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Charges Reinstated Against State Trooper For Murder Of Girl,11, In Hudson Valley Crash Charges Reinstated Against State Trooper For Murder Of Girl,11, In Hudson Valley Crash
Charges Reinstated Against State Trooper For Murder Of Girl,11, In Hudson Valley Crash A state appellate panel has reinstated a murder charge against a former New York State Police trooper who allegedly rammed a vehicle twice at 130 miles per hour during a traffic stop, killing an 11-year-old girl. The incident occurred in Ulster County on I-87 in Kingston on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, around 11:30 p.m. In a statement released by New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, Sept. 19, James said the charges of murder, depraved indifference murder, and reckless endangerment had been reinstated against former Trooper Christopher Baldner in connection with the death of 11-ye…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Gymnastics Coach Sentenced For Killing Boyfriend, Father Of Her Two Children Gymnastics Coach Sentenced For Killing Boyfriend, Father Of Her Two Children
Gymnastics Coach Sentenced For Killing Boyfriend, Father Of Her Two Children A 31-year-old woman will spend decades in prison after being sentenced for murdering her boyfriend and father of their two children. Town of Poughkeepsie resident Nicole Addimando was sentenced to a term of 19 years to life in prison after being found guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of her former boyfriend, Christopher Grover. She was also found guilty of criminal possession of a weapon. Grover, a 2006 graduate of Red Hook High School, was a head coach at Mr. Todd’s Gymnastics in Poughkeepsie. On Sept. 28, 2017, Addimando flagged down a patrol officer in the area and…

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by Zak Failla
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18-Year-Old Sentenced For Killing Scarsdale Woman, 23, In Panama 18-Year-Old Sentenced For Killing Scarsdale Woman, 23, In Panama
18-Year-Old Sentenced For Killing Scarsdale Woman, 23, In Panama An appeal is already in the works after a teenager tried as a juvenile received a 12-year prison sentence for strangling a 23-year-old Westchester woman to death in Panama last year. Catherine Johannet, a 2011 graduate of Edgemont High School, was found dead on Feb. 5, 2017 beside a trail on Isla Colon in Bastimentos after she had been reported as missing. Her convicted 18-year-old murderer - whose name was not released because he was 17 at the time and considered a minor in Panama - was subsequently convicted of charges that include rape, robbery and murder. Prosecutors in Panama filed an…

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by Zak Failla
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Westchester Worker Gets $2M After Suit For Discrimination Westchester Worker Gets $2M After Suit For Discrimination
Westchester Worker Gets $2M After Suit For Discrimination Just weeks after a Yonkers sugar refinery worker won a $13.4 million lawsuit against American Sugar Refining - the maker of Domino’s Sugar - a second employee has won a lawsuit claiming workplace discrimination. A jury in the Southern District of New York awarded a $2.35 million settlement to Claude Lewis, a former employee at the company’s Yonkers factory for nearly three decades. The win comes seven weeks after Rosanna Mayo-Coleman received her judgment against American Sugar Refining after her boss allegedly sexually harassed her at work. in 2011, Lewis came under the supervision of Meha…

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by Zak Failla