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Politics
$1.5M Lawsuit From Business Against City In Westchester Is 'Meritless,' Mayor Says
Hours after the owners of a popular Mount Vernon bakery formally announced plans to file a $1.5 million lawsuit against the city, Mayor Richard Thomas released a statement calling the action “meritless.” On Thursday, lawyers from Lauren P. Raysor, who will be representing Miesha Stokely and Montika Jones, the co-owners of Cupcake Cutie Boutique, announced that they will be issuing a notice of claim, stating that the summer shutdown caused “harm to reputation, emotional distress and the loss of business.” The lawyers were in Mount Vernon to officially announce the lawsuit at Cupcake Cutie Bo…
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Former Head Of CDC, One-Time NYC Health Commissioner, Charged With Sex Abuse
A former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been arrested for allegedly groping a 55-year-old woman without consent, according to multiple reports. Thomas Frieden, 57, who served as head of the CDC from 2009 through 2017, and formerly acted as the New York City Health Commissioner, turned himself in to police in Brooklyn on Friday for allegedly grabbing a woman’s backside in October last year. According to the New York Post, Frieden knew his victim for more than two decades, and the incident happened inside his apartment. He reportedly committed the act as they w…
Police & Fire
Police: Man Pushes Shopping Cart Into Woman's Leg In Westchester Dispute
Police have charged a man who allegedly shouted profanities at a woman at a local supermarket and struck her with a shopping cart. Investigators from the Yorktown Police Department received a walk-in report from a woman on July 6 who stated that a dispute at DeCicco Family Market in Jefferson Valley turned physical, prompting an investigation. Police said that the investigation found that Shrub Oak resident Joseph Mazzei, 69, allegedly yelled profanities at the woman before allegedly pushing a shopping cart into her leg. A criminal summons was subsequently issued from the Yorktown Justice C…
Schools
Cortlandt Man Admits To Harassing Lakeland Schools Superintendent
A Northern Westchester man has admitted to sending more than two dozen harassing voicemails to Lakeland Schools Superintendent George Stone for several months, leading to an order of protection. Police said it is alleged that between Jan. 17 and June 17 this year, Cortlandt Manor resident Anthony Cassone, 55, “left approximately 25 voicemails on the victim’s voicemail system that served no legitimate purpose and caused the victim annoyance and alarm.” At the victim’s request, a criminal summons was obtained from the Yorktown Justice Court on June 28 for a charge of second-degree harassment…
Police & Fire
Police: Westchester Man Charged With Harassment After Leaving 25 Voicemails
An investigation into more than two dozen voicemails that left a woman feeling “annoyed and alarmed,” led to the arrest of a Northern Westchester man. Officers from the Yorktown Police Department were dispatched to an East Main Street home on April 26, where there was a report of harassment that had been ongoing for several months, prompting an investigation. Police said it is alleged that between Jan. 17 and June 17 this year, Cortlandt Manor resident Anthony Cassone, 55, “left approximately 25 voicemails on the victim’s voicemail system that served no legitimate purpose and caused the vi…
News
Two Westchester Firefighters Charged In Separate Assaults With Injuries
Two members of the Yonkers Fire Department were charged in separate assaults that injured several people, according to police. One of the firefighters lives in Westchester County, one in Orange County. According to the Yonkers Police Department, on Monday around 2 a.m. officers responded to Rory Dolan's Bar & Restaurant at 890 McLean Ave. on a report of a fight with an injured party. Upon arrival officers located the victim, a 45-year-old male resident of Yonkers, bleeding from the head. Officers rendered medical aid and facilitated his transport to a local area hospital via ambulanc…
Police & Fire
Off-Duty Police Officer Admits To Putting Woman In Chokehold In Westchester
A 28-year-old police officer was sentenced to a one-year conditional discharge after pleading guilty to harassment for putting a woman in a chokehold while off duty last year in Northern Westchester. In addition to harassment, Trevor Goff of Yonkers also pleaded guilty to criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, and obstruction of breathing in connection with the June 16, 2017, episode in Pleasantville, according to the Westchester County District Attorney's Office. Goff, of the Yonkers Police Department, was sentenced to a one-year conditional discharge, which means he will serve no jail ti…
Police & Fire
Hudson Valley Man Arrested Twice In One Day
Monroe Police arrested a man twice in one day after he assaulted his wife during a domestic dispute and then violated a protective order. Odi Gil-Aguilar, 30, of Monroe, was arrested on Thursday, May 10, after officers responded to a home for a report of domestic violence taking place, police said. When officers arrived they found Gil Aguilar assaulting his wife and arrested him. An investigation into the attack found that he had bitten and punches his wife several times that day and physically prevented her from leaving the home, all while their 2-year-old child was present, police said. …
News
Kennedys Win Hospital Defamation Lawsuit; Settled For Nearly $200K
A highly publicized nearly six-year-old defamation lawsuit was settled this week in favor of Douglas and Molly Kennedy of Chappaqua. The Kennedys countersued Northern Westchester Hospital, two of its nurses and the husband of one of the nurses. The couple's lawsuit followed Kennedy's acquittal of child endangerment and harassment charges stemming from a Jan. 7, 2012 altercation at the hospital in Mount Kisco. The hospital did not comment. The Kennedys also declined to comment. Kennedy, son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, is a reporter for Fox News. The nurses said they were attemptin…
Police & Fire
Man Threatens To Burn Westchester Business Down, Police Say
A 31-year-old man is facing multiple charges after allegedly threatening to set fire to a local business in front of the owner’s wife and child, police said. A business owner on East Main Street in Mount Kisco reported to Westchester County Police shortly before 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, that Erik Landaverry-Lemus had been involved in a dispute inside the store earlier in the day, which led to Landaverry-Lemus allegedly threatening to set the building on fire. A police investigation led to the arrest of Landaverry-Lemus, who was charged with a misdemeanor count of endangering the welfar…
Police & Fire
Westchester Man Strikes, Threatens Middle Schooler, Police Say
A school bus monitor was arrested and charged with striking and threatening a Putnam Valley Middle School Student on Jan. 11. Joseph Masi, a 65-year-old Cortlandt Manor resident, was arrested by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a Class A Misdemeanor and harassment in the second degree, a violation after he struck an 11-year-old in the face and threatened to knock him out. After interviewing several witnesses and reviewing video and audio footage supplied by the bus company, Deputy Ryan McMahon arrested Masi. Masi was released on his ow…
Police & Fire
Hudson Valley Man Charged In Domestic Dispute In Front Of Child
A 22-year-old Hudson Valley man engaged in a domestic altercation in front of a child, state police from the Wappinger barracks said Monday.After troopers responded to a domestic disturbance at a residence in the Town of Wappinger on Sunday, Jan. 14, the investigation revealed that Thomas J. Scianna of Wappingers Falls engaged in a physical altercation with the victim, in the presence of a child, police said. Scianna was also at the residence in violation of a duly served order of protection. Scianna was charged with criminal contempt in the second degree as well as endangering the welfare o…
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