CRIME & SAFETY
Human skeleton unearthed from Hudson Valley home sparking mystery of its origin
An excavation crew unearthed human remains from a home in the Hudson Valley last week — igniting and quickly destroying a town’s hopes to finally solve a decades-old missing persons case, police said Thursday. The skeleton was found April 16 by a crew that was preparing for a new home build in the town of Patterson, according to the New York State Police. The badly decomposed body offered little clues to the person’s identity, but investigators confirmed that it was not that of that of Robin Murphy, who mysteriously vanished on April 9, 1995 at age 17. Slack co-founder’s missing teen Mint Butterfield...
Newburgh police chief quits; takes job as security chief in Newburgh school district
NEWBURGH – Newburgh City Police Chief Anthony Geraci is leaving city employ, but not going very far. He has resigned to take the position of director of safety and security in the Newburgh Enlarged City School District. His appointment was approved by the board of education at a special Friday session.
Oklahoma woman guilty in fatal Orange County crash
GOSHEN – A Shawnee, Oklahoma woman faces four to 12 years in prison when sentenced in July in connection with a fatal accident in the Town of Newburgh. Nicholle Hoke, 45, pled guilty in Orange County Court on Wednesday to aggravated vehicular homicide. It is alleged that around 10...
Newburgh woman accused of having more than 500 syringes in car
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — A Newburgh woman was arrested after police in Evansville said they found more than 500 syringes in her car. Police said they responded to reports of a woman slumped over the wheel of a van at the intersection of Jackson Avenue and Elliot Street around 6:30 Friday night. Police said they […]
Christian Alayon, Maritza Cuba Arrested At Mahopac CVS
The arrests stemmed from an incident on Thursday, April 25, when Yorktown Police reported that two shoplifting suspects had fled the town and may have been connected to other thefts in the area. Later in the day, detectives in Putnam County from the Carmel Police Department saw the suspects' vehicle...
$1.7M Covid-19 Fraud: Mount Vernon Mom, Daughter Sentenced
Westchester County residents Alicia Ayers and her mother, Andrea Ayers, both of Mount Vernon, were found guilty of submitting more than 300 fraudulent applications for US Small Business Administration Economic Injury Disaster Loans. Andrea Ayers was a former Code Enforcement Officer for the City of Mount Vernon Police Department. In...
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