Concurrent Sentences For Van Cortlandt Avenue Shooter

OSSINING, NY — Mario Mieles will spend a decade in prison for shooting and wounding another man in Ossining in 2019.

State Supreme Court Justice Barry Warhit sentenced him Thursday to two concurrent terms of 14.5 years in prison, followed by 5 years’ post-release supervision, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced.

Mieles pleaded guilty in February to:

• Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, a class B felony
• Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a class C felony

Mieles shot a man with a semi-automatic pistol Feb. 10, 2019 on Van Cortlandt Avenue. He then ran away, but surrendered to police on Feb. 14.

Speculation in Ossining right after the shooting centered around whether the two involved were teens and if the shooting was gang-related. Neither was true, police said during the investigation.

In fact, Scarpino said, the victim and the defendant had known each other for years. The victim sustained life-altering permanent injuries.

A .40 caliber Smith and Wesson handgun was found near the crime scene by a civilian. The police were able to match the gun with the shell casings and other ballistics evidence.

Assistant District Attorney Lana Hochheiser, Deputy Chief of the Homicide Bureau, prosecuted the case.