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A Westchester County teenager is going to spend nearly two decades in prison after pleading guilty for his role in a fatal stabbing at a Yonkers movie theater last year. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Wednesday that Yonkers resident Michael Pettiford, 17, has been sentenced to 18 years in state prison for the fatal stabbing of Daji Thomas at the Ridge Hill Movie Theater.
A former Rye building superintendent who pleaded guilty to engaging in sexual acts with a dog and was forced to register as a sex offender, has reported a move in Westchester County. Kujtim Nicaj, 49, who pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree burglary as a sexually motivated felony, a class C violent felony, and one count of sexual misconduct, a class A misdemeanor has reported a move to Rigby Street in Yonkers.
A former Rye building superintendent who pleaded guilty to engaging in sexual acts with a dog and was forced to register as a sex offender, has reported a move in Westchester County. Kujtim Nicaj, 49, who pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree burglary as a sexually motivated felony, a class C violent felony, and one count of sexual misconduct, a class A misdemeanor has reported a move to Rigby Street in Yonkers.
Two inmates at the Westchester County Jail are facing new charges after hospitalizing a corrections officer last month who still has been unable to return to work. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced the indictment and arraignment of Mount Vernon resident Ishmael Ben Reuben and Yonkers resident Carlos Yarborough, who allegedly beat an officer while he was on duty on April 27. According to the indictment, at approximately 9:40 p.m. on the day of the incident, as inmates were being directed to their cells for the evening, Ben Reuben and Yarborough lingered in the jail's hallway between the Day Room and their cell block before becoming verbally threatening toward the officer.
... sexual and deviate intercourse with her. He was convicted of rape the following year after being arrested by the Yonkers City Police Department SOR Unit and sentenced to a term between three and six years in state prison. He is now under the ...
... 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 ...
The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services issued an alert this week to Westchester residents regarding the residency of 71-year-old Arquimedes Mota, who has moved from Elmsford to an apartment on Bruce Avenue in Yonkers. The Division of Criminal Justice Services has assigned Mota as a Level 3 threat, which means he is a "high-risk repeat offender and possible threat to public safety."
... 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 ...
... January, when his bail was revoked for failed drug tests. Prior to that, the Mount Vernon native who grew up in Yonkers had been confined to his Westchester home after allegedly going out of his way to evade taxes, according to Geoffrey Berman, the ...
... eastern Iowa bank. Federal prosecutors in Iowa say 28-year-old Daniel Jackson and 22-year-old Jason Centeno, both of Yonkers, New York, were sentenced Thursday in a federal court in Cedar Rapids. Jackson received 15 years. Centeno was sentenced to ...
Two New York men have each been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for robbing a rural eastern Iowa bank. Federal prosecutors in Iowa say 28-year-old Daniel Jackson and 22-year-old Jason Centeno, both of Yonkers, New York, were sentenced Thursday in a federal court in Cedar Rapids.
Federal charges have been dropped against a Westchester County neurologist who was among six charged in an alleged $57 million health care fraud scheme that spanned more than a decade. The U.S. Attorney's Office has dropped the case against Emad Soliman, a New Castle resident who practices in Yonkers who had been charged in an alleged 12-year-scheme to "defraud Medicaid, Medicare and other private health insurance companies out of more than $50 million."
A 46-year-old man from Yonkers was one of two suspects charged Friday in connection with a 20-year-old double murder for hire in the Bronx, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services issued an alert this week to Westchester residents regarding the residency of 51-year-old Christopher Lyons, who has moved to an apartment on South Broadway in Yonkers. The Division of Criminal Justice Services has assigned Lyons as a level three threat, which means he is a "high-risk repeat offender and possible threat to public safety."
... during an interview at Attica Prison, Attica, N.Y., ... more FILE--Police officials surround David Berkowitz, 24, of Yonkers, N.Y., outside Brooklyn's 84th precinct after his arrest as the 'Son of Sam' killer in this August 11, 1977 file photo. ...
... during an interview at Attica Prison, Attica, N.Y., ... more FILE--Police officials surround David Berkowitz, 24, of Yonkers, N.Y., outside Brooklyn's 84th precinct after his arrest as the 'Son of Sam' killer in this August 11, 1977 file photo. ...
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.
A Westchester County man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison after pleading guilty to his involvement in the fatal stabbing of a 24-year-old Yonkers resident. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Wednesday athat 22-year-old Mount Vernon resident Donte Pace has ben sentenced to 14-years in state prison after pleading guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter earlier this year for his role in the fatal assault of his victim last October.
A Westchester man who committed a string of knife-point robberies and a car jacking of cab drivers was charged in Manhattan Federal court on Monday, according to Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Mount Vernon resident Allanmon Mavumkal, 30, conducted a spree of robberies involving at least 10 livery cabs in the Bronx, Mount Vernon and Yonkers, during which he robbed the cab drivers of cash, personal items, and their cabs at knife-point, according to Kim.
Joon Kim, the acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that Juan "KJ" Martinez has of Yonkers been sentenced in United States district court to a term of 30 years in prison for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy and the murder of a 16-year-old in September 2005. Martinez was a member of the Yonkers faction of the Trinitarios Gang, which was formed in the New York State prison system in the early 1990s, Kim noted.
A member of a violent New York gang has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for the killing of a 16-year-old Yonkers teenager more than 12 years ago. Prosecutors say Juan "KJ" Martinez recruited a hit squad to kill Ka'Shawn Phillips in 2005 after they got into a fistfight at a pickup basketball game.
A Westchester bank teller was charged Wednesday with participating in a 2013 armed robbery of a Wells Fargo bank in Yonkers, according to Joon H. Kim, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Virginia Blanco, 28, of Yonkers, provided "critical" information about the bank on Odell Avenue to Giovanni Marte before he and three others robbed the bank on Oct. 29, 2013, Kim said.
A registered "sexually violent" offender convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl has reported a move in Westchester County. The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services issued an alert on Thursday to Westchester residents regarding the residency of 31-year-old Eric Jones, who has moved to an apartment on the Glenwood Avenue in Yonkers.
... past, had turned him down for job opportunities. A few days earlier, Drew had put his name on a list at the small, Yonkers, N.Y.-based company, which embraces a unique "open hiring" model. Anyone of legal working age can get a job at the bakery, ...
... past, had turned him down for job opportunities. A few days earlier, Drew had put his name on a list at the small, Yonkers, N.Y.-based company, which embraces a unique "open hiring" model. Anyone of legal working age can get a job at the bakery, ...