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Armed Robbery: Correction Officer, Man From Westchester Break Into Home, Feds Say Armed Robbery: Correction Officer, Man From Westchester Break Into Home, Feds Say
Armed Robbery: Correction Officer, Man From Westchester Break Into Home, Feds Say A duo from Westchester, including a correction officer, face charges after breaking into a Hudson Valley home, restraining the occupants inside, and stealing cash and marijuana, federal officials said. Mount Vernon residents Recaldo Fray and Kaheem Palmer, both age 31, have been charged in connection with an Orange County armed robbery that happened in Newburgh in early December 2023, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Wednesday, Jan. 24.  According to federal officials, on Monday, Dec. 4, Palmer and Fray, a correction officer at …

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Given $20K Bond, Jailed After Being Caught At Bank In Westchester: Police Drunk Driver Given $20K Bond, Jailed After Being Caught At Bank In Westchester: Police
Drunk Driver Given $20K Bond, Jailed After Being Caught At Bank In Westchester: Police A drunk driver with multiple convictions in the past decade faces a felony charge after being caught while intoxicated in his vehicle at a bank in Northern Westchester, police said. Yorktown resident Guillermo Almanzar-Estevez, age 54, was arrested on Saturday, Nov. 4 on drunk driving charges, Yorktown Police announced on Wednesday, Nov. 8.  Almanzar-Estevez's arrest resulted from an incident at around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday when officers responded to the Chase Bank at 720 Lee Blvd. for a report of an intoxicated man who was about to drive away in his vehicle.  Responding officer…

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by Ben Crnic
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New Update: Prisoner Caught After Escaping Custody In Westchester New Update: Prisoner Caught After Escaping Custody In Westchester
New Update: Prisoner Caught After Escaping Custody In Westchester This story has been updated.  Authorities have caught a prisoner who escaped custody while he was being held at a medical center in Westchester.  The prisoner, identified as 24-year-old Geraldo Rojas, was located in the Bronx on Monday, July 24 after 29 hours of "intensive search efforts," Yonkers Police announced  Rojas had escaped from a prisoner detail at St. Joseph’s Hospital on South Broadway (Route 9) in Yonkers during the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, police said. Earlier Report - Search On For Prisoner Who Escapes From Custody In Yonkers Rojas, who was taken back into …

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by Ben Crnic
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Search On For Prisoner Who Escapes From Custody In Westchester Search On For Prisoner Who Escapes From Custody In Westchester
Search On For Prisoner Who Escapes From Custody In Westchester A search is on for a prisoner who escaped from custody in Westchester County. The incident occurred at Saint Joseph’s Medical Center on South Broadway (Route 9) in Yonkers early Sunday morning, July 23. Updated Report - Seen Him? Photos Released Of Prisoner Who Escaped From Custody In Yonkers The Westchester County Department of Correction assumed responsibility for the prisoner detail from the Yonkers Police Department, according to a statement by Westchester County Government.  The prisoner, identified as Geraldo Rojas, had been arrested for robbery in the first, second, …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Westchester Jail Inmate Sentenced For Assaulting 18-Year-Old Inmate Who Died Westchester Jail Inmate Sentenced For Assaulting 18-Year-Old Inmate Who Died
Westchester Jail Inmate Sentenced For Assaulting 18-Year-Old Inmate Who Died A 21-year-old man who was serving time at the Westchester County Jail will spend the better part of a decade in prison after assaulting a teenage inmate who later died. William Johnson, of Yonkers, has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty in October last year to second-degree assault for his role in the death of 18-year-old Bryce Neville in the jail. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. said that on Thursday, Jan. 30, while inside the Westchester County Jail in Valhalla, Johnson punched Neville in the side of the head, causing him to fall to th…

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by Zak Failla
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Westchester Gang Member Admits To Attempted Murder, Conspiracy To Kill Witness Westchester Gang Member Admits To Attempted Murder, Conspiracy To Kill Witness
Westchester Gang Member Admits To Attempted Murder, Conspiracy To Kill Witness A member of the G-Shine Bloods gang in Westchester has admitted to a double shooting outside an area bar and then attempting to conspire to kill a witness, the District Attorney’s Office announced. Matthew Brown, of Delaware, pleaded guilty to his role in a shooting outside the Garden bar in Mount Vernon in 2016 and the subsequent conspiracy to kill a witness involved in the case. Specifically, Brown pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, and conspiracy, all felonies. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., said that at approximately 1:4…

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by Zak Failla
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10 High School Students Graduate While In Westchester County Custody 10 High School Students Graduate While In Westchester County Custody
10 High School Students Graduate While In Westchester County Custody County custody didn’t hold back the 10 students who received their high school diplomas at a commencement ceremony at Westchester County Department of Correction on Friday, July 12. The ceremony was held at the jail’s Albert Memorial Chapel and attended by family, mentors and other invited guests. Each of the students donned their bright blue caps and gowns while ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ played. Evangelist Vicki Mills and Sprain Brook Academy principal Dr. Michelle Darby started the ceremony with an invocation and opening remarks. Darby, holding back tears, made note of the close bonds forme…

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by Valerie Musson
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Westchester Correction Officer Suspended After Alleged Racial Comments Westchester Correction Officer Suspended After Alleged Racial Comments
Westchester Correction Officer Suspended After Alleged Racial Comments A Westchester County corrections officer has reportedly been suspended after making racially insensitive comments to two black co-workers. According to The Journal News/lohud.com, sources provided information that the officer is accused of making comments about a co-worker's race during an argument. Following that event, the employee was transferred to the female division, where he reportedly used another racial comment and threatened to slap another employee. Jail officials would not discuss whether the incidents occurred or if the employee was suspended or terminated. "The West…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Love Triangle Attempted Murder/Suicide: Two County Correction Officers In Critical Condition Love Triangle Attempted Murder/Suicide: Two County Correction Officers In Critical Condition
Love Triangle Attempted Murder/Suicide: Two County Correction Officers In Critical Condition New details have come to light following the fatal shootout in a love-triangle domestic incident that left two people in critical condition and another dead.The shootings between the three off-duty Westchester County correction officers took place around 11:30 p.m. Friday, at a Yonkers home at 82 Buckingham Road. On Monday, two of the officers, a man, and a woman, who apparently were dating, remained hospitalized in critical condition, said Yonkers police Detective Sgt. Dean Politopoulos said.  "They are stable, but still in critical condition," he said. The man was shot fiv…

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by Kathy Reakes
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One Dead, Two Injured In Attempted Murder/Suicide Involving Westchester Correction Officers One Dead, Two Injured In Attempted Murder/Suicide Involving Westchester Correction Officers
One Dead, Two Injured In Attempted Murder/Suicide Involving Westchester Correction Officers One suspect is dead and two others suffered serious injuries in an overnight apparent attempted murder/suicide involving three off-duty Westchester County correction officers at a single-family residence in Yonkers. Members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to the residence at 82 Buckingham Road on a report of a shooting incident with multiple victims at approximately 11:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, said Dean Politopoulos, Yonkers PD spokesman. Upon arrival, officers made entry into the home to discover three people down on the floor with multiple gunshot wounds, and a fourth uninj…

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by Joe Lombardi
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One Dead, Two Injured In Attempted Murder/Suicide Involving Westchester Correction Officers One Dead, Two Injured In Attempted Murder/Suicide Involving Westchester Correction Officers
One Dead, Two Injured In Attempted Murder/Suicide Involving Westchester Correction Officers This story has been updated. One man is dead and two others suffered injuries in an overnight shooting involving three off-duty Westchester County correction officers at a single-family residence in Yonkers. Members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to the residence at 82 Buckingham Road on a report of a shooting incident with multiple victims at approximately 11:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, said Dean Politopoulos, Yonkers PD spokesman. Upon arrival, officers made entry into the home to discover three people down on the floor with multiple gunshot wounds, and a fourth uninjured pe…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Officer Who Saved Westchester Motorcyclist's Life Honored Officer Who Saved Westchester Motorcyclist's Life Honored
Officer Who Saved Westchester Motorcyclist's Life Honored A Westchester County corrections officer was honored by county officials for saving the life of an injured motorcyclist by fashioning a tourniquet with his belt.  Westchester County Executive George Latimer recognized Officer Christopher Dani on Thursday in White Plains for using skills he learned during a "Stop the Bleed," program just five days after taking the in-service training. Dani, an 11-year member of the Department of Corrections, was off-duty when he came upon an accident on the Hutchinson River Parkway, finding a motorcyclist who had suffered an injury to his arm, whic…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
46-Mile Motorcycle Ride Honors Fallen Westchester Officers 46-Mile Motorcycle Ride Honors Fallen Westchester Officers
46-Mile Motorcycle Ride Honors Fallen Westchester Officers On what would have otherwise been a rainy weekend, 80 local law enforcement officers revved their engines Sunday at the start of a 46-mile ride for fallen colleagues.  Organized by the County’s Correction Officers Benevolent Association, the fourth annual Memorial Motorcycle Ride began in Croton-on-Hudson and ended at the gates of the Westchester County Department of Correction on the Grasslands campus. The motorcyclists and their passengers began the ride by passing under American flags extended from the ladders of firetrucks of the Montrose and Croton-on-Hudson Fire departments. The ride…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Motive For Fatal Stabbing Of Westchester Restaurant Worker Remains Mystery Motive For Fatal Stabbing Of Westchester Restaurant Worker Remains Mystery
Motive For Fatal Stabbing Of Westchester Restaurant Worker Remains Mystery The cause of a dispute between employees at a popular Westchester restaurant that led to a man's fatal stabbing by a female co-worker late Tuesday morning remains a mystery. The suspect in the incident at River City Grille on Route 9 in Irvington, identified by Irvington Police as 27-year-old Rosa Ramirez of Manhattan, who was recently hired as a dishwasher at the restaurant, has been charged with murder and was arraigned Tuesday afternoon. The man, Yonkers resident Bonifacio Rodriguez, 39, was reportedly stabbed multiple times around 11:30 a.m. after the two reportedly got into an argument…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Victim, Suspect ID'd In Fatal Stabbing Of Westchester Restaurant Worker Victim, Suspect ID'd In Fatal Stabbing Of Westchester Restaurant Worker
Victim, Suspect ID'd In Fatal Stabbing Of Westchester Restaurant Worker This story has been updated. The identities have been released for both a male employee at a popular Westchester restaurant who was stabbed to death late Tuesday morning and a female co-worker who has been charged with murder. The suspect in the incident at River City Grille on Route 9 in Irvington, identified by Irvington Police as 27-year-old Rosa Ramirez of New York City, who was recently hired as a dishwasher at the restaurant, has been charged with murder and was arraigned Tuesday afternoon. The man, Yonkers resident Bonifacio Rodriguez, 39, was reportedly stabbed multiple times aroun…

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by Joe Lombardi