Arrest Made In Machete Robbery At A Notorious Apartment Building

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — A notorious New Rochelle Municipal Housing Authority building near the New Rochelle Montefiore Hospital is once again grabbing headlines for all the wrong reasons.

On July 17, at about 1 p.m., New Rochelle police arrested 51-year-old Tyrone McGhee, of New Rochelle, for a robbery that happened on July 3.

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McGhee is accused of unlawfully being on the New Rochelle Municipal Housing Authority property at 111 Lockwood Avenue where he is also accused of robbing a victim by threatening the use of a machete.

He was spotted again on July 17, walking on Lockwood Avenue. When McGhee was approached by police, he ran behind 41 Lockwood Avenue and then over a fence and into a building located at 400 North Avenue. He was then seen climbing out of a rear window onto a fire escape but was eventually taken into custody.

McGhee faces a felony robbery charge and a misdemeanor trespassing charge in connection to the July 3, robbery.

Just weeks earlier, police arrested a trespasser at the same residential building, who was found with 30 grams of crack-cocaine, heroin, powder cocaine and brass knuckles, according to police.