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Naked Woman Walks Around McDonald's Parking Lot With Friend Recording Antics In Region: Police Naked Woman Walks Around McDonald's Parking Lot With Friend Recording Antics In Region: Police
Naked Woman Walks Around McDonald's Parking Lot With Friend Recording Antics In Region: Police Visitors to a McDonald's in the Hudson Valley got more than an order of fries when a 49-year-old woman took off her clothes and began putting on a show in the parking lot. The incident took place in Ulster County around 4:50 p.m., Thursday, May 18 at McDonald's located at 350 Route 212 in Saugerties. According to Chief Joseph Sinagra of the town of Saugerties Police, officers responded to a report of a woman who was exposing herself in the parking lot. An investigation established that 49-year-old Nassau County resident Cheryl Ann Johnsen, of Westbury, had laid on the sidewa…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Celebrating Cinco De Mayo Drives Drunk Into Police Headquarters In Region: Cops Woman Celebrating Cinco De Mayo Drives Drunk Into Police Headquarters In Region: Cops
Woman Celebrating Cinco De Mayo Drives Drunk Into Police Headquarters In Region: Cops A woman who was out celebrating Cinco de Mayo drove drunk right into the parking lot of a police headquarters in a town in the Hudson Valley, according to authorities. Just before 11 p.m. on Friday, May 5 in Ulster County, the woman drove into the restricted area at Saugerties Police Headquarters, located at 4 High Street in Saugerties. The woman then parked near the employee entrance leaving her vehicle running, Saugerties Police said.  There were two individuals observed in the vehicle who appeared to be listening to music, according to police.  When an officer inqui…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Capital Region Woman Critically Injured In Single-Car Crash Capital Region Woman Critically Injured In Single-Car Crash
Capital Region Woman Critically Injured In Single-Car Crash A 75-year-old woman from the area was critically injured after crashing her 2002 Mazada Tribute into a stand of trees. The crash took place in Ulster County around 4:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 13 in the area of 3780 Route 32 in Saugerties. An investigation into the crash found that Capital Region resident Patricia Laverty, of the hamlet of Palenville in Greene County, was driving south on Route 32 when the vehicle veered off the west shoulder of the roadway and struck several trees prior to coming to rest, said Chief Joseph Singara of the Saugerties Police. Laverty, the sole occupant of th…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Agitated Man Blocks Upstate NY Roadway With Truck, Camper, Refuses To Move, Police Say Agitated Man Blocks Upstate NY Roadway With Truck, Camper, Refuses To Move, Police Say
Agitated Man Blocks Upstate NY Roadway With Truck, Camper, Refuses To Move, Police Say A 53-year-old man was taken to an area hospital for a mental evaluation after he blocked an area roadway for more than 90 minutes after parking his truck and camping trailer across the road. The incident took place in Ulster County around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12 on Route 212 in the town of Saugerties.  Saugerties Police responded to a 911 call for a report of a pick-up truck with an attached camping trailer that had parked sideways on the New York State Thruway overpass, blocking all four lanes of traffic on Route 212, said Chief Joseph Sinagra, of the Saugerties Police.…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Don't Do It: Police In NY Warn Against Stealing Political Campaign Signs\ Don't Do It: Police In NY Warn Against Stealing Political Campaign Signs\
Don't Do It: Police In NY Warn Against Stealing Political Campaign Signs\ ‘Tis the season… for political campaign signs, and the inevitable thefts that come along with them. But as tempting as it may be for some, police in New York are warning residents that it is against the law to steal political signs from other people’s property. “No matter how you feel about a political candidate and your neighbor that may be showing off a political sign in their yard, don't get any ideas to steal it or you could be prosecuted,” Saugerties Police said in a statement. The department located in Ulster County said it had received several reports of political signs being stole…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Gas Station Employee In Region Accused Of Stealing Cash From Safe Gas Station Employee In Region Accused Of Stealing Cash From Safe
Gas Station Employee In Region Accused Of Stealing Cash From Safe A gas station employee from the region is facing charges for allegedly swiping cash from a store safe. Ulster County resident Jose Ienuso, age 31, of Kingston, was arrested Thursday, Aug. 18, following an investigation by Saugerties Police. Investigators were contacted several hours earlier by a manager at Speedway, located on Route 212 in Saugerties, who claimed that $600 was missing from a money bag that had been removed from a store safe. While reviewing store security footage, the manager witnessed Ienuso enter the safe and remove cash from the money bag, police said. Ienuso was later…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Man From Region Flushed Victim's Dentures Down Toilet, Broke Their Glasses, Cops Say Man From Region Flushed Victim's Dentures Down Toilet, Broke Their Glasses, Cops Say
Man From Region Flushed Victim's Dentures Down Toilet, Broke Their Glasses, Cops Say A Hudson Valley man is facing charges after his alleged bizarre behavior during a domestic dispute. In Ulster County, Saugerties Police were called at around 5 a.m. Thursday, July 21, with reports of an altercation at a home on Partition Street. Officers determined that at some point during the dispute, Robert Amirault, age 45, had destroyed the victim’s dentures by flushing them down a toilet and broke a pair of the victim’s reading glasses, police said. Amirault was arrested and charged with felony and misdemeanor criminal mischief. A booking photo released by Saugerties Police shows h…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Burger Dispute At McDonald's Drive-Thru In Region Leads To DWI Charge Burger Dispute At McDonald's Drive-Thru In Region Leads To DWI Charge
Burger Dispute At McDonald's Drive-Thru In Region Leads To DWI Charge A dispute over a hamburger at the drive-thru window of a New York McDonald's led to the arrest of a Connecticut man whose blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit. The incident took place in Ulster County around 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22 at the McDonalds on Route 212 in Saugerties. According to Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra, officers responded to the fast-food restaurant for a reported dispute over a hamburger. When officer arrived, they interviewed 53-year-old Jeffrey Schneider, of Wethersfield in Hartford County, Sinagra said. "Schneider, who was int…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman In Region Accused Of Stealing Dead Person's Debit Card Woman In Region Accused Of Stealing Dead Person's Debit Card
Woman In Region Accused Of Stealing Dead Person's Debit Card A woman in the region has been charged with allegedly stealing a dead person's debit card and using it to make purchases. The incident took place in Dec. 2021 in Ulster County in Kingston. Sarah M. Schatzel, age 34, of Kingston, was arrested on Monday, May 9, following an investigation into a complaint, said Chief of Saugerties Police Joseph Sinagra. According to the chief, the investigation began after the department received a complaint that someone was making unauthorized purchases on a debit card belonging to a dead person. Schatzel had stolen the debit card at the time of the person'…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Issued 26 Traffic Tickets, Including DWI, After Hit-Run Crash In Area Man Issued 26 Traffic Tickets, Including DWI, After Hit-Run Crash In Area
Man Issued 26 Traffic Tickets, Including DWI, After Hit-Run Crash In Area A man from the area was issued 26 traffic tickets and charged with DWI after he allegedly left the scene of a crash. A Greene County resident Szitter Zoltan, age 30, of Catskill, was arrested in Ulster County in Saugerties on Saturday, April 23. Zolton was arrested after Saugerties Police responded to Route 212, where it was reported that he left the area after striking another vehicle he had attempted to pass in a no-passing zone, sideswiping the victim’s vehicle and sending it into oncoming traffic and nearly being struck by a third vehicle, said Chief Joseph Sinagra, of the Sau…

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by Kathy Reakes