CRIME & SAFETY
Serious Crash Impacts Traffic On Route 6 In Somers
The crash happened on Route 6 in Somers between Clayton Boulevard and Mahopac Avenue on Thursday, May 2, the Carmel Police Department announced just before 12:30 p.m. Carmel and Somers Police are now directing traffic in the area of the crash. Motorists are asked to avoid the area. Further information...
Brewster Man Killed After Route 100 Somers Police Chase
According to authorities, an incident occurred on Tuesday, April 30, around 3:40 p.m. when New York State Police attempted to pull over a 2019 Nissan Altima on Route 100 in Somers. The car was allegedly not staying in its lane. After this, the vehicle did not stop and soon led...
19-Year-Old Assaults Father In Mahopac Falls
The incident happened in Putnam County on Friday, April 26, when a physical fight at a Mahopac Falls residence was reported to Carmel Police. According to the department, responding officers found a 19-year-old man assaulting his father, who was pinned to the ground. The suspect then ran out the back...
New York Man Violently Kills Hudson Valley Friend
An argument with a friend quickly turned deadly. A man from the lower Hudson Valley was sentenced for killing his roommate. Mount Kisco, New York Man Admits To Killing Friend. Oscar Manolo Morales, 42, of Mount Kisco pleaded guilty on March 28 to a felony charge of manslaughter in the first degree.
Two patients charged with assault at Arms Acres
CARMEL – Two men who are patients at Arms Acres, a drug and alcohol treatment facility, are facing charges of assault when the appeared later this month in Carmel Town Court. Carmel Police were summoned to the in-patient treatment center located on Seminary Hill Road in Carmel for a...
Police Blotter, April 30 – May 6, 2024
Apr. 23: A village resident was charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, following a traffic stop at 6:38 p.m. on Maple Avenue. The man was booked at the Green Street precinct and released pending a May 5 appearance in Mount Kisco Justice Court. Apr. 24: An Albany man was charged with...
Drug dealer arrested in drug diversion program; faces long prison sentence
POUGHKEEPSIE – Members of the Dutchess County Drug Task Force arrested 29-year-old Beacon resident Raequan Keemer Tuesday following a grand jury indictment on four felony drug charges. Keemer had previously been arrested in 2022 after selling cocaine to undercover drug task force agents in Beacon. He entered a guilty plea to those charges in June.
Putnam County to settle multi-million-dollar lawsuit
CARMEL – A dump truck driver from Cold Spring has settled his multi-million dollar lawsuit against Putnam County for $775,000 stemming from a serious motor vehicle crash in 2021 on Route 301 near the Kent-Putnam Valley Town line. The crash sent an investigator with the Putnam Sheriff’s Office and the Cold Spring man to the hospital with severe injuries.
Accused murderer arraigned before capacity crowd
POUGHKEEPSIE – Town of Pawling resident Giuseppe Vassallo, 43, was arraigned on felony murder charges in Dutchess County Court on Thursday morning. Vassallo was originally charged with attempted murder for a March altercation at his residence in which he stabbed 42-year-old Pawling resident Nathaniel Vieira. The victim succumbed to his injuries in a Connecticut hospital three weeks later and the charge against Vassallo was upgraded to murder.
Teens Drive Stolen Car Near Compo Beach In Westport
The incident happened in Fairfield County on Wednesday, May 1 at around 11:45 p.m., when two people were seen trying to enter vehicles on Hillspoint Road near Compo Beach in Westport, according to Westport Police. Soon after this was reported, Westport officers and members of the Bridgeport Auto-Theft Task Force...
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