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Janet DiFiore speaking at a press conference

 

 

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SEPTEMBER
 
 
09/02/2010
YONKERS MAN SENTENCED IN SLASHING OF HIS NEIGHBOR'S DOG
 
 
 AUGUST
 
 
09/31/2010
GUILTY PLEA FOR INTOXICATED WRONG WAY DRIVER ON INTERSTATE 684
08/31/2010
FOURTEEN YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR YONKERS CAREER CRIMINAL
08/24/0210
YONKERS MAN CONVICTED ON HIS BIRTHDAY OF ASSAULT ON A HOMELESS MAN
08/24/2010
TWENTY YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR DOBBS FERRY CAR JACKING
08/20/2010
FINAL MEMBERS OF A WESTCHESTER COUNTY HOME INVASION RING SENTENCED
08/19/2010QUARTET ARRAIGNED IN PEEKSKILL GANG ASSAULT
08/19/2010
YONKERS ATTORNEY ARRAIGNED ON GRAND LARCENY CHARGE
08/10/2010
DEFENDANT - WHO TRIED TO BRIBE VICTIM - IS SENTENCED TO 27 YEARS TO LIFE IN NEW ROCHELLE BURGLARY
08/09/2010
WHITE PLAINS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RAPING A CHILD OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD
08/04/2010
NEW ROCHELLE MAN SENTENCED FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
08/04/2010
FORMER NATIONWIDE INSURANCE CLAIMS EXAMINER PLEADS GUILTY TO GRAND LARCENY
 
 
JULY
 
 
07/30/2010
FORMER CONTROLLER FOR THE CASTLE ON THE HUDSON ARRAIGNED ON GRAND LARCENY CHARGE
07/27/2010
PREDICATE VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS FOR BURGLARIES IN THE CITY OF RYE AND THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK
07/27/2010
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RELEASES ITS 2009 ANNUAL REPORT
07/15/2010
YONKERS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SLASHING HIS NEIGHBOR'S DOG
07/15/2010
INTERNET DATING LOTHARIO PLEADS GUILTY TO GRAND LARCENY
07/08/2010
LARCHMONT COUPLE ARRAIGNED ON GRAND LARCENY AND TAX EVASION CHARGES
07/06/2010
BEDFORD LABORER WHO WAS EXTRADITED FROM GUATEMALA SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN STATE PRISON
07/02/2010
PAROLE VIOLATOR AND PREDICATE VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER PLEADS GUILTY TO FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE MURDER
 
 
 JUNE
 
 
06/24/2010
SIXTEEN INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN UNLAWFUL LOTTERY AND POLICY GAMBLING ENTERPRISE
06/18/2010
WESTCHESTER ACCOUNTANT GUILTY OF STEALING NEARLY 2 MILLION DOLLARS FROM HIS FORMER EMPLOYER
06/17/2010
TEEN ARRAIGNED ON THE COLLISION INVOLVING AN IRVINGTON POLICE OFFICER
06/16/2010
CHIEF ADVISOR TO THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS SENTENCED FOR THEFT OF SERVICES
06/15/2010
NEW ROCHELLE WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MORTGAGE FRAUD AND DEFRAUDING HER MOTHER'S ESTATE
06/10/2010
NEW ROCHELLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KILLING HIS WIFE
06/10/2010
INDICTMENT HANDED UP IN YONKERS AVENUE HOMICIDE
06/08/2010
NEW ROCHELLE MAN FOUND GUILTY OF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE FOR INJECTING A NARCOTIC DRUG
06/07/2010
LIFE IN PRISON FOR YONKERS MAN CONVICTED OF YONKERS LAUNDROMAT RAPE/MURDER
06/01/2010
FIFTEEN YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR PORT CHESTER MAN CONVICTED OF RAPING A FIVE YEAR OLD
 
 
 MAY
 
 
05/28/2010
STATEMENT BY DISTRICT ATTORNEY JANET DIFIORE REGARDING THE APPELLATE COURT'S DECISION
05/27/2010
PRINCIPAL ACTOR IN MOUNT VERNON GANG ASSAULT/HOMICIDE SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN STATE PRISON
05/25/2010
STATE PRISON FOR BOYFRIEND WHO KILLED GIRLFRIEND'S FAMILY DOG
05/19/2010
WHITE PLAINS DENTIST PLEADS GUILTY TO GRAND LARCENY AND INSURANCE FRAUD
05/18/2010
LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER PLEADS GUILTY TO CHATTING ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE WITH AN "UNDERAGE" GIRL
05/17/2010
NEW FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER MAKES IT EASIER FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO GET ASSISTANCE
05/10/2010
CHIEF CRIME ANALYST FOR THE WESTCHESTER INTELLIGENCE CENTER RECEIVES TOP AWARD
 
 
APRIL
 
 
4/28/2010
FORMER TREASURER OF MOUNT VERNON CO-OP COMPLEX CHARGED WITH GRAND LARCENY
4/27/2010
BEDFORD LABORER PLEADS GUILTY TO RAPING NINE YEAR OLD
4/21/2010
FORTY YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR OSSINING MAN CONVICTED OF TWO CHILD RAPES
4/21/2010
INDICTMENT UNSEALED IN YONKERS SERIAL KILLINGS
4/16/2010
MEMBER OF THE YONKERS "RIVERDALE GANG" CONVICTED OF GUN POSSESSION
4/15/2010
CONVICTION IN YONKERS LAUNDROMAT RAPE/MURDER
4/08/2010
2009 SURVEY FINDS STUDENTS FIRST USE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS AT A LATER AGE
 
 
 MARCH
 
 
3/26/2010
SENTENCINGS IN NEW ROCHELLE MEAT CLEAVER ASSAULT
3/24/2010
BOYFRIEND PLEADS GUILTY TO KILLING GIRLFRIEND'S FAMILY DOG
3/24/2010
SENTENCING IN MOUNT VERNON'S FIRST HOMICIDE OF 2009
3/18/2010
INDICTMENT HANDED UP IN MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE MURDER
3/17/2010
BAR HOPPING LEADS TO VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER PLEA
3/16/2010
BUCHANAN VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER ARRAIGNED FOR ATTEMPTING TO SOLICIT A MINOR 
3/15/2010
PREDICATE VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED KNIFEPOINT RAPE
3/12/2010
FORMER NYPD OFFICER SENTENCED IN GREENBURGH MOTEL RAPE
3/11/2010
ARRAIGNMENT IN MOUNT VERNON DOUBLE MURDER
3/11/2010
STATE PRISON FOR PEEKSKILL MAN WHO SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A SEVEN YEAR OLD
3/09/2010
TWENTY YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR PREDICATE VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER
3/09/2010
MULTIPLE COUNT INDICTMENT HANDED UP AGAINST POUND RIDGE AUTHOR
3/05/2010
TWO WHITE PLAINS RESTURANTS CHARGED WITH GRAND LARCENY
3/01/2010
PREDICATE VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER PLEADS GUILTY TO BURGLARIES IN THE CITY OF RYE AND THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK
 
 
FEBRUARY
 
 
2/22/2010
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEADS TO TWENTY YEAR PRISON SENTENCE
2/18/2010
TWENTY FIVE YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR PEEKSKILL ARSON/HOMICIDES
2/16/2010
GUILTY PLEAS IN NEW ROCHELLE CLEAVER ASSAULT
2/09/2010
LEVEL 3 SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED FOR CHATS ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE WITH AN "UNDERAGE" GIRL
2/09/2010
FORMER CHIEF ADVISOR TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF SERVICES
2/04/2010
TWO VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDERS CONVICTED ON GUN POSSESSION CHARGES
2/03/2010
INDICTMENT HANDED UP IN SHOOTING BY AN OFF DUTY EASTCHESTER POLICE OFFICER
2/02/2010
WESTCHESTER COUNTY CHILD FATILITY REVIEW TEAM RELEASES ITS EIGHTH INDEPENDENT CHILD FATILITY REVIEW REPORT
 
 
 JANUARY
 
 
1/28/2010
INDICTMENT UNSEALED AGAINST AN INTERNET DATING LOTHARIO
1/26/2010
CONVICTION IN MOUNT VERNON'S FIRST KILLING OF 2009
1/25/2010
HOME HEALTH CARE AIDE ARRAIGNED ON LARCENY AND ID THEFT
1/21/2010
FORMER INVESTMENT ADVISOR SENTENCED TO STATE PRISON
1/13/2010
INDICTMENT UNSEALED CHARGING A PAROLE VIOLATOR WITH A FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN WESTCHESTER AND A SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE BRONX
1/08/2010
SENTENCING IN PELHAM MANOR DWI/SERIOUS INJURY ACCIDENT
1/07/2010
TWO WESTCHESTER RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO PAY MORE THAN $124,000 IN PERSONAL INCOME TAXES
1/04/2010
DISTRICT ATTORNEY JANET DIFIORE SWORN IN - BEGINS SECOND TERM AS WESTCHESTER COUNTY'S 32ND DISTRICT ATTORNEY