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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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Massive Blaze Goes Up At Former Hudson River Psychiatric Center In Poughkeepsie (DEVELOPING) Massive Blaze Goes Up At Former Hudson River Psychiatric Center In Poughkeepsie (DEVELOPING)
Massive Blaze Goes Up At Former Hudson River Psychiatric Center In Poughkeepsie (Developing) This story has been updated.  A massive multi-alarm fire at the former Hudson River Psychiatric Center in Dutchess County is drawing a large mutual aid response from across the Hudson Valley and sending a towering plume of smoke visible for miles.  The blaze broke out Wednesday afternoon, June 3, on the grounds of the former psychiatric center at 72 Hudson View Dr. in the Town of Poughkeepsie.  According to the Arlington Fire District, firefighters are battling two separate building fires at the Hudson Heritage redevelopment site. One of the fires is centered on the historic…

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Serial Kidnapper, Convicted Rapist Gets Prison For Attacking Woman With Screwdriver In NY Serial Kidnapper, Convicted Rapist Gets Prison For Attacking Woman With Screwdriver In NY
Serial Kidnapper, Convicted Rapist Gets Prison For Attacking Woman With Screwdriver In NY A repeat violent offender who previously served 19 years in prison for raping and kidnapping women has been sentenced to more hard time for attacking another woman in Rockland County, prosecutors announced.   Eduardo Hernandez, 49, of Garnerville, was sentenced to 14 years in state prison for second-degree kidnapping in Rockland County Court before Judge Kevin Russo, Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh announced on Wednesday, June 3.  The sentence stems from an attack in the Village of Haverstraw on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at around 5:25 p.m.  Prosecutors sai…

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Ex-NYPD Detective From Valley Stream Gets Prison Time For COVID Relief Fraud Scheme Ex-NYPD Detective From Valley Stream Gets Prison Time For COVID Relief Fraud Scheme
Ex-nypd Detective From Valley Stream Gets Prison Time For COVID Relief Fraud Scheme A former NYPD detective from Long Island who admitted helping dozens of people fraudulently obtain COVID-19 relief loans will spend years in federal prison. Nassau County resident John Bolden, 47, of Valley Stream, was sentenced Wednesday, June 3, in federal court in Brooklyn to 48 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the federal Paycheck Protection Program, the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced.  As previously reported by Daily Voice, Bolden was indicted in August 2024 after f…

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Man Struck, Killed While Performing Roadside Property Work In Cornwall Man Struck, Killed While Performing Roadside Property Work In Cornwall
Man Struck, Killed While Performing Roadside Property Work In Cornwall A 48-year-old man died after he was struck by a vehicle while performing property maintenance along Route 32 in Orange County, police said.  The fatal crash happened in Cornwall at the intersection of Route 32 and Paradise Hill on Tuesday, June 2, at around 4:20 p.m., the Town of Cornwall Police Department announced on Wednesday, June 3.  Police said Kevin Starkey, 48, of Cornwall, was conducting property maintenance on Paradise Hill while working on the shoulder of Route 32 when he was struck by a 2025 Audi Q3 traveling northbound, police said.  Starkey was treated at the s…

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Dad Who Caused Daughter's Fentanyl Death In Hudson Valley Gets Prison Time Dad Who Caused Daughter's Fentanyl Death In Hudson Valley Gets Prison Time
Dad Who Caused Daughter's Fentanyl Death In Hudson Valley Gets Prison Time A man who admitted causing the fentanyl-related death of his 16-month-old daughter in Dutchess County will spend years in prison. Poughkeepsie resident Haitham Dasan, 49, was sentenced to two to four years in state prison after pleading guilty to criminally negligent homicide in Dutchess County Court on Tuesday, March 17, Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi announced on Wednesday, June 3.  As previously reported by Daily Voice, the case stems from the death of Dasan's daughter, Soraiya Dasan, on April 12, 2021, at a residence on Oakdale Avenue in the Town of Poug…

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Truck Slams Into Disabled Vehicles On I-684 In Bedford, Causing Injuries (UPDATE) Truck Slams Into Disabled Vehicles On I-684 In Bedford, Causing Injuries (UPDATE)
Truck Slams Into Disabled Vehicles On I-684 In Bedford, Causing Injuries (Update) This story has been updated.  A crash involving multiple vehicles left two people injured and caused traffic disruptions on Interstate 684 in Westchester County on Wednesday, June 3.  The collision happened at around 11:47 a.m. on I-684 northbound near mile marker 15.2 near Exit 5 in Bedford, according to New York State Police.  Investigators said a 2022 Isuzu truck was traveling northbound when it struck two disabled vehicles that were parked on the highway shoulder: a 2009 Freightliner tractor-trailer and a 2011 Honda.  Debris from the Isuzu also struck the trailer o…

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NY Man Smuggled Drugs, Contraband Into NYC Juvenile Detention Center For Bribes: Feds NY Man Smuggled Drugs, Contraband Into NYC Juvenile Detention Center For Bribes: Feds
NY Man Smuggled Drugs, Contraband Into NYC Juvenile Detention Center For Bribes: Feds A Westchester County man who worked at a juvenile detention facility in the Bronx is facing a federal bribery charge after prosecutors said he smuggled drugs and other contraband to residents in exchange for money. Joshua Smith, 34, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit bribery, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Tuesday, June 2.  Smith was employed by the Administration for Children's Services as a youth development specialist at Horizon Juvenile Center in the Bronx, according to federal prosecutors. From at least April 2023 throu…

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Man, 25, In 'Guarded Condition' After Shooting In Mount Vernon — Suspect At Large Man, 25, In 'Guarded Condition' After Shooting In Mount Vernon — Suspect At Large
Man, 25, In 'Guarded Condition' After Shooting In Mount Vernon — Suspect At Large A 25-year-old man is hospitalized in guarded condition, and police are searching for the person who was responsible after an overnight shooting in Westchester County.  The shooting happened a little after 1 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, when officers responded to the area of the 0 block of Gramatan Avenue in Mount Vernon after receiving reports of a person who had been shot, according to a Mount Vernon city spokesperson.  When officers arrived, they found a 25-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound, officials said.  The victim was taken to a local hospital, wher…

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'Hot Lunch' Drug Ring Leader's Brother Gets Prison In Massive Orange County Case: DA 'Hot Lunch' Drug Ring Leader's Brother Gets Prison In Massive Orange County Case: DA
'Hot Lunch' Drug Ring Leader's Brother Gets Prison In Massive Orange County Case: DA A man who admitted possessing large amounts of cocaine as part of one of Orange County's largest drug trafficking investigations — and who is the brother of the operation's mastermind — will spend more than a decade in state prison.  Newburgh resident Dwayne Salmon, 46, was sentenced in Orange County Court on Monday, June 1, to 13½ years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision after pleading guilty to first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced on Tuesday, June 2. Salmon's conviction stems from…

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Ex-State Trooper Who Caused 11-Year-Old Girl's Death On NYS Thruway Gets Prison Ex-State Trooper Who Caused 11-Year-Old Girl's Death On NYS Thruway Gets Prison
Ex-State Trooper Who Caused 11-Year-Old Girl's Death On NYS Thruway Gets Prison A former New York State trooper convicted in the death of an 11-year-old girl during a traffic stop and pursuit in Ulster County will spend years in state prison.  Greene County resident Christopher Baldner, 47, of Catskill, was sentenced on Tuesday, June 2, to two-and-a-half to seven-and-a-half years in prison after an Ulster County jury found him guilty of second-degree manslaughter on March 13, according to New York Attorney General Letitia James. The conviction stems from an incident on the New York State Thruway in Kingston on Dec. 22, 2020.  According to prosecutors, Baldne…

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