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FBI CHARGES 6 in Yonkers $410,000 Bank Robbery

Posted on May 18, 2011 by John Bailey

WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. (FBI WIRE) May 18, 2011:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced Wednesday that LINTON WILLIAMS, LINROY BLAKE, LEON SCOTT, LEROY SCOTT, RAMSEY ACEVEDO, and JOHN SANTOS were indicted in connection with the December 17, 2010 robbery of a Chase Bank in Yonkers, New York. WILLIAMS, BLAKE, LEON SCOTT, and LEROY SCOTT were each arrested in March 2011 and detained without bail. SANTOS and ACEVEDO were arrested in May 2011 and also detained without bail.

According to the indictments filed in White Plains federal court, previously filed complaints, and information revealed during court proceedings:

On December 17, 2010, WILLIAMS, BLAKE, LEON SCOTT, LEROY SCOTT, and ACEVEDO, drove to the vicinity of the Chase Bank, located at 2195 Central Park Avenue in Yonkers, New York (the bank). At approximately 6:00 p.m., BLAKE, LEON SCOTT, and LEROY SCOTT, each of whom was carrying what appeared to be a weapon, entered the bank. BLAKE then told a bank employee to get the key to the vault, jumped over the teller counter, and followed two bank employees into the vault area.

Once the vault was unlocked, BLAKE opened a bag and directed the two bank employees to put the money—which totaled $410,100—into his bag. BLAKE, LEON SCOTT, and LEROY SCOTT then fled the Chase Bank and traveled to an apartment located on Morris Avenue in Bronx, New York, where all of the co-conspirators gathered to divide the proceeds. Later that evening, SANTOS aided the participants in the bank robbery by destroying evidence and storing the robbery proceeds.

The six men are charged in two separate indictments—U.S. v. Williams et al., and U.S. v. Ramsey Acevedo. WILLIAMS, BLAKE, LEON SCOTT, LEROY SCOTT, and ACEVEDO are each charged with one count conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, and one count of armed bank robbery, which carries a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison. SANTOS is charged with being an accessory after the fact to the bank robbery, and faces a maximum penalty of not more than one half the maximum term of imprisonment for the punishment of the principals.

Mr. BHARARA praised the efforts and assistance of the FBI, the Yonkers Police Department, and the Westchester County Police Department.

This case is being handled by the White Plains Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney KATHRYN MARTIN is in charge of the prosecution.

Commissioner David Chong on the Car Break-in Arrests

Posted on May 17, 2011 by John Bailey

WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. Statement from Commissioner of Public Safety David Chong. May 17, 2011:

Commissioner of Public Safety David Chong adds this information to the news of the arrests of three White Plains youths (all 17 years of age) Sunday morning in possession of stolen electronic devices that they admitted taking from unlocked cars. Chong gave WPCNR this statement:

“The City and surrounding communities have experienced a rash of car break-in larcenies in the past few weeks. Only two days ago Mount Pleasant Police reported approximately 40 cars had been broken into overnight.

The White Plains Police Department quickly identified a pattern through our COMPSTAT process and through the good efforts of the command staff all the way down to the officers who carried out this decoy operation and put together a plan of apprehension.

We shifted officers from both our Narcotics Unit and Neighborhood Conditions Unit and placed people and decoy vehicles through-out the city where these larcenies were being committed.

This weekend, our efforts paid off as a group of teenagers spotted one of our decoy cars in the south end of the City and went to open its doors. Undercover units stopped the youths and recovered numerous stolen items strewn around their car. The youths made admissions to numerous break-ins and were subsequently charged. The case is still active as we try to identify all the stolen property recovered and the victims. Additional charges may also be added.

I must remind those who have criminal intent that our Police Decoy and Plainclothes operations are continuing through-out the City. We are also working closely with our surrounding police jurisdictions.

I ask all residents to use good common security sense and protect your valuables by removing them from plain sight and locking and securing your cars and home doors and windows. These are opportunist thieves, if it isn’t locked down or out of plain sight they will take anything of value.

High on their list is electronic equipment, car GPS devices, lap-top computer’s, electronics, I-pods and pocketbooks left in plain sight or unsecured in automobiles. Just because your car is in your driveway, you should still lock the doors and close the windows.

Don’t be an easy target, just take a few moments and secure your valuables away.

Realtors: Time for tax credits for 1st Time Home Buyers to Stimulate Market

Posted on May 9, 2011 by John Bailey

WPCNR THE HOME NEWS. From Westchester Putnam Association of Realtors (EDITED) May 9, 2011:

Westchester Putnam Realtors today called for Albany to create real estate stimulus measures, a New York version of 2010’s federal first-time homebuyers’ tax credit and homebuyers pretax savings accounts for the purchase of a first home.

“We need to focus on the first-time buyers,” said John Kope, President. “If they (1st time homebuyers) can’t make it in the market, there’s no trade-up for anyone else, and the whole real estate market will stagnate.”

The association plans to lobby for the measures May 24, as well as a 2% property tax cap on Albany Day when a contingent of members visits the state capitol to lobby legisla tors on the real estate issues.

The Association opposes so-called transaction taxes such as new or increased mortgage recording fees and transfer taxes. “These types of taxes are insidious. They raise the average closing costs out of sight,” said Kope. The REALTORS^®will also vigorously oppose any attempt by the State Legislator to reduce or eliminate the mortgage interest deduction on State income taxes.

The “Albany Day” gives members of WPAR, along with other local Associations and the New York State Association of REALTORS^®(NYSAR) an opportunity to meet face-to-face with their local Assembly members and state senators to discuss the most important issues facing the real estate community as well home buyers and sellers.

The Association also will lobby for property tax relief. Because New Yorkers and Westchester residents in particular have been burdened with some of the highest taxes in the nation, WPAR supports the Governor Cuomo-proposed two percent cap on property taxes. “Skyrocketing taxes in our area have continued to plague potential buyers, keeping so many of them still out of reach of home ownership,” said REALTOR^®John Kope, WPAR’s Legislative Chairman.

Hey, Mom!

Posted on May 7, 2011 by John Bailey

Hey Mom, bring me two waters so I’m set?

Where’s my under armor? And my visor?

Are my tights washed? My skates are dull.

Hey Mom, can you call the advisor?

Hey Mom, I wasn’t yelling at you.

I didn’t mean to! You were yelling at me!

You never let me do anything my friends do

Hey Mom, would you chill, lighten up, just do!

Hey Mom, I don’t like the way this looks for the prom —

I don’t like the color, how could you think this was me?

I just can’t wear this, it’s this, it’s that it’s…Oh, Mom!?!

Hey Mom, I’ve been studying all morning getting knowledge.

Can’t I go out, I’ll be back by ten.

But, I know the material, gone over it again and again.

Oh, Mom – I hate my life! I can hardly wait until college.

Hey Mom – But I did call and let you know

Don’t you understand, I couldn’t call at that time.

No, you can’t not let me go – it’s a great band

Oh, Mom – I hate you! You never understand!

Hey, Mom, please don’t embarrass me at the game

By screaming so loud, it’s just so tacky

But, hey mom, I like that you’re over there in the stand

Watching me play, you know that don’t you Mom, you understand.

Hey Mom, can you get me to the rink

At 5 – I know you have to take off from work early?

Thanks, Mom, I’m so sorry but the team has a special thing

I have to be there, thanks Mom – I love you—dearly.

Hey, Mom, please when you pick me up at the dorm

Don’t come inside. Just wait outside, call me on the cell

I’ll be right down — it’s the norm.

Don’t ring the bell.

Hey, Mom, I’ve read the classifieds

There are no jobs, I can’t make all those calls.

Well, OK, I guess I can send that resume you made for me (sigh).

OK, I’m lost, where’s the post office, down Lexington to what?

Hey Mom, well I’m bringing my friends by,

Don’t let Dad embarrass me with his jokes, OK?

I’ll just die if he’s silly again — you won’t let him do that?

You’ll talk to him about that?

All right, Mom I’ll take that extra course.

But I’ve just been going to school for months it never ends!

Can’t I have a little vacation, I don’t know what’s worse

Can’t I spend a little time with my friends?

Mom, I know where the interview is.

I’ll send that thank you note.

I’ve been doing this 4 years on my own! What do you think college is?

I know the subways. I’ll be careful, I know the route.

You do like him Mom?

Oh, I hoped you would.

Yes, I really do

I am so glad you do too!

Hey Mom, can you take care of the kids this weekend?

We’re going to Vermont with a friend.

And Mom, the cats get kibble in morning and meat at night,

We love you mom, sorry for the short notice, talk to you tonight.

Hey Mom, I’m sorry I can’t see you Mother’s Day.

Are you all right, what will you be doing today?

Going to the club – great – you know we love you in every way?

Though we may not show it you’re always with us

even when you’re away.