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Noncitizen Caught With Fake ID After Attempted Burglary In Westchester: Police
A noncitizen has been taken into custody by federal officials after police in Westchester caught him with fraudulent identification following an attempted burglary, authorities announced. The suspect, identified as a noncitizen Colombian national, was arrested by Eastchester Police on Wednesday, March 20 after the department learned he had been using fraudulent identification under an assumed identity, authorities announced on Tuesday, March 26. The department previously arrested the suspect on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, on two counts of second-degree attempted burglary after…
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New Details Released About Pair Nabbed In PA For Brutal Killing Of NY Mom
Details have been released about the duo arrested in Pennsylvania in connection with the brutal killing of a New York mom, US Marshal Service told Daily Voice on Monday, March 25. Nadia Vitels was violently attacked in a NYC apartment, stuffed into a duffle bag, and shoved into a small closet by squatters, according to the NYPD. The US Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force of the Middle District of Pennsylvania believes those squatters are, Halley Tejada, age 19, and Kensly Alston, age 16, who crashed her Lexus in the 5000 block of Jonestown Road in Lower Paxt…
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Man Kills Victim After Being Evicted From His Westchester Apartment: Here's His Sentence
A 23-year-old man will spend decades in prison for fatally shooting his former roommate after he was evicted from his Westchester apartment where he had been living rent-free, officials said. Bronx resident William Pryor was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison for murdering his 29-year-old friend and former roommate Marquis Muniz in 2022, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, Dec. 8. According to the DA's Office, on March 3, 2022, around 3:40 p.m., Pryor shot Muniz 10 times with a .40 caliber pistol in Muniz's Yonkers …
Schools
21-Year-Old Accused Of Threatening To Shoot, Stab, Rape Jewish Students On Campus At Cornell
A student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York has been accused of threatening to shoot, stab, and rape Jewish students at the Ivy League school. Patrick Dai, a 21-year-old junior originally from Pittsford, New York, was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 31 on a federal criminal complaint charging him with posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications, according to prosecutors in the Northern District of New York. Dai allegedly posted threatening messages to the Cornell section of an online discussion site, including posts calling for the deaths of Jewish peopl…
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Fugitive Accused Of Murdering Judge Over Custody Ruling Has Ties To New York, Police Say
A wanted fugitive suspected of gunning down a Maryland judge in his own driveway has ties to New York. Pedro Manuel Argote, age 49, is the primary suspect in the killing of Washington County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, who was shot multiple times outside his Hagerstown, Maryland home on Thursday night, Oct. 19. Wilkinson was rushed to a hospital where he later died, according to Washington County Sheriff’s officials. Earlier Report: Suspected Judge Killer's Mercedes Found In Williamsport, Sheriff Says (DEVELOPING) On Friday, Oct. 20, investigators announced that Argote was th…
Police & Fire
Search For Fugitive Northeast Killer Now 'Nationwide' Manhunt, Police Say
Danelo Cavalcante has somehow slipped by the hundreds of law enforcement officers in Pennsylvania and neighboring states searching for him in the Longwood Gardens, and though authorities believe he is still in Pennsylvania, they are now describing the search as a "nationwide" manhunt. The 34-year-old fugitive killer was captured on home surveillance footage on the porch of a residence in northern Chester County near Phoenixville, sometime late Saturday, Sept. 9, Pennsylvania State Police said. By Sunday morning, Sept. 10, troopers said they had received leads that Cavalcante was no longer…
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Police, FBI Still Searching For Hudson Valley Man Wanted For Killing Daughter-In-Law
Although nearly 11 years have passed since the brutal murder of a Hudson Valley mother allegedly by her father-in-law, local police, the FBI, and the US Marshals Service have not given up the hunt for the man responsible. The Town of Haverstraw Police Department said Tuesday, Aug. 29, that the department continues to investigate the whereabouts of former Rockland County resident Eugene Palmer, age 84, of Stony Point, who is wanted in connection with the murder of Tammy Palmer on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. Eugene Palmer is accused of ambushing Tammy, the mother of his grandchildren, as she wa…
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Teen Arraigned For Shooting Death Of Westchester Resident
A months-long investigation into a fatal shooting in Westchester last fall led to the arrest of a teenage suspect who was arrested and charged, authorities announced. First responders were dispatched to the Triangle Deli on Ashburton Avenue in Yonkers at approximately 9:35 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, where there was a report of a man who had been shot inside the store. Upon arrival, officers from the Yonkers Police Department found city resident Javon Merrill, age 27, inside the store with a gunshot wound to his chest. Merrill was treated at the scene and transported to an area hospital…
Police & Fire
FBI Offers Reward In Connection To Investigation Of Westchester Man
A reward has been issued for a known member of the Hell’s Angels outlaw motorcycle gang that operated out of the Hudson Valley. The FBI’s New York Field Office and Westchester County Safe Streets Task Force are assisting the U.S. Marshals Service in tracking down Christopher Slightham, who has ties to New Rochelle dating back years. Slightam was released on bail after being arrested and charged in February of 2017 on federal RICO and narcotics conspiracy charges. Slightam pleaded guilty and was ordered to surrender to U.S. Marshals in July of 2017, but he failed to appear. A federa…
Police & Fire
FBI Searches For Convicted Westchester Gang Member Eluding Capture
Feds and local law enforcement are asking the public for help finding a gang member from Westchester wanted for alleged possession of a firearm by a felon. Jamar Manners, aka Gutter, who has been charged federally for possession of a firearm by a felon, has violated the terms of his probation twice after serving time in federal prison, said officials with the FBI New York. The FBI Westchester County Safe Streets Task Force, Yonkers Police Department, and U.S. Marshals Service have been searching for Manners, who was once the leader of the Elm Street Wolves, a violent street gang in Yonkers.…
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Trash-Hauling Owner Working In Westchester Sentenced For Not Filing Taxes
A 72-year-old refuse company owner from Fairfield County will spend time behind bars after admitting to failing to file tax returns for more than a decade in Stamford and parts of Westchester County. Stamford resident Wayne Margarum has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release after pleading guilty to two counts of willful failure to file an income tax return after failing to do so for his business dating back to 2004. For more than 40 years, Margarum has owned and operated Margarum Refuse, which provides garbage removal services. The business servi…
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Connecticut Man Indicted For Threat To Kill Trump, Bomb, Anthrax Hoaxes
A 51-year-old man has been indicted on 16 counts for numerous malicious incidents of intimidation that mentioned the use of explosives and bio-toxins, and for threatening to kill President Donald Trump, John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced on Saturday, May 11. A federal grand jury in New Haven returned a 16-count indictment on Friday, May 10, charging Gary Joseph Gravelle, also known as Roland Prejean, with threatening to kill, injure and intimidate people and explode property in Connecticut and elsewhere. As alleged in the indictment, in September 2…
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Cause Of Death Determined For Westchester Woman Found Dead In Suitcase In Greenwich
The Connecticut state medical examiner released an official cause of death for a Westchester woman found dead in a red suitcase on the side of a road in Fairfield County in February. On Monday, May 6, the state medical examiner said the official cause of death for Valerie Reyes, 24, of New Rochelle, was "homicidal asphyxia," and the manner of death was a homicide. Reyes was found dead, bound and stuffed inside a suitcase in a wooded area of Greenwich on Tuesday, Feb. 5 by Greenwich public works employees. A 2012 graduate of New Rochelle High School, Reyes worked at Barnes & Noble in Ea…
Police & Fire
Area Man Attempting To Flee US Threatened To Blow Up Government Building, Police Say
A 53-year-old area man attempting to fly out of the country now is behind bars after authorities say he threatened to blow up a government building in New York. In January, State Police from the Poughkeepsie barracks were forwarded a letter from Domick Volino threatening to blow up an unidentified New York State government building. With the assistance of Amtrak Police Department, the U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Broward County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, and the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Volino, a Poughkeepsie resident, was arrested on …
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Valerie Reyes Murder Suspect Was In Country Illegally, ICE Says
Javier Da Silva was in the country illegally when he allegedly bound and stuffed the body of 24-year-old Valerie Reyes of Westchester in a suitcase and dropped it in a wooded area of Greenwich, according to officials with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New York. Da Silva, a citizen of Portugal, was living in Flushing, Queens when he was nabbed on Monday, Feb. 11, by FBI and local law enforcement for the brutal murder. Da Silva entered the U.S. on May 8, 2017, through the Visa Waiver Program; however, he failed to leave within the required timeframe, said Rachael…
Police & Fire
Valerie Reyes Murder Suspect Was In Country Illegally, ICE Says
Javier Da Silva was in the country illegally when he allegedly bound and stuffed the body of 24-year-old Valerie Reyes of Westchester in a suitcase and dropped it in a wooded area of Greenwich, according to officials with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New York. Da Silva, a citizen of Portugal, was living in Flushing, Queens when he was nabbed on Monday, Feb. 11, by FBI and local law enforcement for the brutal murder. Da Silva entered the U.S. on May 8, 2017, through the Visa Waiver Program; however, he failed to leave within the required timeframe, said Rachael…
Police & Fire
Man Sent Indecent Photos, Videos To 14-Year-Old In Area, Police Say
A man who allegedly sent indecent photos and videos of himself to a 14-year-old in the Hudson Valley was arrested by police, with help from the U.S. Marshals Service. Waldemar Gonzalez, 41, of the Bronx, was charged in Rockland County on Wednesday following an investigation that found he sent several indecent photographs and videos of himself to the victim, as well as offering to meet for sexual purposes, said Spring Valley Police Officer Matthew Galli. Gonzalez was charged with eight felony counts of disseminating indecent material to minors. He is being held on $50,000 bail at the Rockla…
Police & Fire
Suspect In Shooting Death Of Auto Sales Store Owner Apprehended
A suspect has been apprehended after a five-day investigation of the homicide of a 37-year-old auto sales store owner who was shot on Saturday during a dispute with a customer. The Clarkstown Police Detective Bureau arrested a 24-year-old man from Wilmington, Delaware for the shooting death of Youbens Joseph of Middletown stemming from a dispute at Youbs Auto Sales on Route 59 in West Nyack on Nov. 24. Eric Hue Ross was taken into custody at a residence in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Clarkstown Police announced late Wednesday afternoon. Ross fled the scene after the dispute with Joseph. The…
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Ex-Attorney From Area Sentenced For Stealing Nearly $2M From Clients
A 62-year-old former attorney in Fairfield County is going to spend more than six years behind bars for stealing nearly $2 million from clients, friends and family members. Thomas Murtha who previously had a law office in Bridgeport has been sentenced to 78 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud. He must also pay $1,994,467.15 in restitution. Beginning in November 2011, through April 2017, Murtha stole the money from 20 individuals, including approximately $516,000 from a person with mental health issues. As pa…
Lifestyle
Area Residents Report New Apple Phone Call Scam
A new scam involving Apple products is making the rounds in the region, according to area residents. Last week, the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service issued an alert cautioning Americans to be on alert following a recent rash of phony phone calls coming from opportunistic fraudsters. In the wake of that scam, an area resident told Daily Voice that he received two calls from a scammer claiming to be from AppleCare. According to the resident, the fraudster had a thick Indian accent and warned him “not to use Apple devices due to ‘hacking.’” The local reported that he contacted Apple, who confirm…
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FBI Issues Alert On Imposter Scam Phone Calls
The FBI and U.S. Marshals Service are warning Americans to be on alert following a recent rash of phony phone calls from opportunistic fraudsters. National law enforcement agencies issued an alert warning of several recent reports of imposter scams involving individuals claiming to be U.S. marshals, court officers, or other law enforcement officials. During the calls, officials said that scammers attempt to collect a fine in lieu of arrest for failing to report for jury duty or various other offenses. They then tell victims they can avoid arrest by purchasing a prepaid debit card and read t…
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