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CRIME & SAFETY
Accord woman sentenced for stealing from Marbletown business
KINGSTON – A 54-year-old Accord woman has been sentenced in Ulster County Court to five years of felony probation and ordered to pay over $207,500 to Otto-Tech Manufacturing in connection with her ongoing theft and falsification of business records while she was employed at the company. Otto-Tech, in High...
FedEx Sued After Former Poughkeepsie Driver Raped, Assaulted Teens
The lawsuit, which was filed on Monday, May 6, alleges that FedEx and the Dutchess County Parcel Service were negligent in the rape of a teen girl by Poughkeepsie resident Joshua J. Ginyard. This new suit comes less than four months after Ginyard, age 33, was released from prison on...
High school student dies in Hyde Park crash
All four people were taken to local hospitals, where the driver succumbed to their injuries. The Dutchess County Sheriff's Office and Hyde Park Police conducted a preliminary investigation and said the car was driving southbound when the driver lost control and struck a utility pole.
Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative aims to bring down gun violence
ALBANY – Shooting incidents in municipalities participating in the state’s Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) program have seen an overall decrease in gun violence in recent years, the State Division of Criminal Justice reports. In terms of raw numbers, the City of Newburgh saw the largest drop in...
Police Week highlights dangerous shortage of Poughkeepsie cops
POUGHKEEPSIE – President John F. Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day in 1962 and the calendar week in which May 15 falls, as National Police Week. National Police Week pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others. In the City of Poughkeepsie, the week calls attention to the shortage of police officers which several cops have called “dangerously low”.
Guilty plea in fatal shooting of Poughkeepsie man in Peekskill
A man pleaded guilty Friday in the Peekskill shooting death of a father of seven as the victim was dropping one of his kids off at the mother's home. Reginald McClure, 39, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and weapon charges, agreeing to prosecutors' sentence offer of 30 years in state prison.
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