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Yonkers man guilty of brutal ashtray assault on mom

A jury on Wednesday found a Yonkers man guilty of trying to kill his own mother in a brutal attack last year.

Albert Crooks, 31, faces up to 25 years in prison when he returns for sentencing on Oct. 2. The jury delivered the verdict on the fifth day of the trial.

Crooks was arguing with his mother in her Yonkers apartment last Sept. 23 when he lost control and turned violent, prosecutors...

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