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Ben Crnic

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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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$25K Reward Offered Shooting Death Of Teen In Spring Valley Years Ago: FBI $25K Reward Offered Shooting Death Of Teen In Spring Valley Years Ago: FBI
$25K Reward Offered Shooting Death Of Teen In Spring Valley Years Ago: FBI The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the murder of 19-year-old Nicholas Jasiel in Rockland County.  Jasiel, a 2018 graduate of Clarkstown South High School from Nanuet, was shot on December 7, 2019, following a confrontation at the intersection of Dwight Avenue and Mallory Road in the Hillcrest section of Spring Valley, according to the Ramapo Police Department.  Officers found him lying on the ground at the scene. He was rushed to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, where he died two …

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Police & Fire
Drone Helps Find Injured Man After Fall Down Steep Ravine In Ossining (VIDEO) Drone Helps Find Injured Man After Fall Down Steep Ravine In Ossining (VIDEO)
Drone Helps Find Injured Man After Fall Down Steep Ravine In Ossining (Video) A man in crisis was rescued from a steep, icy ravine in Westchester thanks to quick-thinking officers, drone technology, and a coordinated emergency response. Ossining Police said officers responded late Wednesday night, Feb. 19, after receiving a report of a man who had fallen into an icy brook. Using an infrared camera on the department’s drone, police found the man and illuminated the area with a spotlight. This allowed officers to make their way to him and provide aid.  Firefighters from the Ossining Fire Department extricated the man from the ravine while members of the Ossining V…

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$50K Scheme: Disbarred Westchester Attorney Accused Of Stealing From Client $50K Scheme: Disbarred Westchester Attorney Accused Of Stealing From Client
$50K Scheme: Disbarred Westchester Attorney Accused Of Stealing From Client A former Westchester real estate attorney from Orange County has been charged with grand larceny after allegedly stealing more than $50,000 from a client’s home sale, prosecutors said. Brian Schmidt, age 49, of Warwick, was arrested and charged with one count of second-degree grand larceny in connection to the alleged theft, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday, Feb. 21.  Prosecutors said Schmidt represented a home seller in a real estate closing between August and November 2022 but unlawfully kept more than $50,000 from the transaction.  Schmidt …

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6 Poisoned By Fentanyl, 3 Die: Dealer From Congers Gets Prison Time 6 Poisoned By Fentanyl, 3 Die: Dealer From Congers Gets Prison Time
6 Poisoned By Fentanyl, 3 Die: Dealer From Congers Gets Prison Time A drug dealer from Rockland County will spend more than two decades behind bars for distributing fentanyl that led to the deaths of three young people and the poisonings of three others, prosecutors announced.  Justin Turnick, age 26, of Congers, was sentenced to over 21 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Thursday, Feb. 20.  According to prosecutors, Turnick regularly sold fentanyl in various forms—including pills, pure fentanyl, and fentanyl-laced powder—to membe…

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Police & Fire
Homeless Suspect Beat Victim Dead With Lumber Piece, Left Him To Freeze In Spring Valley: Cops Homeless Suspect Beat Victim Dead With Lumber Piece, Left Him To Freeze In Spring Valley: Cops
Homeless Suspect Beat Victim Dead With Lumber Piece, Left Him To Freeze In Spring Valley: Cops New details have revealed that a homeless suspect fatally beat a victim with a piece of lumber before authorities discovered his body in an abandoned Rockland County building, police said.  Christian Guzman-Loera, 26, who is homeless but resides in Spring Valley, is accused of striking the victim multiple times in the head and body with a piece of lumber before leaving him in the frigid conditions. This caused his death sometime on Tuesday, Feb. 18, or Wednesday, Feb. 19, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Spring Valley Police Department.   Authorities first disco…

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Road Rage: Man Points Gun At Victim, Calls Him Racial Slur In Yorktown, Police Say Road Rage: Man Points Gun At Victim, Calls Him Racial Slur In Yorktown, Police Say
Road Rage: Man Points Gun At Victim, Calls Him Racial Slur In Yorktown, Police Say A Putnam County man faces charges after allegedly pointing a firearm at another driver while calling him a racial slur in Westchester, police said.  The arrest resulted from an incident in Yorktown at around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, when New York State Police relayed a report about a road rage incident in Yorktown, according to the Yorktown Police Department. Officers determined that the altercation had taken place on Route 6, but both people involved were found in the area of 302 Somers Commons.  According to the victim’s report, Mahopac resident James P. Brown, age 59, …

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Business
Former 'Dirt Pile' Turned Into Walgreens In Yorktown: Store Now Open Former 'Dirt Pile' Turned Into Walgreens In Yorktown: Store Now Open
Former 'Dirt Pile' Turned Into Walgreens In Yorktown: Store Now Open A once-blighted lot in Westchester has been transformed into a brand-new Walgreens, marking a milestone in a town’s ongoing commercial revitalization in the county.  Yorktown officials joined Walgreens executives on Thursday, Feb. 20, to cut the ribbon at the 19,000-square-foot store, located at 3320 Crompond Rd.  The location had its soft opening in early February and now serves as the latest addition to Yorktown’s growing retail landscape, town officials said. "Yorktown looks at our corporate partners as part of our team. They took a dirt pile that was weeds and constructi…

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Man Enages In 'Oral Sexual Conduct' With Young Child In Pine Bush: Here's His Fate Man Enages In 'Oral Sexual Conduct' With Young Child In Pine Bush: Here's His Fate
Man Enages In 'Oral Sexual Conduct' With Young Child In Pine Bush: Here's His Fate A 74-year-old man will spend plenty of time behind bars after admitting to the repeated sexual abuse of a child over several years in Orange County, prosecutors announced. Pine Bush resident Allan Bressler was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday, Feb. 20, in Orange County Court after pleading guilty to first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, the Orange County District Attorney's Office announced. His sentence also includes 10 years of post-release supervision, and he will be required to register as a sex offender under the New York Sex Offender Registration Act. …

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Real Estate
New $18M Housing Complex Brings Affordable Units To Croton New $18M Housing Complex Brings Affordable Units To Croton
New $18M Housing Complex Brings Affordable Units To Croton A new housing complex offering more than two dozen affordable apartments has officially opened in Northern Westchester, officials announced. Maple Commons, an $18 million all-electric development on Maple Street in Croton-on-Hudson, was completed as part of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s statewide housing initiative, which aims to create or preserve 100,000 affordable homes across New York, Hochul announced on Thursday, Feb. 20.  The two-building complex, developed by Regan Development, offers 33 affordable, energy-efficient apartments for residents earning up to 80 percent of the area median inc…

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Man Pulls Knife On Female Employee During Altercation At Red Hook Restaurant: Police Man Pulls Knife On Female Employee During Altercation At Red Hook Restaurant: Police
Man Pulls Knife On Female Employee During Altercation At Red Hook Restaurant: Police A man is facing multiple charges after allegedly threatening a restaurant employee with a knife during an altercation at a Hudson Valley business, police said. The incident happened in Dutchess County on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at around 7:45 p.m. at Cancun’s Mexican Restaurant on South Broadway in Red Hook, the Red Hook Police Department announced on Thursday, Feb. 20. According to police, witnesses said a man entered the restaurant and got into a heated verbal altercation with a female employee, which escalated when he allegedly displayed a knife and made threats against her. Both the man an…

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