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Putnam Anesthesiologist Who Drugged, Sexually Assaulted Victim Gets Years In Prison Putnam Anesthesiologist Who Drugged, Sexually Assaulted Victim Gets Years In Prison
Putnam Anesthesiologist Who Drugged, Sexually Assaulted Victim Gets Years In Prison A former Putnam County anesthesiologist will spend years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing and assaulting a victim, officials announced.  Paul Giacopelli, a Southeast resident and former chief anesthesiologist at Putnam County Hospital, was sentenced on Wednesday, Jan. 8, to four years in state prison, according to the Putnam County District Attorney's Office.  Giacopelli's sentencing follows his guilty plea on Aug. 21, 2024, to charges stemming from an incident in which he used a chemical substance to render his victim unconscious before sexually abusing her. Th…

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by Ben Crnic
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Man Admits To Rape Of Employee At Sub Shop In Area Man Admits To Rape Of Employee At Sub Shop In Area
Man Admits To Rape Of Employee At Sub Shop In Area A man has pleaded guilty to the rape of an employee at a Jersey Mike's Sub store. Rockland County District Attorney Tom Walsh announced the guilty plea on Friday, Nov. 5, by a Paterson New Jersey man which stems from a December 2019 incident. Jonathan Valencia, age 37, a manager at the Clarkstown store sexually abused the victim while an employee, said Chief of Detectives Peter Walker for the Rockland County District Attorney's Office. Valencia is expected to be sentenced in February 2022 to one-and-a-half years’ state prison. He will be required to register as a sex offender pur…

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Here's How You Can Check Sex Offenders In Area Before Trick Or Treating Here's How You Can Check Sex Offenders In Area Before Trick Or Treating
Here's How You Can Check Sex Offenders In Area Before Trick Or Treating Parents in New York can make use of an online tool to ensure that neighborhoods are safe before their kids head out to trick-or-treat on Halloween on Friday, Oct. 31. The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services allows area residents to search by city, by neighborhoods, or even by individual streets to check out a list of registered sex offenders where their kids may be trick-or-treating. New York State’s Sex Offender Registry was created by the state’s Sex Offender Registration Act. It is intended to provide the public with information on the status and location of sex offender…

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Man Sentenced For Raping Woman Walking Home From Metro-North Station In Westchester Man Sentenced For Raping Woman Walking Home From Metro-North Station In Westchester
Man Sentenced For Raping Woman Walking Home From Metro-North Station In Westchester A 24-year-old man who pleaded guilty to following and raping a woman after she left a Metro-North station in Westchester will spend more than a decade behind bars. Carlos Paute of White Plains was sentenced to 14 years in prison, followed by 15 years post-release supervision after pleading guilty to first-degree rape, a violent felony, in December last year. Once he is released, Paute will have to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act guidelines. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. said that at approximately 11 p.m. on Nov. 8, 2017, P…

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TV Director From Northern Westchester Scheduled To Appear In Court For Spying On Teen Nanny TV Director From Northern Westchester Scheduled To Appear In Court For Spying On Teen Nanny
TV Director From Northern Westchester Scheduled To Appear In Court For Spying On Teen Nanny A former television director is scheduled to appear in court this week to allow a judge to determine his “risk” of sexually offending after pleading guilty to spying on his teenage nanny in his Northern Westchester home. Daniel Switzen, who worked at CNBC and has a home in Pleasantville, is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday for his SORA hearing, after being sentenced to five years of sex offender probation earlier this year. The judge will determine what level of a sex offender Switzen will have to register as. Switzen had faced a term of between one and a half years to four years in …

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by Zak Failla
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TV Director From Northern Westchester Sentenced For Spying On Teen Nanny TV Director From Northern Westchester Sentenced For Spying On Teen Nanny
TV Director From Northern Westchester Sentenced For Spying On Teen Nanny A former television director has been sentenced to five years of sex offender probation and will register as a sex offender after pleading guilty earlier this year to spying on his teenage nanny using a camera in his Westchester home. Daniel Switzen, who worked at CNBC and has a home in Pleasantville, was facing a term of between one and a half years to four years in state prison after pleading guilty to a felony count of second-degree unlawful surveillance following his arrest last November. Instead, he got probation, and is scheduled to have a Sex Offender Registration Act hearing on Nov. …

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by Zak Failla