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LAKE PEEKSKILL — An 18-year-old man has been charged with sexually abusing two boys, ages 12 and 13, Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith said in a release today.

COLD SPRING — A man was arrested today after confronting people who were handing out fliers calling for the impeachment of President Obama.

A roundup of crime and courts news from around Westchester County

School districts should not ask for Social Security numbers or other information that would indicate a child's immigration status while registering students for class, the state Education Department told officials this week.

NEW YORK — A Putnam County college student accused of stabbing a Muslim cab driver because of his religion was indicted on the same felony hate-crime charges for which he was arrested last week, prosecutors confirmed Tuesday.

Southeast will remain home for a former schoolteacher convicted of child pornography charges after he successfully challenges the constitutionality of Putnam's sex offender residency law.

PORT CHESTER: A pedestrian killed Friday night after he was struck by a minivan has been identified as a Connecticut resident. Village police said Tuesday that Israel Valdez of Norwalk died of head injuries and blood loss after he was struck by a van on Westchester Avenue. Valdez and a 19-year-old Port Chester man, Freddy Alvales, apparently stepped into traffic just before 10 p.m., police Capt. John Telesca said. They were between Pearl and Poningo streets. Alvales was taken to Westchester Medical Center with injuries that were not life-threatening. Valdez was pronounced dead at Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital. The driver of the minivan, a Port Chester man, will probably not be charged, he said.

A memorial Mass for the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks will take place at 7 p.m. Sept. 10 at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 128 Parrott Road, West Nyack. The date was incorrect Monday in a list on Page 3A.

CARMEL — A state Supreme Court justice has struck down a Putnam County law that sought to restrict where certain registered sex offenders can live, ruling it unconstitutional.

NEW YORK — A Putnam County college student accused of stabbing a Muslim cab driver because of his religion was indicted on the same felony hate-crime charges for which he was arrested last week, Manhattan prosecutors confirmed today.

A briefing on stories making news today.

The group proposes eliminating the village and says savings could be 20 percent.

NEW YORK — A Manhattan grand jury delivered an indictment Monday in the case of Michael Enright, a Putnam County college student accused of stabbing a Muslim taxicab driver because of his religion.

News in brief

Nearly one in five American women ends her childbearing years without having a child, compared with one in 10 in the 1970s, according to the Pew Research Center. The statistic was incorrect in a Page One article Saturday.

Think things are bad here? It could be worse. We could have Japan's problems.

Now, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is investigating the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to look for possible fraud or other crimes in the payment of overtime.

NEW YORK: A grand jury in Manhattan handed up a sealed indictment today in the case of Michael Enright, a Putnam County college student accused of stabbing a Muslim taxicab driver last week because of his religion.

CARMEL — A Cortlandt woman was drunk when she drove her car off Route 6 near Drewville Road early Saturday, Carmel Chief Michael Johnson said today.

YORKTOWN — Town police released information on these recent charges: