Overcast 38°
Tag:

Newburgh Police Department

Police & Fire
Woman Airlifted To Westchester Medical Center After Crash Between Car, Tractor-Trailer Woman Airlifted To Westchester Medical Center After Crash Between Car, Tractor-Trailer
Woman Airlifted To Westchester Medical Center After Crash Between Car, Tractor-Trailer A Hudson Valley woman was seriously injured following a crash with a tractor-trailer. The crash took place in Orange County around 11:15 a.m., Thursday, June 1 in the town of Newburgh. According to Lt, Peter Talarico, of the town of Newburgh Police, officers on the scene found an accident involving a 2008 Infinity and a 2002 tractor-trailer.  Preliminary investigations show the tractor-trailer,  driven by a 42-year-old Sullivan County man from Wurtsboro, was traveling southbound on Route 300. The 2008 Infinity, driven by a 62-year-old New Windsor woman, was traveli…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
News
Hudson Valley Man Charged With Hate Crime Following Road Rage Incident, Police Say Hudson Valley Man Charged With Hate Crime Following Road Rage Incident, Police Say
Hudson Valley Man Charged With Hate Crime Following Road Rage Incident, Police Say This story has been updated. A Hudson Valley man was charged with menacing as a hate crime stemming from a road rage incident. Orange County resident William J. Ryan, age 60, of the town of Newburgh, was arrested on Tuesday, June 14, for the incident that took place on Saturday, June 11. According to Newburgh Police Chief Anthony Geraci, Ryan was charged after allegedly getting into a  fight with a Black Newburgh resident who he threatened with a knife while making 'derogatory ethnic slurs." Ryan told the man, who reportedly shared a video of the incident, that he was an off-duty tro…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
News
Woman Admits To Hudson Valley Burglary After Falsely Claiming She Had COVID-19, DA Says Woman Admits To Hudson Valley Burglary After Falsely Claiming She Had COVID-19, DA Says
Woman Admits To Hudson Valley Burglary After Falsely Claiming She Had Covid-19, DA Says A Hudson Valley woman has pleaded guilty to two burglaries after failing to show up in court after allegedly falsely claiming she had COVID-19. Brandi Wickliffe, age 46, of the town of Newburgh, pleaded guilty on Thursday, April 7, under a plea agreement that will recommend she serve six to eight years in state prison, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office. Prosecutors say that in January 2020, Wickliffe entered a home in the town of Newburgh and stole an X-Box gaming system. After stealing the property, Wickliffe sold the system at a store in Poughkeepsie. A few days later, W…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Found Dead In Newburgh Backyard From Apparent Overdose, Police Say Man Found Dead In Newburgh Backyard From Apparent Overdose, Police Say
Man Found Dead In Newburgh Backyard From Apparent Overdose, Police Say Police are asking the public for help after finding a man dead in a backyard in the area from an apparent overdose. The man was found around 1:30 p.m. in Orange County in the City of Newburgh when officers responded to a home on Broadway for the report of a "person down." Officers on-scene located an unidentified man in the rear yard dead of an apparent drug overdose, the City of Newburgh Police said. At this time the incident is under investigation, police said. Anyone with any information is asked to call the City of Newburgh Police Department Detective Division at 845-569-750…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
FBI Warning Issued After Fake Explosives Are Found In Parking Lots Of Area Stores FBI Warning Issued After Fake Explosives Are Found In Parking Lots Of Area Stores
FBI Warning Issued After Fake Explosives Are Found In Parking Lots Of Area Stores Fake explosives were found in parking lots of busy area stores during the weekend, prompting a warning from the FBI. The fake devices were placed in public areas in Orange County around the town of Newburgh, including the parking lot of the Newburgh Mall. "FBI New York and the Newburgh Police Department are investigating several fake, inert explosive devices placed in public areas around the city," The FBI said in a statement posted Sunday afternoon, May 26. "The recovered devices do not pose a threat to public safety.  "Do not attempt to pick up any device, if dIscovered. Call 911. …

SHARE

by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Woman Admits To Leaving Newborn In Toilet At Area Motel Woman Admits To Leaving Newborn In Toilet At Area Motel
Woman Admits To Leaving Newborn In Toilet At Area Motel A 23-year-old woman has admitted to abandoning her newborn baby in the toilet bowl of a motel room in the area. Teresa Smith has pleaded guilty to first-degree assault in connection to her leaving her baby in a toilet at a Budget Inn Motel on Route 9W in Newburgh. According to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler, on Nov. 1 last year, workers at the motel discovered blood, other bodily fluids and soiled clothes in the motel room and contacted police. The investigation led to officers from the Newburgh Police Department to discover the baby in the toilet bowl. First responders ren…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
News
11-Year-Old Hudson Valley Girl Killed During Height Of Storm 11-Year-Old Hudson Valley Girl Killed During Height Of Storm
11-Year-Old Hudson Valley Girl Killed During Height Of Storm An 11-year-old Hudson Valley girl was killed by a falling tree as a line of intense storms rolled through the area. The girl and her mother had just arrived home on Robinson Avenue in Newburgh around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday and were unloading their car when the tree toppled onto the top of the vehicle, trapping the girl inside, said Newburgh Police Department Det. Lt. Joseph Burns.  Newburgh firefighters extricated the girl from the vehicle and transported her to St. Luke's Hospital where she was pronounced dead, said Burns. The mother suffered minor injuries, he added. This incident is being i…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
News
Seven Charged In Westchester With Narcotics Trafficking Seven Charged In Westchester With Narcotics Trafficking
Seven Charged In Westchester With Narcotics Trafficking Seven alleged drug traffickers are facing decades to life in prison after being indicted in White Plains federal court for their roles in pushing cocaine in Orange County. Geoffrey Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the unsealing of an indictment charging seven people with trafficking more than five kilograms of cocaine in Newburgh. According to the federal complaint, beginning last year, through the beginning of last month, Edwin “Eddy” Guerrier, Carlos Fabian and Fernando Ferrer conspired to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine as…

SHARE

by Zak Failla