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Westchester Restaurant Owner Sentenced For Failing To Pay $23K In Wages To Employees
The owner of a Westchester County restaurant was sentenced for failing to pay more than $23,000 in wages to eight employees.
Paul Hurley, age 57, of New Rochelle, was sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 14, to three years of probation and ordered to pay full restitution to the victims, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced.
In June, Hurley pleaded guilty to failure to pay wages for failing to pay eight employees of Hurley's Steakhouse and Pub a total of $23,114 for their work between October 2018 and June 2019, the DA's Office reported.
The restaurant has since closed.…
Relationship Between Teacher From Northern Westchester, Student Turned Violent, Police Say
A teacher in the region is accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with a teenage student that eventually turned violent, authorities said.
Northern Westchester resident James Korwatch, age 49, of Ossining, was arrested by Yonkers Police Wednesday, Aug. 31, on violent felony charges of criminal sexual act and stalking.
Investigators said Korwatch, who teaches at Saunders Trades and Technical High School in Yonkers, began an inappropriate relationship with a then 17-year-old student in 2021.
That relationship escalated to physical and sexual violence, as well as physical and verbal in…
Man Sentenced For Execution-Style Murder Of 21-Year-Old In Westchester
A 39-year-old man was sentenced for the execution-style murder in Westchester.
Negus Kirton was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 12 to 25 years to life in state prison following his July conviction for the 2020 murder of Michael Toro, age 21, in Mount Vernon.
Kirton, of Mount Vernon, had been found guilty in late June of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, both violent felonies, after a weeklong trial,
At approximately 1:45 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, Kirton chased Toro, a 21-year-old Mount Vernon resident, on Darling Avenue in Mount Vernon and shot him …
Westchester DA Announces Charges For DPW Worker In Hit-Run Crash That Killed 16-Year-Old
A Westchester public works employee who allegedly was intoxicated when he hit and killed a popular 16-year-old high school student riding a scooter has been charged with leaving the scene of a crash.
Stephen Dolan, age 46, of Yonkers, was arraigned on Friday, Aug. 5, and held on a $250,000 cash bond, or $2.5 million bond following the death of Christopher Jack “CJ” Hackett, age 16, of Yonkers, said Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah.
Hackett attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains.
"Our hearts go out to the victim's family and friends during this time of …
