WESTCHESTER COUNTY OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
MIRIAM E. ROCAH
***NEWS RELEASE***
For Immediate Release
15-YEAR-OLD INDICTED FOR THE FATAL STABBING OF ONE TEEN AND THE ASSAULT OF ANOTHER IN MOUNT VERNON.
White Plains, NY – Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced that a 15-year-old Mount Vernon resident was indicted in connection with an April stabbing that killed one teen and injured another in Mount Vernon.
The 15-year-old Juvenile Offender was indicted by a Westchester County Grand Jury for Manslaughter in the First Degree, Attempted Assault in the First Degree, Assault in the Second Degree, all felonies, and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree, a misdemeanor. The defendant was arraigned on May 31, 2022, and is being held without bail.
“First and foremost, our thoughts are with the victims and their families in what continues to be an extremely tragic and difficult time. Violence and the disregard for human life among our youth continues to be among the most troubling issues that we face as a society and I will continue to work with all of our government and community partners to try and find ways to prevent such senseless loss of young lives,” DA Rocah said. “Pursuing justice on behalf of all victims has been, and continues to be, paramount to the work of my office. We remain committed to vigorously prosecuting violent crimes and will seek to hold the defendant accountable within the bounds of the law that have been put in place in relation to juvenile offenders.”
The case is before Judge Susan Cacace in Youth Part, and is being prosecuted by Homicide Bureau Chief Lana Hochheiser and Violent Criminal Enterprise Bureau Chief James Bavero.
The charges against the defendant are merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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