'Sexually Violent' Offender Moves To Yonkers From Mount Vernon

The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services issued an alert this week to Westchester residents regarding the residency of 54-year-old Maurice Mitchell, who has moved from an apartment in Mount Vernon to a residence on Garfield Street in Yonkers.

The Division of Criminal Justice Services has assigned Mitchell as a Level 3 threat, which means he is a “high-risk repeat offender and possible threat to public safety.” He has also been designated as a sexually violent sex offender.

According to the Division of Criminal Justice Services, Mitchell had deviate sexual intercourse and sexual contact with his 10-year-old victim in June 1999. He was convicted of attempted sodomy and deviate intercourse with a minor the following year and sentenced to a term of eight years in state prison. He is now under the jurisdiction of the Mount Vernon City Police Department.

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