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Huge pot seizure on Col. Chandler Drive
Ulster County sheriff’s deputies seized 27 pounds of marijuana from a Freehold man following a traffic stop on Col. Chandler Drive, according to the countywide URGENT task force. According to URGENT,...
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Deputies charge Kingston man with abandoning dog
Tyson the dog, via Facebook’s “Lost Pets of the Hudson Valley” page. A Kingston man who, sheriff deputies say, dumped his dog in the Town of Rochester on New Year’s Eve, is now facing animal cruelty...
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Sheriff’s office looking to get a drone in the sky
Paul Van Blarcum photo by Dion Ogust; photo illustration by Joseph P. Morgan. Ulster County Sheriff Paul Van Blarcum says his department is ready to join the growing list of police agencies which...
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Two charged after toddler found in middle of road
Two men are facing child endangerment charges after, Ulster County sheriff’s deputies said, a toddler in their care ended up in the middle of Lucas Avenue and almost got hit by traffic. According to...
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New federal status opens world of connections for cops battling heroin
Heroin addicts put their syringes in trees to keep anyone from stepping on them. (Photo: Thomas Marthinsen via Flickr) Local law enforcement officials say Ulster County’s new designation as a “High...
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Bat attack leads to charges
A Kingston man is facing felony charges after he allegedly tried to settle a dispute with a baseball bat. Tyrone S. McMillian, 45, was arrested on Jan. 23 at noon following the incident in the Town of...
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Guard, woman charged with sneaking drugs into jail
Jason Hetrick and Dejan Babcock. A county corrections officer and a Saugerties woman are both facing felony charges after, Ulster County sheriff’s deputies say, the two had been working to smuggle...
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KPD officer charged with DWI
An officer with the Kingston Police Department is facing a charge of driving while intoxicated, state police say, after he flipped his car on Lucas Avenue in the Town of Ulster on Sunday. According to...
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KPD’s undercover unit getting body cams
KPD Chief Egidio Tinti. (Photo: Esther Joy/ProjectEJ.com) The Kingston Police Department is taking an unusual approach to its efforts to make body cameras standard equipment for its officers. Instead...
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Kingstonian Devin Gray among three charged with prison-yard slay
Devin Gray. A Kingston man serving 15 years behind bars for his role in a June 2014 shootout at a city housing complex is one of three men accused of a prison yard murder at an upstate correctional...
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State troopers: Man used cell to video female co-workers using bathroom
According to state police, a 31-year-old Kingston man used a cell phone to take videos of his female co-workers using the workplace bathrooms at a Town of Ulster business. Raul DeJesus Alarcon...
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Opening arguments in Nunez murder trial
Murder suspect Gilberto Nunez in court Monday. (Pool photo: Tania Barricklo/Daily Freeman) Obsession. Manipulation. Deception. According to prosecutor MaryEllen Albanese, those three motives are what...
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Pathologist testifies at Nunez’s murder trial
Gilberto Nunez sits expressionless in Ulster County Court this week as a emergency medical responder on the scene when Thomas Kolman’s body was found in his car describes Nunez’s emotional reaction...
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Nunez not guilty of murder
Gilberto Nunez and his wife in Uptown Kingston after the verdict. (Photo: Christina Coulter) Kingston dentist Dr. Gilberto Nunez, accused in the poisoning death of his friend and romantic rival, Tom...
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Deputies: Man left infant alone in car
A New Paltz man is facing a child endangerment charge after, Ulster County sheriff deputies said, he left his infant alone in a car while he went to the DMV in Uptown Kingston. According to deputies,...
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Nunez walks … but for how long?
Gilberto Nunez and his wife in Uptown Kingston after the verdict. (Photo: Christina Coulter) A Kingston dentist accused in the 2011 poisoning death of his friend and romantic rival was acquitted of...
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Massive noncompliance with SAFE Act
Photo: brian.ch via Flickr In January 2013, as the nation still mourned the Sandy Hook massacre, New York State enacted one of the nation’s strictest gun control laws. But three and a half years later,...
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Two wounded in Wednesday night shootings
The Kingston Police Department is seeking the public’s help with its investigation into gunplay on the night of Wednesday, July 13 which left two people with leg wounds. According to the KPD, officers...
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Who killed Michael? Eight-year-old slaying remains mystery
Michael Kleiman. (UPD photo) On July 25, 2008, police and firefighters responded to a report of a vehicle fire 1,000 feet down a narrow, weed-choked lane connecting Route 32 and First Avenue at the...
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Cops: Samaritans foil robbery spree
Christopher Hasenflue. (KPD photo) A hapless bandit’s effort to rob two women in the heart of Kingston’s Uptown nightlife district was foiled by civilians who took action, police said. According to...
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