Crime & Safety

The Week in Review: The Top 10 Headlines

It was a week of big news with a film crew in town and a knife wielding man arrested by police.

As the school winter break week winds down Patch offers up the top 10 news headlines for those who were vacationing or sleeping in. Here's what happened in and around Babylon Village this week.


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Police say Shaun Dosch planned to melt down the bronze items to sell as scrap metal.


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You just never know what you may find for sale online by village residents.


Alan Howard relates it was a pure instinct decision to chase down a man threatening bystanders with a 12-inch knife Saturday afternoon.


Plesser's own Alan Howard sprang into action to help nab a man who police said pulled a knife on a television crew Saturday afternoon.


Police cannot say if newest Manorville remains are connected to any other cases.


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