Sunday post time 12:30 pm at Yonkers

YONKERS, NY, Tuesday, July 24, 2018-Yonkers Raceway's Sunday matinee this weekend shall again offer a first post of 12:30 PM. Races 1 through 4 go as those overflow-field, mile-and-a-quarter 'French' trots, with the 12th- race finale listed at 4:40 PM.

Yonkers Man Sentenced For Shooting 4-Year-Old Girl In Leg

A Westchester man is going to spend more than a decade behind bars following his sentencing for misfiring his gun, missing his intended target, and striking a 4-year-old girl in the leg while he was a teenager. Yonkers resident Floyd Bruce, now 21, was sentenced in Westchester County Court to 15 years in prison following his guilty plea last year.

$159,000 NYSS at Yonkers Tuesday

YONKERS, NY , Monday, July 23, 2018--A sort of quirk in the schedule finds the statebred frosh fillies back for second time in 18 evenings, with Yonkers Raceway hosting Tuesday night's $159,000 New York Sire Stakes Frank Becerra Pace. Post time for the dozen-race card s 6:50 PM, with the sire stakes event going as races 7 and 8 , respectively.

Homicide Hunter “kills’em” in Yonkers Open

YONKERS, NY, Sunday, July 22, 2018-Odds-on Homicide Hunter overcame the impost Sunday afternoon , winning Yonkers Raceway's featured $54,800 Open Handicap Trot. The weekly trotting feature went as the late-morning opener, the first of four, mile-and-a-quarter, bigger-field 'French' forays.

Man Charged With Shooting, Killing Worker From Northern Westchester

Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Friday that 32-year-old Heriberto Morales of Yonkers has been charged by a grand jury in a seven-count indictment that was released this week. He stands charged of murdering a Northern Westchester man who was working for a private carting company at the time of his death.

Central Avenue Gas Station Robbery Spree Suspect Sees Sentencing Adjourned

A man who allegedly terrorized a gas station during several armed robberies over the span of more than four months had his sentencing adjourned Bronx resident Gregory Harris, 41, was found guilty last month of multiple counts of robbery related to four incidents at the same Central Park Avenue in Yonkers in 2016. He was due to be sentenced this week, but had his case adjourned.

N.Y. man charged in arson of Oxford house

Leon Carson, a 42-year-old Yonkers, N.Y. has been arrested on arson and other charges in the torching of an Oxford house in July 2016. Leon Carson, a 42-year-old Yonkers, N.Y. has been arrested on arson and other charges in the torching of an Oxford house in July 2016.

Westchester Man Who Burned Down House At Owner’s Request Nabbed, Police Say

A Westchester man who was allegedly commissioned to burn a rental house down in Connecticut and attempted to elude arrest has been busted by police following a two-year investigation. Connecticut State Police announced the arrest of Yonkers resident Leon "Pops" Carson, Jr., who was allegedly set a mattress on fire at an Oxford rental home at the behest of the owner, Delores Lee, who had recently taken out a $300,000 insurance policy on the property.

Sentencing Adjourned For Man Facing Attempted Murder Charge In Mount Vernon

A 22-year-old man already facing life in prison for his role in a 12-hour crime spree last year in Westchester had his court case adjourned for one month on Tuesday after his guilty plea to attempted murder following shooting incidents in Mount Vernon and Yonkers. Mount Vernon resident Allen Copeland pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon, both violent felonies, in May, for his role into two incidents that took place last year.

Former Teller Convicted Of Participating In Violent Westchester Bank Robbery

A former bank teller in Westchester is facing decades in prison for her participation in an armed robbery that netted more than $300,000 - and a vacation to Aruba. Virginia Blanco was found guilty on Tuesday on every count for her with participating in the robbery of a Wells Fargo Bank branch in Yonkers in October 2013 that included multiple rounds being fired during the exchange.

Mount Vernon Man To Be Sentenced For Attempted Murder

A 22-year-old man already facing life in prison for his role in a 12-hour crime spree last year in Westchester is scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday after pleading guilty to attempted murder following shooting incidents in Mount Vernon and Yonkers. Mount Vernon resident Allen Copeland pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon, both violent felonies, in May, for his role into two incidents that took place last year.

ID Released Of Man Found Dead Along Shoulder Of Busy Westchester Road

Police have identified the man who was found fatally shot in the shoulder of a busy Westchester road on Monday morning. The Yonkers Police Department received a report at approximately 8:20 a.m. on July 16, of a dead body that was found alongside the shoulder of the eastbound lanes of Tuckahoe Road with multiple gunshot wounds near the I-87 overpass.

Westchester Man Facing Attempted Murder Charge For Daytime Shooting

A man is facing an attempted murder charge after allegedly opening fire on a man in broad daylight in Westchester. Yonkers resident Anthony Villa, 24, was arraigned on a five-count indictment on Monday, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., announced, including attempted murder and weapons charges.