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A Westchester man has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison after pleading guilty to a violent felony following a fatal midday stabbing last year. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced that 37-year-old Joseph Graham of Yonkers was sentenced after pleading guilty to individual counts of first-degree manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon after he fatally stabbed his 49-year-old victim last year.
A Westchester County teenager is facing life in prison after being indicted on charges that he allegedly fatally stabbed another teenager after starting a fight with him over a cell phone at a Yonkers movie theater earlier this year. According to Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., 16-year-old Michael Pettiford has been indicted on charges of murder, manslaughter, robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon Monday in Westchester County Court.
A Westchester County teenager is facing life in prison after being indicted on charges that he allegedly fatally stabbed another teenager at a Yonkers movie theater earlier this year. According to Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., 16-year-old Michael Pettiford has been indicted on charges of murder, manslaughter, robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon Monday in Westchester County Court.
A teenager has pleaded guilty to multiple felony charges after misfiring his gun, missing his intended target and striking a 4-year-old girl in the leg in Yonkers last summer. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Thursday that 19-year-old Floyd Bruce has pleaded guilty to felony charges of first-degree robbery, attempted assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
A teenager has pleaded guilty to multiple felony charges after misfiring his gun, missing his intended target and striking a 4-year-old girl in the leg in Yonkers last summer. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Thursday that 19-year-old Floyd Bruce has pleaded guilty to felony charges of first-degree robbery, attempted assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
A Scarsdale internist who practiced in Yonkers admitted taking $400,000 in payoffs for lab test referrals as part of what federal authorities said is the nation's largest-ever bribery case of its kind. Ricky J. Sayegh, 44, pleaded guilty to violating the Federal Trade Act before a U.S. District Court judge in Newark on Thursday.
A Scarsdale internist who practiced in Yonkers admitted taking $400,000 in payoffs for lab test referrals as part of what federal authorities said is the nation's largest-ever bribery case of its kind. Ricky J. Sayegh, 44, pleaded guilty to violating the Federal Trade Act before a U.S. District Court judge in Newark on Thursday.
... of its 10 employees has a troubled past, including homelessness, drug addiction and jail time. Greyston Bakery, in Yonkers, New York, which makes brownies that go in Ben & Jerry's ice cream, has an "open hire" policy to help people get back on their ...
... to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. Inside Mount Sinai Riverside Medical Group in Yonkers, the passage feels more like a failure. "The legislation that's making its way through Congress will significantly increase the ...
... targeted the right people to take off our streets," Scarpino stated. "I want to thank the White Plains, Greenburgh, Yonkers and Port Chester Police Departments, the Westchester County Department of Public Safety and the F.B.I. Safe Street Task Force ...
A Westchester County man is facing life in prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting a man in Doyle Park when an attempted armed robbery went awry last year. On Thursday, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced that 27-year-old Yonkers resident Robert Daniels has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for his role in a May 2016 shooting that left his victim dead.
A 17-year-old from Yonkers says he was given a second chance, thanks to a youth program in Westchester. Alex Ortiz, of Yonkers, said that when he was 16 years old, he was involved in robberies, home invasions and a stabbing that landed him locked up with violent offenders in Valhalla.
... and insurance-law changes that will make it easier for them to move in to cities like Rochester, Buffalo, Yonkers and beyond. Why? The ride-hailing measure tucked into a state budget bill will take effect 90 days after it's approved. The Assembly ...
... in Westchester, the Bronx, Manhattan and Connecticut. Seven of the suspects were brought into custody on Wednesday. Yonkers residents Jason Auza, Guillermo Fernandez and Kasean Galloway, all suspects, had previously been in state custody for other ...
A Yonkers firefighter was arraigned on a sexual assault charge Monday following a lengthy investigation after he allegedly made unwanted sexual contact with a 25-year-old woman at a Fourth of July party last year. At approximately 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 5, police were dispatched to a local hospital, where a victim reported that she had been sexually offended, Yonkers Police Sgt.
... locations in Westchester, Dutchess, Rockland and Putnam counties. Sears has locations in Poughkeepsie, White Plains, Yonkers, Yorktown Heights in the Jefferson Valley Mall, the Nanuet Mall and the Danbury Fair Mall. Kmart has stores at the ...
... his men to "threaten and intimidate" a guy who ran an illegal gambling establishment on Saw Mill River Road in Yonkers, the feds have said. On one occasion, Parrello allegedly told his men to get a guy named Buddy to choke the victim. "I want Buddy ...
... members from the FBI, Westchester County District Attorney's Office, Westchester County police, Peekskill police, Yonkers police, the NYPD and the U.S. Probation Office. Mayor Richard Thomas said the town welcomes the help: "The involvement of the ...
A Westchester County neurologist was among six charged in a multi-million dollar health care fraud scheme that spanned more than a decade. On Thursday, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara announced that Emad Soliman, who lives in New Castle and has a practice in Yonkers, was among those charged in a reported 12-year scheme to "defraud Medicaid, Medicare and other private health insurance companies out of more than $50 million."
The Mount Vernon man accused of the fatal stabbing a 24-year-old Yonkers resident last year has been arraigned on manslaughter and weapons charges. According to Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Donte Pace, 22, has been arraigned in Westchester County Court on Wednesday, where he was formally charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon following the assault of his victim last October.
Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced Tuesday that Joann Perrino, a 60-year-old Yonkers resident, pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $1 million from her employer. The district attorney's office said Perrino initiated transfers and wrote checks from her employer's account to pay for personal expenses, including car and mortgage payments, travel expenses, spa treatments and, on one occasion, a $4,366 shopping spree on clothes.
... water supplies for toxic chemicals and provide funding for infrastructure upgrades. Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers), who is leader of the Democratic Conference, said the plan would serve as a strategy to protect water locally in the face of ...
... chair opposite Ann Justi and Don Boyer. The three of them are in the compact living room of Boyer's apartment in Yonkers, squeezed between the sofa, TV and writing desk. Dubin is in his socks, having shed his snow-caked boots out in the hallway. ...
... to Scarpino, between December 2012 and July 2013, Gunther, who worked as a personal banker at Chase Bank in Yonkers, stole $122,100 from a customer's account after he deposited money from a Certificate of Deposit that had recently matured. The ...
A Yonkers man has been found guilty of attempted murder for his role in a shooting that left a woman without complete function of her left hand after more than six months. On Tuesday, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino announced that Yonkers resident Frank Kwaw, 25, was found guilty of multiple violent felonies following last year's shooting of Jessica Scott.