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Drunk Driver Had 6-Year-Old In Car On Taconic State Parkway, Police Say Drunk Driver Had 6-Year-Old In Car On Taconic State Parkway, Police Say
Drunk Driver Had 6-Year-Old In Car On Taconic State Parkway, Police Say A Queens man was arrested for driving drunk with a child in the car after a traffic stop on the Taconic State Parkway, authorities said. The arrest happened on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at approximately 10:48 p.m. in Pleasant Valley, according to New York State Police. A Trooper from SP Poughkeepsie stopped a 2020 Acura that was heading south on the parkway for "multiple violations of the Vehicle and Traffic Law." The driver, identified as Donny J. Peralta Parra, 32, of Queens, "exhibited signs of intoxication." Police said he “failed” standardized field sobriety tests administered at the sce…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Police Ask Public's Help In Locating ID Theft Suspect Police Ask Public's Help In Locating ID Theft Suspect
Police Ask Public's Help In Locating ID Theft Suspect Police are on the lookout for a man accused of stealing the identity of a Dutchess County man to make fraudulent money orders in Fairfield County. New York State Police say troopers investigated a complaint of identity theft in Beekman after an unknown party made two MoneyGram purchases in Danbury using account information from a victim residing in New York on Saturday, Sept. 21. The suspect, pictured above, purchased two MoneyGram money orders, both in the amount of $1,000.87, at the Walmart in Danbury (67 Newtown Road), according to police. The suspect allegedly used the victim’s stolen C…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Know Her? Police Ask Help In Locating Woman In Counterfeit Money Probe Know Her? Police Ask Help In Locating Woman In Counterfeit Money Probe
Know Her? Police Ask Help In Locating Woman In Counterfeit Money Probe Do you know her? State Police troopers from the Poughkeepsie barracks are seeking the assistance of the public in an ongoing investigation involving counterfeit U.S. currency bills in the area. The woman pictured above is not considered a suspect of any crime, but investigators wish to speak to her for informational purposes, according to state police. This woman was seen at the Tops Friendly Market on Jon J. Wagner Way in the town of LaGrange late last month, police said. Any person that can assist in locating or identifying this individual is asked to please contact Investigator Mel…

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by Daily Voice
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State AG To Investigate Officer-Involved Shooting In Area State AG To Investigate Officer-Involved Shooting In Area
State AG To Investigate Officer-Involved Shooting In Area Two days after the shooting death of an area man by a state trooper, the state Attorney General's Special Investigations and Prosecutions Unit has announced is taking over the investigation of the incident. Jaime Lopez, 41, of Stanfordville, was shot around 11 a.m. Tuesday after state police responded to a restaurant he owned called Coyote Flaco, for a menacing call, according to New York State Police. Once on scene, officers found Lopez intoxicated, armed with a knife next to the driver’s door of a vehicle occupied by a woman, who was later identified as his wife. During the troopers’ int…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
IDs Released Of Trooper, Suspect In Fatal Area Officer-Involved Shooting IDs Released Of Trooper, Suspect In Fatal Area Officer-Involved Shooting
IDs Released Of Trooper, Suspect In Fatal Area Officer-Involved Shooting The identities have been released of both the suspect killed and the state trooper in an officer-involved shooting that occurred late Tuesday morning in the area. The incident occurred at around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 25 in Dutchess County on Route 82 in Stanfordville, state police said. The police response came after state police received a call that an intoxicated individual, armed with a knife, was threatening a woman at the Coyote Flaco Restaurant. Trooper Katherine Gorey responded to the location and encountered Jaime Lopez, 41, of Stanfordville, next to the driver’s door of a vehi…

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by Joe Lombardi