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Gang Member From Hudson Valley Sentenced For Conspiracy To Murder Witness Gang Member From Hudson Valley Sentenced For Conspiracy To Murder Witness
Gang Member From Hudson Valley Sentenced For Conspiracy To Murder Witness The last of five members of the G-Shine Bloods gang members and associates have been sentenced for his role in a conspiracy to murder an eyewitness to a shooting, Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah announced. Between August 2018 and March 2019, Rocah said that gang members conspired to silence a witness who set to testify against them in regards to a shooting outside the Garden Bar & Grill in Mount Vernon in 2016. Those involved in the conspiracy:  Jason Garcia, age 38, of Mount Vernon; Matthew Brown, age 37, of Wilmington, Delaware; Cassaundra Dunham, age 45, of Yon…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Found Guilty In Fatal Shooting Of Auto Dealer In Hudson Valley Man Found Guilty In Fatal Shooting Of Auto Dealer In Hudson Valley
Man Found Guilty In Fatal Shooting Of Auto Dealer In Hudson Valley A man who fled the state after brutally shooting and killing the owner of an auto dealership in the Hudson Valley has been found guilty of his murder. The shooting happened in Rockland County on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018, in West Nyack, Eric Ross, Jr., age 28, of Wilmington, Delaware, was convicted by a jury on Wednesday, March 23 of killing Orange County resident Youbens Joseph, age 37, of Wallkill, said Rockland County District Attorney Tom Walsh. The crime took place when Ross drove to Youbs Auto Sales, located on Route 59 in West Nyack, to confront Joseph about a Hyundai …

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by Kathy Reakes
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COVID-19: See Them? Thunderbirds, Blue Angels Take Flight Over Area COVID-19: See Them? Thunderbirds, Blue Angels Take Flight Over Area
Covid-19: See Them? Thunderbirds, Blue Angels Take Flight Over Area A formation of U.S. Navy Blue Angels and U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flew over New New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to salute first responders on the frontlines of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic early Tuesday afternoon, April 28. The New York flyover began at the George Washington around noon and lasted for 40 minutes. The path was across all five New York City boroughs, Newark, Long Island, White Plains and Stamford. The Trenton and Philadelphia flyover began at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakenhurst at approximately 1:45 p.m. The path was over Trenton, a large part of the metro…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
FDNY Firefighter, Ex-Hudson Valley Resident Killed In Afghanistan FDNY Firefighter, Ex-Hudson Valley Resident Killed In Afghanistan
Fdny Firefighter, Ex-Hudson Valley Resident Killed In Afghanistan A U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb on Monday, April 8 was a New York City firefighter and a former Westchester resident. Christopher A. Slutman, 43, of Ladder Company 27 in the South Bronx, a 15-year veteran of the department, died as a result of injuries sustained while on active duty in Afghanistan, said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Slutman, who lived in Yonkers with his wife and three children for years, most recently lived in Wilmington, Delaware, and commuted to New York to work, according to News 4. The well-liked firefighter was honored five years ago…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Services Scheduled For Auto Shop Owner Shot, Killed Services Scheduled For Auto Shop Owner Shot, Killed
Services Scheduled For Auto Shop Owner Shot, Killed Funeral arrangements have been set for Youbens Joseph, the owner of a West Nyack auto shop who was shot and killed during a business dispute.A wake will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7 at French Speaking Baptist Church at 80 N. Madison Ave. in Spring Valley, and a funeral service will be held at the same location at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, according to officials with Joseph W. Sorce Funeral Home in West Nyack. Joseph will be laid to rest at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Brick Church Cemetery at 220 Brick Church Road in Spring Valley. Joseph, 37, of Middletown, was s…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Suspect In Shooting Death Of Auto Sales Store Owner Apprehended Suspect In Shooting Death Of Auto Sales Store Owner Apprehended
Suspect In Shooting Death Of Auto Sales Store Owner Apprehended A suspect has been apprehended after a five-day investigation of the homicide of a 37-year-old auto sales store owner who was shot on Saturday during a dispute with a customer. The Clarkstown Police Detective Bureau arrested a 24-year-old man from Wilmington, Delaware for the shooting death of Youbens Joseph of Middletown stemming from a dispute at Youbs Auto Sales on Route 59 in West Nyack on Nov. 24. Eric Hue Ross was taken into custody at a residence in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Clarkstown Police announced late Wednesday afternoon. Ross fled the scene after the dispute with Joseph. The…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Fatal Shooting Victim In Westchester Manhunt ID'd Fatal Shooting Victim In Westchester Manhunt ID'd
Fatal Shooting Victim In Westchester Manhunt ID'd The woman shot and killed Tuesday setting off a huge manhunt that caused a lockout at six school districts in Westchester has been identified. The woman, Jessica Wiltse of Tarrytown, was found alive with multiple gunshot wounds around 7 a.m. Tuesday at the Sleepy Gardens apartment complex on Route 119. She died at Westchester Medical Center, police said.  Cynell Brown, 28, who is in the hospital, is expected to be arraigned on murder charges Wednesday after he was captured Tuesday at the Port Authority Bus Terminal by Port Authority police, according to Tarrytown Police Chief John Barbelet.…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Suspect Caught In Killing That Led To Westchester Manhunt, Lockouts Suspect Caught In Killing That Led To Westchester Manhunt, Lockouts
Suspect Caught In Killing That Led To Westchester Manhunt, Lockouts A suspect in the fatal shooting of a woman at a Tarrytown housing complex was captured Tuesday night in Manhattan by Port Authority police as he tried to board a bus for Delaware, authorities said. Cynelle Brown, 28, was spotted by PAPD Sgt. Kevin Cottrell and Officers Brandon Kubic and James Herkenham, in plainclothes, on the lower level of the terminal's north wing at the Greyhound ticketing area, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Brown was waiting on line to buy bus tickets to Wilmington, Delaware with "a woman identified as his aunt and the aunt's child" waiting on onlin…

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by Jerry DeMarco