The Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit has concluded its investigation of the January 19, 2013, fatal accident that occurred on Vassar Road and injured two other people. Traffic Accident Reconstruction Specialists from the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department determined that 29 year old Stephanie F. Brennan, of Wappingers Falls, was traveling northbound [...]

Come take a wintry walk and enjoy the beauty of the season at Dutchess County’s Bowdoin Park this Sunday, February 17th at 2pm.     Join Park Naturalist David Beck in a mile long walk around the park and look for signs of animals in the snow, discuss the changes that spring will bring and learn how [...]

Two Hudson Valley deaths due to Winter Weather At least two area deaths are being blamed on the severe winter weather that blanketed the Hudson Valley all day Friday into Saturday morning. An unidentified Columbia County man was killed Friday night while plowing his driveway in Germantown. New York State Police in Livingston are reporting [...]

The Town of Poughkeepsie Police is investigating a report of a robbery that took place on February 6, 2013 at approx. 9:16pm at the CVS Pharmacy located on Route 44. A suspect entered the store and proceeded to the pharmacy section where he threatened the use of a weapon and demanded medication. The suspect then [...]

The Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department is investigating a recent pattern of thefts from parked motor vehicles. These thefts are occurring throughout the Town of Poughkeepsie and are occurring in residential areas during the overnight hours. Most recently, in housing developments in the Red Oaks Mill area of the town that runs along Vassar Road [...]

The 30 year male that was killed when he exited a moving vehicle he was the passenger in on Tuesday afternoon on Cathy Road in the Town has been identified. Town Poughkeepsie Police Chief Thomas Mauro Thursday, released the name of Amol Modi, 30, of Poughkeepsie as the victim. His mother was the driver of [...]

Town of Poughkeepsie police are reporting the death of a 30 year old Dutchess County man after he jumped from a moving vehicle Tuesday evening. Police say that a 60 year old Poughkeepsie woman was traveling south on Cathy Road shortly before 6:00 PM, when her passenger, also from Poughkeepsie, jumped from the front passenger [...]

Five Poughkeepsie residents were arrested Friday night for their alleged involvement in cocaine and heroin sales and weapons possession, the police said. The Dutchess County Drug Task Force charged Deaquan R. Clemmons, 22, Christina T. Epstein, 21, Rashaan C. Ingram, 22, Marcus T. Tillery, 22, and Ashanti C. Bunn, 25, with third-degree criminal possession of [...]

Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department Chief of Police Thomas Mauro is notifying area residents and local college students renting off campus residential homes that the police department will be taking new steps this year to strictly enforce and curtail large gatherings and parties in town neighborhoods. For the past several years, prior to college graduation [...]

On December 13, 2011 the New York State Police at Rhinebeck arrested Patrick McGrath, age 44, of 24 Miller Road Poughkeepsie NY for numerous violations. McGrath was seen by a Trooper on Creek Road in Poughkeepsie, driving in reverse on the wrong side of the road and while doing so almost striking several persons in [...]