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Cops on modified duty, prisoner facing new charges after bizarre shooting inside jail transport van
Investigators are trying to determine how a prisoner was allegedly able to sneak a gun and drugs into a police jail transport van last week.
NY Dem stronghold padded voter rolls with dead people, locals born in the 19th Century: bombshell lawsuit
A Mount Vernon city council hopeful says in a new lawsuit that the voter rolls are filled with errors -- but election officials refused to clean up the records.
Top local NY Dem tipped off accused child molester before bust, new lawsuit claims: 'She needs to resign'
Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard allegedly tipped off political pal Dwayne Murray that he was about to be busted for molesting a 12-year-old girl, a new lawsuit said.
Youth basketball coach, 62, charged with 'grievous sexual acts' against girl under 13: NY prosecutors
The 62-year-old coach of the Mount Vernon Junior Knights basketball program is charged with sexually molesting a girl younger than 13, prosecutors said.
Shocking video shows hit-and-run driver plow into father, 12-year-old son in Yonkers
Yonkers police said 18-year-old Dylan Grant was behind the wheel an SUV that struck a father and his young son in a caught-on-video hit-and-run incident.
NYC gun suspects dodged prison with gun 'diversion' program — now they're accused in execution-style murder
A pair of Bronx gun suspects were able to avoid prison time by agreeing to join a gun "diversion" program set up by prosecutors. Now they're facing murder charges.
NY hoops great who won NBA title dead at 71
Former NBA point guard Gus Williams, who helped bring the only championship to the SuperSonics in 1979, died Wednesday.
Decades-old conviction of NFL lineman's father vacated after move from Westchester County DA
The father of an NFL lineman had his 1983 armed robbery conviction vacated in Westchester County on Friday, after a review found misconduct on the part of detectives who investigated...
Body found stuffed in shopping cart covered in flames near NY bridge: cops
First responders initially responded to the area of the Oak Street Bridge -- at the border of Yonkers and Mount Vernon -- for a fire around 2 a.m. Monday, cops...
Bronx prosecutor abruptly resigns after getting caught allegedly trying to meet young boy by predator hunters
A Bronx prosecutor abruptly resigned after he was caught on video allegedly attempting to meet a young boy he communicated with online, according to a clip produced by internet vigilantes...
'Blockbuster discovery' found at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate
"Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine this spectacular archaeological discovery," Mount Vernon President & CEO Doug Bradburn said in a statement.
Five NYC gunman nabbed after wild shootout at $8M illegal weed warehouse leaves 2 dead in botched robbery: cops
As many as 15 armed thugs stormed an illegal cannabis warehouse in Westchester County on Tuesday night, leaving two people dead and five Bronx men in custody, federal prosecutors said.
Bronx rider gets 2-year prison sentence for throwing pumpkin at Metro-North conductor's face
But when she quickly ran off, she left behind her purse and ID, according to the district attorney’s office.
Beloved CBS meteorologist Elise Finch laid to rest in emotional celebration of life after sudden death
Elise Finch was lovingly remembered by colleagues as hating the mornings — despite working the network's early a.m. shift.
Sharpton rips progressives at National Action Network conference: 'Progressive for who?'
"We gotta stop using progressive as a noun and use it as an adjective," he said. "You're labeled progressive but your action is regressive. I'm woke? You must think I'm...
15-year-old girl learns her fate after fatally stabbing rival cheerleader
The victim was knifed in the stomach and tragically pronounced dead after she was taken to the hospital.
Teen gangbanger shot during MTA bus fight is son of top area police official: sources
A 17-year-old alleged gangbanger who was shot on a Bronx MTA bus Saturday is the son of Mount Vernon Police Commissioner Jennifer Lackard, sources said Monday.
Teen girl pleads guilty in fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Mount Vernon cheerleader
A teenage girl pleaded guilty in the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old Mount Vernon cheerleader last school year, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Westchester mother suing her son's killer
"We feel like we did not get any justice," said Paula Brown whose son Dean Daniels was gunned down in 2014 by a drug selling Mount Vernon gang known as...
15-year-old arrested in fatal Westchester basketball parade stabbing
A 15-year-old Westchester County girl was arrested Friday after she fatally stabbed a teenage girl and slashed another during a parade in Mount Vernon.