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Craig Carpenito

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Westchester Porch Pirate, Pals Stole $600K In Checks From Mail, Feds Say Westchester Porch Pirate, Pals Stole $600K In Checks From Mail, Feds Say
Westchester Porch Pirate, Pals Stole $600K In Checks From Mail, Feds Say A man charged with pirating Christmas packages from porches in Yonkers was part of a crew that stole, altered and cashed $600,000 in checks mailed in Passaic, Morris, Essex and Somerset counties the past 10 months, federal authorities said Friday. Claude Anthony Burnett, 23, who was captured by U.S. Postal Inspection Service agents, now faces charges that can bring way more serious consequences than package snatching. Meanwhile, victims were left trying to sort out their finances. From at least February of this year until just last month, Burnett and others fished envelopes containing chec…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Federal Judge Sends Yonkers Ex-Con Caught With Gun Back To Prison For 6+ Years Federal Judge Sends Yonkers Ex-Con Caught With Gun Back To Prison For 6+ Years
Federal Judge Sends Yonkers Ex-Con Caught With Gun Back To Prison For 6+ Years A federal judge in New Jersey sent a Yonkers ex-con back to prison for more than six years Tuesday after she convicted him of carrying a gun in Passaic. Because there's no parole in the federal prison system, 29-year-old Francisco Vallejo must serve the entire six years and four months for being a (three-time) convicted felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton convicted him of the weapons charge last July following a four-day bench trial that included surveillance video of him stashing a loaded .25-caliber handgun in a garbage can. Ci…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Video Helps Federal Judge Convict Yonkers Ex-Con Of Stashing Gun In Garbage Video Helps Federal Judge Convict Yonkers Ex-Con Of Stashing Gun In Garbage
Video Helps Federal Judge Convict Yonkers Ex-Con Of Stashing Gun In Garbage A federal judge in Newark convicted a Yonkers ex-con of having a gun in the city of Passaic, thanks to surveillance video that caught him stashing it in a garbage can before police showed up. Francisco Vallejo, 28, had been convicted of three previous felonies and was prohibited from having a firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito noted after U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton issued a guilty verdict on Thursday following a four-day bench trial. City police responding to a June 7, 2015 call of shots fired detained Vallejo and then discovered a loaded .25-caliber handgun stashed in a near…

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by Jerry DeMarco