Pace University Cheerleader, 20, From Yonkers Dies Suddenly
The Pace University community and a Westchester family are mourning the sudden loss of a young student-athlete remembered for her kindness, energy, and bright spirit.
Stevie Marie DeLuca, a Yonkers native and junior at Pace University, died on Thursday, April 30, at the age of 20, according to her obituary.
DeLuca was a member of Pace’s cheerleading team, where she served as a flyer. A graduate of Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy, she was majoring in criminal justice in the university’s Dyson School of Arts and Sciences.
Friends and loved ones described her as someone who left a l…
MS-13 Machete Attacks Land Teen LI Gangsters Lengthy Prison Terms: Authorities
Two teenage Long Island MS-13 gangsters have been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for a pair of machete attacks, authorities announced Thursday, April 30.
Pedro Martinez Velasquez and Kelvin Martinez, both 19, were sentenced to 12 years behind bars and five years of probation, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said.
The duo pleaded guilty on Feb. 24 to attempted murder, conspiracy, and assault for two group attacks in 2024, one at a Hempstead soccer field and the other at a Uniondale laundromat, prosecutors said.
In the first assault, Velasquez and Martinez were part o…
Teacher At School In White Plains Accused Of Grooming, Touching Student, Providing Alcohol: DA
A teacher at a private school in Westchester County is facing charges after allegedly engaging in inappropriate behavior with a teenage student over an extended period, prosecutors said.
Nils Koehler, 27, of White Plains, was arrested on Tuesday, April 28, and arraigned in White Plains City Court on one count of endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday, April 29.
Koehler, who works at the German International School New York in White Plains, pleaded not guilty. A judge issued a full stay-away orde…
Yaphank Gas Station Stickup, 100 MPH Chase And Daycare Crash Ends In Conviction: Authorities
A Long Island man has been convicted of robbing a gas station at gunpoint and speeding away from cops at 100 mph afterward, authorities announced Wednesday, April 29.
Marion Maupin, a 33-year-old Ridge man, was part of a two-man team that held up a Shell station in Yaphank, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Maupin and Raiquan Davis, 28, arrived at the Shell around 7:45 a.m. on Jan. 24, 2025, prosecutors said. Maupin pulled a gun and pointed it at the clerk’s head, while Davis watched the door as the lookout, according to investigators.
After taking cash from the register,…
