Postal Inspectors and Pelham Police Arrest 3 for Mail Theft in Pelham and New Rochelle

Postal Inspectors and the Village of Pelham Police Department arrested three individuals for stealing mail from the blue collection boxes in Pelham and New Rochelle, NY. Over the past several months, the United States Postal Inspection Service, Pelham PD and the Westchester County District Attorney's Office Investigations Division, have been investigating incidents of mail theft from the blue collection boxes.

Postal Inspectors and Pelham NY Police Department arrest 3 for Mail Theft

Postal Inspectors and the Village of Pelham Police Department arrested three individuals for stealing mail from the blue collection boxes in Pelham and New Rochelle NY. Over the past several months, the United States Postal Inspection Service, Pelham PD and the Westchester County District Attorney's Office Investigations Division, have been investigating incidents of mail theft from the blue collection boxes.

New Rochelle Man Previously Arrested in Murder for Hire Conspiracy…

New Rochelle Man Previously Arrested in Murder for Hire Conspiracy Now Facing Federal Charges on Bust Out of Westchester Ambulette Company New Rochelle Man Previously Arrested in Murder for Hire Conspiracy Now Facing Federal Charges on Bust Out of Westchester Ambulette Company NEW ROCHELLE, NY -- Neighbors in the tony neighborhood on Davenport Neck overlooking Long Island Sound in New Rochelle were startled last week to find federal agents and local police encircling the home of one of their neighbors. It was the second time in 9 years that the feds had served an early morning wake up call at 57 Kensington Oval.

April 17Jermaine Channer, 38, of New Rochelle, N.Y., pleaded guilty to one count of…

Jermaine Channer, 38, of New Rochelle, N.Y., pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated assault, a third-degree crime, one count of endangering the welfare of a child, a second-degree crime and one count of burglary, a second-degree crime. Channer was arrested after he entered his wife's home without permission in the early morning hours of June 20, 2017.

Report: Off-Duty New Rochelle Cop In Fatal DWI Crash Claims ‘No Fault’

The off-duty New Rochelle police officer who was drinking before he crashed his vehicle last year, killing his best friend, stated there was no negligence on his part, and his victim should have worn a seatbelt, according to a lohud report . Harry Kyreakedes, who was sentenced to time in state prison for his role in the fatal crash that took the life of Isaac Ward, reportedly stated that there was "no negligence, fault or culpable conduct" on his part," according to the report , which cited papers filed in Supreme Court in White Plains this week.

A.G. Schneiderman Announces Indictments Of 10 Individuals With…

A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN ANNOUNCES INDICTMENTS OF 10 INDIVIDUALS WITH ALLEGED TIES TO THE LUCCHESE ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY FOR LARGE-SCALE ILLEGAL LOAN SHARKING AND BOOKMAKING ACTIVITIES Defendants Allegedly Preyed on New Yorkers in Need of Money - Using Bookmaking Operation to Funnel Victims into Loan Sharking Operation that Saddled New Yorkers with High Weekly Usurious Loan Payments NEW ROCHELLE - Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the arrests and indictment of 10 individuals on charges stemming from the alleged operation of lucrative loan sharking and gambling activities controlled by the Lucchese Organized Crime Family.

Former New Rochelle Schools Director Sentenced for Bribery Scheme

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOHN C. GALLAGHER JR., the former head of Buildings and Grounds at the City of New Rochelle School District, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for his role in a scheme to solicit bribes from an outside contractor to channel school district business to the contractor's company for bribery. GALLAGHER pled guilty on October 10, 2017, before U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas, who imposed today's sentence.

Westchester Contractor Sentenced For Offering Kickbacks To Schools Director

Days after former New Rochelle schools director was sentenced to federal prison, his co-conspirator escaped jail time after agreeing to pay a myriad of fines in White Plains Federal Court, according to Talk of the Sound. Mauro Zozini was sentenced to an undisclosed term of supervised release and ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution and back taxes after pleading guilty to felony charges of bribery and tax evasion, according to the report, which states Zozini said he was "deeply sorry" to the judge before being captured on video celebrating outside the courthouse.

Ex-New Rochelle Schools Director Heads To Federal Prison For Bribery Scheme

A former New Rochelle Schools Director who was implicated in a corruption scheme is heading to federal prison following sentencing at the United States Courthouse in White Plains. Last year, John Gallagher Jr. pleaded guilty to bribery for his role in a four-year corruption scheme while he was an independent contractor working with the New Rochelle School District.

Westchester City Named New York’s ‘Best To Live In’

As if anyone who calls it home needed to be told, New Rochelle has once again been named one of the top 50 cities to live in the United States by 24/7 Wall St. In their latest "Best Cities to Live in Every State," New Rochelle earned top honors in New York , just behind Rio Rancho in New Mexico and a spot ahead of Raleigh, N.C. Hoover, Alabama topped the list. The ranking comes amid one of the more trying times in the city's recent history.

Man accused of strangling, punching wife offered plea, may go to trial instead

A man accused of strangling and punching his wife in her face in front of her three children in Vernon, has been offered a plea that could send him to state prison for seven years but he might choose to have his case head to trial instead. Jermaine Channer, 37, of New Rochelle, N.Y., is charged with second-degree aggravated assault, three counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, second-degree burglary, third-degree terroristic threats/threatening to kill, and third-degree theft.

Mother Sues Bars, Off-Duty Cop From New Rochelle For Crash That Killed Son

The family of a Dobbs Ferry man who was killed by a car driven by an intoxicated off-duty New Rochelle police officer has filed a lawsuit against the officer and three Westchester bars that the two frequented before the fatal crash. A lawsuit was filed in Supreme Court in Westchester by Penelope Ward, the mother of 27-year-old Isaac Ward, who was a passenger in the vehicle being driven by Harry Kyreakedes, who was sentenced to a term of between two and a half to seven years in state prison after pleading guilty to a felony charge of first-degree vehicular manslaughter and aggravated DWI last October.

Former New Rochelle Police Officer Sentenced to Prison for Drunk…

Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. today announced that Harry Kyreakedes , a former New Rochelle Police Officer, has been sentenced to 2 A1 2 to 7 A1 2 years in state prison for the 2017 drunk driving crash that resulted in the death of Isaac Ward, a passenger in his car. Kyreakedes pled guilty in October before Judge Barry Warhit, who handed down his sentence today, to one count of Vehicular Manslaughter in the First Degree, a class "C" Felony, and one count of Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated Per Se, an unclassified Misdemeanor.

Off-Duty Cop From Westchester Gets Prison Time For Crash That Killed Friend

An off-duty New Rochelle police officer who was drinking before he crashed his vehicle last year, killing his best friend, has been sentenced for his role in the fatal incident. Harry Kyreakedes, 28, has been sentenced to a term between two and a half and seven and a half years in state prison after pleading guilty in October to a felony charge of first-degree vehicular manslaughter and aggravated driving while intoxicated.

Nineteen Men Charged in White Plains Federal Court with Narcotics Conspiracy in New Rochelle

Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr., the Westchester County District Attorney, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation , and Patrick J. Carroll, the Commissioner of the New Rochelle Police Department, announced the a coordinated operation earlier today in which federal, state, and local law enforcement officers arrested 36 defendants in Westchester County.

Man charged with strangling, punching wife

A man accused of strangling, punching and fracturing bones in his wife's face during an argument in front of her three children in Vernon pleaded not guilty when he was arraigned last week. Jermaine Channer, 37, of New Rochelle, N.Y., is charged with second-degree aggravated assault, three counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, second-degree burglary, third-degree terroristic threats/threatening to kill, and third-degree theft.

Ex-New Rochelle Schools Director Pleads Guilty To Accepting $150K In Bribes

A former schools director in Westchester who was embroiled in a four-year corruption scheme pleaded guilty in White Plains Federal Court on Tuesday in connection with a scheme to solicit bribes from an outside contractor to channel school district business to the contractor's company. John C. Gallagher, the former director of environmental services for the City School District of New Rochelle, faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of bribery.

Getting Results: Former New Rochelle Schools Director, Aramark…

John Gallagher, the former Director of Environmental Services for the City School District of New Rochelle, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas in White Plains federal court to bribery in connection with a scheme to solicit bribes from an outside contractor to channel school district business to the contractor's company. The guilty plea was accounted by Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Sept. 7Jermaine Channer, 37, of New Rochelle, N.Y., was indicted on a charge of…

Jermaine Channer, 37, of New Rochelle, N.Y., was indicted on a charge of second-degree crimes of aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and burglary. Channer was also charged with the third degree crimes of threat to kill and theft.  The case was presented to the Grand Jury by Assistant Prosecutor Stephanie LaCarrubba.  Arraignment before the Superior Court in Newton will be within the next several weeks.

Convicted ‘Serial Groper’ From New Rochelle Now Lives In Rockland

A serial groper that allegedly victimized multiple New Rochelle women in 2014 has registered as a sex offender living in Orangeburg, according to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. On four separate occasions over a near two-week span in June 2014, New Rochelle native Guillermo Merino, 41, grabbed the buttocks of various women without consent or purpose while walking through the city, according to authorities.

New Rochelle Man Scammed by Phony Real Estate Attorney

Daniel Stern, 53, of 189 Cross Street, City Island, New York, was sentenced on Friday, January 20, 2017 by Judge Larry Schwartz to two to four years in state prison after being convicted of one count of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a class "D" Felony. On 9/21/15, the defendant, while falsely representing that he was an attorney, stole approximately $31,000 from victim Joseph Bonnano in the City of New Rochelle.a Specifically, the defendant told Joseph Bonnano that he was an attorney and could represent Mr. Bonnano during the purchase of real property.

New Rochelle Man Sentenced for Stealing $122K from Elderly Chase Bank Customer in Yonkers

Matthew Gunther, 34, of 26 Cliff Street, New Rochelle, New York, was sentenced by Judge Anne Minihan on January 31, 2017 to one and a half to four and a half years in state prison on Grand Larceny in the Second Degree and multiple sentences of one to three years in state prison to run concurrent after being found guilty at a jury trial of one count of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a class "C" Felony, three counts of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Second Degree, class "D" Felonies, fifteen counts of Forgery in the Second Degree, class "D" Felonies, one count of Criminal Tax Fraud in the Fourth Degree, a class "E" Felony, and one count of Offering a False Instrument For Filing in the First Degree, a class "E" Felony.

New Rochelle Banker Gets Prison Time For Stealing $122K From Elderly Client

A personal banker from Westchester County is heading to prison after he was found guilty of stealing more than $100,000 from an elderly client. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino announced that New Rochelle resident Matthew Gunther, 34, has been sentenced to between one and a half and four and a half years in state prison after being found guilty by a jury of multiple felony charges on Wednesday.

New Rochelle Black Culture Club’s Toy Drive Provided Gifts for Needy Kids

New Rochelle High School's Black Culture Club helped more than 100 children of parents who are serving time in prison receive gifts. The project was the brainchild of Rachel Motley, a junior and a member of the club, who has a deep interest in criminal justice reform, according to a release from the City School District of New Rochelle.

Man Sentenced For Westchester Real Estate Scam Recorded On Video

A man has been sentenced to up to four years in state prison after being convicted of fraudulently representing himself as a lawyer in a real estate deal and bilking his New Rochelle victim out of more than $30,000. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino announced on Tuesday that Daniel Stern, 52, of City Island has been sentenced to between two and four years in prison after being convicted of a felony charge of third-degree grand larceny.