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Convicted Attempted Murderer Faces More Jail Time For Having ‘Ghost Gun’ In NY: DA Convicted Attempted Murderer Faces More Jail Time For Having ‘Ghost Gun’ In NY: DA
Convicted Attempted Murderer Faces More Jail Time For Having ‘Ghost Gun’ In NY: DA A convicted attempted murderer is facing more prison time after being found guilty of illegally possessing a loaded “ghost gun” in Westchester, prosecutors announced.  Francisco Hernandez, 53, was convicted of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a violent felony, following a jury trial presided over by County Court Judge Maurice Williams, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office said on Friday, Sept. 26. Hernandez was arrested on March 4, 2025, in Mount Pleasant after investigators discovered him with a loaded 9mm ghost gun. At the time, he was on parole, …
Ex-Martial Arts Instructor Who Sexually Abused Young Students In NY Learns Fate Ex-Martial Arts Instructor Who Sexually Abused Young Students In NY Learns Fate
Ex-Martial Arts Instructor Who Sexually Abused Young Students In NY Learns Fate A former martial arts instructor who admitted to repeatedly sexually abusing minors in Dutchess County has been sentenced to prison, prosecutors announced.  Tyler LeClerc, age 27, of Hyde Park, was sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 3, to 10 years in state prison after pleading guilty in June to multiple felony and misdemeanor charges, according to Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi. LeClerc pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree criminal sexual act, one count of first-degree attempted sexual abuse, and two counts of forcible touching, as Daily Voice previously reported.…
Man Attacks Jewish Barber With Scissors, Yells Slurs In HV: Here's His Fate Man Attacks Jewish Barber With Scissors, Yells Slurs In HV: Here's His Fate
Man Attacks Jewish Barber With Scissors, Yells Slurs In HV: Here's His Fate A man has learned how long he will serve time in prison for a violent hate crime in which he slashed a Jewish barber with shears while shouting antisemitic slurs in Westchester, prosecutors announced. Ahmed Al Jabali, of Yonkers, was sentenced on Thursday, May 29, to six years in state prison and three years of post-release supervision for the August 2024 assault on Slava Shushakov, a Jewish barber, Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced.  The sentence was handed down following Al Jabali’s April guilty plea to second-degree assault as a hate crime, a violent felony…
Man Sexually Abused 12-Year-Old Girl In Hudson Valley For Nearly Year: Here's His Fate Man Sexually Abused 12-Year-Old Girl In Hudson Valley For Nearly Year: Here's His Fate
Man Sexually Abused 12-Year-Old Girl In Hudson Valley For Nearly Year: Here's His Fate A man who admitted to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl over the course of nearly a year in Rockland County will spend years in state prison, prosecutors announced.  Mauricio Sicha Torres, 36, of Valley Cottage, was sentenced on Tuesday, May 27, to seven years in state prison followed by five years of post-release supervision for the sexual abuse, Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced on Wednesday, May 28.  The sentencing follows Torres’s February 11 guilty plea in Rockland County Supreme Court to first-degree sexual abuse.  Prosecutors said Torres…
Man Duped Into Selling Narcotics To Undercover Cops 4 Times In Orange County Learns Fate Man Duped Into Selling Narcotics To Undercover Cops 4 Times In Orange County Learns Fate
Man Duped Into Selling Narcotics To Undercover Cops 4 Times In Orange County Learns Fate A 21-year-old man who admitted to selling cocaine and other narcotics to undercover officers in Orange County will spend years in prison, prosecutors announced. Enido Rumaldo, of Port Jervis, was sentenced on Wednesday, March 26, to six years in state prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision, according to Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler. The sentence follows Rumaldo’s guilty plea in February to second-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, as Daily Voice reported.  The charges stemmed from a long-term, multi-agency investigation into narcoti…
Man Flees Police Twice, Drops Gun In Orange County: Will Spend Years In Prison Man Flees Police Twice, Drops Gun In Orange County: Will Spend Years In Prison
Man Flees Police Twice, Drops Gun In Orange County: Will Spend Years In Prison A man who twice fled from police in Orange County—once by driving off during a traffic stop and later by running and ditching a loaded gun—will spend years in prison, officials announced.  Newburgh resident Mark Garcia, 26, was sentenced in Orange County Court on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, after pleading guilty to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced.  Prosecutors detailed two separate incidents in which Garcia attempted to evade law enforcement:  March 1, 2024: Garcia was a passenger in a vehicle sto…
Hudson Valley Child Sex Abuser Headed To Prison Hudson Valley Child Sex Abuser Headed To Prison
Hudson Valley Child Sex Abuser Headed To Prison A Hudson Valley man is headed to prison for sexually abusing a child for years, beginning at the age of nine. Rockland County resident Elmer Oviedo Sandoval, 47, of Haverstraw, was sentenced to six years in state prison on Tuesday, Oct. 29, for the course of sexual conduct against a child, said Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh. From 2016 to 2019, beginning when the victim was nine years old, Sandoval subjected her to sexual contact on multiple occasions while she resided in two separate residences in Ramapo, Walsh said.  The sexual abuse consisted of sexual con…