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New Canaan, CT
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Man Pleads Guilty To Attacking Woman In New Canaan In Failed Try To Fulfill Rape Fantasy: DA
A Connecticut man who intentionally crashed his car into a woman and attempted to drown her as part of a rape and kidnapping fantasy admitted this week to multiple felonies related to the attack, authorities announced. Mynor Romeo Alvarado-Canahui, age 35, of Norwalk, will spend 25 years in prison and register as a sex offender when he's released as part of his plea deal, the State's Attorney said. Prosecutors told the court that Alvarado-Canahui intentionally crashed his car into a 20-year-old woman as she walked along a remote back country road in New Canaan aro…
Tarrytown-SleepyHollow, NY
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New Update: 21-Year-Old From Irvington Jumps From Tappan Zee Bridge Near Tarrytown
This story has been updated. A 21-year-old man jumped midspan from the new Tappan Zee Bridge and was rescued from the water. The incident occurred on the Westchester/Rockland County border around 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 13. According to the Tarrytown Fire Department, the Marine 5 crew responded within minutes, equipped with rescue swimmers onboard. The crew quickly located the victim in the water, loaded the man into the boat, and brought them back to the Tarrytown Marina. The department said they were cared for by EMS there before being transferred to Westchester Medical Center in…
Essex, MD
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Firefighter Injured, Families Displaced By Electrical Fire At Essex Apartment Building
Nearly a dozen people were displaced on Friday morning when an electric fire caused chaos for some residents in Baltimore County. First responders were called to a two-alarm fire in the 1400 block of Hadwick Drive at around midnight that involved three separate units inside the apartment building. Several people had to be rescued, though the fire was declared under control at around 1 a.m. on Oct. 11. #bcofd, Two Alarm Apartment Fire w/ Rescue - 1400 BLK Hadwick Dr, 3 apartments involved, multiple occupants rescued, 1FF injured, Fire under control at this time. PIO Enroute 00:32L…
North Hunterdon, NJ
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90-Year-Old Woman Rescued From House Fire By Police, Fire Chief: Clinton Township PD
A 90-year-old woman was rescued from a house fire in Clinton Township on Saturday, Oct. 5, authorities said. At 3 p.m., police reported heavy smoke coming from the front door of the home on 15 Westchester Terrace, the Clinton Township Police Department said in a release. Officer Michael Malanga and Fire Chief Jeff Hedden approached the front door and heard a woman yelling for help from inside the home, authorities said. Despite heavy smoke inside the residence, they located the 90-year-old woman in the bathroom, trapped in proximity to the flames, police said. Malanga and Hedden pulle…
Ephrata, PA
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Woman, Teen Hospitalized After Escaping Ephrata House Fire: Reports (
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A teenage hero and the woman he rescued from an Ephrata house fire are in the hospital, according to reports citing fire officials. The call to the fire in the 100 block of East Chestnut Street came into Lancaster County Wide Communications at 5:05 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, according to dispatch logs. The blaze soon closed the street near Grape Alley, as Fox43 reported. A neighbor came to rescue a resident and a dog from the home the outlet explained citing Jim Kiefer, the PIO for Ephrata Fire Co., who noted that two people were injured and taken to the hospital. The pair …
Silver Spring, MD
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First Responders In Virginia, Maryland Rescue Kayakers Stranded On Island (
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A Maryland State Police helicopter proved critical in rescuing a group of kayakers who became stranded in rough waters in the Potomac River on Sunday afternoon. At around 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 6, Maryland State Police Aviation Command based out of Frederick came to the aid of four kayakers with an assist on the ground from Montgomery County swift water rescue personnel, officials say. According to officials, first responders required the aerial rescue due to the inability to get rescue boats to the area of swift-moving water, where the kayakers were stranded after their vessel went do…
Frederick, MD
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One Killed In Frederick County Mobile Home Fire Under Investigation: Officials (
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One person was killed overnight in a fire that broke out inside a Frederick County home, officials confirmed. First responders were called around 9:15 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5 to the 11000 block of Highland School Road, where there was a reported fire in Myersville. Upon arrival, Frederick County Fire and Rescue Service crews found a mobile home with "extensive fire showing" and were informed that it may be occupied, prompting an emergency search. An unconscious person was found inside, officials said, and treated by paramedics at the scene, though they were pronounced dead. No details abo…
Woodbury-Bethlehem, CT
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Police Release Body Cam Video Of Knife Attack On Woodbury Officer
Update: Connecticut State Police released body-worn video from Woodbury Police Officer Tim Wright that shows what led up to the attack that left him with a slash across his throat. The video begins as Tyler Wilmot approaches Wright's car during a routine traffic stop and threatens to fight the officer. Click here to watch the video. Viewer discretion is advised. Original: A Connecticut police officer was in a hospital Thursday night, Oct. 3, recovering from a stab wound to his neck after a traffic stop over a license plate ended in bloodshed, authorities said.&n…
Manassas, VA
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Residents Escape Burning Home Through Second-Story Window In Manassas; Five Treated For Burns
Some residents had to make a bold escape from a fiery home and five people were treated for burns following an early morning fire in Manassas. Crews from the City of Manassas Fire and Rescue Department were called to a house fire at around 5:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, where they were met by fire showing from the first and second floors of the building with multiple burn victims that had to escape from a second-story window. Four occupants were transported to the burn center in DC and one transported to a local hospital. Their conditions was not available late on Thursday afternoon. The c…
Pleasantville-Absecon, NJ
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Coast Guard Saves Two Girls, Two Men From Absecon Inlet In Separate Rescues
Four people were rescued by the Coast Guard in two separate incidents in Absecon Inlet, officials said. The U.S. Coast Guard Station Atlantic City responded to two rescues on Saturday, Sept. 21, the Coast Guard said in a news release. Brigantine police reported that two girls, 14 and 11 years old, were being swept out to the inlet on surfboards at around 11:47 a.m. Watchstanders issued a warning to boaters and a Coast Guard crew responded on a 29-foot boat. The girls were saved by the crew at around 11:55 a.m. They were returned to shore and brought to the Atlantic City sta…
Hempstead, NY
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4 Rescued After Sailboat Overturns On Long Island Sound In Hempstead Bay
Emergency responders from two counties teamed up to rescue several people after a sailboat overturned on the Long Island Sound. The incident happened around 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22 Marine 7 of the Nassau County Police Department Marine Bureau Unit responded for reports of an overturned sailboat. With the assistance of the Westchester Police Department, all four occupants were removed from the water and the sail boat was towed to shore by Town of North Hempstead Bay Constable. The FDNY Marine Bureau was also at scene. There were no injuries reported.
Dundalk, MD
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Six Rescued, 19 Residents, Pets Displaced By Overnight Apartment Fire In Dundalk
Firefighters worked quickly on Saturday morning to extinguish a fire that broke out inside a Baltimore County apartment building, but not before at least a dozen residents and several pets were displaced by the blaze, officials say. First responders were called shortly after 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 21 to the 2100 block of Cameron Drive in Dundalk, where there was a reported apartment fire with flames showing from the back of the building with some residents trapped inside. According to a spokesperson from the Baltimore County Fire Department, crews searched the building and rescued six people w…
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