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Mount Vernon Mayor Calls On Westchester DA To Investigate City Finances, Comptroller Mount Vernon Mayor Calls On Westchester DA To Investigate City Finances, Comptroller
Mount Vernon Mayor Calls On Westchester DA To Investigate City Finances, Comptroller Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard is calling on the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office to investigate the city’s finances as it faces a potential budget crunch due to uncooperative officials. Patterson-Howard issued a public letter to District Attorney Miriam Rocah asking for assistance as Mount Vernon faces potential furloughs or layoffs of essential employees if they are forced to slash the budget. Potential cuts would include public safety, civil service, and public works employees. According to Patterson-Howard, the city has been struggling to get information f…

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by Zak Failla
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Youth Bureau Employee In Westchester Charged With Sexual Assault Youth Bureau Employee In Westchester Charged With Sexual Assault
Youth Bureau Employee In Westchester Charged With Sexual Assault A man who worked at a city Youth Bureau in Westchester has been accused of sexual assault. Tyfan Dean, an employee at the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau, has been arrested and charged with sexual misconduct for alleged sexual abuse. Dean, a Mount Vernon resident who has worked with the Youth Bureau since 2013, was immediately fired at the time of his arrest, Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard said. “We are taking this matter very seriously,” she stated. “I am grateful to the Mount Vernon Police Department who upon information and complaint took swift and decisive action to arrest this i…

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Westchester DA To Review All Cases Of Detective Accused Of Perjury Westchester DA To Review All Cases Of Detective Accused Of Perjury
Westchester DA To Review All Cases Of Detective Accused Of Perjury All cases involving a police detective who is expected to plead guilty in a perjury case are being reviewed, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced. “We have learned that Detective Sean Fogarty, a retiring member of the Yonkers Police Department, is the subject of a Federal lawsuit brought by a wrongly accused man, stemming from a drug case where Fogarty was assigned as a member of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Task Force," Scarpino said in a statement on Thursday, Dec. 26. "The allegation is that he perjured himself in a search warrant …

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Postal Worker In Northern Westchester Admits To Stealing Stamps, Selling Them For Profit Postal Worker In Northern Westchester Admits To Stealing Stamps, Selling Them For Profit
Postal Worker In Northern Westchester Admits To Stealing Stamps, Selling Them For Profit A former postal employee from Orange County working in Northern Westchester has been sentenced after admitting to stealing thousands of stamps that he then sold online for a profit. Antonio Pinheiro of Westtown pleaded guilty on Monday, March 4 to stealing thousands of dollars worth of stamps from the U.S. Post Office in Peekskill while he was employed there. In total, he stole approximately 14,000 stamps and sold them through an online marketplace to make thousands of dollars. The thefts took place between July and October 2017 Pinheiro, 54, pleaded guilty to petit larceny, …

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