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Drug Dealer Linked To Fatal Overdose In Southeast Gets Prison Time: Here's Sentence
Putnam County resident William Mancusi III of Kent was sentenced to nine years in state prison for selling a dangerous combination of heroin and fentanyl on two occasions, Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy announced on Tuesday, May 14. Earlier Report - Drug Dealer From Kent Convicted After Being Linked...
ID Released For Woman Struck, Killed By SUV In Wallkill
The incident happened around 11 p.m. Friday, May 10, in Orange County on Route 211 near Route 17 in the town of Wallkill. New York State Police say that a preliminary investigation revealed that Connecticut resident Mary C. Shea, age 38, from the town of Naugatuck in New Haven County, was walking on Route 211 when she stepped off the curb and into the right lane of traffic when she was struck by a 2017 Ford Escape that was traveling west.
Attempted murder suspect charged in violent Poughkeepsie attack released on $1,350 bail
Rakim Paulin, 43, was released on Wednesday after the ruling found the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office failed to prosecute the case against the defendant within 90 days while Paulin was behind bars without bail, as required under the state’s new bail reform laws.
Car chase that began in Liberty ends in Newburgh
NEWBURGH – What began as a car chase when a vehicle ran over fire hoses in Liberty on Sunday ended in the City of Newburgh with the arrest of two people. Police said the car sped east on Route 17 to Interstate 84 in the Town of Wallkill where the pursuit was terminated.
Updated technology equipment en route to Carmel Police Department
CARMEL – Carmel Police received good news Tuesday, a $400,000 grant from the State Division of Criminal Justice Services Law Enforcement Technology grant program is on its way to Putnam County’s largest town police department. The funding is to assist the police in purchasing new technology and equipment...
Police searching for suspects who KO’d one cop, injured another (VIDEO)
POUGHKEEPSIE – One city officer was knocked unconscious on Sunday night and a second one was injured after a man tried to flee from a traffic stop by ramming police cars. The 10:00 pm incident occurred on the 600 block of Main Street near the intersection with Church Street.
Police looking for suspects in fatal Newburgh shooting (VIDEO)
NEWBURGH – Police in Newburgh said on Tuesday that the man who was shot and killed Monday night in front of 33 Hasbrouck Street was a 25-year-old Rock Tavern man. Another man in the car with him, a 20-year-old resident of the Town of New Windsor, was also shot and remains in critical condition in the hospital, police said.
Police Officer Badly Hurt Getting Out Of Vehicle In Hudson Valley
A Hudson Valley police officer was badly hurt in a hit-and-run, getting out of a police vehicle. Officials are hoping you, or someone, can help. Officials on the scene say the police officer was "badly hurt" following the accident in Dutchess County. Details are still developing this morning, but here's what we know so far.
Poughkeepsie Man Convicted In Fatal Stabbing of Roommate
Dutchess County resident Andrew Alex Fraser of Poughkeepsie was convicted of murder on Monday, May 13, after two days of jury deliberations. According to the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office, Fraser killed Dontay Brown, age 24, during a knife attack, which resulted in a fatal stab wound into Brown’s skull, on Sunday, June 4, 2023, at 12:30 p.m. at 25 South Grand Ave., in the City of Poughkeepsie.
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