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Leibys "Celly" Mercedes of the Bronx was found guilty of conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin in Yonkers following a four-day trial. The jury unanimously found him guilty of distributing the heroin to other dealers in the area.
Leibys "Celly" Mercedes of the Bronx was found guilty of conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin in Yonkers following a four-day trial. The jury unanimously found him guilty of distributing the heroin to other dealers in the area.
A doctor and pharmacist from Westchester were among seven medical professionals that have been accused of illegally distributing millions of oxycodone pills. Yonkers resident Nadem Sayegh, a doctor with offices in Westchester and the Bronx, and Marc Klein, who owns a pharmacy in White Plains, are each facing time behind bars for their roles in a pill mill that has been under investigation.
A sign marks the city of Yonkers, New York in this November 25, 2013 photo. A new analysis of marijuana arrest data suggests that New York's Black and Latinx youth are subject to starkly disproportionate enforcement just outside of NYC, where soaring arrests and signs of police bias have lately drawn scrutiny.
... their victims, stabbing and slashing them multiple times. That was the way Ka'Shawn Phillips , 16, was killed in Yonkers in 2005, and Mahomed Jalloh , 18, in Upper Manhattan in 2010. And it was the way Lesandro Guzman-Feliz , 15, died in the Belmont ...
An entertainment producer from New Jersey shipped thousands of pounds of marijuana for sale hidden in musical speakers from the West Coast to Yonkers and elsewhere, said authorities who busted him and two accused accomplices in a special operation. Oscar Holguin, 38, was arrested in the Central Jersey town of Carteret, just off the New Jersey Turnpike, where authorities said he was assisted by 27-year-old local barmaid Natalie Stojano.
Two accused drug dealers are behind bars after they were nabbed with large amounts of heroin, cocaine, crack, marijuana and cash following an investigation by the Greenburgh Drug & Alcohol Task Force. Michael Matsoukas, 26, and Richard Hoffer, 30 -- both of Yonkers -- were arrested just before 6 p.m. and found to be in possession of 25 bags of powder cocaine, over 20 twists of crack, 75 bags of heroin, $338 cash, 50 bags of marijuana and cannabis oil.
... arrested and charged on April 4 while attempting to meet the Columbia County dealer in a parking lot of a casino in Yonkers. Law enforcement found a plastic bag with about 50 grams of heroin in the parking lot that Pacheco had on him before ...
A "sizable amount of marijuana" and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash were seized in Pleasantville following a lengthy investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies in Westchester County, according to a police spokesperson. Washington Avenue resident Ronnie Bordin, 60, was taken into custody at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Thursday by officers from the Westchester County Police Narcotics Unit and the Yonkers Police Department following the investigation by a county narcotics task force.
... a pat down after she told them she couldn't remember her current address in Philadelphia or her mother's address in Yonkers, NY. Duran told the female agents she needed to use a restroom first; agents said they needed to pat her down first. An agent ...
... Office, the Westchester County Department of Public Safety, and the Peekskill, Croton, Mount Pleasant, Port Chester, Yonkers, and Yorktown police departments.
A motor-vehicle stop led to drug charges for a Rockland County woman was busted by state police on I-87 in Yonkers while in possession of cocaine and marijuana over the weekend. Shortly after 1:45 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 14, state police troopers stopped Tomkins Cove resident Tanisha Jacobs, 41, on the interstate for an equipment violation.
A 33-year-old woman and a man from Westchester are facing a variety of drug charges after a traffic stop in Orange County. Troopers stopped a vehicle on Route 17 in the Town of Monroe for a violation of the vehicle and traffic law at about 1:10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 23. The driver of the vehicle, 37-year-old Mykell Gray of Yonkers, was found to be in possession of marijuana and charged with criminal possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of marijuana.
A trio was busted with more than a dozen kilograms of cocaine and nearly 20,000 envelopes of heroin in a Yonkers house. Joon Kim, the acting United States District Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the arrests of Ansley Estrella, Ronald Leon and Luis Oscar Reyes this week, after they were busted "with conspiracy to distribute and possess with into to distribute" the drugs.
Two men were arrested on drug trafficking charges following a warrant search of an Elizabeth Street apartment on Saturday, Dec. 9, according to court documents. The target of the search warrant, Luis G. Bajana, 42, of 33 Horatio St. in Yonkers, N.Y., was charged with eight offenses, including cocaine trafficking, heroin trafficking, and carrying a firearm, silencer and ammunition without a license, according to court documents.
Luis Bajana, 42, of Yonkers, New York was arrested on eight charges including trafficking in cocaine, possession of a Class A drug, possession of a Class B drug, trafficking in heroin, carrying a firearm without a license, possession of a firearm without an FID card, conspiracy to violate drug law and the sale, use or possession of a firearm silencer. Fitchburg resident, Bryan Walker, 35, of 182 Mechanic Street, faces charges of possession of a class B drug, distribution of a class B drug, operating a motor vehicle with a revoked license and conspiracy to violate drug law.
More than two dozen alleged drug dealers and 400 bags of heroin and other drugs are off the street following the "Operation Trick-or-Treat" bust in Westchester, authorities announced Tuesday. Yonkers Police Commissioner Charles Gardner said that during the multi-jurisdictional bust, 25 dealers were apprehended, and undercover officers seized more than 400 bags of heroin, crack cocaine, angel dust and other drugs during the Halloween-themed operation.
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano will be joined by Westchester County Public Safety Commissioner George Longworth, members of the police department and members of the DEA and Westchester County District Attorney's Office for a news conference at 2 p.m. at Yonkers Police Headquarters to discuss a "major narcotics operation" involving multiple arrests.
A Westchester drug kingpin who had $50 million worth of heroin seized by the DEA is heading to prison for his role running an extensive narcotics operation. Bridget Brennan, New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced this week that 49-year-old Jose "Hippie" Mercedes Sr. of Yonkers has been sentenced to 14 years in state prison, followed by five years post-release supervision for possession of more than 150 pounds of heroin.
... this week. Sarah C. Mackenzie, 34, and Molly A. Farr, 32, both of Williamstown, Vt., and Terrel W. Harrison, 32, of Yonkers, N.Y., were arrested and charged with trafficking 18 to 36 grams of cocaine and conspiracy to violate drug law after a ...
... told me they were well familiar with the student, that he had been suspended from school, that he was living in Yonkers and the school knew that but was allowing him to finish out the year at New Rochelle High School. The student justified his ...
... second-degree sexual assault, first-degree threatening and risk of injury to a minor. Roy J. Harris-Aikens, 37, of Yonkers, N.Y., was charged Thursday with second-degree failure to appear in court. Donald Curcuro, 54, of 11 Bentley Ave., Apt. 4, was ...
... according to Gothamist. Officials said that Zamora-Vega turned up his nose at the first choice - an apartment in Yonkers, New York - because he thought the ventilation wasn't adequate. They said he approved of the Paterson warehouse and called ...
... discuss storage locations and crystal meth-making facilities, officials said. They later looked at an apartment in Yonkers, N.Y., and the New Jersey warehouse where the bust occurred. The so-called 'meth candles' came into Long Island on Tuesday, ...
... discuss storage locations and crystal meth-making facilities, officials said. They later looked at an apartment in Yonkers, N.Y., and the New Jersey warehouse where the bust occurred. The so-called 'meth candles' came into Long Island on Tuesday, ...