Crime
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 - 12:01 am
View Larger MapAbove: A map of Bovina Center. A standoff between police and an armed man is ongoing tonight at a house on County Highway 5.
The subject of a manhunt in the Delaware County town of Bovina is surrounded in a house on County Highway 5, also... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 25, 2013 - 8:18 pm
A Cairo man was recently charged with off-season poaching for shooting a 150-pound black bear near his house on May 29, according to officials from the Department of Environmental Conservation.
Joseph Budz, 40, admitted to shooting the bear, and agreed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 15, 2013 - 9:14 pm
Above: Piles of earth surrounded by hay bales and covered with tarps dot William Hrazanek's Wittenberg Road property in Shandaken on July 11. They are part of the remediation of a chemical spill on his property. Photo by Julia Reischel.
A large chemical... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 17, 2013 - 3:48 pm
A five-month investigation into local drug activity in Delaware County has netted eight arrests, county police announced today. Five women and three men were arrested recently and charged with a variety of heroin- and prescription-drug-related offenses.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 17, 2013 - 10:46 am
State police are looking for a New Jersey man after a Sunday evening hit-and-run accident in Marlborough that left a woman injured.
At 9:17pm Sunday, a 2002 Chevrolet Suburban was driving the wrong way on one-way Western Avenue, police say. The Chevrolet... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2013 - 11:44 am
Not a good place to sleep off a few. Photo of tractor by Flickr user Leo Reynolds; published under Creative Commons license.
Hot off the press at the Daily Star: Dennis Valente, town supervisor of Davenport, has been arrested on DWI charges after falling... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 11, 2013 - 9:24 am
Two Herkimer County men were arrested recently after they were caught red-handed stealing railroad spikes and spike plates from the Canadian Pacific Rail line in Richmondville, according to a statement from the New York State Police.
On Friday, May 31,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 6, 2013 - 9:37 am
A gas station just across the street from Hunter Mountain was on lockdown for several hours Wednesday night, after a bomb threat was called in to state police.
The Daily Mail reports that the Valero station was searched and declared safe:
New York State... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 4, 2013 - 4:23 pm
For the second time in a year, the Walton Central School District has been besieged with virulent Facebook threats made against children.
On Monday evening, a message was posted on a local Facebook group threatening to shoot elementary school children in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 22, 2013 - 12:10 pm
Over the weekend, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office released an updated list of their top ten most wanted fugitives from justice.
The ten men on the list are wanted for a wide variety of alleged offenses: assault, larceny, welfare fraud, failing to... Read more
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