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Crime & Safety

Unusual Suspects: Ice Pick; Dart Dispute; Teacher Locked in Room

Recent weird and unusual crime in the Hudson Valley. Reports do not indicate a conviction.

Three Long Island men were arrested after being observed and videotaped taking items from a Bedford drop-box. Two of the men allegedly lowered the third man into the box to retreive items. Police located the men in Mt. Kisco and discovered 800 pounds of clothing valued at $450 and three large clothing collection bins in their truck.

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A West Harrison man allegedly attempted to steal an $88 mountain bike from the White Plains Wal-Mart, according to police. His method was perhaps most shocking--he simply wheeled it past the front door when security stopped him. 

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Police observed an Ossining man with an ice pick at the top of an apartment building staircase, reportedly waiting for another man whom he had engaged in a verbal dispute with earlier. When officers ordered the man to put down the pick, he did at first and began walking down the stairs before chaning his mind and taking hold of the pick again. Allegedly, the man had a physical altercation with the man he threatened. The man resisted arrest and was charged accordingly, charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, a class D Felony.

According to Port Chester Police, a 22-year-old resident became upset when the mother of his two children dropped the kids off at his house with his sister. Despite an order of protection, the father went to the woman's house where she had locked herself in the bathroom. He reportedly broke into the apartment and threatened to hurt her if she did not come with him. The two children were not injured during the incident. When police searched the suspect, they found two stolen pairs of the victim's panties on his person. 

 bar staff asked two men to leave when they had a dispute over a late-night dart game. Police were called when staff realized the two men were waiting outside the bar for three other men involved in the initial dispute. Police asked the men to leave; one did, the other did not. A police officer was allegedly pushed to the ground and sustained a minor knee injury.

A 19-year-old student of theschool allegedly trapped a female staff member in a classroom. The male reportedly locked the door of the office and prevented her from exiting while supporting the door with his body. 

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