This is a list of various allegations, arrests, indictments, convictions, guilty pleas, firings, and "window terminations" (when an employee is allowed to resign, often to protect their pension, before being fired or charged with a crime). ) who are involved in Public sector employees are involved in New Rochelle, primarily those who work for the City of New Rochelle or the New Rochelle City School District. The information comes from a variety of sources, some from police and court files and others from internal sources. To the best of our knowledge, this information is correct, but if you have corrections, additional information, rectifications, or new information, please contact us so we can update this page. Note: If a person is no longer employed, their title is provided at the time of separation from employment.
Following the arrest of former DPW Fleet Manager Richard Fevang, City Manager, Charles B. Strome issued a public statement stating that he holds all employees to the highest ethical standards and would turn his ethics against anyone. To his credit, director Richard Organisciak has never made a similar claim (and rightly so).
CURRENT OPEN CASES
Robert Silva:Arrested for public indecency, having sex with another man in Saxon Woods Park.
Walter Vanderberg:Arrested for driving without a license after hitting a woman in a wheelchair with his car on North Avenue.
Nana Boahene:Arrested for disorderly conduct, threatening an NRPD officer.
Antonio Newman:Sexual assault on a woman as a town hall.
Tino D'Abruzzo:Accusations of extortion, bribery.
Juan CaldararoFake building records in Huguenot Hills.
Noel Shaw:Fake building records in Huguenot Hills.
Ricardo Fevang:Awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to 66 counts of fraud.
Dominik Prokop:Too numerous to count.
Detective Jeff Wilson (retired):Federal RICO lawsuit pending
Kim Snow:Alleged violation of New York State election laws.
Leroy Manuel:The Westchester County District Attorney's Sex Crimes Unit is currently investigating.
Roberto McLean:The Westchester County District Attorney's Sex Crimes Unit is currently investigating.
Kyle Figueroa:The Westchester County District Attorney's Sex Crimes Unit is currently investigating.
Walter Hubbard:This is currently being investigated by the Westchester District Attorney's Sex Crimes Unit.
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new rochelle city hall
Department/Development Building
Tino D'Abruzzo (Book Inspector):He "resigned unexpectedly" after allegations of extortion, bribery, falsifying business records, no-show part-time job.
John Caldararo (senior building inspector):arrested for DWI, license revoked, falsified business records (Huguenot Hills).
Noel Shaw (former head of the building department):Falsification of Business Records (Huguenot Hills).
Tom Taylor (Bauinspektor):He "resigned unexpectedly" after allegations of sexual harassment.
Department of Public Works
Richard Fevang (DPW Fleet Manager):He "resigned unexpectedly" shortly before 66 counts of fraud by the Westchester County District Attorney, arrested by prosecutors, pleaded guilty in September 2011, awaiting sentencing in January. By the time he was hired as fleet manager, Fevang had been repeatedly arrested for DWI and jailed for 20 days after his wife claimed she had hit her.
Brian Eichel (DPW):allegedly false business records (in Fevang's name)
Charles Valencia:"Unexpectedly Resigned" Allegedly Fake Business Records (Per Fevang's Order)
Renato Sansato (DPW):Arrested for assault after allegedly dragging a guy out of a bar and beating him for defaulting on Sansato's loans. Sansato was released after his arrest, but was later found "not guilty". Sansato told Talk of the Sound that people from City Hall borrowed money from him, but since his resignation, those people have not repaid the loans he made.
Joe Cotroneo (DPW):Caught vacating private property owned by former Councilman Roberto Lopez during city hours, using city equipment and staff, fired for good cause June 2011.
Walter Vanderberg (DPW):Arrested by New Rochelle police after driving a wheelchair-bound woman down North Avenue. While working as a driver for DPW, there were numerous issues with Vanderberg and his lack of a driver's license. He was arrested because he did not have a driver's license.
Town Hall Administration
Jason Martinez (IT department):Arrested by undercover DA agents for drug trafficking (ecstasy pills). Wife/fiancée, elementary school teacher (Patricia Martinez) in the New Rochelle school system. Detectives from the Prosecutor's Office found a marijuana farm where the couple lived with a small child and, concerned for the child, decided not to arrest her mother.
Domenic Procopio (Public Service Commission):Cheated on property taxes, incorrectly claimed STAR and combat veteran exemptions for 8 years, incorrectly denied jobs, failed to select from the eligibility list, failed to post job advertisements, failed to hold public meetings. Refund required after Talk of the Sound story about illegal exceptions for veterans.
Beverly Silverman, public service:He "quit unexpectedly" after being caught paying family members for non-submitted jobs as a public sector exam proctor; teacher in the New Rochelle school system and wife of a New Rochelle police officer (Alan Silverman?).
New Rochelle Police Department
Detective Jeff Wilson (NRPD): Allegations of malicious prosecution, harassment, wrongful arrest in the Stephenson Boulevard case in a federal lawsuit.
Detective Bruce Daniele (NRPD):Founding member of NRPD P.A.C.T. The Unit illegal gambling and pornography website operated a $50,000 a year gambling business based on the "cash betting" scheme. She is currently the School Safety Administrator for the New Rochelle School District.
Sergeant David Rodriguez (NRPD):arrested after allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl, reportedly one of Rodriguez's many sexual indiscretions both on and off duty. Esposa is a WNBC-TV morning show news anchor who served as emcee at the annual Police Foundation Dinner>
Police Officer Kenneth Frank, (NRPD):He burned his car and boat in an insurance fraud scheme while he was caught doing a side job on disability leave.
Police Alan Silverman: I wanted to see if this is Beverly Silverman's son.
Police Officer John Pastore (NRPD):Driving drunk, he drove the vehicle into Carlyn's Cove Bar in Larchmont, NY.
Policewoman Jamillah Blair (NRPD):He "resigned unexpectedly" before the hearing summoned DWI after his arrest, and he left the scene of the accident. The person he left behind at the crime scene was seriously injured. She ran away from her and then the police found her hiding in her house.
Detective Timothy McKnight (NRPD):Recently suspended for 10 days for being sick [under NRPD police, you must be home on sick leave unless the desk officer has given permission, other officers arrested for the same matter have been suspended for 30 days]
Police Officer Matthew McCarrick (NRPD):Robo, 1996.
Police Officer John DeLeno (NRPD):Along with Lucchese, he allegedly raped and sodomized a civilian NRPD police officer in 1996 while he was off duty. Cleared but released after a departmental hearing.
Police Officer Gary Lucchese, NRPD:He, along with DeLeno, allegedly raped and sodomized a civilian NRPD police officer in 1996 while he was off duty. Cleared but released after a departmental hearing.
Police Officer Eric Shames, NRPD (retired):He robbed a liquor store in White Plains in 1993.
Police Officer Tony Jones, NRPD:"Unexpected resignation" after arrest.
Police Officer Araz Alali (NRPD):Numerous issues dismissed, City suing for racism.
Police Officer Dom Feola (NRPD):Dismissed following allegations of having sex with a 16-year-old girl.
Police Officer Joe Poggoli (NRPD):: Fired after being caught lying about an off-duty job, numerous allegations of shoplifting, including as PBA president (reportedly took and sold foundation-donated flashlight chargers intended for NRPD officers). He sued the city and won a large sum, using the money to buy a $50,000 Elton John piano.
New Rochelle Planning Board
Roberto Silva (former member):Arrested for public indecency, having sex with another man in Saxon Woods Park in a sex bust by Westchester County police.
Board of Trustees of the new Rochelle Public Library
Frank Pascual:Plead guilty in Connecticut to second-degree charges of attempted sexual assault, sentenced to 6 years in prison, online sexual stabbing with a person he believed to be a minor.
Others
Dozens of NRPD officers involved in the P.A.C.T unit Fantasy Football League, a misogynistic, pornographic and illegal gambling website.
Carol Galicia:Bid rigging at auto auction, pulled back to Florida, got caught, restitution required.
Police Officer ______ DeMaria (NRPD):murdered a policeman. (I need names)
New Rochelle Board of Education
Vito Costa (HVAC, Building and Grounds):Investigated and arrested by the Westchester County District Attorney for failure to appear and falsifying billing records. plead guilty
Donna Henry (school assistant general, security):sent nude photos of a 14-year-old girl to two other district employees (his son and daughter-in-law). Suspended for 30 days, heard, received a raise, and transferred to New Rochelle High School.
José Martínez (Assistant Principal, Jefferson Elementary School):Arrested for criminal sexual assault of a minor, he pleaded guilty to repeatedly raping a 14-year-old boy in his office at Isaac E. Young High School.
Frank DeMasi (carpenter, buildings and grounds):Misappropriation of school supplies, conversion of school vehicles and tools for personal use.
Patricia Martínez (Trinidad School):Jason Martinez, her live-in boyfriend/fiancé, was arrested for drug trafficking (ecstasy). Detectives from the Prosecutor's Office found a marijuana farm where the couple lived with a small child and, concerned for the child, decided not to arrest the mother.
Anthony Bongo (Principal, Isaac E. Young Middle School):Lying to Westchester County Health Department after complaints about display and use of tobacco products on school property, numerous issues including noose incidents, student assaults, sexting of naked former student by employees building, unexplained test results showing clear signs of state exam cheating, auditor found school failing to keep receipts, Jose Martinez, a fellow administrator, repeatedly raped a 14-year-old boy in his office at the school .
Kim Nieves (Principal, Jefferson Elementary School):allegedly violated state election law by collecting petitions for a school board candidate on school grounds. José Martínez, his deputy director, abruptly resigned in March and later pleaded guilty to repeatedly raping a 14-year-old boy.
Kareem Ali (Finance/Special Education)– Sexually harassed a senior financial official; forbidden to have direct contact with the woman and not allowed to pass through a certain place in the corridor on the second floor. Ali resurfaced when the New Rochelle Public Library discovered $300,000 in 2011 that went unreported. Since then he has been assigned to the Special Education Department.
Anthony Paganico (painter, buildings and grounds):received the position of painter foreman without meeting the minimum requirements or passing the civil service exam, promoted based on a "recommendation" from the New Rochelle Civil Service Commission headed by Domenic Procopio (Anthony Paganico's father was sergeant in the New Rochelle Police Department, neighbor and friend of Domenic Procopio).
Jimmy Bonano, Jr. (Buildings and Grounds):He painted the death threat against Robert Cox "Cox sleeps with the fishes" on the side of a boat owned by his father in the Cliff Street Yard controlled by his father James Bonanno.
Jimmy Bonanno, Sr. (Building and Grounds):embezzlement, he ordered school district employees to work at his girlfriend's Orange County home.
Danielle Carter (school assistant general, security):Caught shoplifting from the ShopRite grocery store on Palmer Avenue while wearing her New Rochelle City School District security uniform. Bruce Daniele intervened, she was released but was banned from the store.
Rasool Hassan Williams (Buildings and Grounds):Repeat offender for years, drug use, drug possession. Arrested while employed by the district. Arrested for murder in Ohio three weeks after leaving his job at the New Rochelle school district, convicted, sentenced to life in prison.
Len Ricci (Buildings and grounds):Employed despite criminal drug arrest.
Phil Carino (caretaker):Stuffed monkey hanging from a rope, racist
Dianna Wessel (Transportleitung):Arrested for DWI, drunk driving, flipping SUV, hitting three cars, DWI arrest, finding drugs in car.
Freddie Smith (Subdirector):Numerous plagiarism allegations, Ph.D. revoked by University of Virginia.
Martin Freimann (caretaker):Suspended for racist comments towards children and staff at Jefferson Elementary School, long history of similar incidents, transferred to Trinity, allegedly running side businesses, doing vacuum repairs on district hours for ServiceMaster (James Purdy, superintendent of all custodians , take the vacuum cleaners to Freiman for repairs).
Leroy Manuel (School General Assistant, Security):he is currently under investigation by the Westchester District Attorney's Sex Crimes Unit. Manual was involved in a sexual relationship with a college student, which resulted in her becoming pregnant, moving to Florida, and having the baby, sources say.
Robert McLean (school assistant general, security):he is currently under investigation by the Westchester District Attorney's Sex Crimes Unit. McLean allegedly participated in a "game" popular in some Caribbean countries in which money is taken from district employees' paychecks and one person is chosen each week to "win" the money. After reports that McLean had gotten away with murder, two men showed up at New Rochelle High School looking for him and wanting their money back from him. They bypassed security and went to the security office to look for McLean. In a security briefing on the incident, it was determined that the radio code "1010" indicated that someone was searching for McLean on school property. The amounts involved range from hundreds to $10,000 and $15,000.
Kyle Figueroa (School Assistant General, Security):he is currently under investigation by the Westchester District Attorney's Sex Crimes Unit. Last spring, after Martinez's arrest, Figueroa was caught on camera engaging in oral sex with a student in the area of room 105/106, sources say.
Walter Hubbard (caretaker, Alternative High School):This is currently being investigated by the Westchester District Attorney's Sex Crimes Unit. He was fired, a resolution passed in February, repeatedly caught viewing pornography on school district computers.
Tony Sinkfield (caretaker, Davis Elementary School): For many years, Davis Gym allowed people to play basketball without a license or insurance. They played on Saturday from around 10:00 a.m. Sinkfield reportedly gave the promoter a key to get into the gym for the weekend. That ended recently after Sinkfield clashed with Jimmy Bonanno, Jr. and his father set off an alarm at the school, Sources Day. New Rochelle police responded to the alarm, but the building was empty when they arrived on scene.
Bruce Daniele (head of school security):Hired as security guards Jerome Planter and Geeta Singh based on falsified residence records. Has allowed security guards to continue working after their New York State security licenses have expired (Leroy Manuel, Kevin Thomas, Cheryl Minor, Robert McLean). There is no security/adults or coaches on the baseball practice bus.
Jerome Planter (school assistant general, security):Submitted false residency records to the New Rochelle Civil Service Commission to obtain a New Rochelle residency requirement job.
Geeta Singh (school assistant general, security):Submitted false residency records to the New Rochelle Civil Service Commission to obtain a New Rochelle residency requirement job.
Anthony Newman (Glass Store, Department of Buildings and Real Estate):Sexual assault on a county clerk at City Hall.
Many security/general school assistants continued to work after their New York State security licenses expired. There is more than that.
Others:
_____ Gibson, MVFD, NRHS Security, arrested by NRPD for drug trafficking at Holy Family by Church, School. The pressure to be charged eased. Linda Kelly chimed in.
_______________ caught by NRPD dealing cocaine on Shore Road.
Donna Henry Sohn (Kareem _____)
Donna Henry's daughter-in-law (Alison _____)
Louis Apicella
Juan Gallagher
Antonio Rigos
Daughter of Beverly Silverman (name required)