Fair 59°
Tag:

Woodworth Avenue, Yonkers, NY

News
New Charges: 19-Year-Old Indicted For Shooting Fellow Teen In Westchester County New Charges: 19-Year-Old Indicted For Shooting Fellow Teen In Westchester County
New Charges: 19-Year-Old Indicted For Shooting Fellow Teen In Westchester County A 19-year-old man has been officially indicted on charges connected to the shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Westchester County, according to the county's district attorney.  The suspect, Yonkers resident Joseph Tejera, is accused of shooting the victim twice on Wednesday, Oct. 26 on Woodworth Avenue in Yonkers, according to Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah.  The victim was then taken to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, where he received emergency medical treatment, Rocah said.  Tejera was arrested by Yonkers Police on Wednesday, Nov. 2, acc…

SHARE

by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Argument Leads To Stabbing With Sword In Westchester, Police Say Argument Leads To Stabbing With Sword In Westchester, Police Say
Argument Leads To Stabbing With Sword In Westchester, Police Say A 58-year-old man in Westchester was hospitalized after being stabbed with a sword during a dispute with his roommate, police said. In Yonkers, officers responded to a reported assault between two men in a multi-family home on Woodworth Avenue on Sunday, May 15. According to a spokesperson from the Yonkers Police Department, an argument between the two men led to one attacking the other with a sword, ultimately stabbing him in the stomach. Police said that the 58-year-old man was hospitalized and listed in stable condition, while his 44-year-old roommate was taken into custody by officers …

SHARE

by Zak Failla
News
Westchester Man Sentenced For Trying To Kill Same Person Twice In A Week Westchester Man Sentenced For Trying To Kill Same Person Twice In A Week
Westchester Man Sentenced For Trying To Kill Same Person Twice In A Week A Westchester man has been sentenced after admitting to attempting to kill the same man on a pair of occasions in less than a week. Earlier this year, Yonkers resident James McNair has pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder following two shooting incidents in the city involving the same man earlier this year.  On Monday, Oct. 15, McNair was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for each attempted murder charge, which he will serve concurrently. On Jan. 14, in front of a deli on Warburton Avenue, the then 23-year-old aimed a loaded gun at his intended victim and took three shots a…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
News
Westchester Man Admits To Attempting To Kill The Same Person Twice In A Week Westchester Man Admits To Attempting To Kill The Same Person Twice In A Week
Westchester Man Admits To Attempting To Kill The Same Person Twice In A Week A Westchester man is expected to spend a decade behind bars after admitting to attempting to kill the same man on a pair of occasions in less than a week. Yonkers resident James McNair has pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder following two shooting incidents in the city involving the same man earlier this year. On Jan. 14, in front of a deli on Warburton Avenue, the 23-year-old aimed a loaded gun at his intended victim and took three shots at a close range, though no one was struck by the bullets. Less than a week later, on Jan. 20, McNair again opened fire on the same man in a…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
News
Westchester Man Nabbed For Trying To Kill The Same Man Twice Westchester Man Nabbed For Trying To Kill The Same Man Twice
Westchester Man Nabbed For Trying To Kill The Same Man Twice Detectives from the Yonkers Police Department nabbed a local man wanted for trying to kill the same man twice, according to the Yonkers Poice Department. James McNair, 23, of Yonkers was arrested Tuesday following a lengthy investigation by detectives that began following the first shooting and attempted murder of a 29-year-old Yonkers man, on Sunday, Jan. 14 around 1:42 p.m. on Warburton Avenue, said Yonkers Police Spokesman Dean Politopoulos. During the first shooting attempt, police said McNair aimed a loaded firearm at the victim and attempted to kill him by firing the weapon three time…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes