Ex-Mahopac Fire Treasurer Could Face Years In Prison After Guilty Plea
MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- Michael Klein, the former treasurer of the Mahopac Fire Department, pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling more than $5.7 million from the department and failing to report the income to the IRS.
Klein, of Mahopac and Palm City, Florida, is charged with one count of wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and six counts of subscribing to false tax returns, each of which carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison, according to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.
“Michael Klein repaid the trust his fellow volunteer firefighters placed in him by all…
Rocco Bueti, 83, Mount Kisco Builder
MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Rocco Bueti, 83, of Mount Kisco, died Saturday.
Born in Solano, Reggio Calabria, Italy, to Francesca and Nicola Bueti on December 16, 1933, he was the third of five children.
Bueti and his brother migrated to the U.S. in 1954, when he was 20 years old and lived in Chappaqua, where he learned the building and construction trade while working with his cousins.
In 1968, he founded Carbut Building Corporation with Pasquale Carrozza and his younger brother Antonio Bueti. They built many custom homes in the Chappaqua and Mount Kisco area during a 25-year span; he retired in …
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Latimer Introduces State Bill To Consider JCC Threats A Hate Crime
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- With the sudden rise of bomb threats against Jewish Community Centers across the nation, including several targeting centers in Westchester, State Sen. George Latimer (D-Westchester) is introducing legislation to make those phone calls a hate crime.
"Targeting something simply because it has a religion in its name and mission is really the definition of hate," Latimer said.
Under existing law, certain crimes, if committed specifically because of beliefs regarding race, gender, religion, disability or sexual orientation, can be prosecuted as “hate crimes…
