Crime
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 23, 2010 - 9:12 am
Note to would-be felons: If you want to get away with stealing an old lady's credit cards, don't turn up at her house at 2:30 in the morning a couple of days later. From the Ulster County Sheriff's Department:
Deputies from the Ulster County Sheriff's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010 - 12:27 pm
The Daily Star reports today that two former SUNY Delhi students, 21-year-old Darwyn Lynch and 21-year-old Edy Toussaint, were arrested and arraigned in Delaware County Court on Monday. The two were charged with the rape of a fellow student on September... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 20, 2010 - 11:48 am
On Saturday night, New York State Police arrested 30-year-old Michael Cappiello for a strange accident in Spring Glen in Wawarsing that involved a pickup truck, alcohol, and three teenagers.
In a press release, the State Police charge that Cappiello was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 15, 2010 - 4:41 pm
A middle-aged man and two teenagers allegedly forced their way into a household in Accord in Ulster County on Monday and attacked a person they found inside. Forty-year-old Chip Daole, 19-year-old Justin Cox, and 17-year-old Dylan Cox were arrested. From... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 13, 2010 - 5:21 pm
Alexis Muniz, who hails from Accord in Ulster County, had to let her Facebook friends know that she was working another job while collecting workers compensation, which is a big, felonious no-no. The Poughkeepsie Journal reports that the authorities... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Sep. 11, 2010 - 10:17 am
Police found about 75 huge pot plants in Kingston yesterday. From a press release by the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT):
The plants were located near a quarry pond on 1st Avenue near Kingston Street. Most of the plants were over... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 9, 2010 - 9:49 am
UPDATE 10:24pm: Local papers reported this afternoon that two Kingston 16-year-olds have been arrested in connection with the shooting, Eban Woullard and Brandon Jones. Here's the Times-Herald Record story; here's the Freeman's.
UPDATED 9:54am: A man was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 8, 2010 - 10:31 am
This just in from the State Police press office: An errant trash bag led to an arrest last Friday. This is why one should take those "no dumping" signs seriously:
On September 3, 2010, Trooper Elinor Pruiksma out of SP Margaretville arrested Joseph... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 - 4:10 pm
As if leaving bags of blood-soaked bandages around the cemetery for animals to gnaw on wasn't bad enough. The Mayer Berger saga continues:
Berger drove to the cemetery in a vehicle bearing custom license plates "NY OCME."
Berger said it stood for "New... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 - 3:19 pm
In the wee hours of Sunday morning, Ulster County police arrested an allegedly-drunk driver in Esopus on a truly staggering litany of vehicular charges, after his '97 Ford entered the wrong lane on 9W and collided head-on with another car. From a press... Read more
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