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Swastikas Found Inside Textbook At Middle School In Westchester Swastikas Found Inside Textbook At Middle School In Westchester
Swastikas Found Inside Textbook At Middle School In Westchester Police in New Rochelle were called to a middle school in Westchester this week to investigate the latest incident involving swastikas. Officers from the New Rochelle Police Department responded to the school on Tuesday, April 9, when there was a report of swastikas drawn inside the back of a textbook. Last month, the school launched an investigation when the sign of hate was etched in a bathroom at Albert Leonard. Late last year, a four-inch swastika was found at the New Rochelle High School.  Police said that in the latest incident, a student reported to administrators finding the sw…

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by Zak Failla
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Westchester High School Students Prove To Be 'Good Cookies' For Charity Westchester High School Students Prove To Be 'Good Cookies' For Charity
Westchester High School Students Prove To Be 'Good Cookies' For Charity A pair of New Rochelle High School students have found a way to marry cookies and lacrosse to benefit the national fight against pediatric cancer. After hosting their fourth annual “Be a Good Cookie Lacrosse Tournament,” on March 31, high school sophomores Evan Phillips and Sam Rosenberg presented the Cookies for Kids' Cancer Center with more than $50,000, the total from their first four tournaments. The tournament was initially founded as a bar mitzvah project three years ago, but has since grown to a massive annual event that has the teens eyeing larger goals. Witt and her husband starte…

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by Zak Failla
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Teen Sentenced For Stalking Westchester Classmate In Incident Resulting In Her Death Teen Sentenced For Stalking Westchester Classmate In Incident Resulting In Her Death
Teen Sentenced For Stalking Westchester Classmate In Incident Resulting In Her Death A teen has been sentenced following a stalking incident that led to his classmate’s death, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced. New Rochelle High School student Carl Booker, 18, was sentenced Friday, March 29 to “shock probation,” where he will be incarcerated for six months in Westchester County Jail and serve five years of probation. Booker, as well as Dominique Slack, another individual involved in the incident, pleaded guilty to first-degree stalking, a Class D violent felony, on Dec. 14, 2018. Slack was given the same sentence in February. The initi…

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Westchester Teen Sentenced To 'Shock Probation' For Role In Fatal Student Stabbing Westchester Teen Sentenced To 'Shock Probation' For Role In Fatal Student Stabbing
Westchester Teen Sentenced To 'Shock Probation' For Role In Fatal Student Stabbing A Westchester County teenager has been sentenced for her role in the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old high school student last year. Dominique Slack, 18, will receive “shock probation” and be incarcerated in Westchester County Jail for six months, followed by five years probation.  Slack pleaded guilty to first-degree stalking, a violent felony, last year, for her role in the incident that led to the fatal stabbing of New Rochelle High School junior Valaree Schwab in January last year. According to police, officers responded to Dunkin' Donuts on North Avenue shortly after 12:20 p.m. on J…

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Reward Offered In Search For Killer Of Westchester Woman Found Dead In Greenwich Reward Offered In Search For Killer Of Westchester Woman Found Dead In Greenwich
Reward Offered In Search For Killer Of Westchester Woman Found Dead In Greenwich As police continue to dig for clues in the death of Valerie Reyes, the Westchester woman who was found bound and stuffed in a suitcase in a wooded area in Greenwich, a reward is being offered for information. New York State Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible for the death of Reyes, whose body was found on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Reyes, 24, a 2012 New Rochelle High School graduate, was last seen on Jan. 29 around 9 a.m., Greenwich Police said.  A private investigator tracked her to New York…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Sentencing Delayed For Stalking Westchester Teen Involved In Fatal Stabbing Sentencing Delayed For Stalking Westchester Teen Involved In Fatal Stabbing
Sentencing Delayed For Stalking Westchester Teen Involved In Fatal Stabbing Sentencing for a teenager who admitted to her role in the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Valaree Schwab last year has been delayed. Dominique Slack, 18, was scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday, but saw that postponed for routine reasons. She pleaded guilty to first-degree stalking, a violent felony, last year, for her role in the incident that led to the fatal stabbing of New Rochelle High School junior Schwab in January last year. According to police, officers responded to Dunkin' Donuts on North Avenue shortly after 12:20 p.m. on Jan. 10 last year, where there were reports of a fight inv…

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by Zak Failla
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Town Employee On Leave After Taking Photos Of Dead Westchester Woman In Suitcase Town Employee On Leave After Taking Photos Of Dead Westchester Woman In Suitcase
Town Employee On Leave After Taking Photos Of Dead Westchester Woman In Suitcase Just hours after the identity of the Westchester woman found bound and stuffed in a suitcase was released, Town of Greenwich officials are confirming that an employee is on paid administrative leave for taking photos of the murder victim and the crime scene and sharing them. Valerie Reyes, 24, of New Rochelle, was found by town highway employees around 8:23 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, on the east shoulder of Glenville Road, justs north of Stillman Lane.  “The victim was a daughter, a sister and a cousin of a family suffering a tremendous loss at this time," Greenwich First Selectma…

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by Kathy Reakes
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North Rockland HS Cheerleaders Win 70th Westchester County Invitational North Rockland HS Cheerleaders Win 70th Westchester County Invitational
North Rockland HS Cheerleaders Win 70th Westchester County Invitational Some local cheerleaders have a little more pep in their step than usual after being crowned as champions. North Rockland High School earned top honors at the 70th annual Westchester County Cheerleading Invitational, which was held at the County Center in White Plains. Several individual cheerleaders and coach Tanya Kelsch also earned individual accolades. The 22-member squad won the Grand Championship with a series of flips, twists, spins and other gymnastic moves to conquer the competition. Cheerleading has been recognized as a sport, not an activity, in New York as of 2013. North Rocklan…

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by Zak Failla
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Westchester Teen Sentenced For Assault During High School Stabbing Westchester Teen Sentenced For Assault During High School Stabbing
Westchester Teen Sentenced For Assault During High School Stabbing A teenager has been sentenced to time behind bars after pleading guilty to assault for his role in a high school stabbing in Westchester County last year. Bryan Stamps, 16, has been sentenced as a Juvenile Offender to a term of between one to three years in state prison for first-degree assault, for his role in the stabbing at New Rochelle High School of a classmate. Stamps had been charged as a juvenile offender on charges that include second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, criminal possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child. Following his guilt…

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by Zak Failla
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HS Administrator In Westchester Fired Following Grade-Fixing Scandal HS Administrator In Westchester Fired Following Grade-Fixing Scandal
HS Administrator In Westchester Fired Following Grade-Fixing Scandal A high school administrator in Westchester who was implicated in a grade-fixing scheme has been fired, officials announced on Tuesday. Shadia Alvarez, who allegedly changed more than 200 grades for dozens of New Rochelle students, saw her position terminated this week, the Board of Education announced. She will remain on administrative leave until her final day on Friday, Feb. 8. In a report released last year, T&M Protection Resources, who led the investigation into the alleged grade-fixing, found that the New Rochelle High School Apex Coordinator “entered new student grades and change…

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by Zak Failla
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New Rochelle School District Implicated In Online Grade-Fixing Scandal New Rochelle School District Implicated In Online Grade-Fixing Scandal
New Rochelle School District Implicated In Online Grade-Fixing Scandal More than 200 grades were changed for dozens of students in New Rochelle as part of a grade-fixing scheme, the district’s Board of Education announced in a report this week. In the report, T&M Protection Resources, who led the investigation into the alleged grade-fixing, found that the New Rochelle High School Apex Coordinator “entered new student grades and changed existing student grades in violation of the high school’s grade change practice and without any consistent, comprehensible or valid explanation.” T&M also found evidence the coordinator, who was a house principal, entere…

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Human Rights Center Offers Support After Swastika Found At High School In Westchester Human Rights Center Offers Support After Swastika Found At High School In Westchester
Human Rights Center Offers Support After Swastika Found At High School In Westchester The Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center has lent its support to a Westchester School District after a swastika was found etched into a bathroom door. A four-inch swastika was found at New Rochelle High School on Wednesday, Nov. 7, prompting an investigation, school officials said. A temporary fix has been put in place to make the sign less recognized until employees at the school can make a permanent fix. In response, the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center issued a lengthy statement in support of the district and interim Schools Superintendent Magda Parvey. “In the wake of…

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by Zak Failla