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Ben Crnic

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bcrnic@dailyvoice.com

Ben Crnic graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism & Geoscience in 2021. He has previously worked as a reporter with the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Connecticut, and has also contributed work to the Connecticut Mirror. Ben joined the Daily Voice team in October of 2022.

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New Store To Open In Westchester: Here's Where New Store To Open In Westchester: Here's Where
New Store To Open In Westchester: Here's Where An all-new store and donation center is about to open in Westchester.  The first day of business for the Goodwill store, located next to Walgreens at 1333 West Boston Post Rd. (Route 1) in Larchmont, will be on Tuesday, June 25.  The 4,976-square-foot store will offer a selection of used and new women's, men's, and kids' clothing in addition to household wares.  The store will open every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Because Goodwill is a nonprofit, anyone who donates used items to the store will receive a tax receipt upon request. 

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Westchester Correction Officers, Employees Smuggled Contraband Into Jails: DA Westchester Correction Officers, Employees Smuggled Contraband Into Jails: DA
Westchester Correction Officers, Employees Smuggled Contraband Into Jails: DA Six correction officers and civilian employees face charges after allegedly accepting bribes and smuggling contraband to inmates at two jails in Westchester, officials announced.  Five of the defendants, including three Westchester County corrections officers and two civilian employees, were arrested on Tuesday, June 11, and arraigned in Mount Pleasant Justice Court on Thursday, June 20, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced.  According to the DA's Office, the five defendants allegedly smuggled contraband to inmates at the Westchester County Jail in Valhalla.…

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Police & Fire
24-Year-Old Man Nabbed With Stolen, Car, Debit Card After Stealing Bike In Westchester: Police 24-Year-Old Man Nabbed With Stolen, Car, Debit Card After Stealing Bike In Westchester: Police
24-Year-Old Man Nabbed With Stolen, Car, Debit Card After Stealing Bike In Westchester: Police A 24-year-old man faces a long list of charges after allegedly stealing a bicycle from a Westchester home, leading to officers catching him with a stolen vehicle and debit card, police announced.  The events leading up to the arrest began on Monday, June 10 just before 8 a.m., when a victim reported a man entering his Mamaroneck home on South Barry Avenue and stealing a bicycle, according to the Village of Mamaroneck Police Department.  The victim then gave officers a description of the suspect, which they used to find and arrest him. The man, identified as Bronx resident Yaser Ga…

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19-Year-Old Man Nabbed After Assaulting Young Teen At Stafford Park, Police Say 19-Year-Old Man Nabbed After Assaulting Young Teen At Stafford Park, Police Say
19-Year-Old Man Nabbed After Assaulting Young Teen At Stafford Park, Police Say A 19-year-old man faces assault charges after allegedly confronting and punching a 14-year-old victim at a Connecticut park, police announced. The events leading up to the arrest began in Tolland County on Saturday, June 15, just after 4:30 p.m., when a disturbance and assault was reported at Olympic Park in Stafford, Connecticut State Police announced on Monday, June 17.  According to authorities, responding troopers found an uninjured 14-year-old victim who said they were not injured and that the suspect had run into the woods before police arrived.  An adult witness at the sce…

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Winning Lottery Ticket Worth Nearly $35K Sold At Westchester Deli Winning Lottery Ticket Worth Nearly $35K Sold At Westchester Deli
Winning Lottery Ticket Worth Nearly $35K Sold At Westchester Deli Instead of just a sandwich, one visitor to a Westchester County deli walked away with a winning lottery ticket worth tens of thousands of dollars.  A top-prize winning Take 5 lottery ticket worth $34,782 was sold in Mount Vernon for the evening drawing on Thursday, June 13, New York Lottery officials announced.  According to officials, the winning ticket was bought at 114 Plaza Deli at 114 East Prospect Ave.  If you want to try your own luck, Take 5 drawings are televised twice daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Prizes can be claimed up to a year from the date of the drawing.…

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Police & Fire
Duo Caught At Train Station After Robbing Bank In Westchester Duo Caught At Train Station After Robbing Bank In Westchester
Duo Caught At Train Station After Robbing Bank In Westchester A man and a woman were apprehended at a train station in connection with a robbery at a bank in Westchester, police announced.  The robbery happened on Thursday, June 20 just before 9:30 a.m., when the Chase Bank at 875 Saw Mill River Rd. (Route 9A) in Ardsley set off a hold-up alarm. After receiving a call from Chase Security, officers from the Village of Ardsley Police Department were at the scene in less than a minute, the department said. Responding officers confirmed that a robbery happened and got a description of the suspect, who was reported to be a Hispanic man with a firearm.…

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Man Follows, Assaults 2 Teenagers At Westchester Restaurant: Here's His Sentence Man Follows, Assaults 2 Teenagers At Westchester Restaurant: Here's His Sentence
Man Follows, Assaults 2 Teenagers At Westchester Restaurant: Here's His Sentence A 63-year-old man will spend several years in prison for following and assaulting two 15-year-olds at a Westchester restaurant as well as repeatedly threatening a 13-year-old boy for several months.  Dobbs Ferry resident Vincent Pappas was sentenced on Thursday, June 20 to six years in state prison for assaulting the two teenagers, as well as a separate one-year sentence for harassing and threatening a 13-year-old boy, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, June 21.  According to the DA's Office, on Sept. 29, 2022, at around 5:30 p.m., Pap…

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Car Goes Up In Flames On Parkway In Northern Westchester Car Goes Up In Flames On Parkway In Northern Westchester
Car Goes Up In Flames On Parkway In Northern Westchester Firefighters raced into action after a car was consumed by flames on a busy parkway in Northern Westchester.  The blaze happened on Thursday, June 12 just after 8 p.m., when a vehicle caught on fire on the Taconic State Parkway in Briarcliff Manor, according to the village's fire department.  Arriving crews found the car engulfed in flames and were able to successfully put it out with no reported injuries.  A video of the blaze was later released by the department on Thursday, June 20.  At 2038 hours on Thursday, June 13th, the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department was …

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Police & Fire
Discovery Of Mortar Shell Prompts Evacuation At Hudson Valley Construction Site Discovery Of Mortar Shell Prompts Evacuation At Hudson Valley Construction Site
Discovery Of Mortar Shell Prompts Evacuation At Hudson Valley Construction Site A hazardous device team was called to a Hudson Valley property after a mortar shell was found during excavation work.  The incident happened in Putnam County on Monday, June 17, when a caller performing excavation work at a Philipstown property on Juniper Hill Road reported the discovery of an unexploded mortar shell under some rocks, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday, June 19. A responding sheriff's deputy then removed all workers from the area and called for the Westchester County Police Hazardous Devices Unit to help remove the mortar.  Eventually, the …

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Man Nabbed After Stabbing Victim Outside Northern Westchester Bar, Police Say Man Nabbed After Stabbing Victim Outside Northern Westchester Bar, Police Say
Man Nabbed After Stabbing Victim Outside Northern Westchester Bar, Police Say A 25-year-old man faces an assault charge after allegedly stabbing a victim outside of a bar in Northern Westchester, police announced. Peekskill resident Luis Contreras Paredes was arrested on Wednesday, May 29 in connection with an assault that happened outside of the My Second House Bar in Cortlandt at 2141 Crompond Rd., New York State Police announced on Friday, June 21.  According to police, Contreras Paredes was involved in a physical fight outside the establishment and stabbed a victim.  He was later charged with second-degree assault and turned over to the …

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