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Two men, one from Westchester County, were arrested and face multiple charges after police allegedly discovered approximately 30 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop in Orange County. Marlon D. Moore, 38, of the Bronx, was driving with passenger Carey R. Nelson, 39, of Mount Vernon when State Police conducted a traffic stop on I-87 in the town of Woodbury around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 19. During the interview with Moore, police established probable cause to conduct a search.
MT. VERNON, NEW YORK, USA, December 19, 2018 / EINPresswire.com / -- Knights of Columbus donates new wheelchairs to Wartburg MOUNT VERNON, N.Y.-December 4, 2018-The Knights of Columbus Council #410 in Mount Vernon donated four wheelchairs to Wartburg as part of its Global Wheelchair Mission. The Knights of Columbus, a fraternal benefit society founded in 1882, donates wheelchairs each year to the Catholic Church and other organizations in need.
... mindset and startups. They come from a variety of majors and backgrounds. Griffith, a management major from Mount Vernon, N.Y is slated to graduate in 2020; Ware, a broadcast media (sports) major, is from Waldorf, MD and is scheduled to graduate in ...
All over New York City, scavengers collect empty bottles and cans to redeem the 5-cent deposits. A lot of the containers end up in Westchester County at a Mount Vernon, N.Y., warehouse run by 28-year-old Conrad Cutler.
All over the city, scavengers are collecting empty bottles and cans to redeem the 5-cent deposits. A lot of the containers end up in Westchester County at a Mount Vernon warehouse run by 28-year-old Conrad Cutler.
A Mount Vernon firefighter was charged with entering a New Rochelle woman's home by impersonating a police officer, ABC7 reported Monday . Michael Figueroa, 26, told the woman he was a detective when he entered her Clinton Avenue home around midnight Sunday, authorities said.
Mobile has been ordered to pay property taxes on large cellular data transmission installations in a Westchester City, creating a new revenue stream. Chief Judge Janet DiFiore unanimously affirmed a decision by the New York Court of Appeals, which found that certain equipment such as cell towers are taxable in Mount Vernon.
Flames and smoke could be seen billowing from the roof of a home on Monday morning as crews battled a two-alarm fire that broke out in Westchester. All hands were on deck shortly before 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 17, as firefighters were called to a home on Fletcher Avenue in Mount Vernon, near Overlook Street.
A registered "sexually violent" offender convicted of kidnapping and sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl has reported a move in Westchester County. The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services issued an alert this week to Westchester residents regarding the residency of 37-year-old Jamall Cherry, who reported a move to Martens Place in Mount Vernon.
Residents planning to travel into or through New York this weekend should be advised that a stretch of the Hutchinson River Parkway will be closed. The parkway will be closed in both directions between Exit 6, Interstate 95 in the Bronx, to Exit 15, the Cross Country Parkway in Mount Vernon.
At long last, work has resumed at Memorial Field, after years of bickering and debate about the once vibrant recreation hub, Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas announced. Earlier this month , Westchester County officials unanimously voted to take over renovations at the once-vibrant recreation hub, which has stood vacant and desolate for years.
Gordon Curtis Gaston, of Mount Vernon and arrested early Wednesday, shortly after police found the injured man lying in the street around 3:10 a.m., said David Chong, commissioner of the White Plains Department of Public Safety. The injured man was found after White Plains officers responded to a report of a fight involving two men at the corner of Post Road and Mamaroneck Avenue, Chong said.
The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services issued an alert this week to Westchester residents regarding the residency of 38-year-old Michael Smith, who has moved from Valhalla to a residence on Beekman Avenue in Mount Vernon. The Division of Criminal Justice Services has assigned Smith as a Level 3 threat, which means he is a "high-risk repeat offender and possible threat to public safety."
Motorists have been advised that beginning at 10 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 14, the Hutchinson River Parkway will be closed in Mount Vernon and Pelham between exit 6 and Exit 15 . The closure is scheduled to conclude at 5 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 17, in advance of the morning commute.
A 32-year-old man is facing more than a decade behind bars after allegedly terrorizing four cab drivers with a gun on two separate nights. Samir Sullivan of Mount Vernon has been charged with committing four armed carjackings on cabs in Mount Vernon and the Bronx, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman announced on Friday.
... Executive George Latimer said: "For over 10 years, the prospective repair and re-opening of Memorial Field in Mount Vernon has laid fallow for a number of different reasons. While I have only been on this job for almost 12 months, I know Memorial ...
A Westchester County man already behind bars has admitted to his role in the murder of a Mount Vernon man during a 12-hour crime spree last year. Sincere Smith, 23, of New Rochelle, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in relation to the death of Trevon Boswell last year during a spree of violent robberies in Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, and Yonkers.
... During the traffic stop near the intersection of Post Road and Ferncliff Road, police said that the driver, Mount Vernon resident Fernando Pinto, stated that he had one Corona beer at a White Plains bar earlier. The officer noted that Pinto "had a ...
... debris was illegally dumped at the field. The charge for change and the county taking over was led by Mount Vernon legislator Lyndon Williams, who said that the past two administrations have mishandled the project. Earlier this year, Mount Vernon ...
... The holiday season's "Ol Time Grand Market," a two-day affair, featuring a vendors' markets and concerts in Mount Vernon and Brooklyn presented by Braata Productions, begins next Saturday. On Saturday, the First Presbyterian Church, 199 N. Columbus ...
A busy intersection off the Hutchinson River Parkway is going to be busier this weekend as contracting crews continue construction work as part of the ongoing bridge replacement project in Westchester. The New York State Department of Transportation advised police in Mount Vernon that they will be closing East Third Street beginning on the morning of Friday, Nov. 30 from Warwick Avenue to the Hutchinson River Parkway.
... from over 40 different schools across Westchester. From Bronxville and beyond to corners of The Bronx and Mount Vernon, the program is centered around bringing together children from different backgrounds and means in a collaborative environment ...
, passed away on Wednesday, November 14, 2018, at Mira Vista Care Center in Mount Vernon. Tom was born in 1942 in Sioux City, , where he attended and graduated from Bishop Blanchet High School. He graduated from Seattle University, where he majored ...
A man faces multiple charges after allegedly stealing a vehicle and getting involved in a high-speed chase that ended with his car crashing into a police cruiser in Westchester. George Smith of Mount Vernon struck the cruiser after evading officers from Mount Vernon all the way to the Bronx on Sunday, Nov. 18. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced Smith's arraignment on a variety of charges relating to the theft and subsequent police chase.
The $12.4 million project will create 194 jobs in Nassau within three years, many of them held by people who now work at ACS' operation in Mount Vernon. A Westchester County-based installer of heating and air conditioning systems has decided to move to Nassau County instead of out of state, the company's attorney said.
A Westchester County Police officer was injured when a man rear-ended her patrol car while attempting to evade arrest in a stolen gypsy cab. The Westchester County Police Real Time Crime Center alerted the Mount Vernon Police Department of a stolen vehicle in the city shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18, County Police spokesman Kieran O'Leary said.
... committing a traffic infraction. The vehicle was impounded and the operator released on his own recognizance. A Mount Vernon man was arrested on 10/29 and charged with operating with suspended driver license after he was observed operating a vehicle ...
Eric Lee, 26, of Mount Vernon pleaded guilty to Murder in the First Degree in the death of Trevon Boswell and seven other charges in connection with a twelve-hour violent crime spree that began May 21, 2017. The series of violent robberies spanned several jurisdictions including Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and Yonkers in Westchester County as well as parts of the Bronx.
A Westchester County man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a Mount Vernon man during a 12-hour crime spree last year. Eric Lee has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in relation to the death of Trevon Boswell last year during a spree of violent robberies in Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and Yonkers.
... private security, she said. At an interfaith service Sunday evening at Rodeph Shalom on North Broad Street near Mount Vernon, one congregant saw at least a dozen police, including "some inside the sanctuary, and I have never seen that before," he ...
Embattled Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas is turning to a familiar defense team as his criminal trial for alleged corruption approaches. Earlier this year, the Mount Vernon mayor was charged following an investigation which exposed that he allegedly stole $12,900 from his campaign committee and diverted more than $45,000 from his inaugural committee for personal use and failed to disclose that information to officials.
A Westchester man was found guilty of allegedly holding a woman against her will, assaulting her and attempting to rape her. Thomas Jessamy, 58, was found guilty by a jury of attempted rape, unlawful imprisonment and two counts of assault for a four-hour incident last year when he terrorized a woman in his Mount Vernon home.
... around for the historical steak. When Mr. DiBello, 29, and his fiancA e, Waldina Pineda, 30, both from Mount Vernon, N.Y., heard about the exhibition and the special events, Ms. Pineda said, "I bought tickets right away." Not only to two of the ...
The former court-appointed administrator of a Westchester estate has admitted to stealing more than a million dollars from it as a family member sought to remove him from the position. New Jersey resident Gregory Bayard has pleaded guilty in White Plains federal court to one count of wire fraud for stealing $1.4 million from a decedent's estate in Mount Vernon while acting as a court-appointed administrator.
... before. You will meet 103-year-old Sadie Delany and 101-year-old Bessie Delany as they welcome us into their Mount Vernon, N.Y., home. While preparing a celebratory dinner in remembrance of their father's birthday, they take us on a remarkable ...
... bill. [ New York Times ] a In the 24 hours of each day, there is no moment alike in America. For example, in Mount Vernon, N.Y., bakers wake up at the break of dawn to make Jamaican foods to be distributed across the five hungry boroughs. [ New York ...
This is the story of that year in which I worked with Nina-and how she set me on the path that would lead to my becoming a writer, earning a Ph.D. and teaching African American Literature as well as creative writing. It is Nina's story as well-of her journey from Tryon, North Carolina to Mount Vernon, New York, just down the road from Malcolm X's widow, Dr. Betty Shabazz.
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"These are some of the very same risks, on a smaller scale, we face with the planned residential development consisting of 105 homes to be constructed on the Hampshire Country Club property " "Mamaroneck 29, Mount Vernon 7: At Mamaroneck, Tommy Dillon went 17 of 31 for 212 yards, two touchdowns and an interception, including three passes for 75 yards to Charlie Parkinson. Shane Smith added 11 carries for 85 yards and two touchdowns.