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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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Police & Fire
Over 75 Drivers Ticketed In 4 Hours In Taconic Work Zone Crackdown In Yorktown Over 75 Drivers Ticketed In 4 Hours In Taconic Work Zone Crackdown In Yorktown
Over 75 Drivers Ticketed In 4 Hours In Taconic Work Zone Crackdown In Yorktown A work zone safety enforcement effort along the Taconic State Parkway in Westchester County ended up in dozens of traffic tickets in just four hours, police announced.  The detail, conducted in Yorktown on Wednesday, Aug. 13, by New York State Police in partnership with the New York State Department of Transportation, was part of “Operation Hard Hat,” which targets reckless and distracted driving in highway work zones, according to State Police.  Among the citations issued were 32 for speeding, eight for cell phone use, and two for violating New York’s Move Over law. Addition…

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Car Slams Into Apartment Window, Driver Flees Scene In Spring Valley Car Slams Into Apartment Window, Driver Flees Scene In Spring Valley
Car Slams Into Apartment Window, Driver Flees Scene In Spring Valley A call reporting a possible apartment break-in in Rockland County instead turned out to be a hit-and-run crash that left a building window damaged. The crash happened in Spring Valley early Thursday morning, Aug. 14, at an apartment on Columbus Avenue near Prospect Street, where a suspected break-in was reported, according to a report from The Monsey Scoop. When authorities arrived, they found the damage had been caused by a vehicle that had plowed into the apartment’s window before the driver fled the scene, the outlet said. According to The Monsey Scoop, investigators later found pieces …

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Bodycam Footage Released From Fatal Police Shooting Of Sword-Wielding Man In Poughkeepsie Bodycam Footage Released From Fatal Police Shooting Of Sword-Wielding Man In Poughkeepsie
Bodycam Footage Released From Fatal Police Shooting Of Sword-Wielding Man In Poughkeepsie Newly released body-worn camera footage shows the moments leading up to the fatal police shooting of a 36-year-old Poughkeepsie man armed with a sword during a confrontation in Dutchess County earlier this year. The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation published the footage on Wednesday, Aug. 13, as part of its ongoing probe into the Thursday, June 5 death of Brian C. Czornyj in the Town of Poughkeepsie.  As Daily Voice previously reported, officers responded to a 911 call around 2:15 p.m. that day reporting an assault with a bladed weapon at a home on Fair Oaks …

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Man Caught Dropping Crack-Filled Vials In Broad Daylight In Spring Valley Pleads Guilty: DA Man Caught Dropping Crack-Filled Vials In Broad Daylight In Spring Valley Pleads Guilty: DA
Man Caught Dropping Crack-Filled Vials In Broad Daylight In Spring Valley Pleads Guilty: DA A 41-year-old man faces years in state prison after admitting to selling crack cocaine in Rockland County, prosecutors announced. Donovan Mais, of Congers, pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced on Wednesday, Aug. 13. Authorities said the arrest stemmed from a drug bust on Saturday, March 22, when Spring Valley Police officers spotted Mais on North Madison Avenue around 1 p.m. carrying gloves. Officers said they saw him remove p…

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Minisink Firefighter Faces Long Recovery After Stroke: Community Rushes To Help Minisink Firefighter Faces Long Recovery After Stroke: Community Rushes To Help
Minisink Firefighter Faces Long Recovery After Stroke: Community Rushes To Help An Orange County firefighter known for answering the call to help others is now in need of support himself after suffering a major stroke.  Chris Earl, a member of the Johnson Volunteer Fire Department in the Orange County town of Minisink, was hospitalized on Saturday, July 19, after the medical emergency left him facing a lengthy and challenging recovery.  According to a GoFundMe launched Tuesday, Aug. 12 by friend Antonio Pinheiro, Earl’s rehabilitation will require extensive medical care, therapy, and major modifications to his home to accommodate new mobility needs. "Chris E…

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Man Sexually Assaulted 3 Teen Boys, Filmed It In New Rochelle: Here's His Fate Man Sexually Assaulted 3 Teen Boys, Filmed It In New Rochelle: Here's His Fate
Man Sexually Assaulted 3 Teen Boys, Filmed It In New Rochelle: Here's His Fate A 53-year-old Westchester County man will spend more than a decade in prison for sexually assaulting three boys, prosecutors announced.  New Rochelle resident Fernando Rincon, 53, was sentenced Tuesday, Aug. 12, to 13 years in state prison after pleading guilty in March to one count of second-degree criminal sexual act and two counts of third-degree criminal sexual act, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday, Aug. 13.  The DA’s Office said that between January and April 2024, Rincon sexually assaulted three boys between the ages of 14 and 15. He a…

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'Focus On Being A DJ,' Trump Tells Goldman Sachs CEO From NY After Bank's Tariff Warning 'Focus On Being A DJ,' Trump Tells Goldman Sachs CEO From NY After Bank's Tariff Warning
'Focus On Being A DJ,' Trump Tells Goldman Sachs CEO From NY After Bank's Tariff Warning President Donald Trump is taking aim at Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon and telling him to focus on his side gig after economists at the Wall Street giant's bank warned that American consumers may soon bear the brunt of the president's tariffs. In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, Aug. 12, Trump defended his trade policy, claiming that “trillions of dollars are being taken in on tariffs” and that the measures have been “incredible for our country, its stock market, its general wealth, and just about everything else.”  The post came days after Goldman Sachs' chief economist Jan Hatzi…

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Man Secretly Filmed Victim Undressing Inside Bathroom In Peekskill, Police Say Man Secretly Filmed Victim Undressing Inside Bathroom In Peekskill, Police Say
Man Secretly Filmed Victim Undressing Inside Bathroom In Peekskill, Police Say A 43-year-old man is facing felony charges after allegedly recording someone undressing in a Westchester bathroom without their consent, police said. Marco Vinicio Condo Barreto of Cortlandt Manor was arrested on Friday, Aug. 8, and charged with second-degree unlawful surveillance for sexual arousal, Yorktown Police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 13.  Police said the incident happened on Tuesday, Aug. 5, when Barreto allegedly placed a cell phone with video recording capabilities to secretly capture footage of the victim changing clothes. Following an investigation, officers identi…

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Woman, 72, Struck, Killed Down Road From Elementary School In Wappinger Woman, 72, Struck, Killed Down Road From Elementary School In Wappinger
Woman, 72, Struck, Killed Down Road From Elementary School In Wappinger A 72-year-old pedestrian was killed after being hit by a car down the road from an elementary school in Dutchess County, police said. The crash happened around 8:49 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 12 at the intersection of Schnabl Court and Myers Corner Road in Wappinger, just down the street from Myers Corners Elementary School, according to New York State Police. Police said an 85-year-old Poughkeepsie woman was driving a 2016 Toyota RAV4 westbound on Myers Corner Road when Li Jin Huang, 72, of Wappingers Falls, who had been walking westbound in the eastbound lane, abruptly crossed the roadway…

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Obituaries
Decorated Vietnam Vet, TV Producer, Philanthropist From Monroe Dies At 75 Decorated Vietnam Vet, TV Producer, Philanthropist From Monroe Dies At 75
Decorated Vietnam Vet, TV Producer, Philanthropist From Monroe Dies At 75 A decorated Vietnam War veteran, award-winning television producer, and devoted philanthropist from the Hudson Valley is being remembered for leading a full life. Michael John Mancino Jr., a resident of Burnt Hills in Saratoga County who hailed from Monroe in Orange County, died at his home on Thursday, Aug. 7, at the age of 75, according to his obituary.  Born Nov. 5, 1949, to the late Michael and Patricia Mancino, he grew up in Monroe, graduating from Monroe-Woodbury High School in 1968, where he served as senior class vice president.  Drafted into the US Army in 1969, Man…

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