A 40 year old Washingtonville woman escaped injury Thursday evening when her car became stuck on the railroad crossing at the foot of Washington Street in the City of Newburgh. According to police, City of Newburgh Police Officer Nicholas Cardinale was patrolling the area shortly before 10:00 PM, when he noticed a Chevy Cavalier stopped [...]
Three Monticello residents were arrested on Thursday May 23 as part of an ongoing investigation into a reported gang assault on a 36 year old Monticello man that occurred on Wednesday May 1, 2013. The incident occurred slightly before 11:00 PM in a residence on High Street in the Village of Monticello. Owen Horace, 22, [...]
Saugerties woman arrested for embezzlement The New York State Police in Kingston report the arrest of Tonya L. Valk, age 43 of Saugerties for Grand Larceny in the second degree, 5 counts of Forgery in the second degree and 5 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the first degree, all felonies. Valk was employed as [...]
A Dutchess County man charged with violation of the SAFE Act earlier this month was cleared of the charges in a Columbia County court Thursday. Columbia County’s District Attorney refused to prosecute 31 year old Gregory Dean for carrying a loaded pistol with nine rounds of ammo instead of the SAFE Act regulated seven rounds. [...]
State Senator John J. Bonacic (Orange County), has introduced legislation, S.5586, which would provide for a process to authorize up to seven licenses for casino gaming if a referendum on the Constitutional amendment to allow casino gaming this November is successful. “Governor Cuomo gave us a road map, and while this is perhaps a slightly [...]
A six-count superseding indictment was unsealed Wednesday charging Marquis Jacobs with the drug-related murder of Carlos Patricio on July 28, 2011, as well as robbery, narcotics, and firearms offenses. Jacobs has been in custody since his arrest by the FBI on December 2, 2011. His case is assigned to United States District Judge Edgardo Ramos, [...]
United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Ryan Harding in Syracuse, New York. Harding was being sought by the Scranton Police Department for a homicide that occurred on May 5, 2013. It is alleged that Harding shot at his victim, striking him twice. On May 10, an arrest [...]
Statement by Mayor John Tkazyik on the State Comptroller’s Report on the City of Poughkeepsie “We have our points of disagreement, but I concur with the report?s finding that communities across New York are dealing with increased fiscal stress.? Our problems are caused by unfunded mandates imposed on the city by the State of New [...]
Ayman Rabadi, of Yonkers, New York, pled guilty in connection with charges that he impersonated a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Rabadi was charged in April 2013 and pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said, “Ayman Rabadi is a serial offender who has a [...]
Inaccurate budgeting has created an $11 million general fund deficit in the City of Poughkeepsie, according to an audit issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The report also found the city’s debt burden has increased 45 percent over the past five years. “Communities across New York are dealing with increased fiscal stress and [...]
