Woodbury Commons human-remains probe: Victim was unidentified Asian woman

Police say they believe the human remains found near Woodbury Common earlier this month are that of a middle-aged Asian woman.

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Tearful farewell for Andrea Rebello, Hofstra student killed in home invasion

Friends and family of Andrea Rebello wept openly Wednesday at a funeral Mass in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., for the 21-year-old Hofstra University student who was killed by a police bullet last week in a standoff between police and an armed robber at her off-campus residence in Uniondale.

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Marquis Jacobs of Yonkers charged by feds in slaying of rival gang member

A Yonkers gang member, held on drug and firearms charges since his December 2011 arrest, could get the death penalty for the gun slaying of a rival gang member earlier that year, officials said.

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Three armed robbery suspects nabbed by Yonkers police after 100 mph chase

Three New York City men — Michael C. Jordan, Marc Rispers and Joseph Pleasant — were charged with robbery and criminal possession of a weapon after an armed robbery in Yonkers led to a 100 mph police chase.

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