NY State Police
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011 - 1:45 pm
Shane TadrossAn state trooper who stopped to assist a pulled-over driver on the side of Rte. 20 in the Schoharie County town of Sharon stumbled into a treasure trove of psychedelic mushrooms on Tuesday night.
The driver of the car, 38-year-old Shane N.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011 - 8:45 am
Tragic news coming out of Jefferson in Schoharie County: On Sunday, 2-year-old Joshua Falconio, who would have turned three later this month, died on Sunday after a small yellow ball became lodged in his throat.
According to a press release from the State... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010 - 5:58 pm
Above and below: Sullivan County Sheriff's Deputies and State Police troopers pull over a few of the scores of high-performance cars that ripped through the speed limit this afternoon. Photo provided by NY State Police.
This afternoon, local law... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 - 10:37 am
Two people were killed in a two-car accident on Rte. 23 in Davenport yesterday during the afternoon's sudden heavy snowstorm.
The State Police have released little information about the accident, and the names of the two victims are not known. The police... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010 - 8:59 am
Yesterday afternoon, a man in a brown corduroy jacket and a "Halloween mask with horns" robbed a Key Bank on Chestnut Street in Oneonta, according to a press release from the State Police:
The New York State Police are investigating a Bank Robbery that... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 - 5:27 pm
The State Police are reporting that a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man who walked into the woods alone on Monday has been found dead today in a 500-acre area off of Anbu Rd. in the town of Shandaken. There are no details yet about how Christopher Brennan died... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010 - 10:12 am
A 24-year-old whose name is being withheld died around noon yesterday on the New York Thruway in the town of Catskill after his motorcycle slammed into a guardrail, State Police report. Here's the full press release:
On October 31, 2010 the New York... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 - 10:03 am
In the second Saugerties fatality this week, 56-year-old Edward M. Hayes was found dead in his driveway, pinned underneath his own car. According to a press release from the State Police, Hayes was found yesterday afternoon:
The New York State Police –... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010 - 2:09 pm
From the New York State Police:
On Monday, October 18, 2010, at about 2:00am, The New York State Police at Kingston responded to a domestic dispute at a private residence on Hill Rd in the Town of Kingston. During an argument, it was reported that a knife... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 - 6:06 pm
Someone (or several someones) broke into a post office in the sleeply hamlet of Willow in Ulster County on Saturday. What they stole is pretty tantalizing, according to the State Police, who just sent out a press release looking for leads in the case:
The... Read more



