Category: Violent Crime

Westchester Man Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison For Attempted Murder

The Yonkers man who was found guilty of attempted murder last month has been sentenced to nearly two decades in state prison for his role in a shooting that left a woman without complete function of her left hand for more than six months. On Tuesday, Westchester County District Attorney announced that Frank Kwaw, 25, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to felony counts of attempted murder, attempted assault and criminal possession of a weapon.

Man Indicted For Murder In Mount Vernon Nightclub

Errol Hillary, the man accused of gunning down a popular Mount Vernon nightclub owner on Christmas Day and wounding five other men, pleaded not guilty Thursday, according to Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. The Bronx resident, 41, who did not speak during the arraignment before Judge Barry Warhit in Westchester County Court, is accused of killing O’Neil Bandoo and injuring five others following an argument around 4:30 a.m., Dec. 25, 2016, inside the Mansion at 4 N. Third Ave. He is charged with second-degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon, five counts of second-degree attempted murder, four counts of assault and one count of second-degree assault, all felonies, Scarpino said.

New Rochelle Teenager Found Guilty Of Murdering Iona College Student

A New Rochelle teenager is facing life in prison after being found guilty by a jury of murdering an Iona College student last year. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino said on Tuesday that Stivenson Desir, 19, was found guilty of one count of murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon after he shot and killed Iona student Brandon Lawrence in Lincoln Park last spring.

Teenager Found Guilty Of Murdering Westchester College Student

A New Rochelle teenager is facing life in prison after being found guilty by a jury of murdering an Iona College student last year. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino said on Tuesday that Stivenson Desir, 19, was found guilty of one count of murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon after he shot and killed Iona student Brian Lawrence in Lincoln Park last spring.

Your Scorecard for the Robert Durst Trial

… two $25,000 checks shortly before her death. That was around the same time he found out that police in Westchester County, New York, had reopened the investigation of Kathie Durst’s disappearance . Durst has said that Berman told him detectives had …

Retired cop allegedly killed four men in coke deal gone bad :0

Victims Hector Gutierrez , Martin Santos-Luna , Urbano Morales-Santiago , and Miguel Sosa-Luna A retired Westchester County police officer murdered four men – including two who were just in the wrong place at the wrong time – in a “gangland-style” crime during a drug deal gone bad, prosecutors said Tuesday. Nicholas Tartaglione, who worked as a cop in Briarcliff Manor and Mount Vernon, as well as upstate Pawling, was arrested Monday for killing Martin Luna, Urbano Santiago, Miguel Luna, and Hector Gutierrez in April at a bar called Likquid Lounge in Chester, Orange County, authorities said.

Retired cop allegedly killed four men in coke deal gone bad :0

Victims Hector Gutierrez , Martin Santos-Luna , Urbano Morales-Santiago , and Miguel Sosa-Luna A retired Westchester County police officer murdered four men – including two who were just in the wrong place at the wrong time – in a “gangland-style” crime during a drug deal gone bad, prosecutors said Tuesday. Nicholas Tartaglione, who worked as a cop in Briarcliff Manor and Mount Vernon, as well as upstate Pawling, was arrested Monday for killing Martin Luna, Urbano Santiago, Miguel Luna, and Hector Gutierrez in April at a bar called Likquid Lounge in Chester, Orange County, authorities said.