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Molinaro Pushes Through Electronic Vehicle Purchase DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- Dutchess County employees could soon be driving electric cars if the County Legislature approves a resolution from County Executive Marc Molinaro for the purchase of four Nissan Leaf Model S electric vehicles. The vehicles would be purchased through Central Hudson Gas & Electric’s electric vehicle discount program which offers a discount to customers to purchase the vehicles at a reduced rate. The resolution, which will be considered on Sept. 11, says the electric vehicles will be used by various county departments for short trips in lieu of using gasoline-powe…

09/01/2017

News

Police Cruiser Crashes In Westchester A New York State trooper was involved in a two-car crash in Yonkers on Thursday afternoon that slightly injured the trooper and another person. The crash occurred around 2 p.m. when the state police were dispatched to investigate a personal injury accident on the Bronx River Parkway in Yonkers, said Trooper Michael Cassella. One of the vehicles involved in the crash was a marked New York State Police vehicle. Both the trooper and the other driver sustained non-life threatening injuries, Cassella said. The crash is currently under investigation. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

08/31/2017

Police & Fire

Dutchess Man Reported Missing Five Days Ago Found Dead In Creek DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. - A Fishkill man who had been missing for five days was found floating in the Fishkill Creek area on Wednesday by a group of searchers. David Fuller, 49, was reported missing to Beacon Police on Saturday by family members who had not seen him for a couple of days, said Town of Fishkill Chief James Schepperly. Fuller was last seen walking along the old railroad train tracks that run from Fishkill to Beacon, according to the chief. Large groups of friends and family, along with help from the Beacon police, organized search parties and spend days combing the area surrou…

08/31/2017

Politics

Wappingers Falls Board Of Trustees OKs Dismantling Village Police Force DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. - The Village of Wappingers Falls Police Department will be disbanded following a vote Wednesday night by the Board of Trustees to hire the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office to take over police services. The board, which voted 5-2, to approve law No. 7, allows Mayor Matt Alexander to disband the police department and gives him the authorization to sign a shared-services agreement with the sheriff's office, the mayor said. As part of a state mandate for counties and municipalities to look at shared-services, the Village conducted a study over the summer that looked at co…

08/31/2017

Police & Fire

Beacon Man Sentenced For Sexually Abusing Young Girl For Months A Beacon man who sexually abused a girl under the age of 11 for several months will spend 18 years in state prison after pleading guilty to a sex crime, according to the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office. Under a plea deal, Brian William Wolfe, 32, pleaded guilty to felony first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, said Kristine Whelan, chief of the district attorney's Special Victims Bureau. Wolfe will be sentenced Sept. 25, until then, he is being held at the Dutchess County Jail. He will also receive a yet to be announced post-release supervision and will have to r…

08/31/2017

News

Body Of 22-Year-Old Bear Mountain Bridge Jumper Recovered The body of a woman who jumped from the Bear Mountain Bridge in April was recovered in the Hudson River Wednesday night after the occupants of a cabin cruiser passing through the area spotted the body and notified police. The woman is a 22-year-old resident of Rockland County. Her identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Sheriff's Office. The Westchester County Police Marine Unit responded and recovered the body from the river, O'Leary said. The remains were transported to Riverfront Green Park in Peekskill an…

08/31/2017

Police & Fire

Pleasant Valley Teen Used Fake ID At Dutchess County Jail, Sheriff Says An 18-year-old Pleasant Valley woman was arrested Wednesday for criminal impersonation after presenting a fake ID when trying to visit an inmate at the Dutchess County Jail, according to the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office. The unidentified teen was charged after jail officers discovered the identification card she presented belonged to someone else and that she had an active order of protection involving the inmate she was visiting, said Capt. John Watterson. The teen was released on appearance tickets and is scheduled to appear in the City of Poughkeepsie Court on Sept. 25. For real-ti…

08/31/2017

Obituaries

Pawling's Diego Bueti, Barber Shop Owner, 98 Diego Bueti of Pawling died at his home on Monday, Aug. 28, with his wife of 72 years, Alice Bueti, and his family at his side. He was 98. Bueti was born to Serafino and Grazia Bueti in Chappaqua, along with his twin brother, Tony on Jan. 16, 1919. All of his seven siblings predeceased him. Bueti was raised in the small town of Solano, Italy from the age of 2 until he returned to Chappaqua at the age of 16 in 1935. He opened the Greeley Barber Shop in Chappaqua that year and ran the business for 56 years before semi-retiring in 1991. He was a founding member of the Solano Italian America…

08/31/2017

News

Seen Him? Man Wanted For Forcibly Touching Spring Valley Teen At Target ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who inappropriately touched a 13-year-old girl on Tuesday at the Target store in the Spring Valley Marketplace. The incident occurred when the young teen was looking for makeup in the cosmetics aisle of the store when a man approached her from behind and touched her inappropriately, said Officer Matthew Galli. When the girl left the area in an attempt to get away from the man, he followed and touched her again, Galli said. The girl then found her parents and told them what happened. They reported the i…

08/30/2017

Police & Fire

Two Hospitalized Following Two-Car Rollover Crash In Milan DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. - Two men were hospitalized following a two-car rollover crash early Wednesday on Route 199 in the Town of Milan, according to the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office. The crash occurred around 7 a.m. when a 1999 Subaru Legacy driven by Steven Destefano, 35, of New Windsor, was traveling eastbound on Route 199 when he crossed over the center line and struck a westbound 2015 Nissan Versa driven by Andrew Pierce, 48, of Pine Plains, Capt. John Watterson said. Destefano was ejected and airlifted to Albany Medical Center with serious, but not believed to be life-threatening, …

08/30/2017

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