Crime
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 24, 2010 - 3:11 pm
Three seniors at Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School won't be attending graduation tomorrow and might face jail time for painting "2010" with red house paint all over the school grounds, the Daily Mail reports:
While much of the paint was subsequently... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2010 - 2:52 pm
Lots of local folks in the news lately for (allegedly) stealing stuff that doesn't belong to them. Here's a smattering:
-Anthony Gallo of Saugerties, charged today with stealing auto parts from his employer, Ulster County.
-Monticello duo Laurence Faust... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 11, 2010 - 4:02 pm
When Kathleen Aitken's son Joe was attacked by Jesse Horos with a baseball bat at a Claryville party last summer, a series of improbable events led to his survival. The first miracle? Cell phone service in an impossible place:
Kathy says that the miracles... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 8, 2010 - 3:19 pm
Wanted by the City of Kingston police as a suspect in a sexual assault on May 27: This man, possibly named Adam.
Hat tip to Kingston Neighborhood Watch.
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Jun. 1, 2010 - 10:45 am
A wild party on Beaverkill Rd. on Sunday led to a whopping 13 arrests for underage drinking, report the Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman. (One of the underage drinkers who was arrested rammed a car into a police car and then fled the scene.) Now... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 28, 2010 - 5:54 pm
Kingston's a tough town -- and with a massive federal crackdown on gang activity in Newburgh just wrapping up, locals are worried it could get tougher. But civic-minded residents are determined to fight back.
Yesterday, Kingston's energetic new... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 6:21 pm
John A. Sanzone Sr. allegedly used false mortgage documents to give himself a loan while he ran Catskill Mortgage in Stamford, NY. Via WBGH in Binghamton.
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 - 10:54 pm
Youngsville resident Robert Roach allegedly tried to hold up a pharmacy in Jeffersonville this afternoon with a baseball bat, only to discover that he'd tangled with the wrong pharmacist. From the Times Herald-Record:
Deputies say that Robert Roach, 55,... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, May. 25, 2010 - 12:38 pm
We've always hoped to run that headline one day. (Hat tip to Adam Gaffin at Universal Hub.)
The Catskill Daily Mail is reporting that a trio of alleged copper thieves was caught red-handed in the act of stripping the piping from a house in Athens. Looks... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 13, 2010 - 12:37 pm
If you're a 16-year-old, you might want to avoid Truman's Bar in the week hours of the night. If you don't, you might end up with "serious cuts to the face." Via the Daily Freeman.
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