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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

07/22/09 The Raw Mount Vernon News Feed

Westchester slaying suspect released by mistakeposted on July 22, 2009 03:00:00 pm... check records showing that Bonhomme was also being held on $175,000 bail in the Jan. 6 killing of Paul Laing in Mount Vernon, Spano said. Authorities didn't recognize the oversight until Sunday night when Bonhomme's lawyer, after receiving a ...

NY man charged in Harvard shooting heads to courtposted on July 22, 2009 10:20:10 pm... student. The men did not attend Harvard, though Copney's girlfriend did. Nineteen-year-old Blayn Jiggetts, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., has also been charged. A third suspect remains at large. Copney's compositions have been recorded by various artists, ...

Slaying suspect released by mistakeposted on July 22, 2009 03:00:00 pm... check records showing that Bonhomme was also being held on $175,000 bail in the Jan. 6 killing of Paul Laing in Mount Vernon, Spano said. Authorities didn't recognize the oversight until Sunday night when Bonhomme's lawyer, after receiving a ...

4 Mount Vernon council candidates kicked off ballotposted on July 22, 2009 03:00:00 pmWHITE PLAINS - The four candidates for City Council in Mount Vernon endorsed by the Democratic City Committee have been tossed from the ballot because of a mistake in their petitions.

Teens looking for summer jobs face reduced opportunitiesposted on July 22, 2009 03:00:00 pm... that teens are searching for jobs without many good leads. 'I went to Footlocker and movie theaters,' said Mount Vernon resident Brandon Brown, 17, a junior at Thornton High School. 'I didn't get interviews. I didn't get a call back. I didn't get ...

Guns recovered after Mount Vernon-Bronx police chaseposted on July 22, 2009 03:00:00 pmMOUNT VERNON - The driver of a sport utility vehicle led Mount Vernon and New York City police on a wild chase early yesterday morning, and police later recovered three loaded handguns that had been tossed from the vehicle along the way.

Murder suspect released in error recapturedposted on July 09, 2009 03:00:00 pm... Department of Corrections' Special Investigations Unit. Bonhomme is accused of shooting Paul Laing, 27, of Mount Vernon to death on January 6. He was arrested later that month and charged with murder in the second degree. At the time of his arrest, ...

One arrested, three guns seized following high-speed chaseposted on July 09, 2009 03:00:00 pmMOUNT VERNON One man is in custody and three handguns were seized following a high-speech chase through the streets of Mount Vernon and the Bronx early Tuesday morning.

'KILLER' RECAUGHTposted on July 22, 2009 05:38:22 pm... eph Spano said Bonhomme had been arrested and indicted on a second-degree murder charge in a Jan. 6 shooting in Mount Vernon, where he lives.

Post a Commentposted on July 22, 2009 02:57:11 pm... that teens are searching for jobs without many good leads. "I went to Footlocker and movie theaters," said Mount Vernon resident Brandon Brown, 17, a junior at Thornton High School. "I didn't get interviews. I didn't get a call back. I didn't get ...

Taylor Gourmet Deli Coming to Edens Avant's CityVistaposted on July 22, 2009 01:08:18 pmD.C.'s most distinctive Italian hoagie is about to get more accessible. Taylor, recently named in the Top 50 D.C. Restaurants by Washington City Paper , will open a second location at CityVista in Mount Vernon Triangle in early 2010.

NY murder suspect released by mistake, recapturedposted on July 22, 2009 12:21:32 pm... Spano said Bonhomme had been arrested and indicted on a second-degree murder charge in a Jan. 6 shooting in Mount Vernon, where he lives. The department says that Bonhomme finished serving an unrelated sentence for violating probation and was ...

New Yorkers Fed Up With 2nd Ave. Subway Delaysposted on July 22, 2009 10:49:41 am... very happy when it comes, but you can't rush the city. They always push back everything," said Kirk Bramble of Mount Vernon. Back on the upper 90s, where the quality of life could be better, people just want to see some change. "It's a nightmare ...

Four Mount Vernon council candidates kicked off ballotposted on July 22, 2009 07:29:41 amThe four candidates for city council in Mount Vernon endorsed by the Democratic City Committee have been tossed from the ballot because of a mistake in their petitions.

Murder Suspect Recaptured After Accidental Releaseposted on July 22, 2009 07:15:22 am... Spano said Bonhomme had been arrested and indicted on a second-degree murder charge in a Jan. 6 shooting in Mount Vernon, where he lives. The department said that Bonhomme finished serving an unrelated sentence for violating probation and was ...

Prisoner Captured After Being Mistakenly Releasedposted on July 22, 2009 06:23:33 am... a jail sentence for a parole violation. On January 27, Bonhomme was arrested for a fatal Jan.6 shooting in Mount Vernon. He was later indicted on a charge of second-degree murder and bail was set at $175,000 in Westchester County Court. He was sent ...

The Gents Organization still influencing community youthposted on July 22, 2009 05:22:19 am... the 1950s, life was often a struggle for survival. There was grinding poverty in their housing projects in the Mount Vernon area and gang activity on the sometimes mean streets. Somehow, a group of teens rose above the circumstances and formed a ...

Freed by accident, Mt. Vernon slaying suspect apprehended in New Rochelleposted on July 22, 2009 03:48:01 amA Mount Vernon man awaiting trial on murder charges was taken into custody this afternoon, four days after he was mistakenly freed from the Westchester County jail, county officials said.

Murder Suspect Mistakenly Releasedposted on July 22, 2009 03:19:08 am... Spano said Bonhomme had been arrested and indicted on a second-degree murder charge in a Jan. 6 shooting in Mount Vernon, where he lives. The department says that Bonhomme finished serving an unrelated sentence for violating probation and was ...

A prison inmate in Westchester County was released due to an error last Friday.posted on July 22, 2009 03:15:44 am... by the Westchester County Court. On January 27, 2009, the 21-year-old Bonhomme was arrested by the City of Mount Vernon Police Department in connection with a fatal shooting which occurred on January 6, 2009, in Mount Vernon. On May 11, 2009, ...
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