper leg injury. Despite the pain, they continued walking with the help of trekking poles.  At 6:…
Far-Right Podcaster Candace Owens Sued By French President For Claiming His Wife's A Man Far-Right Podcaster Candace Owens Sued By French President For Claiming His Wife's A Man Far-Right Podcaster Candace Owens Sued By French President For Claiming His Wife's A Man
Far-Right Podcaster Candace Owens Sued By French President For Claiming His Wife's A Man French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, have filed a sweeping defamation lawsuit against American far-right commentator Candace Owens.  They accuse her of orchestrating a “a campaign of global humiliation, turning their lives into fodder for profit-driven lies" by repeatedly and knowingly spreading the false claim that France’s first lady is a man. The suit, filed Wednesday, July 23, in Delaware Superior Court, alleges that Owens “disregarded all credible evidence disproving her claim in favor of platforming known conspiracy theorists and proven defame…
Man Gets Out Of Car, Fires At Moving Driver In Mount Vernon: Suspect Caught, Police Say Man Gets Out Of Car, Fires At Moving Driver In Mount Vernon: Suspect Caught, Police Say Man Gets Out Of Car, Fires At Moving Driver In Mount Vernon: Suspect Caught, Police Say
Man Gets Out Of Car, Fires At Moving Driver In Mount Vernon: Suspect Caught, Police Say A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting that injured a driver in Westchester last week, police said.  The shooting happened in Mount Vernon at around 10:02 a.m. on Sunday, June 29, near 65 East Prospect Ave. There, responding officers found a man who had been shot in the right forearm while driving. The injury was non-life-threatening, and the victim was treated at a local hospital and later released, city officials said on Tuesday, July 8.  Investigators said the suspect, identified as 39-year-old Sean Emery Stewart, was driving a white Mercedes-Ben…
Man Struck, Killed By Yankee Clipper Train In White Plains: Police Investigating Man Struck, Killed By Yankee Clipper Train In White Plains: Police Investigating Man Struck, Killed By Yankee Clipper Train In White Plains: Police Investigating
Man Struck, Killed By Yankee Clipper Train In White Plains: Police Investigating A 42-year-old man was struck and killed by a Metro-North train on its way to Yankee Stadium in Westchester County, authorities said.  The incident happened just before 11:30 a.m., when Metro-North Train 7620, which was traveling from the Putnam County town of Southeast to Yankee Stadium, was entering the White Plains station and struck the man, who was on the tracks without authorization, the MTA Police Department said on Monday, June 30.  The victim, identified as Alexander Newman of North Kensico Avenue in White Plains, was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS at 11:45 a.m. No pa…