Rye Drivers Cut Off Car Idling for Earth Day

Rye is one of 4 Sound Shore communities involved in an upcoming "No Idling" campaign.

Rye is one of four Sound Shore communities participating in an upcoming No Idling Awareness Day on Monday, April 23 in conjunction with Earth Day. “As we mark this event, which has been scheduled to follow the annual commemoration of Earth Day, it is a good time to think about the legal, practical, and environmental impacts of unnecessary idling," said Rye Police Commissioner William Connors.   So what does car idling have to do with Earth Day?  We've all done it. After circling in vain for a parking space, you pull close to the curb, turn on your hazard lights and leave the car running while you run into the dry cleaners or coffee shop for quick errand. It's not that big a deal, right? Wrong. Forget that excuse. There are a whole host of …

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Rye and County Police Pursuing Suspect After Traffic Stop

Rye Police and Westchester County Police are currently searching for a suspect who fled on foot from a traffic stop this afternoon.

Update: The suspect is currently in the custody of Westchester County Police, according to a Rye Police NIXLE alert at 8:20 p.m. Tuesday. Correction: The NIXLE alert reports the suspect is in custody of the New York State Police, not Westchester County Police. Rye Police are assisting Westchester County Police in search of a suspect who fled a traffic stop near the intersection of Milton Road and Intervale Place Tuesday afternoon around 12:20 p.m.  Westchester County Police initiated the stop and the suspect -a black male wearing a dark jacket- apparently fled the scene on foot. According to police radio transmissions, the suspect may be hiding in a nearby wooded area. Rye Police and Harrison Police are currently assisting in the search …

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8:52 pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

As of this hour, 8:51PM March 6, the Journal News is reporting the suspect has been captured.   more ›

Rye Police Kick-Off Super Bowl Food Drive for Carver Center

The Rye PBA and local blog MyRye have kicked off a Super Bowl Super Food Drive to benefit Carver Center Food Pantry.

More Rye Police Blotter: Car Robberies

Rye Police received a number of reports from residents robbed of items left in their cars.

Rye Police Lt. Joseph Verille said the possibility of a connection between four cases of thefts from parked cars, some in close proximity to each other since September 30, is "unknown at this time." Three cases occurred on September 30 and another was reported on October 3. At 11:10 a.m. on Friday, September 30, a resident on Sanford St. reported cash, and iPod Touch and auxiliary cable taken from an unlocked car parked overnight in their driveway. Soon after, police received took a report from a resident who parked their car near High St. and Maple Ave. overnight. When the driver returned to her car, her purse inside was turned over and her wallet missing.  Also on that day, a man discovered his wallet with important papers, driver’s …

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Rye Police Blotter: Man Arrested with PCP After Break-In Attempt

A Bronx man was found with PCP after attempting a break-in.

These are some of the cases reported to the Rye Police Department during the first week of October: Burglary, Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance Ivan Perez, 54 years old, Bronx, was arrested on Saturday, October 8. A Grapal St. residence called police around 11 a.m. to report a man had tried several times to get into the back door of her home. When police arrived, they saw a man on the second floor deck. The police questioned the man who gave incoherent answers. After taking the man to police headquarters, a envelope of PCP was found in Perez’s pocket. He also had a bracelet with a $198 price tag attached. Once Perez was put in a holding cell, he raised a ruckus. Perez took a blue pill hidden in his underwear; biting down on it …

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Toy Drive Starts Today

Rye Police Association kicks off the annual Toys for Tots Drive today.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! It may be 10 weeks away, but the members of Rye Police Association are putting on their Santa hats today. Police Officer David Casale and several other officers were busy putting the huge drop boxes in place yesterday and hopes the community will fill them up just as they have done in previous years. Their efforts support the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program.  New, unwrapped toys for boys and girls can be dropped off in two locations this year. The drop box at Rye Police Department, 21 McCullough Pl., is accessible 24 hours a day. Presents can also be left in the drop box at City Hall, 1051 Boston Post Rd., Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

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Updated: Six-Year-Old Rye Girl Attacked In Front Yard By Pair Of Coyotes

The girl was playing outside with friends Friday night when the animals 'singled her out for the attack' and tackled her, according to police.

A six-year-old Rye girl was tackled and bitten by a pair of coyotes Friday night in front of her home on LaSalle Avenue, Rye police said. The animals bounded from a nearby sidewalk to the girl's front yard, where she was playing with friends at 9:15 p.m. As the girl began to run, the two coyotes "singled her out for the attack" and brought her to the ground, scratching and biting her amid screaming and confusion until an adult was able to scare them away, Rye police Commissioner William Connors said. The most likely reason the animals had for targeting her was her small size. The girl was brought to Greenwich Hospital, where she was treated for bite marks to her shoulder, upper thigh and neck, as well as scratches and claw marks on her ear…

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Police: Teen Trio Broke Into Rye High School, Looted Lockers and Music Room

Three female suspects were caught leaving the school at midnight after tripping a burglary alarm.

Three teenage girls were arrested for felony burglary April 30 after they were caught at midnight, walking out of Rye High School carrying items they'd allegedly looted from lockers and the school music room. Police were alerted at 11:40 p.m. by burglary alarms the teens had triggered when they ducked into the school through an open window. A sergeant and several patrol officers responded and set up a perimeter around the building. After an officer located the open window, police who were watching the east corner of the school spotted the three dark shapes of the teenagers leaving from another exit. The girls were placed under arrest and taken back to Rye police headquarters while officers at the school brought in a Harrison K9 unit for a …

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County Police Release Official Report on Connors Accident

Police say Connors' police car hit 14-year-old boy after he walked into oncoming traffic

Rye Police Commissioner William Connors was not at fault when he hit a 14-year-old boy near Boston Post Road on Feb. 1, according to an official report released by Westchester County Police Thursday. Kieran O'Leary, a spokesperson for Westchester County Police, said Connors had the green light and the right of way, and only hit the boy after he stepped into oncoming traffic. According to the report, Connors was traveling southbound on Boston Post Road near Milton Road in an unmarked police car, when he slowed down after seeing two pedestrians on the sidewalk.  Connors told County Police he later heard a noise after one of the pedestrians, 14-year-old Resurrection Middle School student Charles Little, stepped off the sidewalk and into the …

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UPDATED: Dog Electrocuted and Killed by Fallen Wire

Dog was killed, but owner survived shock by fallen wire near Locust Avenue

A dog was electrocuted and killed by a fallen wire Thursday afternoon on the golf course of Apawamis Country Club.  Just after 4 p.m. Thursday, authorities received a call from a woman who said her mother, Barbara Minerva, called and asked she send police to  Locust Avenue near the country club. Officers at the scene states a downed power line  on the golf course  electrocuted the dog. Minerva was zapped when she tried to save the animal, according to the police report. Minerva had been walking her unleashed 6-year-old black labrador on the golf course. She told police the dog wandered into the woods to investigate a dead animal. When the labrador approached the animal in the wooded area, it was electrocuted by a live electrical wire that …