Pace
WHITE PLAINS – A Mount Vernon man is in the Westchester County Jail in lieu of $250,000 cash bail or $500,000 bond following his indictment on a charge of manslaughter.
Donte Pace, 22, was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the death of James Puryear.
On the afternoon of October 18, 2016, Puryear was walking on Elm Street in Yonkers when Pace approached and stabbed him once in the chest with a knife. Puryear was not armed. He was rushed to St. Joseph’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
An investigation by Yonkers Police led to Pace’s arrest on October 28. If convicted he faces up to 25 years in state prison.
