murder
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015 - 5:21 pm
The New York State Police and the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office are investigating a homicide in the Sullivan County hamlet of Swan Lake, located in the town of Liberty, according to media reports.
Police found the body of Michael Northcote on Monday,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2015 - 4:48 pm
Above: A photo of Aron Thomas posted on a GoFundMe page dedicated to a fund drive for his wife and children. Photo used with permission.
After just two hours of deliberations, on Tuesday, June 2, an Ulster County Court jury convicted David Reese of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 11, 2014 - 1:18 pm
A New York State Parole Officer killed his estranged wife and her boyfriend in his Palenville house on Sunday, August 10, and then led police on a multi-county car chase before killing himself, according to a New York State Police press release issued... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2014 - 11:04 am
David Reese, an employee of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection who stands accused of fatally shooting his coworker in February, was indicted by an Ulster County grand jury on Tuesday, several news outlets report.
The shooting... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 - 3:51 pm
David Reese, who has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of DEP employee Aron Thomas, admitted to the act after the crime, a DEP police officer told a Kingston court judge on Monday.
At a preliminary hearing in Kingston city court... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 - 11:32 am
Above: A photo of Aron Thomas posted on a GoFundMe page dedicated to a fund drive for his wife and children. Photo used with permission.
A fund has been started to benefit the wife and two young children of Aron Thomas, a 33-year-old Olivebridge man who... Read more
By David J. Krajicek on Saturday, Mar. 16, 2013 - 11:11 am
A sign on the door at 1884 South River Road in Walton, the former home of Debra and Randy Sundstrom. Photo by David J. Krajicek.
WALTON, N.Y.--When Randy Sundstrom disappeared three years ago, his wife had an explanation that prompted hugs of sympathy,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 - 3:15 pm
More disturbing details are emerging from the police investigation into an apparent murder-suicide and arson that occurred last week in a Walton home.
On February 19, two people were found dead at a house at 294 John Lockwood Road, which was set on fire... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 2, 2012 - 12:32 pm
35-year-old Hurley resident Shawn Tyler, accused of beating his landlord Ann Gaffney to death with a sledgehammer last December to steal a few hundred dollars from her pocket, pled guilty in Ulster County court yesterday to first-degree murder.
The Daily... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Tuesday, May. 1, 2012 - 1:50 pm
Lejuan Wainwright is currently on trial in Delhi for the stabbing death of Tyler Warner outside of Wainwright's apartment in Walton on August 20 of last year.
Wainwright has maintained that the stabbing was in self-defense. Today, Wainwright is expected... Read more



