Crime & Safety

Dunbar Shooting; Buchanan Man Caught with Heroin; Peekskill Man Sells Crack to Cop

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Shooting at Dunbar Heights

On March 8 around 6:15 p.m. a shooting was reported at the Dunbar Heights housing development off Highland Avenue, police said. Police responded to the calls and found evidence of a gunshot being fired. No victims have come forward. Although the police have some suspects, Lt. Eric Johansen said their case is seriously hindered because residents have not provided much information on the incident and they have no victims. The investigation is still open. Read the full story on the shooting

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Buchanan Resident Caught with Heroin

Peekskill Police officer Matt Basso arrested Buchanan resident Justin Mangini, 20, after finding several baggies of heroin on him. Basso saw Mangini passed out in a vehicle while parked in the lot of the Waterview Estates Conomium Complex on Bay Street at 10:55 p.m. on March 12. Upon Basso’s investigation he found the bags of heroin, which lead to a seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance charge, a misdemeanor. Mangini was held for arraignment in Peekskill City Court without bail.

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Selling Crack to Undercover Cop

Police arrested 48-year-old Peekskill resident Nathanial Stewart for selling crack cocaine to an undercover police officer on multiple occasions following a 10-month long investigation. Stewart, of Rolling Way, was arrested on March 7 at 6:10 p.m. and charged with three counts of third degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and three counts criminal possession of a controlled substance; all felonies. He was arrested on the 900 block of Main Street and is being held without bail pending his appearance in City Court. The investigation conducted jointly between the City of Peekskill Police and the New York State Police.

Ossining Resident Arrested for Unlicensed Driving and Illicit Pills

Officers responding to a report of an altercation and a female being dragged by a vehicle on Main Street stopped a vehicle fitting the description on the 1400 block of Park St. on March 8 at 2 a.m. Police say the driver of the vehicle 26-year-old Ossining resident Stephen White, was drunk so police arrested him. They then learned that he had allegedly been involved in an altercation with his girlfriend and she had attempted to stop him from driving away from her residence on Main St. White was additionally charged with second degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle,  as his license had been suspended, and seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, fir possession of several tablets of Oxycodone and Hydromorphone. He was held pending arraignment in Peekskill City Court.


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