Man sentenced for robbing 2 women at Mount Vernon train station

Man sentenced for robbing 2 women at Mount Vernon train station

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MOUNT VERNON -

A Yonkers man was sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for robbing two women at a Mount Vernon train station.

Officials say Arthur Branch was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted robbery.

They say he approached two women with a box cutter, demanded money and took their cellphones in September 2016.

Branch was arrested in December.

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