WHITE PLAINS, NY – April 7, 2022 — Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced the successful prosecution of five G-Shine Bloods gang members and associates for conspiracy to murder an eyewitness. The last of five defendants, Damien Rickard, was sentenced on April 4, 2022. Between August 2018 and March 2019, Jason Garcia conspired with Matthew Brown, Cassaundra Dunham, …
Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah and County Executive George Latimer Announce County Funding to Local Police for Interpreter Services
CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO OF FULL NEWS CONFERENCE WHITE PLAINS, NY — May 19, 2021 — Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah and Westchester County Executive George Latimer announced today that the County will provide funding for local Westchester County police departments to access real-time interpreter services through Language Line. The move will allow law enforcement agencies to …
Westchester County Seeks Diverse Applicant Pool for Police Officer Civil Service Examination
Test being offered for the first time in five years WHITE PLAINS, NY — March 6, 2021 — Westchester County had on Friday, March 5, 2021st advised they will be holding a police officer civil service exam for the first time in five years and a special effort is under way to encourage more people of color to take the …
Red Flag Law Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Results in the Seizure of a Cache of Weapons and Ammunition from Private Home in Yorktown
Results in the Arrest and Arraignment of 20-year-old Resident. Defendant: Emeric Tyler (DOB 03/22/00) YORKTOWN, NY — May 9, 2020 – Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr., and Yorktown Police Chief Robert Noble announced that Emeric Tyler of Yorktown has been arrested and charged with illegally possessing numerous high-capacity ammunition magazines which were stored in his family’s Yorktown …
Westchester County Police Statement on Active Shooter Incident
HAWTHORNE, NY — August 5, 2019 — In light of the tragic shootings in El Paso and Dayton, County Executive George Latimer yesterday directed Commissioner Thomas Gleason of the Westchester County Department of Public Safety to increase communication with local police departments in Westchester and provide any needed support they request. In response, intelligence bulletins from the New York State …
Yonkers Police and Westchester County District Attorney Announce Gang Arrests
YONKERS, NY — May 2, 2018 — Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, Police Commissioner Charles Gardner, and Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. today announced a series of arrests which took place yesterday throughout the City of Yonkers and surrounding jurisdictions, targeting known members of the Blood Stones gang as a result of an intensive four-month long investigation. ‘Operation: …
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Yonkers Gang Takedown
Prepared Remarks for U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara August 9, 2011 "Good afternoon. My name is Preet Bharara, and I am the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. "Today, we announce the largest joint federal-local law enforcement action in memory in Yonkers, New York. We have taken this dramatic step because we all believe that the citizens …