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Man Charged In Homicide Of Ex-Westchester HS Soccer Standout Switches Plea Man Charged In Homicide Of Ex-Westchester HS Soccer Standout Switches Plea
Man Charged In Homicide Of Ex-Westchester HS Soccer Standout Switches Plea In an about-face, a 20-year-old former Binghamton University student has now admitted to fatally stabbing a 19-year-old former high school soccer standout from Westchester after rejecting a plea deal last week. Michael Roque, who is charged with second-degree murder, entered the plea in Broome County Court to the fatal on-campus stabbing of Rye Brook resident Joao Souza on Friday. He is being held in jail until his sentencing on Nov. 16. Souza, a freshman engineering student and Blind Brook High School graduate, was fatally stabbed several times in a residential hall on Sunday, April 15. R…

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Westchester Man Sentenced For Shooting 4-Year-Old Girl In Leg Westchester Man Sentenced For Shooting 4-Year-Old Girl In Leg
Westchester Man Sentenced For Shooting 4-Year-Old Girl In Leg A Westchester man is going to spend more than a decade behind bars following his sentencing for misfiring his gun, missing his intended target, and striking a 4-year-old girl in the leg while he was a teenager. Yonkers resident Floyd Bruce, now 21, was sentenced in Westchester County Court to 15 years in prison following his guilty plea last year. Bruce pleaded guilty on June 8 last year to felony counts of robbery, attempted assault and criminal possession of a weapon. He had faced up to 25 years for his conviction. According to Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., s…

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by Zak Failla