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11-Year-Old In Hudson Valley Accused Of Making Snapchat Threat Targeting School 11-Year-Old In Hudson Valley Accused Of Making Snapchat Threat Targeting School
11-Year-Old In Hudson Valley Accused Of Making Snapchat Threat Targeting School An 11-year-old girl has been identified as the social media user who made a threat on Snapchat targeting a Hudson Valley school district, officials announced. In Dutchess County, the Poughkeepsie City School District announced that a minor has been identified as the person responsible for making a threat through the social media platform on Tuesday, March 22. A spokesperson for the district said that the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department was notified by the FBI at approximately 2:50 a.m. on Tuesday morning about a threat of a shooting that was flagged by Snapchat stemming from the city…

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by Zak Failla
News
Lawyers For School District In Westchester Draw Protests For Rape Case Defense Lawyers For School District In Westchester Draw Protests For Rape Case Defense
Lawyers For School District In Westchester Draw Protests For Rape Case Defense Some students and community members demonstrated and protested over arguments made by lawyers for a New York school district following their response to a lawsuit filed by a teen who alleges that she was raped and choked by a bully. A small group of students and parents gathered in Westchester County outside New Rochelle High School after lawyers for the district said that the 14-year-old alleged victim was “negligent” in the alleged incident last year. According to the lawsuit, the girl was grabbed by her throat and led to a stairwell, where she was raped and choked in March 2020 by a boy …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Area Man Accused Of Driving 900-Plus Miles To Have Sex With 15-Year-Old Area Man Accused Of Driving 900-Plus Miles To Have Sex With 15-Year-Old
Area Man Accused Of Driving 900-Plus Miles To Have Sex With 15-Year-Old A 30-year-old Hudson Valley man has been accused of driving more than 900 miles to engage in sex with a teenager. Putnam County resident Andrew W. Wiese, of Patterson, was arrested by police just before 1 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29 in Crystal Lake, Illinois. Crystal Lake is about 50 miles northwest of Chicago and about 910 miles away from Patterson -- a car drive of about 15 hours. The arrest came after an officer-initiated suspicious persons investigation in the area of Sands Road and Smithana Road, in which it was learned Wiese drove from New York to meet the 15-year-old female resid…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Area Teens Found At Martha's Vineyard House Connected To Vandalism Spree Area Teens Found At Martha's Vineyard House Connected To Vandalism Spree
Area Teens Found At Martha's Vineyard House Connected To Vandalism Spree This story has been updated. About a dozen minors, most from Greenwich, were found during a house party on Martha's Vineyard police believe was connected to a vandalism spree, according to the Vineyard Gazette. Two teen males, 18-year-old Gavin Scott III of Greenwich and a 17-year-old whose name was withheld because he is a minor, were arrested and charged with damaging or defacing property, a felony, after smashed Christmas light bulbs, beer bottles and cans were found on front lawns Friday morning, Dec. 21 near the home at 86 North Water St. in Edgartown, police said. …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Teen Allegedly Sexually Assaults Relative In Westchester, Police Say Teen Allegedly Sexually Assaults Relative In Westchester, Police Say
Teen Allegedly Sexually Assaults Relative In Westchester, Police Say A 15-year-old boy allegedly sexually assaulted a 10-year-old family member during a visit to a Mount Kisco home, according to police. Westchester County Police officers were dispatched to Northern Westchester Hospital Center shortly before 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17, where there was a report of a 10-year-old girl who had possibly been sexually assaulted by her 15-year-old relative who was visiting Westchester, officials said. Following an investigation by patrol officers and detectives, the 15-year-old was arrested and charged as a juvenile defender, and as a result, his identity has not b…

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by Zak Failla