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‘Help me, Grandma’: New phone scam targets grandparents
Ulster County seniors are warned of phony emergency calls asking grandparents to wire money to help a grandchild who is “in trouble.” According to the Ulster County district attorney’s consumer affairs...
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Ulster County mother, charged in daughter’s bathtub drowning, pleads guilty
In Ulster County Court today 26-year-old Kayla Pagan pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide for the drowning death of her 10-month-old daughter, in a bathtub at their home in Marlboro. She was...
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Saugerties woman charged with providing false information to purchase firearm...
Police arrested Jamie Lynn Gardecki, 33, of Rt. 32 yesterday and charged her with offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree (felony) and the unsafe storage of firearms (misdemeanor)....
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Signs posted to protest weddings at Olive venue burned by unknown arsonist
One sign was slightly damaged and two others virtually destroyed by fire on High Point Mountain Road. (photo by David Andrews) On High Point Mountain Road in the Town of Olive, two signs, posted to...
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Ulster DA, sheriff oppose legislation that would raise age of criminal...
(Photo by Dion Ogust) With New York State moving swiftly towards legislation that would raise the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18, Ulster County District Attorney Holley Carnright on...
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New Paltz development hit with vandalism by “midnight mailmen”
A group of “midnight mailmen” visited homes in the Green Acres development in New Paltz early Sunday morning, and their deliveries were not well-received. Several mailboxes were pulled from the...
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Marine pleads guilty to sexual assault and burglary in attacks on SUNY New...
According to the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office, Lance Corporal Kevin Guerrero, 20, of the United States Marines, stationed in New Windsor, pleaded guilty on Friday, March 31, to the violent...
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Now that age is raised, things will change for court system
The Ulster County Courthouse (photo by Dion Ogust) Legislation approved this week as part of the state budget process will raise the age of criminal responsibility in New York from 16 to 18 — and bring...
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Saugerties man charged with menacing motorist with a knife, fleeing scene
Brian Shultis, 28, of Russell St., was arrested April 14 and charged with third-degree menacing and leaving the scene of an accident. At 6:14 p.m. that day, police responded to the area of Main St. and...
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Pot busts not the top of local cops’ priority list, though arrests can and do...
Read more from the special Kingston Times April 20 edition While marijuana remains illegal in New York, statistics show that 1960s-era horror stories of pot smokers languishing for years behind bars...
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Saugerties police chief blames kids for recent rash of thefts from unlocked cars
Police chief Joseph Sinagra thinks kids have been responsible for a recent rash of thefts of items from unlocked cars in the Bishop’s Gate section of the town. He noted the thefts had occurred while...
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Grand jury reduces charge against Phoenicia woman accused of helping husband...
Verraine and Asia (Facebook) An Ulster County grand jury filed an indictment on April 17, charging Solane Verraine of Phoenicia with manslaughter in the second degree in the death of her husband, John...
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Police step up enforcement of distracted driving laws this week
All this week, local police departments, sheriffs’ offices, and the State Police are conducting a distracted driving enforcement program. Police are looking for drivers’ texting, talking on their cell...
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Saugerties bar cook charged with impersonating cop in complex ruse
Steven P. Lewis, 26, of Ulster Ave., was arrested April 25 and charged with first-degree criminal impersonation of a police officer, a felony. According to police, the complainant, a 26-year-old...
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Over 30 teens arrested at post-prom party in Saugerties
On Friday April 28, 2017 at 8:20 p.m., Saugerties Police responded to a reported noise complaint on West Saugerties Road. The initial complaint was for loud music coming from a rental house...
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Saugerties man charged with smashing village business window
Warm weather in Saugerties brings many things; baseball at Cantine Field, water chestnuts in the Esopus, the enjoyment of adult beverages outdoors at Stella’s. And most years, though not all, it also...
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Police: Saugerties man broke into and defiled church chapel and rectory
Saugerties Police arrested Nathaniel H. Schultz, 25, of Main St., earlier today and charged him with third-degree burglary and petit larceny. According to police, footage from a security camera shows a...
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Marine pleads guilty to sexual assault and burglary in attacks on SUNY New...
According to the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office, Lance Corporal Kevin Guerrero, 20, of the United States Marines, stationed in New Windsor, pleaded guilty on Friday, March 31, to the violent...
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Port Ewen burglar arrested after resident catches him in the act
Police arrested Luis Colon, 35, of Port Ewen on May 2, and charged him with felony burglary, criminal mischief, petit larceny and harassment following a residential burglary at a home on Rt. 213 in the...
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Four arrested for Saugerties car break-ins, Cantine Field vandalism
Police investigation of a rash of car larcenies in the area of Barlcay Heights and Bishop’s Gate and vandalism at the Cantine Veterans Memorial Complex last month yielded four arrests on Friday May, 5....
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