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Westchester Sisters Admit To Stealing From Dead Mother's Pension
Two sisters living in Westchester admitted to covering up their mother’s death in an effort to steal thousands of dollars from her pension payments.
Annette Bigelow, 60, and Mary Nash, 59, hid their mother’s death and collected nearly $22,000 in state pension payments between 2013 and 2015, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced.
Specifically, the sisters, both from Mount Vernon, pleaded guilty to one count of felony grand larceny, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. said.
"This was a deliberate act to abuse the system,” DiNapoli said. “Bigelow and Nash covered …
Westchester Man Now Charged With Murder After Mother Dies In Hospital, DA Says
A 25-year-old Westchester man is now facing a murder charge after charges were elevated when his mother died in the hospital after he admitted to strangling her unconscious last month.
Daniel Flores Arteaga, of New Rochelle, who had been facing an attempted murder charge, is now charged with second-degree murder, a violent felony, for allegedly strangling his mother, who recently was taken off life support.
Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., said that at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, members of the New Rochelle Police Department responded to Sound St…
