WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. By John F. Bailey. June 22, 2006 UPDATED 5 P.M. June 23, 2006: Six young men from White Plains  aged 22 to 24 years were stabbed after a possible gang  melee at a nightclub in Yonkers early Sunday morning, WPCNR has learned.

News12 covered the incident briefly on a newscast Sunday, reporting that members of a White Plains gang had been stabbed. Yonkers Police confirmed today to WPCNR, the multiple stabbings occurred at a private party featuring a deejay, that was held at the night club Saturday night into Sunday morning. Police would not say who rented the club for the affair. A Yonkers Police spokesperson described the incident as being sparked by a "gang shoutout," to WPCNR Thursday.

Friday afternoon, Daniel Jackson, Deputy Police Commissioner for the City of White Plains Department of Public Safety denied the six injured men were affiliated with a White Plains gang, in this statement:

"We do NOT have information that the people that were stabbed in Yonkers are affiliated with any gangs. You should check with Yonkers police department regarding the facts of the incident as it was within their jurisdiction. We have been in contact with them regarding the incident and will assist them in any way possible with THEIR investigation."

Commissioner Jackson also said regarding the incident as beling related to the murder of a White Plains man on Ferris Avenue several weeks ago, "We have no reason to believe the two are connected."

Lieutenant Maureen Zadorozny of the Yonkers Police Department Commissioner's Office told the CitizeNetReporter today that reports of a disorder at The Guadalajara et Noche at 209 Neperhan Avenue at the corner of Columbus Circle in Yonkers,  were received at 3:19 A.M. She said when Yonkers police responded,  they found six victims all residents of White Plains who had been stabbed. It is Yonkers Police policy not to identify the victims.

Lieutenant Zadorozny  said one aged 22 was hospitalized at Jacoby Hospital in the Bronx for two stab wounds to the chest; another two, ages 21 and 24 treated and released in a local hospital and released. A 22 year old male went to Westchester Medical Center and was admitted due to his stab wounds, and one male whose age was not given was stabbed in the chest, and admitted to Jacoby Hospital, as was the sixth male, due to his injuries.

She said the nightclub had been rented for a private party, and “during the party, one of the males asked the Deejay to do a shout-out which is to call the name of their gang out. That’s what sparked the melee. One of the bouncers in the club had the (20) participants in the dispute leave the bar and then it continued outside. And the incident is still under investigation.”

Asked the name of the alleged White Plains “gang,” she said they did not have information on that.  “The (police) report that I have says a shoutout named a Mexican gang, without identifying it, so I really can’t say because I don’t have it in my report.”

Asked who rented the place for the party, she said that was not being released by Yonkers detectives either. 

Asked if police felt this was related to the slaying of a 30- year old White Plains man on Ferris Avenue recently, the officer said “I have nothing in my report to indicate that.”

She said Yonkers detectives have been in contact with White Plains Police regarding this case.

The Westchester District Attorney Public Affairs office was contacted by WPCNR, to see if the District Attorney Gang Task Force was looking at the incident, and WPCNR awaits their response.