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SEEN HER? Police Seek Help Finding Missing Teaneck High School Grad SEEN HER? Police Seek Help Finding Missing Teaneck High School Grad
Seen HER? Police Seek Help Finding Missing Teaneck High School Grad Authorities are seeking the public's help finding a missing Teaneck High School graduate last seen in Mount Vernon. Baturi Willis, 24, was last seen on W. Sandford Boulevard just after 4 p.m. July 10 wearing a pink tank top and gray tights. The 2012 Teaneck High School grad suffers from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.  Anyone with information can call the Mount Vernon Police Department at 913-665-9510.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Father Charged With Murder In Death Of Westchester Toddler Father Charged With Murder In Death Of Westchester Toddler
Father Charged With Murder In Death Of Westchester Toddler The 34-year-old father of the toddler who was found unresponsive in a Westchester apartment on Monday night has been charged with murder. Following a swift investigation, police have arrested Lloyd Scott of Mount Vernon, who has been charged with second-degree murder after his son was found unresponsive in their Esplande Gardens apartment by his mother, who rushed him to Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead at approximately 7 p.m. Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas was joined by local police and elected officials on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday afternoon,…

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by Zak Failla
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$40,000 Bergen Jewel Thief Who Also Killed 2 Rivals Gets 40 Years $40,000 Bergen Jewel Thief Who Also Killed 2 Rivals Gets 40 Years
$40,000 Bergen Jewel Thief Who Also Killed 2 Rivals Gets 40 Years The theft of $40,000 of jewelry from a Bergen County store was directed by a Westchester gang leader who was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in federal prison for killing two rivals just months earlier, authorities said. Jamel "Flynt" Upson, 33, ran the Mount Vernon-based "Boss Playa Family" -- or "BPF" -- which waged open warfare on its rivals, authorities said. Upson, in particular, displayed "disturbing indifference to the lives of others," including two rivals he shot down in cold blood, said Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern …

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by Jerry DeMarco