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New Charges: 19-Year-Old Indicted, Charged With Shooting Fellow Teen In Hudson Valley
A 19-year-old man has been officially indicted on charges connected to the shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Westchester County, according to the county's district attorney.
The suspect, Yonkers resident Joseph Tejera, is accused of shooting the victim twice on Wednesday, Oct. 26 on Woodworth Avenue in Yonkers, according to Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah.
The victim was then taken to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, where he received emergency medical treatment, Rocah said.
Tejera was arrested by Yonkers Police on Wednesday, Nov. 2, acc…
Man Sentenced For Violent Slashing Outside Mall In Hudson Valley
A man has been sentenced to prison for slashing a man's neck outside a mall in the region.
Edwin Hernandez, age 44, of the Bronx was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 5 to seven years in state prison and five years post-release supervision for the 2019 event outside the White Plains Galleria Mall, according to Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah.
On Aug.18, 2019, at approximately 10:30 a.m., Hernandez approached the victim, who was a stranger, outside the entrance of the Galleria on Main Street in White Plains and repeatedly asked him to share his cigarette, the DA's…
Man Sentenced To Probation For Sexually Abusing Sleeping Woman In Region
A Westchester County man has been sentenced to 10 years of probation for sexually abusing a woman while she was sleeping.
Anthony Urena, age 25, of New Castle, was sentenced on Wednesday, June 15, after being found guilty by a jury, said Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah.
In addition to the 10 years, Urena will be required to register as a sex offender, the DA's Office said.
On July 21, 2019, at approximately 4 a.m., Urena sexually abused the victim while she was sleeping in the defendant’s home in New Castle, the DA's Office said.
The New Castle Police Department …
Westchester Man Now Charged With Murder After Mother Dies In Hospital, DA Says
A 25-year-old Westchester man is now facing a murder charge after charges were elevated when his mother died in the hospital after he admitted to strangling her unconscious last month.
Daniel Flores Arteaga, of New Rochelle, who had been facing an attempted murder charge, is now charged with second-degree murder, a violent felony, for allegedly strangling his mother, who recently was taken off life support.
Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., said that at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, members of the New Rochelle Police Department responded to Sound St…
Hudson Valley Man Sentenced For Murder Of 7-Year-Old Daughter
The Westchester father found guilty of murdering his 7-year-old daughter may spend the rest of his life in prison.
Neil White, 50, was sentenced to a term of 25 years to life in prison following his sentencing in Westchester County Court on Thursday, Oct. 3.
White, who was convicted of second-degree murder for the 2017 murder, reportedly sought to adjourn his trial, but was denied by the judge.
Holding her daughter’s favorite rag doll, Michelle Hord, Gabrielle's mother, described the two years since her child’s murder as “a razor-blade cut of trauma, memory, pain, confusion, betrayal and …
