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Update: Drunk Driver Admits Dragging, Injuring Mayor Who Tried To Help Him In Hudson Valley Update: Drunk Driver Admits Dragging, Injuring Mayor Who Tried To Help Him In Hudson Valley
Update: Drunk Driver Admits Dragging, Injuring Mayor Who Tried To Help Him In Hudson Valley A 42-year-old man has admitted to felony drunk driving charges after injuring a Hudson Valley mayor who tried to help him, officials announced.  Orange County resident Matthew Labar of Goshen, age 42, pleaded guilty to felony DWI charges on Friday, Jan. 12, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced on Friday, Jan. 26.  Earlier Report - Warwick Mayor Injured Attempting To Help Man Who Kept Falling According to Hoovler's office, on Saturday, July 29 around 4:15 p.m., Labar was seen stumbling on Main Street in Warwick. There, he was soon spotte…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
25-Year-Old Killed In Single-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash 25-Year-Old Killed In Single-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash
25-Year-Old Killed In Single-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash Police are searching for witnesses after a man was killed in a single-vehicle Hudson Valley crash. The crash took place in Orange County around 6:45 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 11 on Colonial Avenue in the village of Warwick. "It's believed the accident had occurred several hours earlier," said Chief John Rader, of the Warwick Police. A 25-year-old Monroe man was the victim of the motorcycle crash, Rader said. His name has not been released pending notification of the family. Anyone with information or who may have witnessed the crash is asked to contact the Detective Unit at 845-986-5000. …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Pilot Injured During Emergency Crash Landing Of Single-Engine Plane In Hudson Valley Pilot Injured During Emergency Crash Landing Of Single-Engine Plane In Hudson Valley
Pilot Injured During Emergency Crash Landing Of Single-Engine Plane In Hudson Valley One person was injured when a single-engine plane made a crash landing in the Hudson Valley after experiencing engine problems. The small plane went down around 12:36 p.m., Wednesday, April 28 in Orange County on the shoreline of Lake Wickham in Warwick, said Warwick Police Lt. John Radar. The pilot, the only person on board, was conscious, but injured, Radar said. He was taken to an area hospital by ambulance. Radar was not sure of his condition. The plane had just taken off from Warwick Airport when it made the emergency crash landing, Radar said. No one else was injured.  The Fe…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Threatened To Kill Wife, Child By Driving Off Cliff In Area, Police Say Man Threatened To Kill Wife, Child By Driving Off Cliff In Area, Police Say
Man Threatened To Kill Wife, Child By Driving Off Cliff In Area, Police Say With his 4-year-old daughter pleading with him from the backseat of a car, an Orange County man threatened to kill the little girl and her mother by driving off a cliff following a series of domestic violence incidents, police said. Warwick police said August Melish, 37, had beaten his wife the day before on April 22 at the family’s home in Greenwood Lake, said Lt. Thomas Maslanka. "Melish choked his wife, hit her, and tried to put a pillow over her face and smother her," he said. The next day, the wife and daughter managed to escape the home and headed to a relative's home on Ro…

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by Kathy Reakes