Man Accused Of Threatening County Judge

MILLWOOD, NY — Westchester County Police arrested a New Castle man on Monday night and charged him with making a threat to harm a member of the judiciary in Westchester.

Steven McDowell, 41, was charged with Making a Terroristic Threat, a felony. He was booked at County Police headquarters in Hawthorne and held overnight pending arraignment Tuesday afternoon in New Rochelle City Court.

New York State Court Officers reported to County Police Sept. 9 that a person involved in a court action in Westchester had made a threat to harm the judge. Detectives from the General Investigations Unit investigated the alleged threat and took McDowell into custody at his home on Pinesbridge Road in the hamlet of Millwood that night.

No weapons were recovered during a search of McDowell’s residence, police said.

The name of the judge and the court are not being disclosed at this time due to an ongoing investigation.