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Suicides on Hudson River bridges this weekend
KINGSTON – A person jumped off the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge at around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, according to Ulster County 911. Several area rescue agencies responded to the Hudson River to investigate. Emergency medical services said the was person was a woman who jumped from the mid-span. At about 11:08...
4-Hour Detail Yields 23 Summonses In Mahopac Village Center
The enforcement campaign was conducted in Putnam County on Friday evening, May 17 at the Mahopac Village Center shopping center. According to Carmel Police, the detail was undertaken following complaints from residents and business owners concerning large gatherings of loitering vehicles in the parking lot and erratic driving. The campaign...
City street closed due to police task force activity
POUGHKEEPSIE – Cottage Street between North Clinton and North Hamilton Streets was closed to traffic Tuesday morning due to police activity. Members of the City of Poughkeepsie Police Neighborhood Recovery Unit (NRU) and federal law enforcement agents were observed entering a house on the north side of Cottage Street before 5:00 a.m. on May 21, 2024.
BREAKING… Major early morning raids in Newburgh
NEWBURGH – Hundreds of law enforcement officers from several local, state and federal agencies conducted a major early morning sweep in the City of Newburgh today. Federal agents from the ATF, State Police, the Orange County Sheriff’s and District Attorney’s Offices and City of Newburgh Police conducted coordinated raids.
Electric Mustangs arrive in Carmel
CARMEL – Two 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E’s arrived at Carmel Town Hall Monday for use by the Carmel Police Department and Carmel Building Department, thanks to grant funding secured by State Senator Peter Harckham. The $100,000 stipend used to purchase the vehicles originated from $2.1 million in grant...
Gomerez is out as Newburgh police commissioner
NEWBURGH – Just two weeks after Newburgh City Police Chief Anthony Geraci left his job, Police Commissioner Jose Gomerez is gone. In a two-page memo, Gomerez wrote about “the amazing strides we’ve made in Newburgh over the last three years.”. An attempt to reach him for details...
Serious accident on Rt. 17K involving pedestrian struck by motor vehicle
TOWN OF NEWBURGH – A serious accident this morning on Route 17K in front of Auto Park Place involved a pedestrian and a motor vehicle. There are unconfirmed reports that it was a fatal accident. The accident occurred around 10:45 this morning.
Midday Poughkeepsie shooter convicted by jury
POUGHKEEPSIE – After deliberating for a few hours Monday afternoon, a jury convicted Luciano Incardona, 40, of firing two shots at a man on Main Street in Poughkeepsie on the afternoon of March 15, 2023. The prosecutors from the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office argued that Incardona fired the shots at Dwayne Joyner in retaliation for beating the defendant up earlier in the day after Incardona was throwing eggs at a woman to humiliate her and Joyner intervened.
24-Year-Old Man Nabbed After Rain-Soaked Cat Found Abandoned In Crate In Carmel
The arrest resulted from the animal's discovery on Thursday, May 16 in Putnam County, when the Putnam Humane Society reported finding a long-haired orange unneutered male cat in a plastic crate near Old Route 6 in Carmel near one of the shelter's entrances. According to the Putnam County SPCA, the...
Suspect Nabbed In Stony Point Home Invasion, Cops Say
The incident occurred in Rockland County around 9:40 p.m., Monday, May 20, on Dickens Street in Stony Point. According to Lt. Greg Becker of the Stony Point Police, a man called police saying they needed help after someone tried to shoot him during a home invasion. Officers located a 64-year-old...
100-year-old vet served as Grand Marshal at City of Newburgh’s Memorial Day Parade
NEWBURGH – George Kohler, who served in legendary General George Patton’s Third Army Division, 550 Battalion during World War II, will serve as the Grand Marshal of the City of Newburgh’s Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 27th. There will be services held at Washington’s Headquarters immediately...
20-Year-Old Man Steals Vehicle With Child's Wheelchair From Yorktown Home: Police
Letrell Ackerman of Reading, Pennsylvania was taken into custody by Yorktown Police on Thursday, May 16 in connection with the theft of a vehicle with an electric wheelchair inside that occurred in June 2023, the department announced on Friday, May 17. The arrest was made in connection with an incident...
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