A restaurant owner from Westchester will spend decades in prison for fatally shooting a former employee’s husband outside a restaurant as they argued over money.Kenton Connerly, 52, of Port Chester, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty at trial of first-degree manslaughter and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon last year. Connerly will also serve five ...

A suspect is in police custody for his role in the shooting death of a former high school football star from Westchester who was playing professionally in Arizona.Christopher Verland Ayers III, 28, who was in custody for unrelated charges in Phoenix, has been charged in connection to the shooting death of former Mount Vernon football standout Lance McDowdell, a member of the Arizona ...

Following more than 50 years serving at Hofstra University, President Stuart Rabinowitz announced his intention to retire.Rabinowitz notified the Hofstra University Board of Trustees that he will be stepping down at the end of his term on Aug. 31, 2021, a decision the Board accepted.“By the date of my retirement, I will have had the honor and privilege of serving our wonderful ...

A late-night traffic stop by New York State Police troopers in the Hudson Valley led to weapons charges for two men who were allegedly in possession of a loaded handgun and illegal ammunition.Troopers conducted a traffic stop at approximately 1:45 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25, when a driver committed a vehicle and traffic violation in Tuxedo.According to police, while speaking to the ...

A woman who drove into the front sign of a Fairfield County school, damaging it, attempted to flee the scene before being tracked down within an hour, police said.While working an extra duty job at Holmes School in Darien, an officer from the Darien Police Department reported that he spotted a vehicle drive through the school’s lot, strike a curb, then a sign, before taking off.The ...

An investigation into drug sales in Westchester led to a host of charges for an alleged drug dealer who was busted with several illegal weapons, according to the District Attorney’s Office.James Bachman, 69, was arraigned in New Rochelle City Court on multiple drug and weapons charges following his arrest on Friday, Jan. 24, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., ...

The murderer of a 4-year-old boy being held in a Hudson Valley prison was denied parole for the 10th time.Eric Smith, who is housed at the medium-security Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Sullivan County, went before the parole board for his 10th appeal and was once again denied parole by the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.Smith, now 40, was 13 when he ...

Know him?An alert has been issued by Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and the Suffolk County Police Department as investigators attempt to locate a man who allegedly left the scene of a crash at McDonald’s earlier this month.Police are seeking the public’s assistance in tracking down a man dressed in sweats who allegedly was driving a vehicle in the parking lot of McDonald’s on North Ocean ...

A man with a previous DWI conviction is facing new charges after allegedly driving drunk with a blood-alcohol level nearly triple the legal limit on I-87, New York State Police said.Troopers in Clarkstown stopped Pedro Cruzgonzalez, 40, of Hillsborough, New Jersey, at approximately 10 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25, when he committed a vehicle and traffic violation on I-87.According to ...

Know him? New York State Police investigators are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to locate a man who has been wanted for more than a decade following his arrest.An alert was issued by State Police Troop T in Tarrytown for Curtis L. Brown, who was stopped by troopers on the New York State Thruway on June 5, 2006. During the subsequent stop, it was determined that Brown ...