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Woman Admits To Hate Crime For Harassing Area Family Whose Child Had Rare Disorder Woman Admits To Hate Crime For Harassing Area Family Whose Child Had Rare Disorder
Woman Admits To Hate Crime For Harassing Area Family Whose Child Had Rare Disorder A Long Island woman has pleaded guilty to aggravated harassment as a hate crime in connection to threatening a Hudson Valley family whose child has a rare genetic disease. Krista Sewell of Melville, in Suffolk County, entered the guilty plea on Friday, Feb. 5, in Ulster County. In pleading guilty, Sewell admitted to sending electronic messages and a letter to a local Ulster County family harassing and threatening their infant daughter who has the rare genetic skin condition harlequin ichthyosis, said the Ulster County District Attorney's Office. Sewell was arrested for the crime in late 20…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Dutchess Woman Nabbed With Drugs During Probation Sweep, Police Say Dutchess Woman Nabbed With Drugs During Probation Sweep, Police Say
Dutchess Woman Nabbed With Drugs During Probation Sweep, Police Say Three people were arrested on drug and other charges during a probation sweep by the Orange County Sheriff's Office and the Probation Department. The sweep took place on Thursday, Oct. 31, when the two offices teamed up to enforce the supervision of probationers through home visits, said Orange County Sheriff's Capt. Paul Arteta. One visit led to the arrest of three people including Lorenzo Lopez, 52, Devin Zarnoff, 26, both of the Town of Newburgh, and Nancy Corrigan, 45, of Wappinger Falls, after they were found in possession of drugs. Lopez was found in possession of…

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by Kathy Reakes
Neighbors
Phyllis DeWitt Of Putnam Sheriff's Department Calls It A Career Phyllis DeWitt Of Putnam Sheriff's Department Calls It A Career
Phyllis DeWitt Of Putnam Sheriff's Department Calls It A Career Phyllis DeWitt, a longtime employee of the Putnam County Sheriff's Office called it a career on Friday. DeWitt, who started working for the county in 1985 with the Probation Department where she worked until 2001 when she moved to the Sheriff’s Office's Civil Division.  After 23 years, fellow employees wished her well and thanked her for all her years of service.

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by Kathy Reakes