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Man Sentenced For Execution-Style Murder Of 21-Year-Old In Westchester
A 39-year-old man was sentenced for the execution-style murder in Westchester.
Negus Kirton was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 12 to 25 years to life in state prison following his July conviction for the 2020 murder of Michael Toro, age 21, in Mount Vernon.
Kirton, of Mount Vernon, had been found guilty in late June of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, both violent felonies, after a weeklong trial,
At approximately 1:45 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, Kirton chased Toro, a 21-year-old Mount Vernon resident, on Darling Avenue in Mount Vernon and shot him …
Suspect Caught After Hudson Valley Woman Stabbed To Death, Police Say
A suspect has been arrested just a day after a Hudson Valley woman was found stabbed to death in her home.
The homicide took place in Dutchess County in the city of Poughkeepsie around 11:30 p.m., Friday, May 27.
The woman's body was found after police and fire responded to a home at 7 South Grand Ave., for an unresponsive 64-year-old woman, said Det. Sgt. Terrence Beam, of the City of Poughkeepsie Police.
The victim, identified as Nina Robinson, who had been stabbed, was beyond saving and was pronounced dead at the scene, Beam said.
On Saturday, May 28, police arrested 37-year-old Stanle…
Police Seek Info On Suspect In Murder Of College Student From Hudson Valley
Police have asked the public for information about a man accused of murdering a 21-year-old Hudson Valley woman who was due to graduate this spring from SUNY Potsdam.
Michael Snow, age 31, of Massena, located in St. Lawrence County, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Elizabeth Howell, of the Putnam County town of Patterson, said New York State Police.
Earlier report - College Student From Putnam County Shot, Killed Near Upstate NY Campus
Howell was found dead on College Park Road in Potsdam, near the main entrance to SUNY Potsdam, just before 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, stat…
Police Nab Suspect In Gruesome Murder Of Mother Of Four In Region
Seven years after the gruesome murder of an area mother of four, New York State Police have arrested a suspect.
Keymarro Guiden, age 48, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was extradited to Sullivan County, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, in connection with the May 2014 murder of April Parker, age 31, of Monticello, said the New York State Police.
On Wednesday, Dec.1, 2021, the New York State Police, with the assistance of the Sullivan County District Attorney’s Office and the Pennsylvania State Police, arrested Guiden and charged him with second-degree murder, said Trooper Steven Nevel.
According to…
Hudson Valley Woman Charged With Stabbing Murder Of Long Island Man, Police Say
A woman from the region has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a Long Island man to death.
Dutchess County resident Veronica Hardwick, age 51, Poughkeepsie, was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 9 for the stabbing which took place on Thursday, Nov. 25 in Hempstead.
According to Nassau County Police detectives, officers responded to 600 Fulton Avenue for a report of a man that had been stabbed in the chest.
The victim, Richard Reshard, age 35, of Hempstead, was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead on Thursday, by a hospital physician.
Hardwick was charged with sec…
Arrest Made In Fatal Stabbing Of Mother, Daughter In Westchester
A Westchester man has been arrested on charges that he stabbed to death a mother and daughter in their home and then fled the area.
Yonkers officials said Luis Gabriel Ramos, of Yonkers, was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 3 in Salome, Arizona for the stabbing murder which took place sometime between Friday, Oct. 29, and when the two were found on Monday, Nov. 1.
The two women have been identified as Isabella Triano, 70, and her 38-year-old daughter, Trisha Miller.
The women were found in their Shipman Avenue after a friend asked for a welfare check when she had not heard from one of the…
Robert Durst Indicted For Murder Of First Wife, Westchester DA Announces
The Westchester County District Attorney announced that Robert Durst has been indicted for the 1982 murder of his first wife, Kathleen Durst.
Durst, age 78, was charged in an indictment on Monday, Nov. 1, with second-degree murder, District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced.
He is accused of murdering Kathleen Durst in the Northern Westchester hamlet of South Salem in the Town of Lewisboro on or around Jan. 31, 1982, Rocah said.
Durst was previously charged in a complaint filed on Oct. 19, with second-degree murder, the DA's Office reported.
"When Kathleen Durst disappeared on J…
