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Leaders Of Gang Involved In Murder Of Teen In Dutchess Get Decades In Jail
Two high-ranking leaders of a violent gang involved in multiple violent incidents throughout Westchester will spend decades in prison, officials announced.
Bronx resident Dwight Reid, age 52, and Brooklyn resident Christopher Erskine, age 41, were both sentenced to 35 years in prison for their leadership of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation Bloods Gang, a violent street and prison organization that has operated in Westchester County, other parts of New York State, and across the country, the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Tuesday, …
Hudson Valley Native Jay Leno Falls Down 60-Foot Hill, Hits Head On Rock
Former Tonight Show host Jay Leno is again making headlines for an accident that left him bruised and battered, according to reports.
Leno, age 74, a native New Yorker who grew up in Massachusetts, is recovering from injuries sustained from falling down a 60-foot hill and hitting a rock while trying to make his way to a restaurant in Pennsylvania, the comedian told TMZ in an interview on Tuesday, Nov. 19.
In his interview with the outlet, Leno, seen with an eyepatch and bruised face, explained that he had been trying to take a shortcut to the restaurant from his hotel about 30 m…
IDs Released For Mother, Son Killed In Westchester Fire
The identities have been released of two people killed in an apartment fire in Westchester.
The blaze broke out at around 6:40 a.m. Friday, June 21 in New Rochelle.
After knocking down the fire, crews performed search of apartment and found two victims, one in each bedroom, both unresponsive, according New Rochelle Fire Commissioner Andrew J. Sandor.
Crews began CPR and got the patients to the street, where ambulance crews took over resuscitation.
Neither victim survived.
They have been identified as Maria Arreola, age 47, and her son Andrew Salomon, age 26, both of 30 E…
