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Alert Issued For Wanted Area Woman Alert Issued For Wanted Area Woman
Alert Issued For Wanted Area Woman An alert has been issued for a wanted woman who was arrested more than five years ago for attempting to sneak marijuana into the Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill. New York State Police investigators in Wappinger are attempting to locate Latifah Price, 24, who is wanted following her arrest for promoting prison contraband and unlawful possession of marijuana. Police said that Price was arrested in 2014 after an investigation determined she attempted to smuggle 18 grams of marijuana into the Downstate Correctional Facility. An arrest warrant was issued for Price by the Town of Fis…

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by Zak Failla
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Seen Her? Alert Issued For Wanted Area Woman Seen Her? Alert Issued For Wanted Area Woman
Seen Her? Alert Issued For Wanted Area Woman An alert has been issued by New York State Police investigators as they attempt to locate a woman who attempted to smuggle drugs into the Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill earlier this year. Investigators in Wappinger issued an alert for Vataria Barcelo, 22, who is wanted by State Police and the Town of Fishkill Court following her arrest in May for attempting to smuggle synthetic cannabis into the prison. Police said that a warrant was issued for Barcelo’s arrest after she failed to appear at court proceedings. She was last known to reside in the Albany area. Barcelo has been de…

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Ex-Downstate Correctional Officers Sent To Prison For Beating Inmate, Falsifying Records Ex-Downstate Correctional Officers Sent To Prison For Beating Inmate, Falsifying Records
Ex-Downstate Correctional Officers Sent To Prison For Beating Inmate, Falsifying Records Two former New York State Correction Officers are going to be on the other side of the bars for several years for beating a defenseless inmate and attempting to cover it up during an elaborate scheme. Kathy Scott, 43, has been sentenced to 100 months and George Santiago, Jr., 35, has been sentenced to 87 months in prison. They were convicted in November last year for their roles in the 2013 beating of inmate Kevin Moore in the Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill. According to evidence introduced at the trial, on Nov. 13, 2013, Moore, 54 at the time of his death, was brought to the f…

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Police & Fire
Seen Her? Police Ask Public's Help In Search For Hudson Valley Suspect Seen Her? Police Ask Public's Help In Search For Hudson Valley Suspect
Seen Her? Police Ask Public's Help In Search For Hudson Valley Suspect New York State Police investigators in the Hudson Valley are seeking the public’s assistance as they search for a woman busted for bringing heroin into the Downstate Correctional Facility and never appeared in court to answer the charges. An alert was issued by police from the Wappinger barrack regarding 28-year-old Amanda Murphy, who is wanted on charges that include promoting prison contraband, criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument dating back to an incident nearly three years ago. Police said that Murphy is wanted by New York Sta…

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by Zak Failla