Search Underway: 23-Year-Old Woman Missing In Yonkers, Police Say
Authorities in Westchester are asking for the public’s help in finding a 23-year-old woman who has gone missing and may be in need of medical attention.
Ania Avent, age 23, was last seen on Monday, April 28, in the area of 28 Tower Pl. in Yonkers, the Yonkers Police Department announced on Wednesday night, April 30.
Avent is described as a Black woman who is 4-foot-10 and around 90 pounds.
At the time she went missing, she was wearing a pink hooded sweatshirt, black pants, and a black backpack, according to police.
Authorities noted that Avent may be in need of medical at…
Man Asks To Try On Nearly $3.8K Gold Chain, Runs Out Of Store In Yorktown: Police
A 39-year-old man has been charged with felony grand larceny after allegedly running out of a Westchester jewelry store with a gold chain worth nearly $4,000, police said.
Yonkers resident Tyson Hanner, 39, was arrested on Thursday, April 24 in connection with the incident, which happened in April 2024 at Kay Jewelers in the Jefferson Valley Mall in Yorktown, the Yorktown Police Department announced on Monday, April 28.
On the day of the alleged theft, April 22, 2024, officers responded to a report of a larceny at Kay Jewelers. When they arrived, Hanner had already fled the scene…
Man Admits Attacking Jewish Barber With Scissors In Yonkers
A man has pleaded guilty to a violent hate crime after slashing a Jewish barber in an antisemitic attack inside the victim’s Westchester County barbershop, prosecutors announced.
Yonkers resident Ahmed Al Jabali, 34, admitted in court Thursday, April 17, to second-degree assault as a hate crime for the attack, which happened on August 29, 2024, in Yonkers, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday, April 21.
Prosecutors said Al Jabali entered Slava Shushakov’s barbershop and asked for a shave before suddenly grabbing a pair of shears. He called the bar…
2 Caught In Yonkers After Taking Car From Hotel Hours After Release For Stolen Plates: Cops
Two men with an apparent knack for poor decision-making were arrested in New York after police said they stole a vehicle from a Massachusetts hotel — just hours after being released in connection with a different stolen-vehicle incident.
The suspects, Anthony Carter, 46, of Wichita, Kansas, and Christopher Carter, 40, of Cleveland, North Carolina, were taken into custody at a Westchester County gas station in Yonkers on Wednesday, April 9, by Westchester County Police officers who had been alerted to a stolen Honda Accord possibly traveling through the area, the department announced on…
