The Mount Vernon Urban Renewal Agency has announced the furloughing of nearly a dozen longtime employees due to a lack of federal funding, according to Mayor Richard Thomas. Officials announced that 10 employees have been granted a leave of absence from their positions as Mount Vernon continues to deal with a "looming financial crisis" within the Agency that "threatened taxpayers as well as the employees."
Someone out there has information and the FBI is willing to pay for it if the tips will help solve one of five Mount Vernon homicides the Safe Streets Gang Task Force have aimed their sights on to close. The homicides, which took place between 2011 and 2016, include the slayings of Rubin Davis, Dean Daniels, Jovelle Stewart, Wilbert Francis and Mario Frater, said FBI Criminal Assistant Special Agent in Charge Michael Osborn.
The FBI announced Tuesday that it's adding its muscle and up to $5,000 rewards to help Mount Vernon officials solve five open homicide cases. To do so, the FBI Westchester County Safe Streets Gang Task Force is asking for the public's help in solving the homicides that run from 2011 to 2016, FBI officials said.
Investigators from the FBI Westchester County Safe Streets Gang Task Force are offering up to $5,000 each to find the killers of five men - Jovelle Stewart, Mario Frater, Dean Daniels, Wilbert Francis and Rubin Davis - who were all killed on the streets of Mount Vernon.
