Ex-New Castle Cop Sentenced For Cover-Up After Hit-Run Hospitalizes Two Ex-New Castle Cop Sentenced For Cover-Up After Hit-Run Hospitalizes Two
Ex-New Castle Cop Sentenced For Cover-Up After Hit-Run Hospitalizes Two A former police officer has been sentenced after pleading guilty to attempting to engage in an elaborate cover-up after he hospitalized two people in a hit-and-run crash in Westchester before driving away. Valhalla resident Raymond Beckley, a former police officer in New Castle and New Rochelle, has been sentenced to five years of "shock" probation, starting with 90 days in Westchester County Jail for tampering with evidence. The 26-year-old pleaded guilty last year to tampering with physical evidence dating back to a hit-and-run crash in November 2016 that left his victims with broken …
Possible Homicide Under Investigation After Body Found Near Busy Westchester Intersection Possible Homicide Under Investigation After Body Found Near Busy Westchester Intersection
Possible Homicide Under Investigation After Body Found Near Busy Westchester Intersection An investigation is underway into a possible homicide after the body of a man was found behind a building near a busy intersection in Westchester on Friday evening. The building houses a deli at 48 Russell St. at the intersection of Aqueduct Road. The unidentified man was in his 40s, Greenburgh Police said. Detectives from both the White Plains and Greenburgh police departments responded to the scene after the body was discovered at around 6 p.m. Police say the investigation is in its early stages and more information will be released. This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voic…
Ex-New Castle Cop Charged In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Two Ex-New Castle Cop Charged In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Two
Ex-New Castle Cop Charged In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Two An alleged elaborate cover-up wasn’t enough to help a former police officer in Westchester stay out of trouble with the law after he allegedly hospitalized two in a hit-and-run crash and sped away. Valhalla resident Raymond Beckley, 25, a former police officer in New Castle and New Rochelle, is facing a host of felony charges dating back to a hit-and-run crash in November 2016 that left his victims with broken bones and head trauma in White Plains. The felony complaint states that at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 13, 2016, Beckley was driving his Ford F350 on Hale Avenue in White Plains …
Congresswoman Lowey Hosts Forum On Gun Violence After Florida Shootings Congresswoman Lowey Hosts Forum On Gun Violence After Florida Shootings
Congresswoman Lowey Hosts Forum On Gun Violence After Florida Shootings U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, who represents Rockland and Westchester counties, hosted a roundtable forum on gun violence and prevention with students and local city and law enforcement officials. Joining Congresswoman Lowey, D-Harrison, at the roundtable were Frank Williams, executive director of the City of White Plains Youth Bureau; Det. Gilberto Lopez, School Resource Officer for the White Plains Police Department; Det. Morgan Cole-Hatchard from the Pleasantville Police Department; New Castle’s Community Resource Officer Michelle Mazzocchi; and more than a dozen high school students. Lowey invi…
Prosecutors Close Civil Rights Probe Into Fatal Westchester Police Shooting Prosecutors Close Civil Rights Probe Into Fatal Westchester Police Shooting
Prosecutors Close Civil Rights Probe Into Fatal Westchester Police Shooting Citing insufficient evidence, prosecutors have closed the civil rights probe into the fatal shooting of a mentally ill African-American man who was shot and killed by a White Plains police officer several years ago. Joon Kim, the acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that there was insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal charges for officers’ involvement in the death of Kenneth Chamberlain in 2011. Chamberlain was 68 years old at the time of the shooting. Members of the White Plains Police Department were dispatched to Chamberlain’s apartmen…