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New Details: State Failed 'Committed Mother' Stabbed To Death At NY Home, Family Says
A New York man accused of murdering the mother of his child should’ve been locked up years ago, his own relatives insist. Long Island resident Brenda Guadalupe Alfaro-Alcantara, age 29, was found with multiple stab wounds in the basement of her Hempstead home on Botsford Street at around 8:40 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5. She was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Nassau County Police. Detectives arrested a suspect, 43-year-old Jose Funes-Zabala, of Roosevelt, on Monday afternoon, Oct. 7. He is charged with second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child. Earlier Report:&n…
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New Details: Ex-Husband Shot Way Into NY Home Before Killing Woman, Her BF, DA Says
Authorities have released new details in the case of a New York couple who were shot to death inside their home. Long Island resident Daniel Coppola, age 50, of St. James, was arraigned on four counts of first-degree murder in Suffolk County Court on Friday, Sept. 6, in the deaths of his ex-wife Kelly Coppola and her boyfriend, Kenneth Pohlman. Suffolk County Police found Mrs. Coppola, age 50, and Pohlman, age 52, dead from gunshot wounds inside their St. James residence on Brasswood Road shortly before midnight on Wednesday, Aug. 28. Earlier Report: Accused Murderer Ranted About Pr…
Police & Fire
Woman Stabs, Breaks Vase Over Roommate's Head In Westchester: Police
A woman has been accused of assaulting her roommate at a residence in Westchester County. The incident happened late Saturday morning, July 20 in New Rochelle at an apartment building on the 400 block of Pelham Road. According to Captain J. Collins Coyne of the New Rochelle Police Department, officers responded to a report of a man screaming for help. Upon arrival, officers encountered the victim, a 71-year-old New Rochelle resident, who stated his roommate Kathleen Ganley had assaulted him, including stabbing him multiple times. An investigation revealed t…
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'Stop Calling Me Names,' Gabby Petito Wrote To Boyfriend Brian Laundrie: FBI Report
Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old Long Island native who was killed by her fiancé Brian Laundrie in 2021, wrote him a letter imploring him to stop calling her names, according to FBI documents. Related: FBI Reveals How Brian Laundrie Took Responsibility For Gabby Petito’s Death The 300-plus documents, recently released by the FBI, outline the investigation and offer a glimpse into what transpired before and after the Suffolk County, Blue Point resident was killed by the man she said she loved in an undated letter included in the release. "You know how much I love you, so (and I'm writi…
Politics
'Melanie's Law' Closing Loophole That Led To Hudson Valley Mom's Killing Passes Assembly
Two years after a young mother from New York was stabbed to death by her mother’s ex-boyfriend, state lawmakers have passed legislation aimed at closing the dangerous loophole that led to her killing. On Tuesday, May 21, the New York Assembly passed “Melanie’s Law,” allowing judges to expand orders of protection for immediate family members or household members of named victims of domestic violence, regardless of their age. The legislation is named after Melanie Chianese, who was stabbed to death on May 29, 2022, inside the Dutchess County residence in Wappingers Falls that she shared with …
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Update: Man Gets More Charges After Shooting Ex-Girlfriend At Westchester Residence, DA Says
A 39-year-old man nabbed for allegedly shooting his ex-girlfriend at her Westchester home now faces more charges after violating an order of protection while in custody after the incident, officials said. Ruben Santiago, age 39, was arraigned in Westchester County Court on Thursday, March 7 on a 27-count indictment in connection with the January shooting of his ex-girlfriend, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced. Earlier Report - Update: More Details Emerge After Man Shoots Ex-Girlfriend At Sleepy Hollow Residence, DA Says According to the DA's Offic…
Police & Fire
Woman Nabbed For Assaulting Victim Inside Vehicle On I-684 In Lewisboro: Police
A 20-year-old Hudson Valley woman faces charges after striking a victim inside a vehicle on a busy highway in Northern Westchester, police said. The arrest stemmed from an incident that began on Sunday, Jan. 28 around 10 p.m., when authorities received a report of a domestic violence incident inside a vehicle on Interstate 684 in Northern Westchester, according to New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks. The vehicle involved in the incident was eventually found in Lewisboro on Route 22. After stopping the car, an investigation determined that one of the occupants, 20-year-old Putnam Co…
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'A Woman With Dreams': NY 23-Year-Old Shot To Death After Testifying Against Boyfriend: Report
A 23-year-old New York woman was shot to death on Christmas morning after warning prosecutors that she was being threatened for cooperating in her boyfriend’s attempted murder trial, Albany station CBS 6 reports. See New Update: Gunman Nabbed In Killing Of Albany 23-Year-Old Who Testified Against Abusive BF, Police Say Sky Lemmons-Dixon, of Albany, suffered a single gunshot wound to the head inside a residence on State Street Monday morning, Dec. 25, according to Albany Police. She spent over a week at Albany Medical Center Hospital before finally succumbing to her injuries on Tuesday…
Police & Fire
Suspect Nabbed After Shooting 37-Year-Old Woman At Westchester Residence, Police Say
A suspect has been apprehended in connection with a shooting inside a Westchester home that left a woman hospitalized, police said. Click here for a new, updated report - Update: More Details Emerge After Man Shoots Ex-Girlfriend At Sleepy Hollow Residence, DA Says Ruben Louis Santiago, age 38, was arrested in connection with a shooting that happened at a Sleepy Hollow residence on Tuesday, Jan. 2, Sleepy Hollow Police announced on Wednesday, Jan 3. According to the department, around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sleep Hollow Police officers responded to a residence on Chestnut Stree…
Politics
$2.4B Westchester Budget For 2024 Signed By County Exec Latimer: Here's What's In It
Westchester County Executive George Latimer has officially signed the county's 2024 budget. The budget, which totals $2.4 billion, was signed by Latimer on Monday afternoon, Dec. 11 following its passage by the Westchester County Board of Legislators earlier in the day. According to county officials, the new budget maintains the same property tax levy as 2023, which means it is the fifth consecutive year without a levy increase. The budget also includes additions approved by the Board of Legislator's Budget & Appropriations Committee. These additions to the …
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Murder-Suicide: Man Stabs Woman, Self At Danbury Residence, Toddler Hospitalized
A 29-year-old man and 21-year-old woman are dead following an apparent murder-suicide in Fairfield County that happened while a toddler was home, police said. Authorities learned of the incident on Monday, Nov. 20 around 7:30 a.m., when first responders arrived at an apartment in Danbury on Griffing Avenue and found two dead adults and a toddler inside, Danbury Police announced on Wednesday, Nov. 22. The toddler was found uninjured but was later taken to Danbury Hospital for evaluation out of caution, police said. An examination confirmed that the toddler had not been injured during t…
Politics
Longtime Westchester Resident Announces Run To Become County's First Black District Attorney
A Westchester native with years of experience in civil rights cases has announced his candidacy to become the county's first Black district attorney. Mount Vernon native and attorney William O. Wagstaff III announced his candidacy for the Westchester County District Attorney's office on Monday, Nov. 20. Wagstaff's candidacy announcement comes nearly a month after the county's current District Attorney, Miriam Rocah, announced she would not be seeking re-election in 2024. Earlier Report - Westchester DA Rocah Won't Seek Re-Election: 'I Do Not Fit Mold Of Career Polit…
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Over 100 Sex Offenders To Be Kept Off Westchester Streets On Halloween: Must Attend Program
In order to help ensure trick-or-treaters' safety on Halloween night, more than 100 sex offenders in Westchester will be required to attend an educational program to keep them off the streets. The program, which will be mandatory for over 100 registered and non-registered sex offenders on probation in Westchester, will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 31 from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Westchester County Courthouse. The annual program, which will be held for the 17th year in a row, will have offenders hear about accounts of sexual abuse perpetrated on both children and adult victi…
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Support Swells For Father Bludgeoned To Death In Hudson Valley: 'He Gave Best Hugs'
A community in the Hudson Valley is coming together to raise funds and support the family of a beloved father who was bludgeoned to death by his son, according to police. James C. Cherry Jr., age 56, was found bludgeoned to death at his Putnam County residence in Patterson on River Road on Sunday, Sept. 10, when New York State Police responded to a reported domestic incident. Earlier Report - Man Bludgeons Father To Death In Patterson: Police Cherry's son, 33-year-old James C. Cherry III, was later arrested and charged with second-degree murder, authorities said.…
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Man Kills Father Of Ex-Girlfriend's Child In Westchester, Gets Decades In Prison
A man will spend at least a quarter of a century behind bars for fatally shooting the 41-year-old father of his ex-girlfriend's child in Westchester after violating an order of protection. Bronx resident Alexis Rose, age 37, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the March 2021 murder of Pennsylvania man Shaun Hutchinson, the father of Rose's ex-girlfriend's child, at a residence in Yonkers, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, Aug. 15. Earlier Report - Man Arraigned For Murder Of Man At Ex-Girlfriend's Westchester Home…
Police & Fire
Westchester Passenger Assaults Jeep Driver In Front Of Child While Traveling On I-95: Police
A Westchester man faces assault charges after striking the driver of the vehicle they were both in while traveling on a highway in Fairfield County, police said. The incident happened on Thursday, July 27 around 5:50 p.m., when Connecticut State Police received numerous 911 calls that reported an active assault occurring inside a Jeep traveling on Interstate 95 northbound in Greenwich in the area of Exit 5. According to state police, the callers told troopers that the male passenger inside the Jeep was striking the driver, who was yelling to passing cars that they needed help.&n…
Police & Fire
Man Chokes, Imprisons Wife, Child In Yorktown, Police Say
A 39-year-old man faces numerous charges after allegedly assaulting and choking his wife and one of their children in addition to unlawfully imprisoning them and the rest of his family in Northern Westchester, police said. The man's arrest resulted from an incident on Saturday, July 15 just before 3:30 a.m., when Yorktown Police responded to a domestic violence incident in the town, according to the department. After officers arrived, met with the victims, and conducted an investigation, it was determined that Yorktown resident Jose Pillco-Guaraca, age 39, had allegedly assaulte…
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Man Punches Wife In Front Of Young Children Twice In Week In Hudson Valley: Authorities
A Hudson Valley man faces charges after assaulting his wife two times in less than a week in front of their young children, police said. Putnam County resident Hussein Kaddour of Putnam Valley, age 39, was arrested on both Thursday, July 6, and Thursday, July 13 for allegedly striking his wife, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Monday, July 17. According to authorities, on the day of Kaddour's first arrest, sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a Putnam Valley home after a resident placed a 911 call. Once they arrived at the residence, they interviewed both&nb…
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New Charges: Woman Assaulted By Ex-Boyfriend In Yorktown Home Invasion, DA Says
A couple faces a host of new charges after allegedly breaking into the Northern Westchester home of the male suspect's ex-girlfriend and assaulting her, officials said. The two defendants, Bronx residents Darling Read, age 35, and Jovanda Paredes, age 29, were arraigned on Wednesday, July 5 in Westchester County Court in connection with an armed home invasion that happened on Friday, March 17, according to the Westchester County District Attorney's Office. Earlier Report - Home Invasion: Duo Assaults Victim, Holds Them At Gunpoint In Yorktown, Police Say Accordin…
Police & Fire
Assault Victim Shoots Man After Being Hit By Metal Pipe In Somers: Police
A man has been left with both a gunshot wound and assault charges after allegedly breaking into a Northern Westchester residence and beating a victim with a metal pipe before being shot in self-defense, police said. Bronx resident Raymond L. Laudo was arrested on Wednesday, June 28, and charged with assaulting and strangling a victim at a residence in Somers, according to New York State Police. Laudo's arrest resulted from an incident that happened on Tuesday, June 13, when state troopers were sent to a residence on Summit Circle for a reported domestic dispute involving a gun.&n…
Police & Fire
19-Year-Old Dies From Apparent Overdose During Standoff With Police In Hudson Valley
A teenager died from an apparent drug overdose after threatening to shoot police and holding them at bay for more than an hour in the Hudson Valley. The incident place in Rockland County on Tuesday, May 30 on West Broadway in Central Nyack. According to Detective Norm Peters of the Clarkstown Police, officers initially responded to the home for a domestic call. Upon arrival, they met Sean Harris, age 19, standing on the porch with a metal baseball bat. They also met with his mother and a mental health counselor that had been assigned to him, Peters said. Peters said the counse…
Politics
'Melanie's Law' Aims To Close 'Dangerous' Loophole That Led To Hudson Valley Mom's Killing
One year after a young mother from New York was stabbed to death by her own mother’s ex-boyfriend, a state lawmaker is pushing to close what he calls the “dangerous” loophole that led to her killing. Dutchess County resident Melanie Chianese, age 29, of the town of Wappinger, was found suffering from multiple stab wounds on May 29, 2022. Deputies from the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office found her while responding to a home on Scott Drive in Wappinger for a report of a woman being injured. Earlier Report: Man Sentenced For Murdering Ex-Girlfriend's Daughter In Poughkeepsie She was rushed…
Police & Fire
Woman Hits Victim In Head With Swiffer Sweeper In Front Of Kids In Yorktown: Police
A woman faces numerous charges after allegedly hitting a victim in the head with a Swiffer Sweeper and preventing her from leaving a residence in Northern Westchester, police said. The incident happened on Saturday, March 25 around 4 p.m., when police responded to a residence in Yorktown to a reported domestic conflict. According to Yorktown Police, an investigation and interviews with those involved determined that the suspect allegedly took the victim's cell phone to stop her from calling authorities, blocked the front door to prevent her from leaving the home, and hit her in …
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Hudson Valley Restaurateur Sentenced For Burning Down Eatery, Endangering Others
A former Hudson Valley restaurateur has been sentenced to prison for intentionally burning down his restaurant and endangering the lives of his wife and first responders. Orange County resident Zef Gjurashaj, age 60, of Newburgh, was sentenced Wednesday, March 1. Gjurashaj, who was convicted by a jury in September 2022, was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison for burning down Andiamo’s Restaurant, which was located at 5025 Route 9W, in the Town of Newburgh in 2017, the Orange County DA's Office said. Prior to the trial, Gjurashaj’s co-defendant and the wife of his nephew…
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Stabbing Victim Faces 'Long Path Of Recovery' After Brutal Attack In Hudson Valley
A community is pulling together to help a woman who was the victim of a brutal domestic violence incident in the Hudson Valley that left one man shot dead by sheriff's deputies. Earlier Report - Officers Involved In Fatal Shooting ID'd After Incident In Southeast The attack happened in Putnam County on Tuesday, Jan. 10, when Carmel resident Alixandra Albano Richardson was abducted by 34-year-old Carmel resident Christopher Torres in Kent and driven to Southeast, where they were found by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office on Fields Corner Road near Pugsley Road.&nbs…
Police & Fire
Northern Westchester Man Strangles Woman, Violates Restraining Order In Hudson Valley: Police
A man from Northern Westchester faces charges after violating a restraining order against a woman he allegedly strangled in Putnam County, authorities said. Peekskill resident Dany Villa-Carchipulla was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 2 at his residence for the violations, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday, Feb. 7. Villa-Carchipulla was ordered to stay away from the victim after an incident that happened in Garrison in November 2022, after which he was also charged with strangulation and endangering the welfare of a child. Since then, Villa-Carc…
Police & Fire
Officers Involved In Fatal Shooting ID'd After Domestic Incident In Putnam County
The names of the officers who fatally shot a man in the Hudson Valley after a domestic incident have been released by police. Earlier Report - ID Released Of Carmel Man Killed By Police After Domestic Incident In Southeast The two Putnam County Sheriff's Office officers who shot the man dead in Southeast on Tuesday, Jan. 10 to prevent him from attacking a woman with a knife have been identified as Senior Investigator Randel Hill and Deputy Shane Haley, according to state police. Hill and Haley shot and killed 34-year-old Carmel resident Christopher Torres&nb…
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NY AG To Probe Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting Of Carmel Man In Southeast
The New York Attorney General's Office has announced that it will look into the death of a man who was fatally shot by police in the Hudson Valley after a domestic incident. Earlier Report - ID Released Of Carmel Man Killed By Police After Domestic Incident In Southeast The investigation, announced on Thursday, Jan. 12, will probe the fatal shooting of 34-year-old Carmel resident Christopher Torres, who was shot dead by police in Putnam County on Tuesday, Jan. 10 to prevent him from attacking a woman with a knife. Torres was killed following a domestic incident that began …
Police & Fire
ID Released Of Man Killed By Police After Domestic Incident In Putnam County
The identity of a man who was fatally shot by police to prevent him from killing a woman he had abducted has been released. Earlier Report - Update: Woman Saved In Police Shooting In Southeast Hospitalized With Severe Injuries State Police identified the man as 34-year-old Carmel resident Christopher Torres, who was shot dead by police in Putnam County on Tuesday, Jan. 10 to prevent him from attacking a woman with a knife. The incident began on Amawalk Road in Kent when Torres abducted a woman in a domestic dispute and then drove to Southeast. There, police found Tor…
Police & Fire
Update: Woman Saved In Police Shooting In Putnam County Hospitalized With Severe Injuries
Police have provided an update on the condition of a woman who was rescued from certain death after her attacker was shot and killed by authorities. Earlier Report - Man Shot Dead By Officers To Stop Him From Stabbing Woman In Southeast, Authorities Say The woman was involved in a domestic incident on Tuesday, Jan. 10 that began in Putnam County on Amawalk Road in Kent when she was abducted by her attacker in a domestic incident, who then drove to Southeast. There, police found the man's vehicle on Fields Corner Road near Pugsley Road, where the suspect began attackin…
Police & Fire
Man Shot Dead By Officers To Stop Him From Stabbing Woman In Putnam, Authorities Say
A man was fatally shot by police in the Hudson Valley in an effort to prevent him from killing a woman after abducting her, according to authorities. On Tuesday, Jan. 10, around 9:45 a.m., agencies in Putnam County responded to a domestic violence incident in Kent that involved an abduction, according to Captain Michael Grossi of the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. The suspect's vehicle was then located in Southeast by Pugsley Road, where the man was seen violently attacking a woman with a knife. Deputies then shot the man to prevent him from further attacking the woman, police…
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