Hartford Man Gets 65 Years for Deadly Apartment Shooting, Attack: State
A Hartford man will spend decades in prison for a shooting that killed one man and seriously wounded another.
Benjamin White, 38, was sentenced to 65 years on Wednesday, Jan. 21, the Office of the State's Prosecutor said. White was found guilty of the 2022 murder of Simon Griffin in Oct. 2025.
Jurors found White guilty of murder, first-degree assault, and criminal possession of a firearm.
Hartford police responded to 252 Laurel Street on Aug. 11, 2022, after receiving a 911 call reporting gunfire and two people shot. Griffin, 33, was found with two gunshot wounds to the head and was …
Painter-For-Hire Who Raped Girl, 11, While Working In Peekskill Gets Enhanced Sentence
A man who raped an 11-year-old girl while working as a painter-for-hire in Westchester County has been sentenced to an enhanced prison term, prosecutors announced.
Anselmo Yambay Pena, 61, of Peekskill, was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 16, to 20 years in state prison, followed by 20 years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to first-degree rape, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday, Jan. 20.
According to prosecutors, the incident occurred on Feb. 15, 2024, when Pena was hired to perform painting work at a Peekskill residential building. Wh…
