More Than A Dozen Drug Dealers Arrested In Yonkers Heroin Bust

More than two dozen suspects were targeted for heroin and opiate-related offenses following the department's Heroin Enforcement and Assistance Response Team's first major bust. Yonkers Police Commissioner Charles Gardner announced Thursday that 16 of the 29 suspects have been arrested after a sweep of the southwest part of the city targeting street level drug dealers.

Yonkers Man Sentenced For Killing Passenger While Driving on PCP

A Yonkers man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in killing his passenger while driving under the influence of multiple drugs two years ago. On Thursday, acting Westchester County District Attorney James McCarty announced that Antoine Simmons, 36, was sentenced to a term of between three and a half to seven years in prison after being found guilty of multiple felony and misdemeanor charges.