ELMSFORD MAN ARRAIGNED ON MURDER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES
Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced that Dontae Degree (DOB 9/26/1986) of 57 Town Green Drive, Elmsford New York, was arraigned Monday on an indictment charging him with:
- one count of Murder in the Second Degree, a class “A” Felony,
- one count of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, a class “B” Felony,
- one count of Assault in the First Degree, a class “B” Felony and
- one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a class “C” Felony.
On August 25th, 2015 at approximately 1:35 pm several gunshots rang out in front of 127 Morningside Avenue in Yonkers. A Yonkers Police Officer who was nearby raced to the location and discovered two men who had been shot sitting in the front seats of a Hyundai Sonata.
It is alleged that Degree crept up behind the car occupied by his victims and fired multiple shots at them.
Kenneth Hill who was sitting in the front passenger seat was killed. Roylin Fairclough was seriously injured but survived.
Hill was shot in the head, neck and spinal cord. Fairclough was shot in the head, right shoulder and back. He was taken to Jacobi Medical Center where he underwent surgery.
Yonkers Police commenced an investigation. The defendant was arrested on October 19, 2015 and was remanded.
His next court date is November 24th, 2015.
He faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in state prison.
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