MOUNT VERNON MAN SENTENCED IN THE MURDER OF A SECURITY GUARD

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Oct. 01, 2015 -- Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced that Dontan Jenkins (DOB 09/21/81) of 119 East 4th Street, Mount Vernon was sentenced today to seventeen years to life in prison on his July 2015 guilty plea to:

•    one count of Murder in the Second Degree, a class “A” Felony,
•    one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a class “C” Felony.

The defendant was a licensed, unarmed security guard supervisor at the Levister Towers Apartment complex in Mount Vernon. The victim, Richard Brown was also employed as a security guard at the building and had only been working in that position for 10 days at the time of the incident.   

During those 10 days, Jenkins and Brown had 2 altercations including one on July 20, 2014 after another exchange of words during a change of shift.  

At approximately 3:38 a.m. on the morning of July 21, 2014 the defendant returned to the apartment complex, approached the victim who was manning the security guard booth and fired 3 shots through the front plexiglass window striking and killing the victim.

Mount Vernon Police responded to the scene and commenced an investigation.

They developed information that led them to the defendant who was arrested a short time later.  

Assistant District Attorney Perry Perrone, Chief of the Homicide Bureau, prosecuted the case.