An alleged gang member will spend more than a decade behind bars for a shooting in Westchester.Bronx resident Dahjauntay Douglas, 22, was sentenced to 12 years in state prison followed by five years of post-release supervision after pleading guilty to first-degree assault in July for his role in a shooting in Mount Vernon last year.On Oct. 4 last year, Douglas fired two shots on ...

More Hudson Valley residents have reported that they’ve found venomous caterpillars with new sightings being reported in Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam counties.Sightings in the region were first reported in Dutchess, Orange, Ulster and Sullivan counties. They were also found in other areas upstate.Hickory tussock moth caterpillars, which have been described as “fuzzy, white and ...

A Fairfield County man who was the former president of the local International Longshoremen’s Association has admitted to accepting $150,000 in bribes in exchange for not representing union members’ interests in New York.Glenn Blicht, 57, of Wilton, pleaded guilty to violating the Taft-Hartley Act by demanding and accepting bribes from an employer. From 2009 through the present, ...

Have you seen him? An alert has been issued for a man wanted in Rockland County on an assault charge.Simon Brock, 28, is wanted by the Ramapo Police Department after being arrested and charged with third-degree assault int he Town of Ramapo. He later failed to appear for court proceedings and a warrant was issued for his arrest by the court.Anyone with information regarding Brock’s ...

A former employee at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury will avoid time behind bars after being busted bringing phones inside the prison.Eric Williams, 38, of Danbury, was sentenced to two years of probation and must complete 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty to providing contraband in prison over the summer.On July 9, 2017, Williams - who worked in the ...

More leaders of the MS-13 street gang are facing charges for racketeering and drug trafficking across the country.An indictment that includes high-ranking members of the Governing “Table” of the gang, have been charged with racketeering conspiracy, narcotics distribution conspiracy, and weapons charges. The indictment out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New ...

A Westchester woman has admitted to fatally stabbing a man during a domestic dispute earlier this year.Yonkers resident Chanelle Franklin, 34, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the stabbing death of Khalif Kennedy in February. Franklin and Kennedy reportedly had a child together.On Feb. 2, Franklin stabbed Kennedy in her Caryl Avenue apartment, police said. Officers responded to a ...

A shoplifting suspect took police on a short chase after he was caught shoplifting in Fairfield County.Greenwich resident Charlee Rodriguez, 27, attempted to elude police after he was spotted stealing merchandise from an area store on Friday, Oct. 11, leading to his eventual arrest following a short pursuit.Officers chased Rodriguez until he entered I-95, at which point they halted the ...

Johnson & Johnson announced a voluntary recall of 33,000 bottles due to low levels of potential asbestos contamination.The recall, which is limited to lot #22318RB, were produced and shipped nationwide last year. It comes after the US Food and Drug Administration test that found levels of chrysotile asbestos contamination in samples from a bottle purchased online, according to the ...

Nine suspects - including a man from Westchester - are facing charges for an alleged drug trafficking operation that led to fatal overdoses in Westchester and the Bronx. The charges are against nine alleged members of a criminal organization that trafficked in heroin and the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl in the Soundview section of the Bronx and in Westchester, according to U.S. ...