CRIME & SAFETY
Poughkeepsie Drug Dealer Nabbed For Second Time, Cops Say
Dutchess County resident Jaylen Shaw, age 22, of the town of Poughkeepsie, was arrested on Friday, May 10, in Poughkeepsie by the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Drug Task. According to Det. Sgt. Adam Harris of the task force, a continued investigation into Shaw's activities led to his arrest...
Kingston (NY) Firefighters Free Two Teens Stuck in Baby Swings at Park
Daily Freeman, Kingston, N.Y. May 7—KINGSTON, N.Y. — Kingston Fire Department firefighters and paramedics were called in for an unusual rescue at Block Park on Monday night, May 6, according to the department’s Facebook page. The post said firefighters were called to the park on Abeel Street...
Kingston Gun Buyback Event Aims To Reduce Crime
The event, sponsored by New York Attorney General Letitia James and the Kingston Police Department, will be held in Ulster County on Saturday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Andy Murphy Midtown Neighborhood Center at 467 Broadway in Kingston. This event is part of James’ ongoing...
Two jailed men charged with violating court orders
POUGHKEEPSIE – Two incarcerated men have been charged in separate incidents at the Dutchess County Justice and Transition Center in Poughkeepsie with violating orders of protection by calling the protected parties. William Green Jr., 30, of Poughkeepsie, and Craig Albrecht, 41, of East Fishkill, have been charged with aggravated...
Man charged with attempted murder allowed to set his own bail
POUGHKEEPSIE – One of the primary suspects in the 2023 “Melee on Maple Street”, accused of attempted murder, was allowed to set his own bail in Dutchess County Court on Wednesday. Rakim Paulin, 43, of Beacon, was arrested in August 2023 in the City of Poughkeepsie after allegedly trying to use a hatchet to kill a man at a Poughkeepsie park. The event triggered a large-scale melee on Maple Street (westbound 44/55 arterial) on August 20, 2023.
Millbrook gets new police chief
VILLAGE OF MILLBROOK – The months-long search for a police chief to oversee the part-time Village of Millbrook Police Department was ended on Wednesday night. The village trustees voted unanimously to name Fishkill Police Chief Keith Dworkin the man to run the department. Dworkin told Mid-Hudson News that his...
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