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Man Arrested With Suspicious Device At Westchester Metro-North Station Man Arrested With Suspicious Device At Westchester Metro-North Station
Man Arrested With Suspicious Device At Westchester Metro-North Station A 54-year-old man was arrested at a Westchester Metro-North station after allegedly threatening to detonate a backpack he was wearing, police said. Officers from the New Rochelle Police Department were dispatched to the train station shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23, where there were multiple reports of the suspicious man attempting to detonate a backpack he was wearing. New Rochelle Police Capt. Cosmo Costa said that the responding officers found a man - later identified as Thomas Skoupa - sitting on an outside bench, wearing a nylon pouch with wires protruding from the pouch wi…
Man Displaying Box Cutter Sentenced For Robbing Women At Train Station Man Displaying Box Cutter Sentenced For Robbing Women At Train Station
Man Displaying Box Cutter Sentenced For Robbing Women At Train Station A 47-year-old man may spend the rest of his life behind bars after admitting to robbing two women at a Westchester Metro-North station while brandishing a box cutter. Arthur Branch, of Yonkers, has been sentenced to a term of between 12 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to a felony count of second-degree armed robbery for an incident in 2016 at Mount Vernon Matro-North station. At approximately 11 p.m. on Sept. 9, 2016, Branch pleaded guilty to approaching two women at the Mount Vernon East Metro-North station, wielding a box cutter and demanding their money and cell phones. Bra…