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New Judge To Succeed Disgraced Predecessor Forced To Resign In Westchester New Judge To Succeed Disgraced Predecessor Forced To Resign In Westchester
New Judge To Succeed Disgraced Predecessor Forced To Resign In Westchester A municipality in Northern Westchester has announced its next city judge following the resignation of her predecessor, who was forced to resign after being charged with making sexual innuendos and inappropriate remarks to staff and attorneys on multiple occasions.  In an announcement on Wednesday, Nov. 20, the Peekskill Common Council revealed the selection of Sophia Trott as the next City Court Judge.  Trott will replace Reginald J. Johnson, who resigned from his position on Monday, Sept. 30 following formal charges filed against him by the New York State Comm…
Teen Duo Nabbed after Assaulting, Robbing 14-Year-Old In Mamaroneck Teen Duo Nabbed after Assaulting, Robbing 14-Year-Old In Mamaroneck
Teen Duo Nabbed after Assaulting, Robbing 14-Year-Old In Mamaroneck Two teenagers were criminally charged after robbing and assaulting a boy in Westchester while he was walking home, police announced.  The two suspects, a 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy both from New Rochelle, were arrested on Monday, Sept. 2 in connection with the incident, which happened in Mamaroneck on Wednesday, Aug, 28, the Village of Mamaroneck Police Department said on Tuesday, Sept. 3.  According to the department, around 6:20 p.m. on the day of the assault, a 14-year-old boy had been walking home at the intersection of West Boston Post Road (Route 1) and Orienta Av…
New Update: 15-Year-Old Nabbed After Threatening To 'Shoot Everyone' At Rye YMCA New Update: 15-Year-Old Nabbed After Threatening To 'Shoot Everyone' At Rye YMCA
New Update: 15-Year-Old Nabbed After Threatening To 'Shoot Everyone' At Rye YMCA A teenager was apprehended after allegedly threatening to shoot people at YMCA locations in Westchester, police announced.  A 15-year-old Rye resident was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 7 in connection with a threatening phone call placed to the Rye YMCA earlier in the same day, the City of Rye Police Department announced on Friday, Aug. 9.  Earlier Report - Threatening Phone Call Prompts Evacuation Of Rye YMCA Locations According to police, the teenager threatened to "shoot everybody" during the call, which prompted authorities to clear out both YMCA locations. After a short i…
Update: Teen Driver In Crash That Killed Westchester Sergeant Won't Be Tried In Criminal Court Update: Teen Driver In Crash That Killed Westchester Sergeant Won't Be Tried In Criminal Court
Update: Teen Driver In Crash That Killed Westchester Sergeant Won't Be Tried In Criminal Court A 16-year-old who is charged in connection to a crash that killed a beloved police sergeant in Westchester will be charged in Family Court rather than criminal court, authorities announced. The development in the case, which centered around the December 2022 crash that killed Yonkers Police Department Det. Sgt. Frank Gualdino, was announced by the Yonkers Police Department on Thursday, Nov. 30. A 16-year-old Yonkers boy had been criminally charged with one count of criminally negligent homicide in connection to the crash in late October. However, the boy's case will now be transferred …
Teens Caught In Home Depot After Stealing Car In Westchester, Police Say Teens Caught In Home Depot After Stealing Car In Westchester, Police Say
Teens Caught In Home Depot After Stealing Car In Westchester, Police Say Three teenagers face charges after allegedly stealing a car and fleeing into a Home Depot store in Westchester, injuring a detective in the process, police said.  The incident happened on Tuesday, May 9 around 12:20 p.m., when New Rochelle PD was notified of a stolen car that was heading into the Home Depot parking lot at 55 Weyman Ave., according to Captain J. Collins Coyne.  Several detectives responded to the scene and found the car, which was occupied by three people. When authorities then tried stopping the vehicle, the suspects initially tried to drive away before exiting th…
14-Year-Old Student Charged In School Swatting Incident In Westchester: Police 14-Year-Old Student Charged In School Swatting Incident In Westchester: Police
14-Year-Old Student Charged In School Swatting Incident In Westchester: Police A 14-year-old student was arrested and charged with reporting a false shooting incident at a high school in Westchester, police said.  The incident happened on Wednesday, May 3 just after 11:30 a.m., when officers responded to Lincoln High School in Yonkers at 375 Kneeland Ave. after receiving an anonymous report of shots fired, according to Yonkers Police.  Once they arrived at the school, responding officers made contact with school officials and searched the building before determining that no shots had been fired and that the report had been unfounded.  Realizing th…
Violent Threat At School In Hudson Valley Leads To Student's Arrest Violent Threat At School In Hudson Valley Leads To Student's Arrest
Violent Threat At School In Hudson Valley Leads To Student's Arrest Updated story: Person Accused Of Making Threat Against Current Student At High School In Hudson Valley Authorities are keeping close watch over a middle school in the Hudson Valley after a reported threat of violence that led to an arrest of a juvenile student. The threat was made in Putnam County at the George Fischer Middle School in Carmel around midnight on Thursday, March 23, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.  The incident caused the school to delay its opening by two hours and also prompted an investigation conducted by the Sheriff's Office.  One j…
3 Juveniles Throw Rocks, Smash Windshields Of Moving Cars In Westchester: Police 3 Juveniles Throw Rocks, Smash Windshields Of Moving Cars In Westchester: Police
3 Juveniles Throw Rocks, Smash Windshields Of Moving Cars In Westchester: Police Three juveniles are facing felony charges after throwing rocks at moving cars on a Westchester County parkway.  Beginning around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, state police received 16 complaints of damaged vehicles after rocks were thrown at them in Greenburgh on the Sprain Brook Parkway at Payne Street.  The next day on Wednesday, Jan. 18, the three juveniles were identified and charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, a felony.  The damage to the cars included smashed windshields and flat tires.  Each suspect was issued a family court appearance ticket before t…
Four Arrested With Illegal Guns After Stabbing Uber Driver In Westchester, Police Say Four Arrested With Illegal Guns After Stabbing Uber Driver In Westchester, Police Say
Four Arrested With Illegal Guns After Stabbing Uber Driver In Westchester, Police Say Police in Westchester busted a group with illegal weapons after stabbing an Uber driver during a verbal dispute that turned physical, police said. An Uber driver picked up five passengers at New Roc City at approximately 2:25 p.m. on Friday, July 2, police said, with a verbal dispute ensuing between one of the female passengers shortly after they were picked up. According to police, the Uber driver stopped the car and ordered the passengers out of the vehicle, at which point the dispute became physical. During the dispute, a female juvenile passenger in the car stabbed the Uber driver in t…
Teen Admits To Stabbing Two Rockland Men On Jersey Shore, Prosecutor Says Teen Admits To Stabbing Two Rockland Men On Jersey Shore, Prosecutor Says
Teen Admits To Stabbing Two Rockland Men On Jersey Shore, Prosecutor Says A teenager has admitted to stabbing two Hudson Valley men on the Jersey Shore during a fight last year, authorities said. Juwan Roman, age 18, of Newark, pleaded guilty on Thursday, May 13 to two counts of aggravated assault and weapons offenses, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Roman's name was made public this week after he waived his right to juvenile status in Family Court.  Roman was 17 during the 2020 assault, but he voluntarily agreed to be prosecuted as an adult, the prosecutor said. On Sept. 7, 2020, at about 3:30 p.m., Point Pleasant…
7-Year-Old Upstate NY Boy Charged With Rape, Reports Say 7-Year-Old Upstate NY Boy Charged With Rape, Reports Say
7-Year-Old Upstate NY Boy Charged With Rape, Reports Say A 7-year-old boy in New York has been charged with rape, according to multiple reports. New York State Police said that the unidentified boy in St. Lawrence County from Brasher Falls, located about 15 miles east of Potsdam, has been charged as a juvenile delinquent with third-degree rape after being charged on Tuesday, March 23. The incident reportedly happened over the Thanksgiving holiday. After being temporarily taken into custody, the child was cited for the rape and released to his parents. The case is heading to Family Court. Police said that the investigation into the incident is o…
Teen Charged With Menacing With A Handgun In Westchester Teen Charged With Menacing With A Handgun In Westchester
Teen Charged With Menacing With A Handgun In Westchester A teenager was arrested in Westchester after allegedly menacing the public with a handgun in the middle of a busy intersection in the middle of the day, police said. New Rochelle Police Capt. Cosmo Costa said that officers responded to the intersection of Coligni Avenue and Mt. Joy Place shortly before 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 9, where there were reports of a man brandishing a handgun at an adult and a minor. Costa said that the investigation determined that a silver semi-automatic handgun was displayed in a menacing manner and the suspect fled in a blue Jeep Suburban. The suspect was later …
14-Year-Old Forcibly Restrained, Touched Victim In Westchester, Police Say 14-Year-Old Forcibly Restrained, Touched Victim In Westchester, Police Say
14-Year-Old Forcibly Restrained, Touched Victim In Westchester, Police Say A 14-year-old boy entered a home and then forcibly restrained and touched a victim in Northern Westchester, state police said. An investigation revealed the boy forcibly entered the victim’s residence on Thursday, Feb. 13 in Cortlandt, state police said.   He then proceeded to forcibly restrain and touch the victim for the purpose of sexual gratification, according to police. The boy, whose name was not released due to status as a minor, was charged with: second-degree burglary, a Class C felony,  forcible touching,  unlawful imprisonment, both class A misdemeano…
Two Teen Suspects Nabbed In Westchester School Burglary Two Teen Suspects Nabbed In Westchester School Burglary
Two Teen Suspects Nabbed In Westchester School Burglary Two teens were arrested after allegedly breaking into a school and taking more than $1,400 in stolen electronic items. The incident took place around 10 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 14 in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson at the Graham School, said Hasting-on-Hudson Police Chief David Dosin. According to the chief, the department received a call from the school reporting staff members had apprehended the two teen who allegedly burglarized Edgewood Cottage. Officers responded to the scene and found the teens had made their way into the building by breaking the glass on a window on the side…
Teens In Westchester Arrested After Threatening To Shoot Up High School Teens In Westchester Arrested After Threatening To Shoot Up High School
Teens In Westchester Arrested After Threatening To Shoot Up High School Two students are in police custody after allegedly making threats on social media to shoot up a Westchester High School. The Yonkers Police Department received reports of school shooting threats making the rounds on social media against students at Lincoln High School at approximately 3:45 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13, Det. Lt. Dean Politopoulos said. The threats contained specific language to carry out a school shooting with an intended number of victims to occur on Friday, Oct. 25, during a pep rally, prompting a police investigation. Investigators found several social media posts that were …
Westchester County Family Court Finds New Home In New Rochelle Westchester County Family Court Finds New Home In New Rochelle
Westchester County Family Court Finds New Home In New Rochelle One of Westchester's Family Courts will soon have a new home. The Westchester Board of Legislators voted unanimously on Monday, June 15 to approve a lease for the county’s Family Court on Garden Street in New Rochelle. The new location will be a 35,000-square-foot space on two floors of a building that is scheduled to be constructed at 26 Garden St., near the New Rochelle Transit Center in downtown. According to officials, the Board, “spent much of June and July examining the 30-year lease for part of the property to make sure the deal serves the best interests of taxpayers, the needs of t…
TV Reporter's Husband Faces Domestic Violence Charges TV Reporter's Husband Faces Domestic Violence Charges
TV Reporter's Husband Faces Domestic Violence Charges The husband of Blaise Gomez, a Hudson Valley reporter at News 12, has been indicted on numerous domestic violence charges following, what she says, is more than a year of domestic abuse in which, she says, she thought she was going to die. Sean Doyle, 36, of Cornwall in Orange County, was hit with 15 counts, including strangulation, attempted assault, coercion and criminal mischief, all felonies.  In a Facebook post on March 25, Gomez described one of the attacks: "My legal husband and daughter’s father (a combat Marine) assaulted me in my home last Monday, in a drunken, drugged attack…
Westchester Middle School Student Facing Charges After Alleged Knife Incident Westchester Middle School Student Facing Charges After Alleged Knife Incident
Westchester Middle School Student Facing Charges After Alleged Knife Incident A teenage middle school student in New Rochelle was arrested by police last month following an alleged incident with a knife. Police said that a 13-year-old Isaac E. Young Middle School student was arrested on charges of menacing and attempted assault following the incident on Jan. 30. The incident was first reported by lohud. The student was reportedly referred to Family Court. "A student brandished a knife at Isaac E. Young Middle School on January 30," interim Schools Superintendent Magda Parvey said in a statement. "The knife was confiscated and no one was injured in the incident.” The…
New York 'Raises The Age' For Teen Offenders New York 'Raises The Age' For Teen Offenders
New York 'Raises The Age' For Teen Offenders New York has joined 48 other states and changed the legal status for teenagers who commit crimes in the state. The Westchester County District Attorney’s office has been “actively involved in working groups preparing for the change in legal status of 16- and 17-year-old offenders.” The new law, which raises the age of criminal responsibility to 18, went into effect on Monday, Oct. 1. New York had been one of two states that automatically prosecuted 16- and 17-year-olds as adults. The new legislation includes statutory amendments that, among other things, creates a new Adolescent Offender (A…
Westchester Man Surrenders To Police For Failing To Appear In Family Court Westchester Man Surrenders To Police For Failing To Appear In Family Court
Westchester Man Surrenders To Police For Failing To Appear In Family Court A Yorktown man surrendered himself into police custody in Yorktown after a warrant for his arrest was issued in White Plains. Kareem Newby, 35, was arrested and held on an arrest warrant on Saturday afternoon, after failing to appear in White Plains Family Court, which issued the warrant. Police said that Newby turned himself in on June 2 for the open warrant, which was issued by White Plains Family Court Judge Hal Greenwald. Following arraignment, Newby was remanded to the Westchester County Jail in lieu of bail. Newby is due back in White Plains Family Court on Monday afternoon to answer…
Second Teen Charged In Fatal Stabbing Of New Rochelle HS Student Second Teen Charged In Fatal Stabbing Of New Rochelle HS Student
Second Teen Charged In Fatal Stabbing Of New Rochelle HS Student A second teenager has been arrested in connection to the fatal stabbing of a New Rochelle High School junior last month. Officers in New Rochelle arrested a 15-year-old suspect - whose name is being withheld due to his age - who has been charged with hindering prosecution and tampering with physical evidence both felonies, New Rochelle Police Capt. Robert Gazzola said. The charges stem from his actions at the crime scene on the day of the fatal stabbing. Since the suspect is a juvenile, his case will be adjudicated in Family Court, Gazzola said. According to police, officers responded to D…
Girl Stabs Fellow Teen, Injures Adult In Westchester, Police Say Girl Stabs Fellow Teen, Injures Adult In Westchester, Police Say
Girl Stabs Fellow Teen, Injures Adult In Westchester, Police Say A 13-year-old girl staying at the Graham Windham residential center in Hastings-on-Hudson stabbed a fellow teenager there and injured a staff member. The event took place Friday, Jan. 12, when the teen attacked a staff member with a weapon, said Hastings-on-Hudson Police Lt. David Dosin. During the altercation, another student tried to intervene and suffered a "superficial" stab wound to the chest and a laceration to the hand, Dosin said.  The staff member received an injured lip, he added. The 13-year-old, whose name wasn't released because of her age, was charged with two coun…