Patriece B. Miller Funeral Service, Inc. Licensed Funeral Director From Westmoreland, Jamaica WI • Shipping Local & Overseas ‘Community Lifestyle Newspaper’ 914-310-4294 Vol: 9 No. 03 WWW.STREETHYPENEWSPAPER.COM • FREE COPY FEBRUARY 1-18, 2014 Mother & Son Caribbean Airlines BY KIMMY BLAIR under Street Hype CArime Reporrter rested MOUNT VERNON: Threat mother, her son and a third person see page 5 were arrested on weapons charges Aafter an early morning raid on January 29, at the woman’s’ south side apartment in Mount Vernon, New York. Detectives from the Mount Vernon Police Department Intelligence Unit arrested 45 year- old Robin Reese, her 24 year-old son Anthony Reese and 22 ANTHONY REESE, 24 year-old Omar Hewitt after recovering a Charged with 3rd Degree Criminal loaded .357 caliber revolver and a .22 Possession of a weapon caliber pistol from the residence at 145 4th Ave. All three were charged with 3rd Degree Criminal Possession of a weapon, a felony and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. Also ROBIN REESE, 45 present in the apartment were three of Charged with 3rd Degree Robin Reese’s other children, ages Criminal Possession of a eleven, twelve, and thirteen. weapon and endangering Robin Reese has one prior arrest on the welfare of a child drug related charges. Anthony Reese has been arrested a Omar Hewitt, of 254 S. 9th Ave. has total of four times and three of the eight previous arrests two of them for Omar Hewitt, 22 arrests were for felony charges. felonies. All three are due in Mount Charged with 3rd Degree Vernon City Court this week. 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President Abraham Lincoln, African Although very few blacks are listed We cannot be too excited about the Americas continue to face injustice, in the Forbes top hundred US billionaires achievements and successes of a few racism and other forms of human rights chart, an increasing number of African blacks and ignore the barefaced discrimi - violations. Americans are experiencing increase nation that the vast majorities encounter Nonetheless, American political lead - prosperity and enjoying the American as they seek to live a normal life. ers continued to be very tolerant and sup - dream. As we celebrate February as Black portive of black people to the extent that However, it is still not an easy road history month, we should therefore reflect the Democratic Party, initially against the for most African Americans, as they con - on our achievements, while safeguarding abolition of slavery, is now the lead advo - tinue to comprise the largest number of our rights and freedom. 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The board The incident occurred at around tice law in New York, made six unautho - then appointed Griffin, their outside coun - 10:40 a.m. inside a privately owned park - rized wire transfers to his own attorney sel, as acting president. ing lot located at 6301 8th Avenue in escrow account from October 2012 Subsequent audit by the cemetery and Borough Park. through January 2014. He was arraigned investigations by the Attorney General’s Lin was loading groceries into her on Monday in State Supreme Court, St. Office revealed that after Griffin’s car with her husband, when police say George, on seven counts of grand larceny. appointment, he embezzled almost $2 mil - she stepped back and was struck by the Griffin pleaded not guilty to grand lion from United Hebrew Cemetery. If bobcat as it was backing up. larceny charges and is currently being convicted, Griffin faces a maximum sen - Police say Lin sustained severe held on $750,000 bond and over $250,000 tence of 8 1/3 to 25 years in prison.