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$135K Spent At Strip Clubs: Government Contractor Manager From Darien Admits Hiding Expenses $135K Spent At Strip Clubs: Government Contractor Manager From Darien Admits Hiding Expenses
$135K Spent At Strip Clubs: Government Contractor Manager From Darien Admits Hiding Expenses A Westchester County government contractor and its manager from Fairfield County have admitted to trying to hide tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money spent at strip clubs.  City Carting of Westchester, Inc. and its manager, 37-year-old Christopher Oxer of Darien, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, June 6 to submitting false financial records that hid more than $100,000 in company money that was spent at strip clubs, according to the Westchester County District Attorney's Office.  According to the DA's Office, City Carting held an annual $20 million contract with the county …

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by Ben Crnic
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Fairfield County Man Charged With Taking Pictures Under Woman's Skirt On Train Fairfield County Man Charged With Taking Pictures Under Woman's Skirt On Train
Fairfield County Man Charged With Taking Pictures Under Woman's Skirt On Train A Fairfield County man was indicted for taking photographs underneath a woman's skirt on a train in Westchester County.  On Friday, Sept. 23, around 11:27 p.m., 67-year-old Majid Hedayati of Riverside allegedly used his cellphone to take pictures under a victim's skirt while sitting across from her on a Metro-North train that was traveling from Harrison to New York City, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced on Monday, Oct. 31.  Rocah said the victim's friend, who was sitting next to Hedayati, confronted him and then reported him to the train's…

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by Ben Crnic
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Former Northern Westchester Attorney Sentenced For Stealing More Than $3.7M From Clients Former Northern Westchester Attorney Sentenced For Stealing More Than $3.7M From Clients
Former Northern Westchester Attorney Sentenced For Stealing More Than $3.7M From Clients A former attorney in New York has been sentenced for stealing millions from clients. Northern Westchester resident Laurieanne DeLitta, age 51, of  Briarcliff Manor, was sentenced to a term of one to three years in state prison for stealing more than $3.7 million from eight clients she represented as a real estate lawyer between 2017 and 2021, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 7. The court also ordered DeLitta to pay full restitution to her victims. “Attorneys should be held to the highest standards of ethics and integrity,” Roc…

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Robert Durst Indicted For Murder Of First Wife, Westchester DA Announces Robert Durst Indicted For Murder Of First Wife, Westchester DA Announces
Robert Durst Indicted For Murder Of First Wife, Westchester DA Announces The Westchester County District Attorney announced that Robert Durst has been indicted for the 1982 murder of his first wife, Kathleen Durst. Durst, age 78, was charged in an indictment on Monday, Nov. 1, with second-degree murder, District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced. He is accused of murdering Kathleen Durst in the Northern Westchester hamlet of South Salem in the Town of Lewisboro on or around Jan. 31, 1982, Rocah said.  Durst was previously charged in a complaint filed on Oct. 19, with second-degree murder, the DA's Office reported.  "When Kathleen Durst disappeared on J…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Connecticut Man Charged In Fatal Westchester Shooting Connecticut Man Charged In Fatal Westchester Shooting
Connecticut Man Charged In Fatal Westchester Shooting A multi-agency police investigation into a fatal Westchester shooting last weekend led to the arrest of a Connecticut man who allegedly shot and killed a 24-year-old in the hallway of an apartment building over an ongoing dispute. Hartford resident Claismar Abreu-Then, age 27, was arrested late on Thursday, Jan. 21 at his Franklin Avenue home following an extensive investigation into the shooting death of Joseph Pichardo in a hallway on Fairview Street in Yonkers on Sunday, Jan. 17. Yonkers Police Commissioner John Mueller said that Abreu-Then and Pichardo knew each other and the fatal shoo…

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by Zak Failla