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30-Year-Old Found Dead At Hudson Valley Hotel, Police Say 30-Year-Old Found Dead At Hudson Valley Hotel, Police Say
30-Year-Old Found Dead At Hudson Valley Hotel, Police Say Police are investigating after a 30-year-old man was found dead inside an area hotel.  The discovery was made around 7 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 8, in Dutchess County, authorities said. Officers responded to The Inn at Hyde Park, at 4171 Albany Post Road, for a report of a man who was unconscious and not breathing. Officers found the unconscious man, and Northern Dutchess paramedics and the Hyde Park Fire Department arrived and attempted life-saving measures but were unable to revive the man, according to Hyde Park Police Chief Robert Benson. The man has not been identified pend…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Orange County Man Sentenced For Brutal Emergency Housing Employee Murder Orange County Man Sentenced For Brutal Emergency Housing Employee Murder
Orange County Man Sentenced For Brutal Emergency Housing Employee Murder An Orange County man has been sentenced to 21 years to life in prison in connection with the stabbing death of an employee at an emergency housing facility. Wilfredo Mercado, 53, of Newburgh, was sentenced by Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown on Thursday, Feb. 21, for the May 2017, stabbing death the man inside a temporary emergency housing facility in the City of Newburgh, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office. Mercado pleaded guilty in September 2018, to murder in the second degree. At the time that he pleaded guilty, Mercado admitted that at ap…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Two Killed, One Injured In Overnight Shooting In Newburgh Two Killed, One Injured In Overnight Shooting In Newburgh
Two Killed, One Injured In Overnight Shooting In Newburgh Two men were killed and another injured in an overnight shooting in Newburgh. The incident occurred late in the evening Saturday along Liberty Street in the areas of Gidney Avenue and Clinton Street, said Det. Lt. Joseph Burns of the City of Newburgh Police Department. The victims have been identified as Alexis Camacho, 25, and Antwaun Thomas, 28, both City of Newburgh residents. They were both pronounced dead at St. Luke’s Hospital. The other individual shot was treated released. The City of Newburgh Police Department, in conjunction with the New York State P…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Man Admits To Fatal Stabbing Of Emergency Housing Employee In Area Man Admits To Fatal Stabbing Of Emergency Housing Employee In Area
Man Admits To Fatal Stabbing Of Emergency Housing Employee In Area A 52-year-old man pleaded guilty to the murder of a man who worked at an emergency housing facility. Wilfredo Mercado of Newburgh pleaded guilty Friday before Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown to murder in connection with the May 2017, stabbing death of the man inside a temporary emergency housing facility in the City of Newburgh, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.  At the time that he pleaded guilty, Mercado admitted that on May 23, 2017, he killed an employee inside the temporary emergency housing facility located at 44 Grand St., where Mercado resided,…

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by Kathy Reakes