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Charges Upgraded To Murder In Hudson Valley 'Gator' Stabbing Case
Charges against one of two residents in the region charged in the stabbing of a man in a fight over tools have been upgraded to murder after the victim died days later in a case involving. the presence of an alligator. Related: Live Alligator Discovered At Scene Of Stabbing In Pawling Residence Dutchess County resident Giuseppe Vassallo, age 43, of Pawling, who was initially charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of Nathaniel Vieira, age 42, also of Pawling, on Saturday, March 2, saw his charges increased to murder on Thursday, April 11, said Sinead McLoughlin of the Dutc…
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Officer From Westchester Gets Prison Time For Helping Gang Leader
A former New York City Police officer from Northern Westchester will spend years in prison for warning gang members about a federal investigation into their activity as well as helping the group's leader escape arrest for murder, officials said. Mohegan Lake resident Gina Mestre, age 33, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for obstructing a federal investigation into the Shooting Boys gang and helping the group's leader evade justice for murder, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Friday, March 29. Earlier Report - Former N…
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Severed Remains Case: ID Released For Male Victim From Westchester
For the first time, police have publicly named the second of two murder victims whose dismembered remains were found strewn across Long Island. In an update to the case on Friday, March 22, Suffolk County Police identified the male victim as 53-year-old former Westchester County resident Malcolm Brown, whose last known address is in Yonkers. Brown was in a domestic partnership with the other victim in the case, 59-year-old Donna Conneely, a Dutchess County native from Fishkill who had recently lived in Northern Westchester, in Yorktown, according to their Facebook profiles. Earlier…
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Missing Mom Case: Ex-Girlfriend Of Estranged Husband Convicted Of Murder Conspiracy
After three days of deliberations, a jury found the ex-girlfriend of the estranged husband of Connecticut mother of five Jennifer Farber Dulos guilty in connection with her disappearance nearly five years ago in a case in which Dulos, who has never been found, has been declared legally dead. Related: Missing New Canaan Mom Of 5 Jennifer Dulos Declared Dead By Judge Michelle Troconis, age 49, was found guilty in Stamford on Friday, March 1, of all counts including conspiracy to commit murder, hindering prosecution, and evidence tampering. She is being held on a $6 million bond,…
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Update: 18-Year-Old Fatally Shoots Victim In Head Inside Truck In Yonkers, Police Say
After discovering a victim with a gunshot wound to his head inside a pickup truck in Westchester, authorities have charged an 18-year-old man with his murder, police announced. Yonkers resident Ludvin Ramos-Cervantes was arrested on Monday, Feb. 26 in connection with the murder of 51-year-old Francisco Gordillo, who was found dead earlier in the day, Yonkers Police announced on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Earlier Report - Man Found With Gunshot Wound To Head Inside Vehicle In Yonkers: Police According to the department, just before 5 a.m. on Monday, officers found Gordillo insi…
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Man Accused Of Killing Wife In Hudson Valley
A Hudson Valley man is behind bars after allegedly killing his wife during a domestic dispute. Rockland County resident Warle Fernandez-Arias, age 37, was charged with second-degree murder on Friday, Feb. 23 in Spring Valley after his wife, Carolyn Canela, age 36, was found dead. According to Spring Valley Police, Canela, who moved to the US from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, was found when officers responded to a welfare check at 149 Sneden Place West at their Hillcrest Point apartment. Once inside the apartment, officers found the body of Canela, who was pronoun…
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Man Gets Prison Time After Killing Victim In Westchester, Then Avoiding Police For Year
A 34-year-old man who spent a year eluding authorities will spend decades in prison for fatally shooting a 20-year-old victim in Westchester. Yonkers resident Jonathan Planas was sentenced to 22 years in state prison for the October 2020 fatal shooting of Alvaro Vigueras Medina, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced on Thursday, Feb. 22. At around 1:30 a.m. on the day of the shooting, Oct. 10, 2020, Planas got out of a Mercedes Benz and fired several shots at Medina while he was walking on Lawrence Street in Yonkers. Medina was hit once …
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29-Year-Old From Connecticut Focus Of Netflix Documentary On His Mom's Mysterious Death On Boat
A 29-year-old from Connecticut who was accused of killing his mother and grandfather is the focus of a new Netflix documentary on the mysterious deaths. Netflix said earlier this month the documentary will explore the mysteries surrounding Middlesex County native Nathan Carman, of Middletown, who was accused of killing his mother Linda Carman while on a fishing trip in 2016, and his grandfather, John Chakalos. three years earlier in 2013. Carman, who died while in police custody last year, allegedly killed his mother while fishing off the coast of Rhode Island on the family boat.…
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Suspect In Murder Of Hudson Valley Woman Fatally Shoots Himself In Front Of Cops In Connecticut
A man who had allegedly murdered a woman earlier in the day in the Hudson Valley shot and killed himself in Connecticut in front of police when cornered. The incident began around 9 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 31 in Rockland County when the Ramapo Police discovered a 56-year-old woman lying on the ground on Innwood Drive suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the Hillcrest section of Ramapo. The woman was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern by Spring Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps where she was pronounced dead, said Lt. Chris Franklin of the Ramapo Police. The Ramapo Police Inve…
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Wrong Turn Shooting: Homeowner Guilty Of Murder, Evidence Tampering In Death Of NY 20-Year-Old
A New York jury found an upstate homeowner guilty of murder for opening fire on a car that mistakenly drove onto his property, killing a 20-year-old woman. Kevin Monahan, age 65, was convicted of second-degree murder in Washington County Court on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 23 in the death of Kaylin Gillis. The seven men and five women also found Monahan guilty of tampering with evidence and reckless endangerment after deliberating for just two hours. Earlier Report: 'Glue Of The Family': Funeral Set For Schuylerville Woman Slain In Wrong Driveway Shooting Investigators said it was jus…
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Wrong Driveway Killing: Defense Requests Mistrial In Shooting Of NY 20-Year-Old, Report Says
Defense attorneys for the man accused of shooting and killing a young woman who mistakenly drove onto his rural New York property have attempted to have his murder case thrown out, Albany station CBS 6 reports. Kevin Monahan, age 65, was back in a Washington County courtroom on Tuesday morning, Jan. 16, for the sixth day of his murder trial in the death of 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis. Monahan’s lead defense attorney, Arthur Frost, asked the judge to declare a mistrial after jurors saw body camera footage from a Washington County Sheriff’s sergeant in which Monahan tells the officer that he's …
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Missing Fairfield County Mother Of 5 Jennifer Dulos Declared Dead By Judge
A missing Connecticut mother of five has been declared dead by a judge after being missing for more than four years. Fairfield County resident Jennifer Farber Dulos, age 50, of New Canaan, was declared dead officially by a judge on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, according to ABC News 7. Related story: Missing New Canaan Mom Of Five Feared For Her Life, Reports Say Dulos' mother, Gloria Farber, who is the guardian of her children, had petitioned the court to declare Jennifer dead to protect the children's assets, the news outlet reported. Dulos, whose body has never been found was last se…
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Westchester Man Who Planned Jewelry Store Heist That Caused Owner's Death Gets Prison Time
A 66-year-old New York man will spend decades in prison for planning a Connecticut jewelry store robbery that resulted in the death of the business's owner. White Plains resident Thomas Liberatore was sentenced on Monday, Dec. 18 to 32 years in federal prison for his involvement in the March 2020 robbery of Marco Jewelers in Stamford that left the owner dead, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced. Earlier Report - Get-Away Driver During Murder Of Stamford Jeweler Sentenced According to federal officials, on the day of the robbery, March 28, 2020…
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Man Kills Victim After Being Evicted From His Westchester Apartment: Here's His Sentence
A 23-year-old man will spend decades in prison for fatally shooting his former roommate after he was evicted from his Westchester apartment where he had been living rent-free, officials said. Bronx resident William Pryor was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison for murdering his 29-year-old friend and former roommate Marquis Muniz in 2022, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, Dec. 8. According to the DA's Office, on March 3, 2022, around 3:40 p.m., Pryor shot Muniz 10 times with a .40 caliber pistol in Muniz's Yonkers …
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Officer From Westchester Admits Helping Gang Leader Escape Justice: Feds
A former New York City Police officer from Northern Westchester has admitted to warning gang members about a federal investigation into their activity as well as helping the group's leader escape arrest for murder, federal officials said. Mohegan Lake resident Gina Mestre, a 33-year-old former NYPD officer, has pleaded guilty to charges relating to her obstructing a federal investigation into the Shooting Boys gang and helping the group's leader evade justice for murder, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Thursday, Dec. 7. Earlier Report -…
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Man, Woman Charged In Murder Of Hudson Valley Grandfather Hid Body In Crawl Space Of Home: DA
A Hudson Valley man and woman are being held without bond after being charged with the murder of a man whose body they hid in the crawl space of the home. Rockland County residents Constantinos Doonan, age 31, and Jo-Ann Haughey, age 26, both of New City, were charged on Thursday, Dec. 7, with the January murder of an area man, said Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh and Clarkstown Police Chief Jeffrey Wanamaker. On or about and between Sunday, Jan. 29, and Monday, Jan. 30, Doonan and Haughey, acting individually and in concert with each other, killed Constantinos Mastakour…
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15-Year-Old Girl Found Dead In Westchester: Police Investigating Over 50 Years Later
Authorities are continuing to investigate the murder of a 15-year-old girl whose remains were discovered in a sleeping bag at the bottom of a Northern Westchester cliff more than five decades ago. More than 50 years after her murder, New York State Police are asking the public for help in solving the murder of 15-year-old New Jersey resident Alice Lezan of Franklin Township, whose remains were found in Cortlandt on Nov. 14, 1970. On this date, authorities found Lezan's body bound with rope inside a red sleeping bag that was discovered at the bottom of a 60-foot drop ne…
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New Update: NY Kidnapping Suspect Probed In Murders Of Teenage Women, Report Says
The man accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from a New York campground is now being investigated for any connection to the unsolved murders of two young women who disappeared near his home, according to a new report. Craig Ross Jr. will be scrutinized for any possible link to the kidnapping and murders of 18-year-old Jennifer Hammond and 19-year-old Christina White, a Saratoga County Sheriff’s official told the Albany Times Union. Hammond and White disappeared in August 2003 and June 2005, respectively, and were last seen near mobile home parks in Milton, the same town where Ross has li…
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Body Of 20-Year-Old Woman Found In Westchester Apartment: Suspect Charged
A suspect faces murder charges following the discovery of a 20-year-old woman's body in a Westchester apartment, police said. The arrest resulted from an incident on Friday, Sept. 15, when New Rochelle PD received a report of a body being seen in a third-floor apartment of a multi-family home on Franklin Avenue, according to New Rochelle Police Captain J. Collins Coyne. Detectives then responded to the home and found the dead body of a 20-year-old woman in the apartment. Authorities were able to quickly develop leads that soon resulted in the arrest of a person of interest at a …
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Man Bludgeons Father To Death In Hudson Valley: Police
New, updated report - Support Swells For Father Bludgeoned To Death In Patterson: 'He Gave Best Hugs' A 33-year-old man faces murder charges after allegedly bludgeoning his father to death in the Hudson Valley, police said. The man's arrest stemmed from an incident in Putnam County on Sunday, Sept. 10, when New York State Police responded to a residence on River Road in Patterson for a reported domestic incident. Following this, 33-year-old James C. Cherry III was arrested for allegedly bludgeoning his father, 56-year-old James C. Cherry Jr., to death, police said. Ch…
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Search For Fugitive Northeast Killer Now 'Nationwide' Manhunt, Police Say
Danelo Cavalcante has somehow slipped by the hundreds of law enforcement officers in Pennsylvania and neighboring states searching for him in the Longwood Gardens, and though authorities believe he is still in Pennsylvania, they are now describing the search as a "nationwide" manhunt. The 34-year-old fugitive killer was captured on home surveillance footage on the porch of a residence in northern Chester County near Phoenixville, sometime late Saturday, Sept. 9, Pennsylvania State Police said. By Sunday morning, Sept. 10, troopers said they had received leads that Cavalcante was no longer…
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Man Kills Father With Meat Cleaver In Yonkers: Police
A 47-year-old man faces murder charges for allegedly killing his 76-year-old father with a meat cleaver in a Westchester residence, police said. Yonkers resident August Velasco, age 47, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 29 for the alleged murder of his 76-year-old father, Jose Raul Velasco, Yonkers Police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 30. According to the department, just after 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Yonkers officers responded to 347 Scarsdale Rd. on a report of an unconscious man. Once they arrived at the home, police found Velasco's father dead with numerous seve…
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Police, FBI Still Searching For Hudson Valley Man Wanted For Killing Daughter-In-Law
Although nearly 11 years have passed since the brutal murder of a Hudson Valley mother allegedly by her father-in-law, local police, the FBI, and the US Marshals Service have not given up the hunt for the man responsible. The Town of Haverstraw Police Department said Tuesday, Aug. 29, that the department continues to investigate the whereabouts of former Rockland County resident Eugene Palmer, age 84, of Stony Point, who is wanted in connection with the murder of Tammy Palmer on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. Eugene Palmer is accused of ambushing Tammy, the mother of his grandchildren, as she wa…
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Beloved 36-Year-Old Mom From Westchester Shot, Killed Inside Parked Car
The family of a beloved mother originally from Westchester is in mourning after she was shot and killed inside her parked car by a 32-year-old man, according to police. Former Irvington-on-Hudson resident Kaitlyn Ashley Lynch was killed on Friday, Aug. 18 at the age of 36 while sitting in her parked car outside her home in Cincinnati, Ohio, according to the city's police department. On the day of her death, just before midnight, Cincinnati officers responded to Lynch's home and found evidence that suggested there had been a shooting and possible kidnapping, and b…
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Ex-Con Commuted By Cuomo Murders 27-Year-Old NY Man, DA Says
An anti-violence activist who once spent decades in prison before he was granted early release by former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is now accused of killing a 27-year-old man. Dontie Mitchell, age 43, of Albany, was indicted on murder and related charges by an Albany County grand jury on Friday, Aug. 18, in the death of Shieer Leggett. According to the Albany County District Attorney’s Office, Mitchell, either alone or with others, shot Leggett to death in Cohoes, near Main and Schuyler streets, on Friday, Aug. 11. Mitchell is also accused of having an illegal handgun at the time of the m…
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Officer From Westchester Helped Gang Leader Escape Justice: Feds
A former New York City Police officer from Northern Westchester has been charged with warning gang members about details of a federal investigation into them, as well as helping the group's leader to escape capture for a murder he committed, officials said. Former NYPD officer Gina Mestre, a 33-year-old Mohegan Lake resident, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 15 for her role in obstructing a federal investigation into the Shooting Boys gang as well as serving as an accessory after the fact to a murder committed by the group, the US Attorney's Office for Southern District of New York announced o…
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Man Kills Romantic Rival From Westchester, Burns His Body: Sentenced To Decades In Prison
A man will spend decades in prison after fatally shooting a victim from Westchester and attempting to hide the evidence by burning their body in an apartment building basement, officials said. Brooklyn resident Derek Whitaker, age 58, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the March 2020 murder of Mount Vernon resident Jonathan Blake, the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, Aug. 16. According to the DA's Office, during the early morning hours on the day of the murder, March 13, 2020, Whitaker ambushed Blake on North Broadway (Route 9) in…
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Man Kills Father Of Ex-Girlfriend's Child In Westchester, Gets Decades In Prison
A man will spend at least a quarter of a century behind bars for fatally shooting the 41-year-old father of his ex-girlfriend's child in Westchester after violating an order of protection. Bronx resident Alexis Rose, age 37, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the March 2021 murder of Pennsylvania man Shaun Hutchinson, the father of Rose's ex-girlfriend's child, at a residence in Yonkers, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, Aug. 15. Earlier Report - Man Arraigned For Murder Of Man At Ex-Girlfriend's Westchester Home…
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Update: Underage Duo Charged In Fatal Shooting At Yonkers Parking Garage, Police Say
Two teenagers have been charged in a fatal shooting at a Westchester parking garage that left a 16-year-old victim dead, police said. The duo was arrested in connection with an incident that happened on Friday, July 28 at a parking garage in Yonkers at 73-83 Highland Ave., Yonkers Police announced on Monday, Aug. 14. Earlier Report - Fatal Shooting: Victim Found In Parking Garage In Yonkers, Suspect At Large According to the department, on the day of the shooting, around 6:30 p.m., an unconscious male victim was found lying on the ground inside the parking garage. First responders s…
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Serial Murder Case: Suspect's Family Wants Police To Pay For Leaving NY Home 'In Shambles'
The family of suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is taking legal action against police who they say turned their New York home upside down in their extensive search for evidence in the case. Heuermann’s adult children plan to file a notice of claim for damages against Suffolk County law enforcement, the first step in a potential lawsuit, their attorney Vess Mitev told Daily Voice. “Their valuables were shattered. Their beds were destroyed. The places that they lay their heads down at night no longer exist,” he said. “Their house is in shambles. It’s ransacked.” Related Re…
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Man Gets Decades In Prison For Chasing, Fatally Shooting Defenseless Victim In Westchester
A man will spend a quarter of a century in prison for chasing down a defenseless victim and fatally shooting him outside a bodega in Westchester. Mount Vernon resident Heyward Bradshaw was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting 41-year-old Mount Vernon resident Kwasi Kirton in March 2022, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced on Thursday, Aug. 10. Earlier Report - Mount Vernon Man Arrested For City's First Homicide Of 2022 According to DA officials, on the day of the shooting, March 4, 2022, around 11:30 p.m., Bradshaw had been…
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