Police & Fire

MOHEGAN LAKE, N.Y. - On Saturday, Dec. 8, the Mohegan Lake Fire Department held its annual Candy Cane Run. Santa, along with volunteers from the department, stopped by dozens of neighborhoods, handing out candy canes and posing for pictures with excited children.

All photos were taken by Sarah Bussinger for Yorktown News.

YORKTOWN, N.Y. – On Sunday, Santa Claus once again teamed up with the Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department to hand out candy canes to local families at nearly every intersection in town.

Check back next week for photos of the Mohegan Lake Fire Department Candy Cane Run.

All photos were taken by Sarah Bussinger for Yorktown News.

YORKTOWN, N.Y. – Merchants are being put on notice to watch out for counterfeit currency—especially $100 bills—as a slew of fake money has infiltrated the area during the busy holiday season.

Yorktown Police Chief Robert Noble, in emails sent to the Yorktown Chamber of Commerce and the Yorktown Small Business Association, said shop owners should be wary of accepting $100 ...

YORKTOWN, N.Y. - Xuefang Liu, the 41-year-old owner of Rock's Smoke Shop on Commerce Street, is accused of selling tobacco products to a 14-year-old, according to the Yorktown Police Department.

Police investigated the claim around 7:21 p.m. Wednesday. Liu, a resident of Corona, Queens, was arrested about 45 minutes later and charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, a ...