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Violent Home Invasion: Man Gets Years In Prison For Tying Up Woman In Hudson Valley Violent Home Invasion: Man Gets Years In Prison For Tying Up Woman In Hudson Valley
Violent Home Invasion: Man Gets Years In Prison For Tying Up Woman In Hudson Valley An out-of-state man will spend decades in prison after brutally invading a Westchester County home and violently threatening its occupants.  Earlier Report - Out-Of-State Man Found Guilty In Violent Westchester Home Invasion North Carolina resident Confessor Soto, age 50, was sentenced on Friday, Feb. 3 to 25 years in state prison for the 2018 Yonkers home invasion, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced.  On the day of the incident, April 23, 2018, Soto entered a residence on Leighton Avenue through the backdoor while carrying a .45 caliber se…

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Out-Of-State Man Found Guilty In Violent Hudson Valley Home Invasion Out-Of-State Man Found Guilty In Violent Hudson Valley Home Invasion
Out-Of-State Man Found Guilty In Violent Hudson Valley Home Invasion After a three-week trial, an out-of-state man has been found guilty of charges connected to a brutal Westchester home invasion in 2018.  At around 7:30 a.m. April 23, 2018, at around 7:30 a.m., Confessor Soto of Fayetteville, North Carolina, entered a residence in Yonkers on Leighton Avenue while armed with a handgun and zip ties, and tied up the 82-year-old homeowner, according to Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah, Soto then forced the homeowner into his 54-year-old daughter's bedroom, woke her up, and demanded money from the pair at gunpoint, Rocah said. When…

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FBI Offers Reward In Hudson Valley Murder Case FBI Offers Reward In Hudson Valley Murder Case
FBI Offers Reward In Hudson Valley Murder Case The FBI Westchester County Safe Streets Task Force and the Yonkers Police Department are asking for the public’s help finding a man wanted for murder. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of Jerome Wilson, age 26, of Yonkers. Investigators say Wilson shot and killed Chazz Mitchell in front of 63 Oak Street on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Wilson was last seen with dreadlocks and a goatee, said Amy J. Thoreson spokeswoman with the FBI.  The FBI is offering a reward for help in locating a man wanted for an alleged murder in Yonkers.Kathy Reakes …

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Suspect Nabbed In Brutal Robbery Of 62-Year-Old Woman In Dutchess Suspect Nabbed In Brutal Robbery Of 62-Year-Old Woman In Dutchess
Suspect Nabbed In Brutal Robbery Of 62-Year-Old Woman In Dutchess A 28-year-old man who was wanted for the brutal robbery of a 62-year-old Hudson Valley woman turned himself into police in North Carolina after a barrage of press and law enforcement officials highlighted his crime.  Derick Hinton of Poughkeepsie turned himself into Fayetteville, N.C., police on Thursday and was arrested on a warrant by the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department for the July 11 robbery, said Det. Lt. Matt Clark. The incident took place around 9:30 a.m. July 11 on Garden Street when Hinton allegedly sprayed the woman in the face with what is believed to be mace, causing burn…

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by Kathy Reakes