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Reward Offered After 2 Injured, Emaciated Dogs Found In Westchester
Authorities are investigating after two pit bulls, one of them pregnant, were found emaciated and abused, roaming around Westchester County.
The first dog was found at around 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, in Mount Vernon, near Seneca Avenue and East 5th Street, according to a Facebook post shared by the Mount Vernon Animal Shelter.
The tan colored female, who was pregnant at the time, was emaciated and had wounds all over her face.
On Wednesday, Sept. 14, a second tan colored pit bull was found in the same area. It was also emaciated and suffering from wounds on its face.
Both dogs, named Pr…
33-Year-Old Accused Of Igniting Westchester House Fire
A Westchester man has been arrested for allegedly igniting a fire that severely damaged a home and spread to a neighboring residence.
Shawn Gaillard, age 33, of Mount Vernon, was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 23, for the fire on South 7th Avenue three days earlier.
On Monday, Dec. 20 around 11:30 a.m., while on patrol in the area of South 7th Avenue and Sandford Boulevard, officers found the house located at 505 South 7th Ave., fully engulfed in flames, according to the Mount Vernon Police.
Officers on the scene also saw the fire spread to the adjacent house located at 507 South 7th Ave., po…
DA: Westchester Man Who Lured Teen Into His Home Charged With Sex Abuse
A 39-year-old man is behind bars and facing a sex abuse charge after luring a teenager into his home by using an app on the pretense he was looking for a dog sitter, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced Thursday.
Once in his home, of Charles Johnson of Mount Vernon solicited sex and forcibly groped the female victim, Scarpino said.
Johnson, who was charged with first-degree sex abuse (a felony), was arraigned Wednesday, May 9 in Mount Vernon City Court.
The complaint alleges that on May 3, Johnson, using the name “Chuck J.,” communicated with the victim…