After receiving a report about a break-in at the Woods III condominium complex in Peekskill yesterday morning, police responded to the home shortly after 8:30 a.m. to conduct a search. And they say it didn't take long to turn up one Lizbeth Hernandez, 47, hiding in the closet with a large carving knife and a roll of duct tape. Surprise! more ›

Don't be alarmed, but a reactor at that nuclear power plant 35 miles north of the city was shut down yesterday, after a malfunction at 4 p.m. Details are still sketchy, but it's being reported that the main electrical generator malfunctioned "safely," triggering an automatic shutdown of the reactor. The plant's owner assures WPIX there was absolutely no threat posed to workers, nor to the excellent people of Peekskill. (But for future reference, here's the "Indian Point Emergency Guide.") The incident comes 66 days after another generator malfunction shut down the plant, and 600,000 gallons of boiling, radioactive water turned to steam and was released over the lower Hudson Valley. Also in November, a report found thyroid cancer cases in counties closest to the plant are the highest in New York State, and among the highest in the U.S. more ›

A judge "modified" an order of protection that had banned 48-year-old Theodore Pressman from seeing his mother. Earlier this week, Pressman was charged with reckless endangerment after leaving his elderly parents in a hot car for hours while he went to work his shift as a bus driver in Peekskill. Both parents suffer from dementia, and while his mother was able to get out of the car, his father died, apparently from the sweltering heat. Pressman's mother is reportedly anorexic and will only eat when her son is present. Pressman has been described a loving, devoted son who was perhaps overwhelmed. more ›