Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace will hold a press conference on Thursday announcing the arrest of a prominent member of Westchester’s youth sports community
Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace will hold a press conference on Thursday, May 15, announcing the arrest of a prominent member of Westchester’s youth sports community, Coach Dwayne Murray. He was arrested on Wednesday and charged with Sexual Conduct Against a Child in the First Degree (NY Penal Law § 130.75), which is a class B Felony.
Murray, who is the Executive Director of The Mount Vernon Junior Knights and assistant coach of Mount Vernon High School Boys Valley Basketball, was arraigned by Judge Peter St. George Davis in Mount Vernon City Court at 9:30 am and was remanded without bail. He is currently being held in the Norwood E. Jackson Correctional Center in Valhalla (Westchester County Correctional facility) pending trial. Based on the charges in the complaint, Murray faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison if convicted.
As alleged in the felony complaint, between Oct. 1, 2023, and March 1, 2024, Murray engaged in two or more acts of sexual conduct against a child less than 13 years old, including at least one instance of oral sexual conduct.
DA Cacace will hold a press conference on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. at the Office of the Westchester County District Attorney, located at 111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Fifth Floor, White Plains.
Murray’s next appearance in Mount Vernon City Court will be Wednesday, June 4th at 10 am.
The case is being investigated by the DA Office’s Hi-Tech Unit and the Special Prosecutions Division.
The case is being prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorney Charlotte Gudis of the Special Prosecutions Division
Black Westchester would like to remind everyone that a complaint is merely an allegation. Murray is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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