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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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News
$1.6M Scheme: CT Psychologist Admits Submitting Fraudulent Medicaid Claims $1.6M Scheme: CT Psychologist Admits Submitting Fraudulent Medicaid Claims
$1.6M Scheme: CT Psychologist Admits Submitting Fraudulent Medicaid Claims A 75-year-old psychologist from Connecticut has admitted to submitting false Medicaid claims as part of a more than $1.6 million scheme, federal officials announced.  Hartford County resident Michael Pines of Avon, a Glastonbury-based psychologist, pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud charges on Wednesday, Jan. 31, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced.  According to federal officials, Pines, who owned and operated Michael B. Pines, Ph.D., P.C., provided psychotherapy to young children, adolescents, and adults and had been individually enrolled…

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Police & Fire
Duo Nabbed After Breaking Into CT Home, Assaulting Man Inside: Police Duo Nabbed After Breaking Into CT Home, Assaulting Man Inside: Police
Duo Nabbed After Breaking Into CT Home, Assaulting Man Inside: Police Two men face a long list of charges after forcing their way into a Connecticut home and attacking a man inside, police announced.  Hartford County residents Amjid Khan, age 38, and Sher Ali Khan, age 51, both from New Britain, were arrested on Monday, Jan. 29 in connection with a home invasion in the New Haven County town of Naugatuck, Naugatuck Police announced on Thursday, Feb. 1.  According to the department, the duo entered a home on Ridge Road on Monday and assaulted a man inside.  After police were called to the scene, they found evidence of forced entry and …

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Schools
US Presidential Scholar: Byram Hills HS Senior Named Candidate For Top Honor US Presidential Scholar: Byram Hills HS Senior Named Candidate For Top Honor
US Presidential Scholar: Byram Hills HS Senior Named Candidate For Top Honor A senior at a Northern Westchester high school has been nominated for one of the nation's highest honors for students.  Daniel Ndocaj, a senior at Byram Hills High School in Armonk, has been selected as a candidate for the US Presidential Scholars Program, the Byram Hills Central School District announced on Tuesday, Jan. 30.  The federal program, created in 1964, recognizes the country's most distinguished graduating seniors and is one of the nation's highest honors for a high school student.  According to district officials,  Ndocaj was one of the more than 5,000…

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Police & Fire
Cats, Dog, Rabbit Rescued From House Fire In Mount Vernon: Investigation Ongoing Cats, Dog, Rabbit Rescued From House Fire In Mount Vernon: Investigation Ongoing
Cats, Dog, Rabbit Rescued From House Fire In Mount Vernon: Investigation Ongoing Several pets, including cats, a dog, and a rabbit, were pulled out of a burning home in Westchester during a blaze that left eight people displaced.  The fire began on Thursday, Feb. 1 just before 6:45 p.m. at a Mount Vernon residence on South 10th Avenue, city officials announced.  Arriving firefighters soon found that the blaze had begun in the home's basement toward the front of the residence and began extinguishing it. Luckily, all of the home's occupants had been able to safely get out before fire crews arrived.  Crews then performed a search of the home to confirm that…

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Police & Fire
Man Nabbed At New Rochelle Bar After Nearly Running Over Officer, Evading Arrest: Police Man Nabbed At New Rochelle Bar After Nearly Running Over Officer, Evading Arrest: Police
Man Nabbed At New Rochelle Bar After Nearly Running Over Officer, Evading Arrest: Police A 28-year-old man faces criminal charges in two Westchester municipalities after fleeing from police multiple times and nearly running an officer over in the process, authorities announced. The events leading to the man’s arrest began during the early morning of Thursday, Feb. 1, when detectives in New Rochelle tried pulling over a suspicious vehicle. According to New Rochelle Police Captain J. Collins Coyne, this car instead drove away at a fast speed, avoiding officers. Police still continued an investigation into the vehicle, though. Later in the day around 10 a.m., the same car was s…

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Police & Fire
Video: Officers Stop Woman From Falling Off Parking Garage Roof In Yonkers Video: Officers Stop Woman From Falling Off Parking Garage Roof In Yonkers
Video: Officers Stop Woman From Falling Off Parking Garage Roof In Yonkers A woman’s life was saved thanks to careful action from officers who stopped her from falling from the roof of a Westchester parking garage. The rescue happened on Wednesday, Jan. 31 just before 9:30 a.m., when Yonkers Police responded to the roof of a parking garage within the city’s 4th Precinct where a woman was threatening to jump, the department announced on Friday, Feb. 2. Arriving police began surrounding the garage as Emergency Service Unit officers raced to the roof and began speaking with the woman, who was “clearly in distress,” authorities said. As Officer Sandro Vazquez began…

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Obituaries
Beloved 'Master' Teacher Who Spent 40 Years With Chappaqua School District Dies Beloved 'Master' Teacher Who Spent 40 Years With Chappaqua School District Dies
Beloved 'Master' Teacher Who Spent 40 Years With Chappaqua School District Dies A beloved teacher who spent 40 years with a Northern Westchester school district and was known for keeping in touch with students for decades is being remembered for his ability to change the lives of those he taught. Longtime Pleasantville resident Adrian McGuire, who taught at the Chappaqua Central School District for decades, died on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at the age of 99 at the Waterview Hills rehabilitation center in North Salem, according to his obituary. Born in Pleasantville in June 1924, McGuire graduated from Regis High School and Fordham University before earning his Ma…

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Traffic
Lane Closures To Slow Traffic On Busy Parkway In Greenburgh, Mount Pleasant: Here's Where, When Lane Closures To Slow Traffic On Busy Parkway In Greenburgh, Mount Pleasant: Here's Where, When
Lane Closures To Slow Traffic On Busy Parkway In Greenburgh, Mount Pleasant: Here's Where, When Traffic on a busy parkway in Westchester is set to be snagged by a series of upcoming lane closures, officials announced. A series of single and double lane closures are planned to affect both directions of the Sprain Brook Parkway between the Taconic State Parkway in Mount Pleasant and Route 100C in Greenburgh on Friday, Feb. 2, and Saturday, Feb. 3, the New York State Department of Transportation announced. The closures will be put into place between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. on both days, officials said. The closures will allow crews to perform construction work. 

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Police & Fire
Helicopter, Drone Respond To Disturbance At Briarcliff Manor Residence: Developing Helicopter, Drone Respond To Disturbance At Briarcliff Manor Residence: Developing
Helicopter, Drone Respond To Disturbance At Briarcliff Manor Residence: Developing Authorities are investigating a disturbance at a Northern Westchester residence that prompted an intense police response utilizing a helicopter, drone, and a K9 unit.  The incident that prompted the activity began on Thursday evening, Feb. 1 at a residence in Briarcliff Manor on Tuttle Road, where a disturbance was reported to Briarcliff Manor Police, the department announced on Friday, Feb. 2.  Soon after authorities learned of the incident, Westchester County Police extended support by deploying resources such as a helicopter, drone, K9 unit, and the department's special respons…

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Police & Fire
Helicopter, Drone Respond To Disturbance At Briarcliff Manor Residence Helicopter, Drone Respond To Disturbance At Briarcliff Manor Residence
Helicopter, Drone Respond To Disturbance At Briarcliff Manor Residence Authorities are investigating a disturbance at a Northern Westchester residence that prompted an intense police response utilizing a helicopter, drone, and a K9 unit.  The incident that prompted the activity began on Thursday evening, Feb. 1 at a residence in Briarcliff Manor on Tuttle Road, where a disturbance was reported to Briarcliff Manor Police, the department announced on Friday, Feb. 2.  Soon after authorities learned of the incident, Westchester County Police extended support by deploying resources such as a helicopter, drone, K9 unit, and the department's special respons…

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