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Tuxedo man guilty of DWI after jury trial
WARWICK – A 61-year-old Tuxedo man was convicted following a four-day jury trial in Warwick Town Court of driving while intoxicated. Michael Sutherland is scheduled to be sentenced next month. It was alleged that in the early morning hours of September 26, 2022, he was observed by Warwick Town...
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.
Newburgh man sentenced for illegal possession of gun
GOSHEN – A Newburgh man was sentenced on Monday to four years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision following his guilty plea in Orange County Court to a charge of criminal possession of a weapon. It was alleged that late in the evening of October 16,...
Police Issue Alert For Northern Westchester Teens Missing For Days
Authorities are seeking help from the public in finding two teenagers who have been missing from Northern Westchester for several days.In an announcement on Wednesday, May 15, the Yorktown Police Department and New York State Police said they are looking for 17-year-old Evelyn Jimenez and 15-year-o…
18-Year-Old Admits Accidentally Shooting GF During Family Fight In Walden
Orange County resident Joseph Lightfoot, of Wallkill, pleaded guilty to possession of a weapon in Orange County Court on Tuesday, May 14, stemming from a shooting that occurred in the Village of Walden on Thursday, April 25. According to prosecutors, Lightfoot, his girlfriend, and another man exited a truck and...
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.
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.
Second Bergen Mom In Two Days Charged With Driving To Child's School Drunk
A staff member at the Lenape Meadows School alerted Resource Officer Michael Jack to a possibly drunk woman attending a special Mother’s Day tea on the property shortly after 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 10, Mahwah Police Lt. Michael Blondin said. She reportedly “was stumbling and her speech was slurred,”...
Tennessee man crushed to death in industrial accident
MAYBROOK – A 61-year-old Mount Juliet, Tennessee man was killed when he was crushed between a Freightliner truck cab and an empty trailer as the cab was attempting to hook up to it. State Police said Stanley Weglarz was assisting in the yard at a trucking company at 1000...
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