“My fight has only just begun, and my brother’s memory will never die,” James Nolan
By Dan Murphy
County Legislator James Nolan called out the New York State criminal justice system for allowing an individual involved in the shooting death of Michael Nolan, in 2015. Tejmitra Singh was released on Dec. 16, after serving 10 years of a 11 year sentence for his role in Michael Nolan’s death.
“I need to warn everyone in the community and ask for everyone to share that the lowlife murderer who planned my brother’s shooting, Tejmitra Singh, is being RELEASED today. Singh, who orchestrated my brother’s murder, was sentenced to 12 years, but due to the failed and dangerous pro-criminal bail reform and perceived “good behavior,” he’s being released early and will be home in time for Christmas.
“Tejmitra Singh will also be working at his parent’s paint and hardware store located at 180 Gramatan Ave in Mount Vernon. Stay away from someone responsible for taking a life, or protest the business if you choose.
“People have asked why I am so outspoken against elected officials supporting pro-criminal laws and the laws themselves. It’s because these laws have profoundly affected my family, and I refuse to let others suffer the same. My fight has only just begun, and my brother’s memory will never die.
“The pro-criminal New York State Parole Board has yet to contact me regarding the denial of my request to keep him behind bars for his complete sentence, and neither my family nor I have been notified of his release.”
On Sept. 18, 2015 at approximately 12:38am Yonkers Police received calls for a shooting in the area of 826 Central Park Ave. Units arrived to find victim Michael Nolan, a Yonkers resident and Major League Baseball Prospect suffering from gun shot wounds
An extensive investigation was carried out by the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, the Yonkers Police Department and the Westchester County Intelligence Center. That investigation revealed that the shooting was in retaliation for the beating of an individual known to the defendant and related to events that began during a drag race two nights before the shooting.
Tejmitra Singh, now 23, from the Bronx was sentenced to eleven years in state prison after having pled guilty to one count of Assault in the First Degree, a class “B” Violent Felony
