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Thursday, January 10, 2013

01/10/13 SMART PHONE LEADER: Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla Uses Social Media To Keep Residents Informed About Public Safety Issues


I am pleased and proud to announce that the PC Police Department made separate arrests today of the recent Subway armed robbery suspect and the South Regent Street murder suspect. Our PD is second to none, and has a very high closure rate. The bad guys can run, but they can't hide...

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PORT CHESTER POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE
January 10, 2013
The Village of Port Chester Police Department has made an arrest in connection with the December 26, 2012 armed robbery of the Subway Sandwich Store located at 302 Midland Avenue.
Charged with one count of Robbery in the first degree is John Mcfarlane, age 32, of 202 Federal Street Bridgeport Connecticut, is currently being held in the Bridgeport Correctional Center on unrelated charges as a result of this investigation. The Port Chester Police Department is currently seeking to extradite Mcfarlane from the State of Connecticut to face this charge.

This Investigation is continuing as efforts are being made to determine if this subject is related to similar incidents in the New York area.
Mr. Macfarlane was released from State prison in June of 2012, is currently on parole as a convicted felon, and has a significant criminal history that includes offences involving armed robbery.
Investigators are asking anyone with information about this crime to contact the Port Chester Police Department at (914) 939-8419. All calls will be kept confidential.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY:
Career criminal arraigned on murder indictment


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 10, 2013
Contact: Tracy Everson (914) 995-3586

Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced that Jaerue Williams (DOB 12/06/85) of 59 Old Mamaroneck Road, White Plains, New York, was arraigned today on a three count indictment charging him with:

  • one count of Murder in the Second Degree, a classA-1Felony,
  • one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree, a classBViolent Felony,
  • one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a classCViolent Felony, relating to a fatal shooting.
On August 11, 2012, at approximately 12:15 am, Port Chester Police responded to 16 South Regent Street on a report of a shooting.

The victim, 21 year old Wilfredo Rivera, had been transported to Greenwich Hospital by several friends.

Rivera, who was shot once in the chest at close range, was pronounced dead by hospital personnel.
Port Chester Police began an investigation and subsequently identified the defendant as the shooter.

The defendant was already in custody after being arrested on August 18, 2012 on a parole violation stemming from 2010 felony convictions on Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the Fourth Degree in Mount Vernon and Attempted Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree in Mamaroneck Village.

Subsequently, the defendant was indicted on September 26, 2012 in connection with a home burglary in Larchmont on charges of:

  • one count of Burglary in the Second Degree, a classCViolent Felony,
  • one count of Petit Larceny in the First Degree, a classAMisdemeanor,
  • two counts of Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree, class “A” Misdemeanors.

Larchmont Police identified the defendant during the course of an investigation into a residential burglary that was reported on August 12, 2012 at approximately 4:25 am and was captured on video surveillance.

The next court date in the murder case is January 22, 2013.

The defendant faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in state prison on the top count of the murder indictment and up to 15 years in state prison on the burglary charge.

Following the arraignment, District Attorney Janet DiFiore said,Collaborative detective work in several jurisdictions this defendant to both crimes which occurred within a day of each other.

Assistant District Attorney Wendy Parra of the Superior Court Trial Division is prosecuting the murder case.

Assistant District Attorney Timothy Ward, Chief of the Career Criminal Bureau, is prosecuting the burglary case.

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