Headlines: Monroe arson, New Rochelle shootings update, Capitol riot suspect released, phone scams
News 12 Staff
Updated on:May 05, 2021, 7:15am EDT
Here are some stories making
headlines across the Hudson Valley.
A Monroe man has been taken
into custody after state police say he set fire to his ex-girlfriend s home and
car Tuesday morning. Police say he used gasoline to ignite the flames around 2
a.m. outside 5 Jupiter Drive. Firefighters were able to knock down the flames
within about 15 minutes. No injuries have been reported.
New Rochelle police have
released video of a car wanted in connection to a homicide on May 1. As
Headlines: Yonkers man found dead, no arrests in New Rochelle shootings, Asian woman attacked with hammer
News 12 Staff
Updated on:May 04, 2021, 6:08am EDT
Here are some stories making headlines in the Hudson Valley.
A missing Yonkers man has been found dead. Police recovered the body of Jesse Ritholz in the water near the base of Kaaterskill Falls. The 36-year-old was reported missing on April 30 by family who says he never showed up for a planned visit.
No arrests have been made in a New Rochelle fatal shooting. MD Anderson Kerny Jr., of Brooklyn, was with a group of people when shots rang out near Horton Avenue and Brook Street on Saturday. He was hit in the neck and killed. Four other men with him were hurt. It just one of three shootings just hours apart over the weekend in that neighborhood.
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At around 11:55 p.m. on Saturday, May 1, New Rochelle Police received multiple reports of shots fired in the vicinity of Horton Avenue and Brook Street.
Responding units found that five adult males who were attending a gathering at that location had been shot, said New Rochelle PD Captain Cosmo Costa, commanding officer of the department s Criminal Investigations Division.
One victim, now identified as MD Anderson Kerny Jr., age 29, of Brooklyn, was shot in the neck and was subsequently pronounced dead by ambulance personnel, said Costa.
A second victim who was shot in his back was transported to an area hospital where he underwent surgery, according to Costa.
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At around 11:55 p.m. on Saturday, May 1, New Rochelle Police received multiple reports of shots fired in the vicinity of Horton Avenue and Brook Street.
Responding units found that five adult males who were attending a gathering at that location had been shot, said New Rochelle PD Captain Cosmo Costa, commanding officer of the department s Criminal Investigations Division.
One victim, now identified as MD Anderson Kerny Jr., age 29, of Brooklyn, was shot in the neck and was subsequently pronounced dead by ambulance personnel, said Costa.
A second victim who was shot in his back was transported to an area hospital where he underwent surgery, according to Costa.
New Rochelle shootings: Victim identified, police investigating if 3 shootings are connected
News 12 Staff
Updated on:May 03, 2021, 10:22am EDT
A man was
killed and four others were wounded during a night of gunfire in New Rochelle
this weekend.
Police in New
Rochelle have been busy trying to figure out the reason behind the
shootings and if they are in any way connected.
Detectives
say it was just before midnight when gunfire erupted near Horton Avenue and
Brook Street. They say five men were attending a gathering in the area when
bullets started flying.
Investigators
say MD Anderson Kerny Jr., 29, of Brooklyn was shot in the neck. He later died