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Duo Nabbed For Smuggling Contraband Into Sing Sing Correctional Facility For Money: DA Duo Nabbed For Smuggling Contraband Into Sing Sing Correctional Facility For Money: DA
Duo Nabbed For Smuggling Contraband Into Sing Sing Correctional Facility For Money: DA Two men, including a correction officer, are accused of working to smuggle contraband into a Northern Westchester prison in exchange for payment, officials announced.  The suspects, Irvington resident Jose Estevez-Luciano, age 33, and Sleepy Hollow resident Francis De La Cruz, age 24, both face charges related to their alleged scheme to smuggle contraband into Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Nov. 2.  According to the DA's Office, both men participated in their scheme between Thursday, O…

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Cold Cases Solved: Duo Nabbed For Murders Of Women In Westchester Cold Cases Solved: Duo Nabbed For Murders Of Women In Westchester
Cold Cases Solved: Duo Nabbed For Murders Of Women In Westchester Officials in Westchester have nabbed two suspects involved in the murders of two women that date back more than a decade, one of which involved a former corrections officer.  The two defendants were sentenced and indicted in both the 2012 shooting death of 26-year-old Pamela Graddick in the Bronx and the 1997 beating and strangulation of 34-year-old Nusinaida Ramos in Yonkers, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, June 15.  Both cases were solved after lengthy investigations by both the Yonkers Police Department and the DA's Office, off…

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Murder Solved: Duo Indicted For Decades-Old Stabbing In Northern Westchester Murder Solved: Duo Indicted For Decades-Old Stabbing In Northern Westchester
Murder Solved: Duo Indicted For Decades-Old Stabbing In Northern Westchester After several years of old-fashioned detective work, two men have been charged in the fatal stabbing of a fellow inmate that took place on Christmas Eve at a prison in Northern Westchester.  Both Steven Smith, age 60, of Salisbury, North Carolina, and Allah-Son-Allah, age 53, of Albany, have been indicted in the 1995 fatal stabbing of Michael Jones that took place at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, June 6.  According to the DA's Office, on December 24, 1995, around 8 p.m., Jones, wh…

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Suspended Bedford Hills Corrections Officer Admits To Committing Sexual Act Suspended Bedford Hills Corrections Officer Admits To Committing Sexual Act
Suspended Bedford Hills Corrections Officer Admits To Committing Sexual Act A suspended correction officer at a women’s prison in Westchester has pleaded guilty to committing a sexual act and other infractions involving inmates. Iran Colon, 31, an officer based at the Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills has pleaded guilty to promoting prison contraband and criminal sexual act, both felonies, after being arrested in his Staten Island home earlier this year. Colon was one of three officers - including Garth Trail, 61, and Melissa Hill, 43, who were arrested for their roles in three separate incidents - including alleged rape - involving inmates earlier thi…

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by Zak Failla
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Seen Her? Woman Wanted Following Incident In Westchester Seen Her? Woman Wanted Following Incident In Westchester
Seen Her? Woman Wanted Following Incident In Westchester Have you seen her? New York State Police investigators are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to locate a woman wanted by the Village of Ossining Court dating back to her 2006 arrest for attempting to smuggle drugs into the Sing Sing Correctional Facility. Viera is wanted on charges that include the introduction of contraband to prisoners, bail jumping and unlawful possession of marijuana. Investigators described Viera as a 5-foot-2 Hispanic woman weighing approximately 220 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last known to reside in the Bronx. Anyone with informatio…

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Bedford Hills, Sing Sing Corrections Officers Arrested, One For Rape Bedford Hills, Sing Sing Corrections Officers Arrested, One For Rape
Bedford Hills, Sing Sing Corrections Officers Arrested, One For Rape Three corrections workers in Westchester are facing charges - including a prison guard who is accused of multiple counts of rape - officials announced at a press conference on Thursday in White Plains. Iran Colon, 31, Garth Trail, 61, and Melissa Hill, 43, all employed by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision are each facing charges stemming from three separate incidents, said Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr.  Colon, a guard a guard at the Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, has been arraigned on a 19-count indictment an…

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by Zak Failla