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North Orange
Police & Fire
2 Newburgh Resident Charged After Threatening Person With Gun, Machete 2 Newburgh Resident Charged After Threatening Person With Gun, Machete
2 Newburgh Resident Charged After Threatening Person With Gun, Machete A Hudson Valley man and woman were charged with possession of a weapon and menacing after allegedly threatening a person with a gun and a machete. The incident took place in Orange County around 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8 in Newburgh on Timber Ridge Road.  According to Lt. Peter Talarico of the Newburgh Police, a verbal argument broke between the man and woman and victim when the man pulled out a machete threatened the victim, and hit their car with the weapon as they were leaving. After the incident was reported, police attempted to make contact with Prince-Rasheem Crawley, age 30, …

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by Kathy Reakes
Atlantic
Police & Fire
South Jersey Gets 'Light Sentence' After Shooting At Police, Girlfriend: Prosecutor South Jersey Gets 'Light Sentence' After Shooting At Police, Girlfriend: Prosecutor
South Jersey Gets 'Light Sentence' After Shooting At Police, Girlfriend: Prosecutor A 31-year-old man from Atlantic County has been sentenced for shooting at his girlfriend and police, authorities said. James Weinerman, of Weymouth Township, was sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison for aggravated assault, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. The State is expected to appeal the sentence since the original plea deal called for an eight-year prison sentence, the prosecutor said. On Sept. 12, 2020, New Jersey State troopers responded to a report of a domestic dispute at 33 South Jersey Ave. in Weymouth.  Ultimately, this led to the de…

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by Jon Craig
Mount Vernon
Police & Fire
Standoff: Man Held Woman Against Will In Apartment In Mount Vernon, Police Say Standoff: Man Held Woman Against Will In Apartment In Mount Vernon, Police Say
Standoff: Man Held Woman Against Will In Apartment In Mount Vernon, Police Say After several hours of negotiations, a man surrendered to police after holding a woman against her will in a Westchester County apartment, authorities said.  The incident started in the early morning of Friday, Feb. 10, around 3 a.m., when distressed family members told Mount Vernon Police that a woman was being held against her will at 29 East 4th St. and had sent concerning text messages about the situation.  Several officers and members of the department's Police Emergency Services Unit then established a perimeter around the apartment and began negotiations with the …

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by Ben Crnic
Montgomery PA
Police & Fire
Hours-Long Barricade Situation Ends Peacefully At Montgomery County Business: Report Hours-Long Barricade Situation Ends Peacefully At Montgomery County Business: Report
Hours-Long Barricade Situation Ends Peacefully At Montgomery County Business: Report A barricade situation that lasted nearly five hours at a Montgomery County business ended peacefully, WFMZ reports. Officers were called to the 100 block of Garden Golf Boulevard in Montgomery Township around 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1 after a person barricaded themself inside a closed business and threatened self-harm, the outlet says. After hours of negotiations, the person came out just before 4 p.m., according to the outlet. "We thank the public for their patience and cooperation," Montgomery Township police said on Facebook. Update as of 1600 hours on 09/01/2022: The incident has…

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by Nicole Acosta
Calvert
Police & Fire
Man Shot By Sheriffs After Barricading Himself In Chesapeake Beach Home During Standoff Man Shot By Sheriffs After Barricading Himself In Chesapeake Beach Home During Standoff
Man Shot By Sheriffs After Barricading Himself In Chesapeake Beach Home During Standoff A man was hospitalized after being struck by sheriff’s deputies during an armed standoff with multiple Maryland law enforcement agencies in Calvert County. Chesapeake Beach resident Ronald Joseph Garraway, 59, was shot by officers shortly after 9:45 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 19 in the 8300 block of Autumn Crest Lane in Chesapeake as they attempted to serve an arrest warrant on an assault charge, according to the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies began coordinating a plan with the goal of taking the man into custody as safely as possible, officials said, and throughout the early morning h…

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by Zak Failla
Bridgeport
News
Bridgeport Woman Charged Following Shooting, Standoff, Police Say Bridgeport Woman Charged Following Shooting, Standoff, Police Say
Bridgeport Woman Charged Following Shooting, Standoff, Police Say A Fairfield County woman has been charged with weapons charges and risk of injury to a child after allegedly firing a gun out a window onto a city street and then barricading herself. The incident began in Bridgeport around 10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 9, when police received a report of shots fired. Early information indicated a woman shot a firearm from the third-floor window of a multifamily home within the 600 block of William Street, said Capt. Kevin Gilleran, of the Bridgeport Police. Officers arrived, identified the multifamily home on William Street, and began to evacuate innocent ci…

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by Kathy Reakes
New Haven
News
Man Accused Of Threatening Milford Officers Arrested, Police Say Man Accused Of Threatening Milford Officers Arrested, Police Say
Man Accused Of Threatening Milford Officers Arrested, Police Say Police announced the arrest of a Connecticut man who is accused of burning car tires in his yard and then threatening to kill police officers. John Katrick, age 52, was taken into police custody on Friday, April 29, following an incident that happened in New Haven County, authorities said. Police responded to a residence on Home Acres Avenue in Milford at about 4:20 a.m. on Saturday, April 16, after receiving a report that Katrick was playing loud music in his driveway and disturbing the peace of the neighborhood, authorities said.  When officers arrived, Katrick turned the music off,…

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by Nicole Valinote
Chester
Police & Fire
SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully In Honey Brook: Report SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully In Honey Brook: Report
SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully In Honey Brook: Report UPDATE: A SWAT standoff ended peacefully Thursday, April 28 in Honey Brook, Daily Local reports. PA State Police, local police, and the Chester County Emergency Response Team were dispatched, along with EMS, on a report of a barricaded person with a gun on Patton Drive in Lazy Acres mobile home around 9:15 a.m., the outlet says. After several hours of negotiations, the man peacefully surrendered around 3:30 p.m., according to the outlet. No injuries were reported. Route 322 was temporarily closed due to the incident. Click here for more from Daily Local.

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by Nicole Acosta
Fairfield
Business
Still No Contract On Seventh Day Of Stop & Shop Workers' Strike Still No Contract On Seventh Day Of Stop & Shop Workers' Strike
Still No Contract On Seventh Day Of Stop & Shop Workers' Strike It's day seven of the Stop & Shop workers' strike and there is no resolution.  In a statement from UFCW Locals on Stop & Shop negotiations on Tuesday, Apirl 16, the five United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local Unions (328, 371, 1445, 1459, and 919) responded to the supermarket giant's advertising campaign. The locals are currently negotiating with Stop & Shop Supermarket stores following a 31,000-employee walkout in New England in protest of the company’s proposed cuts to healthcare, wages, and retirement security. “Stop & Shop’s latest proposal will dra…

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by Donna Christopher
Fairfield
Business
Stop & Shop Management, Union Continue Negotiations As Strike Reaches Fifth Day Stop & Shop Management, Union Continue Negotiations As Strike Reaches Fifth Day
Stop & Shop Management, Union Continue Negotiations As Strike Reaches Fifth Day Stop & Shop and the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) continued their negotiations Monday as 31,000 employees of the supermarket chain Ahold Delhaize USA continue to strike throughout New England, Supermarket News reports. The negotiations continued Monday, April 15 after running through the weekend. UFCW Locals 328, 371, 919, 1445 and 1459 walked off their jobs at over 240 Stop & Shop stores in New England April 11, said Supermarket News. When the strike began on Thursday, April 11, many stores were forced to close and customers were instructed to leave. But by Friday, …

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by Donna Christopher
White Plains
Business
Stop & Shop Workers Considering Strike Stop & Shop Workers Considering Strike
Stop & Shop Workers Considering Strike Thousands of Stop & Shop employees could go on strike as their contract with the company expired over the weekend. Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1445 union “overwhelmingly” voted to authorize a potential strike as they continue negotiating with Stop & Shop officials. The workers voted on Sunday morning that they are prepared to strike if they don’t receive a new contract with the company. The negotiations largely hinge on health insurance, pensions, vacation time and other benefits, with the union claiming that Stop & Shop is “looking to degrade the qua…

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by Zak Failla
North Salem
Police & Fire
Video: Man Armed With Rifle Kills Himself During Domestic Dispute In Area, Say Police Video: Man Armed With Rifle Kills Himself During Domestic Dispute In Area, Say Police
Video: Man Armed With Rifle Kills Himself During Domestic Dispute In Area, Say Police A 37-year-old armed with a rifle is fatally shot himself after a domestic dispute resulted in a standoff with responding officers. At about 10:43 p.m. on Friday, July 20, the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office responded to 208 Old Route 22 in the Town of Amenia for a 911 call reporting a domestic dispute involving a man in possession of a firearm. While responding to the incident, Dutchess County 911 dispatchers updated deputies that the male had discharged the firearm, said Lt. Shawn A. Castano of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office. Responding deputies located the man outside of the resid…

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by Joe Lombardi