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Woman, Man Charged With Dumping Dead Body In Duffel Bag Outside Bank In Westchester Woman, Man Charged With Dumping Dead Body In Duffel Bag Outside Bank In Westchester
Woman, Man Charged With Dumping Dead Body In Duffel Bag Outside Bank In Westchester A woman and man have been identified as suspects who allegedly dumped the body of a murdered man in a duffel bag outside a bank in Westchester. Members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to the Wells Fargo Bank on Odell Avenue shortly after noon on Monday, Nov. 19, where there was a report of a suspicious bag. Inside the bag, they found the intact body of Deshawn Cortez-Seaborne, who had been stabbed multiple times before his body was left at the bank. The investigation into the dead body led to the conclusion that Cortez-Seaborne had been murdered in the Bronx and the body was left…

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by Zak Failla
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ID Released, Homicide Investigation Launched After Human Remains Found At Bank In Westchester ID Released, Homicide Investigation Launched After Human Remains Found At Bank In Westchester
ID Released, Homicide Investigation Launched After Human Remains Found At Bank In Westchester A homicide investigation has been launched and the victim identified after a suspicious duffel bag containing apparent human remains was discovered outside a bank in Westchester earlier this week. Members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to the Wells Fargo Bank branch at 500 Odell Ave. at about noontime on Monday, Nov. 19 after receiving a report about the bag. Detectives from the Major Case Unit and Crime Scene Unit interviewed subjects and witnesses, reviewing surveillance video, and processing forensic evidence.  An investigation has discovered the duffel bag contained th…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Human Remains Found In Duffel Bag Outside Bank In Westchester Human Remains Found In Duffel Bag Outside Bank In Westchester
Human Remains Found In Duffel Bag Outside Bank In Westchester Police have launched an investigation after the discovery of a suspicious duffel bag outside a bank that had human remains inside. Members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to the Wells Fargo Bank on Odell Avenue shortly after noon on Monday, Nov. 19, where there was a report of a suspicious bag. Police said that upon arrival, members of the Emergency Service Unit found the bag on the west side of the building, near a dumpster. Officers tested the air for the presence of a potential explosive device, which was unfounded.  Further investigation into the duffel bag found that i…

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by Zak Failla
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Former Teller Convicted Of Participating In Violent Westchester Bank Robbery Former Teller Convicted Of Participating In Violent Westchester Bank Robbery
Former Teller Convicted Of Participating In Violent Westchester Bank Robbery A former bank teller in Westchester is facing decades in prison for her participation in an armed robbery that netted more than $300,000 - and a vacation to Aruba. Virginia Blanco was found guilty on Tuesday on every count for her with participating in the robbery of a Wells Fargo Bank branch in Yonkers in October 2013 that included multiple rounds being fired during the exchange.  Geoffrey Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, called the robbery “an inside job.” In October 2013, while Blanco was working as a teller at the Odell Avenue Wells Fargo bank b…

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by Zak Failla
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Police Say Scammers Tried To Open Fake Bank Accounts In Greenwich Police Say Scammers Tried To Open Fake Bank Accounts In Greenwich
Police Say Scammers Tried To Open Fake Bank Accounts In Greenwich Greenwich Police busted two New York City men for trying to open a fake bank account at the Wells Fargo Bank on Glenville Road, according to Greenwich Police. Ahmad Penn, 57, and Larry Gattling, 28, were arrested Monday, Jan. 29 after bank officials call police around 4: p.m. about a suspicious person, police said. Police said that Penn used a fake Massachusetts driver's license and a fake credit card to open the account and then try and withdrew $3,000. Gattling drove Penn to the bank and was in the parking lot.  Both were charged with identity theft, forgery, criminal impersonation and c…

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by Kathy Reakes