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Trio Nabbed For Hudson Valley Home Burglaries, Police Say Trio Nabbed For Hudson Valley Home Burglaries, Police Say
Trio Nabbed For Hudson Valley Home Burglaries, Police Say Three men were apprehended by police in the Hudson Valley shortly after allegedly committing home burglaries. The incident occurred in Orange County around 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 2, on Continental Drive in New Windsor. The men were identified as Queens residents Jamez Torres Tinoco, age 41; Diego Hernandez-Corba, age 29, and Julian Cortes Cacamelo, age 23, after the homeowner called police to say he spotted the men on his home surveillance cameras attempting to enter his home, said Chief Daniel Valeri, of the New Windsor Police. As officers arrived, a vehicle was fleeing from in fron…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Bomb Threat At Rockland High School Causes Evacuation, Police Say Bomb Threat At Rockland High School Causes Evacuation, Police Say
Bomb Threat At Rockland High School Causes Evacuation, Police Say A Hudson Valley high school was evacuated after receiving a security threat involving explosives, police said. The incident took place in Rockland County at Suffern Senior High School in Suffern around 7 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 21. According to Capt. Daniel Hyman of the Ramapo Police, the Suffern Central School District immediately initiated its evacuation process, and police officers and special response units responded to the school.  The response efforts were led by the RPD K9 Unit Supervisor in collaboration with the Ramapo police officer who is assigned as the Suffern High Sch…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Bogus Businessman Charged With $65K Fraud In Orange County Bogus Businessman Charged With $65K Fraud In Orange County
Bogus Businessman Charged With $65K Fraud In Orange County A nearly year-long investigation revealed that a 28-year-old opened a phony business account to steal $65,000, officials in the Hudson Valley say.  In Orange County, 28-year-old Reginald Williams, of Newburgh, was indicted and charged for allegedly stealing $65,000 from a real company on Wednesday, May 3, according to Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler. Williams was arrested and arraigned in the Town of Warwick Justice Court on Wednesday, April 19, after a year-long, multi-agency investigation revealed that Williams, working by himself and with others, opened a …

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by Morgan Gonzales
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1 Killed, 3 Injured In Area Crash 1 Killed, 3 Injured In Area Crash
1 Killed, 3 Injured In Area Crash One person was killed and five injured during a head-on, three-car Hudson Valley crash. It took place in Orange County around 8:30 p.m., on Monday, Aug. 15 in Woodbury, on Route 6. An initial investigation of the crash revealed that a 2021 Ford Explorer was traveling east on Route 6 when the driver of the vehicle, later identified as Rockland County resident Chaim Gordon, age 24, from Spring Valley, attempted to pass a Cadillac in front of him and crossed over the double yellow line and entered the opposite lane striking a 2003 Nissan X-Terra head-on, said Trooper Steven Nevel.  …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Juvenile Charged After Threat Causes Lockdown At School District In Area Juvenile Charged After Threat Causes Lockdown At School District In Area
Juvenile Charged After Threat Causes Lockdown At School District In Area An investigation into threatening emails targeting a Hudson Valley high school led to a felony charge for a minor who is suspected of making terroristic threats. On Wednesday, Feb. 2, state and local police in Orange County launched an investigation into a series of emails that were received by the George F. Baker High School of the Tuxedo Union Free School District threatening violence. The situation was investigated by New York State Police investigators in Orange County, the Town of Tuxedo Police Department, Orange County Sheriff’s Department, and the Town of Woodbury Police Department.…

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by Zak Failla
Sports
HS Football Team In Hudson Valley Switches Schedule After Violent Incidents HS Football Team In Hudson Valley Switches Schedule After Violent Incidents
HS Football Team In Hudson Valley Switches Schedule After Violent Incidents One Hudson Valley high school is trading Friday night lights for Saturday afternoon sunshine. Following a violent incident involving a parent assaulting a district administrator during an incident in Orange County, the Monroe-Woodbury Central School District announced it would only play host to football games on Saturday afternoons. On Friday, Oct. 15, officers from the Town of Woodbury Police Department working a Monroe-Woodbury varsity football game in Central Valley responded to a report of a dispute involving a parent who assaulted an administrator who was attempting to break up an alte…

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by Zak Failla
News
Worker Killed After Trench Collapses Near High School In Area Worker Killed After Trench Collapses Near High School In Area
Worker Killed After Trench Collapses Near High School In Area A worker was killed after a trench collapsed on him while working at a construction site in the Hudson Valley. The incident took place in Orange County on Monday, March 22 just before noontime at the Woodbury Villas, a development located at 155 Dunderberg Road in Central Valley, near Monroe-Woodbury High School. The 43-year-old worker was digging in a 10-foot ditch, with no trench safety box in place, when the walls of the trench collapsed, burying the victim, the Town of Woodbury Police Department said.  The victim was pronounced on scene by the Orange County Medical …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Police Officer Injured In Hudson Valley Crash Expected To Make Full Recovery Police Officer Injured In Hudson Valley Crash Expected To Make Full Recovery
Police Officer Injured In Hudson Valley Crash Expected To Make Full Recovery The area police officer who had to be airlifted to the Westchester Medical Center after being involved in a crash this week is expected to make a full recovery. Town of Woodbury Police Officer James Tremper’s police cruiser went the road in Orange County at approximately 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at the intersection of Timber Trail and Ridge Road in Woodbury, police said. He was reportedly attempting to pull over a driver when he went off-road struck the tree. Tremper has since had surgery to repair multiple broken bones in his leg, police said, and he is expected to make a full recovery…

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by Zak Failla
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Orange County Man Faces Vehicular Manslaughter Charge Orange County Man Faces Vehicular Manslaughter Charge
Orange County Man Faces Vehicular Manslaughter Charge A Highland Mills man was charged Monday with DWI and vehicular manslaughter in the death of a man who was a passenger in his car during a crash last year, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. Robert Higgins, 24, was charged in connection with a Dec. 22, 2017, crash on Route 32 in the Town of Woodbury, that ended with the death of Higgins’ passenger, Preston Jones, 23, of Fayetteville, N.C. According to the indictment, Higgins’ blood-alcohol level was .22 percent following the crash, nearly three times the legal limit. Higgins was also charged with two counts of vehic…

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by Kathy Reakes