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New Update: 15 Injured, Several Critical Following Gas Line Explosion In Hudson Valley New Update: 15 Injured, Several Critical Following Gas Line Explosion In Hudson Valley
New Update: 15 Injured, Several Critical Following Gas Line Explosion In Hudson Valley A day after a gas explosion leveled a Hudson Valley home details are emerging including the number of injured. The horrific incident took place in Dutchess County around 12:15 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 2 in Wappingers Falls in the area of Brick Row off of Mill Street. Gas Explosion Collapses Home In Wappingers Falls; Around A Dozen Injuries - Developing Officials with Central Hudson Gas & Electric said that a contractor struck a 3/4-inch gas line causing a fire and explosion. When the village of Wappingers Falls Police arrived on the scene they found two children and a mother with seve…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Teen Swimmer Goes Missing In Hudson River Teen Swimmer Goes Missing In Hudson River
Teen Swimmer Goes Missing In Hudson River A massive search for an 18-year-old teen who was reportedly seen in the Hudson River yelling for help failed to find the man. The incident took place around 3:20 p.m., Monday, March 9, when the City of Poughkeepsie Police received multiple 911 calls about a male drowning in the river, said Det. Lt. Matt Clark. Police said on Monday the area of the search was behind the pavilion at the Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum. Responding officers were told by several people at the scene they had seen a man in the river yelling for help, who then disappeared underwater, Clark said. The man reportedly s…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Area Man Charged In $29.8K Larceny Investigation Area Man Charged In $29.8K Larceny Investigation
Area Man Charged In $29.8K Larceny Investigation A 48-year-old man has been charged following a larceny investigation in the area, police say. Officers with the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Department say Curtis Parks, of Wappingers Falls, was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Police say an investigation by the Sheriff’s Office Detective Division and the Dutchess County Department of Community Investigations Division showed that Parks illegally obtained a total of $29,817 in daycare provider payments between October 2015 and May 2017. The funds were illegally obtained due to the fact that Parks allegedly failed to disclose past arrests that wou…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Suspect Who Fled After Fatal Area Social Club Shooting Turns Himself In Suspect Who Fled After Fatal Area Social Club Shooting Turns Himself In
Suspect Who Fled After Fatal Area Social Club Shooting Turns Himself In A 38-year-old man wanted for the murder of a City of Poughkeepsie resident has surrendered to police. Robert Whitaker of North Carolina turned himself in for the Jan. 27 shooting of a man in front of the Fireman's Exempt Social Club, said City of Poughkeepsie Police Det. Lt. Matt Clark. According to Clark, Noel McClinton, 35, was killed around 2:58 a.m. at the club at 200 Mansion St., when multiple shots were fired, striking him numerous times. McClinton was transported to MidHudson Regional Hospital where he died.  City of Poughkeepsie detectives began an investigation into the shooting d…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Suicidal Man Holding Onto Walkway Over Hudson Railing Pulled To Safety Suicidal Man Holding Onto Walkway Over Hudson Railing Pulled To Safety
Suicidal Man Holding Onto Walkway Over Hudson Railing Pulled To Safety In a dramatic rescue, a distraught man who had climbed over the Walkway Over the Hudson and was dangling over the water clinging to a railing was pulled to safety by City of Poughkeepsie police, and a firefighter. The incident unfolded around 3:40 p.m. Tuesday when City 911 received a call reporting a suicidal male on the walkway, at approximately mid-span, said City of Poughkeepsie Police Det. Lt. Matt Clark.  A check of the walkway camera’s confirmed a man had climbed over the railing on the south side of the walkway, he said. A park employee and several officers began talking to the man…

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by Kathy Reakes