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Armed Robbery: Correction Officer, Man Break Into Hudson Valley Home, Feds Say Armed Robbery: Correction Officer, Man Break Into Hudson Valley Home, Feds Say
Armed Robbery: Correction Officer, Man Break Into Hudson Valley Home, Feds Say A duo from Westchester, including a correction officer, face charges after breaking into a Hudson Valley home, restraining the occupants inside, and stealing cash and marijuana, federal officials said. Mount Vernon residents Recaldo Fray and Kaheem Palmer, both age 31, have been charged in connection with an Orange County armed robbery that happened in Newburgh in early December 2023, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Wednesday, Jan. 24.  According to federal officials, on Monday, Dec. 4, Palmer and Fray, a correction officer at …

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by Ben Crnic
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New Update: Prisoner Caught After Escaping Custody In Hudson Valley New Update: Prisoner Caught After Escaping Custody In Hudson Valley
New Update: Prisoner Caught After Escaping Custody In Hudson Valley This story has been updated.  Authorities have caught a prisoner who escaped custody while he was being held at a medical center in Westchester.  The prisoner, identified as 24-year-old Geraldo Rojas, was located in the Bronx on Monday, July 24 after 29 hours of "intensive search efforts," Yonkers Police announced  Rojas had escaped from a prisoner detail at St. Joseph’s Hospital on South Broadway (Route 9) in Yonkers during the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, police said. Earlier Report - Search On For Prisoner Who Escapes From Custody In Yonkers Rojas, who was taken back into …

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by Ben Crnic
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Search On For Prisoner Who Escapes From Custody In Hudson Valley Search On For Prisoner Who Escapes From Custody In Hudson Valley
Search On For Prisoner Who Escapes From Custody In Hudson Valley A search is on for a prisoner who escaped from custody in Westchester County. The incident occurred at Saint Joseph’s Medical Center on South Broadway (Route 9) in Yonkers early Sunday morning, July 23. Updated Report - Seen Him? Photos Released Of Prisoner Who Escaped From Custody In Yonkers The Westchester County Department of Correction assumed responsibility for the prisoner detail from the Yonkers Police Department, according to a statement by Westchester County Government.  The prisoner, identified as Geraldo Rojas, had been arrested for robbery in the first, second, …

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by Joe Lombardi
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One Dead, Two Injured In Attempted Murder/Suicide Involving Westchester Correction Officers One Dead, Two Injured In Attempted Murder/Suicide Involving Westchester Correction Officers
One Dead, Two Injured In Attempted Murder/Suicide Involving Westchester Correction Officers One suspect is dead and two others suffered serious injuries in an overnight apparent attempted murder/suicide involving three off-duty Westchester County correction officers at a single-family residence in Yonkers. Members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to the residence at 82 Buckingham Road on a report of a shooting incident with multiple victims at approximately 11:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, said Dean Politopoulos, Yonkers PD spokesman. Upon arrival, officers made entry into the home to discover three people down on the floor with multiple gunshot wounds, and a fourth uninj…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Motive For Fatal Stabbing Of Area Restaurant Worker Remains Mystery Motive For Fatal Stabbing Of Area Restaurant Worker Remains Mystery
Motive For Fatal Stabbing Of Area Restaurant Worker Remains Mystery The cause of a dispute between employees at a popular Westchester restaurant that led to a man's fatal stabbing by a female co-worker late Tuesday morning remains a mystery. The suspect in the incident at River City Grille on Route 9 in Irvington, identified by Irvington Police as 27-year-old Rosa Ramirez of Manhattan, who was recently hired as a dishwasher at the restaurant, has been charged with murder and was arraigned Tuesday afternoon. The man, Yonkers resident Bonifacio Rodriguez, 39, was reportedly stabbed multiple times around 11:30 a.m. after the two reportedly got into an argument…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Victim, Suspect ID'd In Fatal Stabbing Of Irvington Restaurant Worker Victim, Suspect ID'd In Fatal Stabbing Of Irvington Restaurant Worker
Victim, Suspect ID'd In Fatal Stabbing Of Irvington Restaurant Worker This story has been updated. The identities have been released for both a male employee at a popular Westchester restaurant who was stabbed to death late Tuesday morning and a female co-worker who has been charged with murder. The suspect in the incident at River City Grille on Route 9 in Irvington, identified by Irvington Police as 27-year-old Rosa Ramirez of New York City, who was recently hired as a dishwasher at the restaurant, has been charged with murder and was arraigned Tuesday afternoon. The man, Yonkers resident Bonifacio Rodriguez, 39, was reportedly stabbed multiple times aroun…

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by Joe Lombardi