Law

NEW YORK, NY – October 31, 2014 — Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today that Gregory Rorke was arrested this morning on securities and wire fraud charges stemming from his alleged scheme …

Wells Fargo to Offer up to $25,000 Reward NEW YORK, NY — October 29, 2014 —  On Tuesday, October 29, 2013, at about 3:20 p.m. three males, possibly Hispanic, entered the Wells Fargo Bank at 500 Odell Avenue, Yonkers, New York. The suspects brandished at least two handguns and a wood saw. The suspects approached the bank tellers, demanded cash, and …

In 1880, Mr. Velona Walter Haughwout of Fall River, Massachusetts, married Helen J. Preston in her hometown, Jamestown, New York.  They settled in Fall River but retained ties, through her family, to Jamestown. Decades later, Mr. Haughwout read Jamestown newspaper stories—some and maybe all sent by his sister-in-law, who continued to reside there—about the activities, including public speeches, of a …

YONKERS, NY – October 22, 2014 — Oral arguments were heard today in the landmark case New Yorkers for Students’ Educational Rights (NYSER) v. State of New York, a lawsuit that seeks equitable school funding. The City of Yonkers had sought to intervene in the action on behalf of the plaintiffs, students who have been denied the opportunity for a …

Aswat_Haroon S2 Indictment NEW YORK, NY — October 21, 2014 — Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and William J. Bratton, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), announced the extradition of Haroon …

YONKERS, NY –October 14, 2014 — Rabbi Barry Freundel, the two-decade long spiritual leader at Kesher Israel, The Georgetown Synagogue, a modern orthodox synagogue community in Washington, D.C., was arrested and charged with voyeurism. Metropolitan Police Department Officers and plainclothes detectives escorted the 62-year-old Rabbi Freundel in handcuffs from his home this morning in handcuffs.  Police Officers searched his home …

Order Re After Action Report and Reff to Mag 10 14 14 WHITE PLAINS, NY — October 14, 2014 – United States District Judge Cathy Seibel has ordered the release of an “After Action Report” of the White Plains Police Department’s internal investigation of the events surrounding the fatal shooting of Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr. on November 19, 2011, after police …

USA v. Ernest D. Davis Information Davis_Ernest.Plea Agreement NEW YORK, NY — October 14, 2014 –Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Ernest D. Davis, the mayor of the City of Mount Vernon, pled guilty in White Plains federal court to failing to file corporate and personal income tax returns. Davis …

Yonkers Police Department Media Release YONKERS, NY – October 8, 2014 — Yonkers Police Commissioner Charles Gardner announced today that Yonkers Police Detective Christian Koch and Police Officer Neil Vera were charged in a criminal indictment relating to a March 21st incident in which they allegedly made false statements in order to secure a search warrant. The multiple count indictment …