Miriam E. Rocah

Bronx Woman Gets 20 Years to Life for 2012 “Execution Style” Murder of Girlfriend, 26

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced on Thursday, June 15, that a Bronx woman was sentenced to 20 years to life in State prison for the 2012 fatal shooting of her 26-year-old girlfriend, Pamela Graddick.   Both cases, after lengthy investigations by the Yonkers Police Department and the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, are the latest homicides charged by the Cold Case Bureau, which the district attorney established upon taking office in 2021.   In the context of the announcement of the sentencing, among some other cold case breakthroughs, Rocah said, “Today, we have delivered some measure of


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Four Charged for Interstate Trafficking of Ghost Guns into Yonkers

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced on Tuesday, Aug. 9, that four individuals who were arrested in June as a result of a multi-agency investigation into the trafficking of illegal firearms from Washington to Westchester between April and June have been charged.   In addition to the arrests, authorities seized 31 ghost guns, as well as two conventional firearms, that were allegedly assembled and purchased in Washington, D.C., before being transported to Yonkers for sale between April 28 and June 24.   “This case is just one example of my gun safety initiative in action: conducting proactive investigations


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Yonkers Apartment Super Sentenced to 3 Years for Assaulting Female Tenant With Axe

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced that the former superintendent of an apartment building in Yonkers was sentenced to State prison for assaulting a female tenant with an axe.   Anan Badan, 59, of Yonkers, was sentenced on April 28, to three years in State prison, with three years of post-release supervision. A jury convicted Badan after trial of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, both felonies.   According to the investigation, on Nov. 2, 2020, at approximately 9:45 p.m., Badan confronted the tenant at her apartment about a


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UPDATE Bronx Defenders Issue Cool Response to Mayor’s Blue Print to Curb Gun Violence

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The Bronx Defenders, The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn Defender Services, The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem and Queens Defenders released the a statement on Monday, Jan. 24, in response to Mayor Eric Adams’ announcement earlier on Monday of his “Blueprint to End Gun Violence” in New York City. The mayor’s announcement follows a roundtable discussion held at a public school in Bedford Park on Saturday, Jan. 22, with crisis management teams and violence interrupters, amid a spate of high-profile police and civilian shootings which have taken place since he took office, including, as reported, the shooting of a now 1-year-old


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UPDATE New Rochelle High School Teacher Arraigned for Distributing Indecent Material to 15-Year-Old

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced on Monday, Jan. 24, that former Salesian High School teacher, Mariela Barajas, was arraigned for allegedly disseminating indecent material to a 15-year-old.   Barajas, 22, of Mount Vernon, was charged on Jan. 24, in Mount Vernon City Court with disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree, a felony. The Westchester County District Attorney’s Office made the arrest following an investigation, with assistance from the Mount Vernon Police Department and New Rochelle Police Department.   While employed at the New Rochelle school, in December 2021 and January 2022, Barajas allegedly engaged


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Bronx Man Arraigned for Murder in Yonkers on March 5

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Alexis Rose, a 35-year-old Bronx man, was arraigned Wednesday, March 31, in Westchester County Court for the murder, on March 5, of Shaun Hutchinson at the home of Rose’s ex-girlfriend on Warburton Avenue in Yonkers.   Rose’s presence at his ex-girlfriend’s home was in violation of an order of protection issued by Yonkers City Court. He fled after shooting Hutchinson but was arrested approximately two hours later, following collaborative efforts between the Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New York Police Departments. He is charged with second degree murder, and is being held at the Westchester County Jail.   Hutchinson, 41, a


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