MOUNT VERNON, NY == November 25, 2020 — On Friday May 7, 1993 at 10:35 PM, Jacinto Liriano, a family man who had just a month prior, immigrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic, was shot and killed during a robbery attempt in front of 316 West First Street in the City of Mount Vernon. Detectives from the …
Silence Above Honor: Lack of Accountability in Government in Mount Vernon
By Former Mount Vernon Mayor André Wallace
Part 2 of a 5-Part Series MOUNT VERNON, NY — October 7, 2020 — The cornerstone of a government is the length to which it goes to protect the weakest and most vulnerable of its citizens. Often, that responsibility falls to a government’s law enforcement divisions. It’s a hard job, to be sure. And, it’s an important one. Because, if …
By Former Mount Vernon Mayor André Wallace
THE GOTHAMIST: The Mount Vernon Police Tapes: In Secretly Recorded Phone Calls, Officers Say Innocent People Were Framed
By GEORGE JOSEPH
MOUNT VERNON, NY — June 6, 2020 —The Mount Vernon police tapes, obtained exclusively by Gothamist/WNYC, were recorded from 2017 to this year by Murashea Bovell, a 12-year veteran of the department who has been blowing the whistle on misconduct for years. LISTEN TO and READ THE REPORT divulged by George Joseph in The Gothamist via this hyperlink: …
By GEORGE JOSEPH
BLUE TRUTH: Corruption and Nepotism Permeates the Yonkers Police Department
By HEZI ARIS
The Spano Family Tree Hezitorial The Yonkers Police Department (YPD) has an upcoming police academy class scheduled later this week. Protocol demands a swearing-in ceremony which is thereafter followed by applying oneself to taking the course in anticipation of learning the process, graduating, and to follow the women and men who had and still serve and protect life, limb, and …
By HEZI ARIS
Crime Rate in Mount Vernon Drops 32% Since 2011
MOUNT VERNON, NY — February 5, 2018 — Mount Vernon was a safer place in 2017, according to the annual compilation of crime statistics by the city’s Police Department, which show overall crime is down a dramatic 32% since 2011 across seven major crime categories. Mayor Richard Thomas, joined by her, members of the department, and representatives of the New …
Eight Members and Associates of the Mount Vernon Goodies Street Gang Charged in Federal Court with Racketeering, Narcotics, and Firearms Offenses
WHITE PLAINS, NY — October 21, 2017 — Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Anthony A. Scarpino Jr., Westchester County District Attorney, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced Friday, October 20th the unsealing of an Indictment charging …
Mayor Davis Vows Mount Vernon Will Not Be Held Hostage
MOUNT VERNON, NY — In response to the latest fatal shooting in the city on Friday evening, April 6, 2012, Mayor Ernest D. Davis has called upon county and state authorities to work alongside the Mount Vernon Police Department. "We can't let people get the false impression that it's okay to think they can shoot to kill in our neighborhoods," …
Yonkers Police Department Blotter – September 22, 2009 By Detective Sergeant Patrick McCormack
Yonkers, NY – On 09-22-09 at approximately 02:02 a.m., 4th Precinct officers responded to 710 Warburton Avenue on a report of a motor vehicle accident. Responding officers located a male in an apparently intoxicated state inside of a vehicle which had struck 12 parked and unoccupied vehicles on Warburton Avenue. No injuries were reported. Police Officers Laurine Williams and Moise …