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Friday, January 25, 2008

01/23/08 - Port Chester Newswire



The Journal News


A 52-year-old village man is due in court tomorrow, accused of molesting a 3-year-old girl who was living in the same home, police said.


Ramon Avilla-Yanez was charged yesterday with first-degree criminal sexual act, a felony, for allegedly violating the girl on one occasion in October 2006. It wasn't until earlier this week that the mother of the girl, now 4, told the child's kindergarten teacher about it.


The teacher, as mandated, reported the incident, prompting a police investigation that resulted in the arrest, said Port Chester police Lt. James Ladeairous. Avilla-Yanez, who, along with the girl's family, is from Mexico, has been living with them in ...


Westchester man pleads guilty in gas station abduction, rape


Mid-Hudson News


A Port Chester man pled guilty in Westchester County Court on Tuesday to a charge of first-degree rape.


Judge says Port Chester election system violates rights of village Hispanics


The Journal News


A federal judge has ruled that Port Chester's election system violates the Voting Rights Act by making it tougher for Hispanic citizens to gain power.


Harold K. Foster


Daily Record


... formerly of Hanover Township, passed away on Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, in Madison, N.J. He was 81. Born in Port Chester, N.Y., Mr. Foster was raised in Belleville. He was a graduate of Colgate University and served in the Navy. He began his career ...


Westchester-Putnam letters for 1/23.


Journal News


Don't blame GPS for trucks on parkways


Tractor trailers have been going onto the river parkways of Westchester and Fairfield counties for many years now. I find it ridiculous to blame it on GPS units ("GPS devices: Blessing, curse or a bit of both," Jan. 4 article). For many years, there has been no police presence on the parkways. Recently I saw a long, full-size municipal garbage collection truck on the Saw Mill Parkway, and a full-size landscaper truck with a trailer full of filth-blowers on the Merritt. It is unsafe for these vehicles to be on the parkways; they cannot negotiate the tight turns. (Notice how short official highway trucks are?)


Also, by being overweight, they risk causing the bridges to fail. Remember the Hearst Street Bridge in north Yonkers? It was posted and restricted to passenger cars only, but bus drivers took it as a short cut to the bus lot until the wooden deck collapsed under the weight of a truck.


When a tractor driver sees gigantic pickups trailing mobile homes and utility bucket trucks go onto the ramp to a parkway, the logical conclusion is that, since these vehicles are not permitted on a parkway, they must be entering an interstate highway. And so he follows these huge trucks, thinking that they are permitted.


If police officers don't want the headache of closing down a parkway and an overpass, diverting traffic, waiting for a structural engineer, doing an accident investigation, etc., then they should stop all the non-permitted vehicles from going onto the parkways


Nancy Mattson
Port Chester


Police blotter

Journal News


...Grace Church Street: Luis Morocho Chapa of 158 Selick St., Stamford, Conn., was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated and first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, a felony, in connection with an accident on Monday, police said. Chapa, 38, was driving with a suspended license when he collided with the side of a car that was turning onto Greenwood Avenue around 4:45 p.m., police said.


Boston Post Road: Denise King-Garzilli, 52, of 241 Mortimer St. was charged with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child after she left her 5-year-old child unattended in a car in the Kohl's shopping center, police said. A passenger in another car observed the child sitting alone in the vehicle for about 20 minutes and alerted police. King-Garzilli told police she went into Kohl's to return an item and was only gone a short time. She is due in court in Port Chester tomorrow.


South Regent Street: Joaquin Molina, 27, of South Regent Street was charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, when he allegedly threw a chair and punched a 26-year-old man in the face during a poker game dispute on Jan. 20, police said. The victim was taken to Greenwich Hospital and treated for swelling to his eyes, police said....

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