Crime & Safety
Mount Vernon Man Gets 18 Years In Vicious Fatal Stabbing
In March of 2019, Richard Vincent cut a 39-year-old's throat and stabbed him multiple times in the victim's apartment.
MOUNT VERNON, NY — A Mount Vernon man who savagely slashed and stabbed his victim during a fight is headed to prison.
Richard Vincent was sentenced on Thursday to 18 years in prison, with five years of post-release supervision, for the 2019 fatal stabbing of another Mount Vernon man, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced.
During the evening of March 12, 2019, the now 43-year-old cut 39-year-old Randy Streete’s throat and stabbed him multiple times during a physical altercation in Streete’s apartment on S. Sixth Ave. in Mount Vernon.
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The next day, the victim’s girlfriend found Streete dead on his bedroom floor and called the police.
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Following an investigation by the Mount Vernon Police Department, Vincent surrendered himself to police and was arrested on March 20, 2019.
After a weeklong bench trial in April, Vincent was found guilty of felony first degree manslaughter.
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