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Father Killed In Shooting Remembered As 'Peacemaker' At Teen's Sentencing Father Killed In Shooting Remembered As 'Peacemaker' At Teen's Sentencing
Father Killed In Shooting Remembered As 'Peacemaker' At Teen's Sentencing A tearful daughter whose father was shot and killed by a Westchester County teenager was remembered as a “peacemaker” and man “with a heart as big as the world” as the teen was sentenced to prison time on Wednesday. Trevon Major, 16, was sentenced in Westchester County Court on Wednesday to 15 years in prison for his role in the fatal shooting of Joseph Smith III in the hallway of a Greenburgh apartment building on Aug. 17 last year. In court on Wednesday, Smith’s family read statements lamenting the impact of the incident on their family. “We will never get back the time we lost with him …

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Teen Pleads Guilty To Killing Man In Westchester Apartment Building Teen Pleads Guilty To Killing Man In Westchester Apartment Building
Teen Pleads Guilty To Killing Man In Westchester Apartment Building A 16-year-old has pleaded guilty to his role in the fatal shooting of a Westchester man in an apartment stairwell last summer. Trevon Major of Greenburgh has pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter and one count of criminal possession of a weapon, both violent felonies, following the death of Joseph Smith III in August last year, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced. According to Scarpino, on Aug. 17, 2017, Major, his older brother and co-defendant Timothy Whitney robbed an individual - whose name was not released - at the apartment building …

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by Zak Failla