Yonkers armed robbers caught in Bronx traffic jam

In this case, it was a massive traffic jam on a typical Saturday afternoon on the Major Deegan Expressway that enabled Yonkers police officers - with the aid of the New York Police Department's 50th Precinct - to catch two men who they say robbed a smartphone store in Riverdale's northern neighbor. The robbery at a Sprint Mobile store at 622 Yonkers Ave., ended in a high-speed chase Aug. 12 that ended in the arrest of Sean Austin and Braulio Moncion, according to federal officials.

Yonkers Woman Sentenced For Unemployment Benefits Fraud

A Yonkers woman was sentenced to 18 months in prison Wednesday for defrauding unemployment insurance programs in a "fictitious employer scheme" for an internet business she claimed was based in Trumbull. Theresa A. Freeman, 65, also faces three years of supervised release after her prison sentence in the decision by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton.

New York Woman Sentenced to Prison for Unemployment Benefits Fraud

A Yonkers women was sentenced to 18 months in prison Wednesday for defrauding unemployment insurance programs in a "fictitious employer scheme" for an internet business she claimed was based in Trumbull. Theresa A. Freeman, 65, also faces three years of supervised release after her prison sentence in the decision by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton.