Woman tried to bring gun into courthouse

The Patent Trader - Fri Nov 20

A Greenburgh woman was arrested after she tried entering the Westchester County courthouse with a handgun Friday afternoon, police said.

Ringleader pleads guilty in Westchester home-invasion spree

The Patent Trader - Fri Nov 20

The leader of a home-invasion ring that brutalized a Harrision family pleaded guilty today on the promise he'll get 10 years in state prison, authorities said.

Visiting priest pleads guilty to fondling parishioner at St. Vito's in Mamaroneck

The Patent Trader - Fri Nov 20

An Ecuadorean priest who had been visiting a Mamaroneck church pleaded guilty today to a charge that he groped a parishoner who sought marriage counseling from him in 2004.

Married gay couples entitled to some benefits, court rules

Journal Gazette - Thu Nov 19

ALBANY, N.Y. New York's top court on Thursday rejected a Christian legal group's challenge to some government benefits provided to gay couples legally married elsewhere and now living in New York.

Judges Stake Out Narrow Grounds In Upholding Same-Sex Benefits

The New York Law Journal - Thu Nov 19

The state Court of Appeals yesterday affirmed on narrow grounds the recognition of same-sex marriages by a county executive and a state agency, but by a bare 4-3 margin declined to extend full recognition to all such marriages contracted in other states and countries where they are legal.

Grand jury to hear case against ex-Eastchester cop charged in friend's shooting death

The Patent Trader - Thu Nov 19

An off-duty Eastchester police officer accused of fatally shooting a close friend while showing off a laser-equipped handgun plans to testify before a grand jury.

Owners of 2 Island businesses swept up in big mob bust

SILive - Wed Nov 18

William Cosidente Jr., swept up in mob bust, is led from 120th Precinct station in St.

Just Say Yes to Education

Syracuse New Times - Wed Nov 18

It was no coincidence that when Vice President Joe Biden came to Syracuse on Sept.

85-year-old left to die in hot car may have been dead longer than son told Peekskill cops

The Patent Trader - Wed Nov 18

The father of a bus driver who died after his son left him in a sweltering car while he was at work may have been dead longer than the two hours his son told police he'd left him.

U.S. charges 43 members of major Westchester cocaine trafficking ring.

Federal Bureau of Investigation - Tue Nov 17

United States Charges 43 Members of Westchester County Cocaine Trafficking Ring Coordinated Law Enforcement Action Dismantles Drug Ring Accused of Distributing $1 Million Worth of Cocaine in Yonkers and Peekskill PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant ...