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State Police Issue Alert For Wanted Area Man
Know him? New York State Police investigators are attempting to locate a man with ties to the Hudson Valley who was arrested on drug charges last year. An alert was issued by State Police in Wappingers for 31-year-old Carmelo Velez, who was arrested last year for criminal possession of a controlled substance after he was busted with cocaine. Police noted that Velez is known to have ties to Newburgh and the Bronx. Velez is wanted by New York State Police and the Town of Fishkill Court after failing to make a court appearance following his arrest. Investigators described Velez, 31, as bei…
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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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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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Alert Issued For Woman, 21, Wanted For Attempting To Smuggle Suboxone Into Prison
An alert has been issued for a 21-year-old Hudson Valley woman who allegedly attempted to bring drugs into the Fishkill Correctional Facility in 2017. New York State Police investigators in Wappinger are attempting to locate Dallas Pistol Bennett, who is wanted by the Town of Fishkill Court after she was arrested in 2017 for allegedly attempting to smuggle Suboxone into the prison. She later failed to appear for court proceedings and a warrant was issued for her arrest. Police said that Bennett was last known to live in the Oswego area. She has been described as a 5-foot-7 woman weighing ap…
Police & Fire
Man Posing As Officer Caught With 53 Grams Of Heroin In I-84 Stop
A man attempted to pose as a police officer before being busted with more than 50 grams of heroin during a traffic stop on I-84 in Dutchess County. New York State Police troopers stopped Newburgh resident James Hayes at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3, when he committed a violation on the interstate in Fishkill. During the stop, police said that the troopers established probable cause to search Hayes and his Cadillac DTS. According to police, the investigation by New York State Police trooper Edward Reiser and his canine partner Dunn found that Hayes - who attempted to initially…
Police & Fire
Two Caught Trying To Smuggle Drugs Into Fishkill Correctional Facility, Police Say
Two men were busted attempted to smuggle drugs into the Fishkill Correctional Facility. Investigators from the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Office of Special Investigations contacted New York State Police on Sept. 8, regarding two men who attempted to introduce contraband into the prison. State Police investigators determined that Bronx resident John Walden, 66 attempted to smuggle 30 dosage units of Suboxone into the prison. Further investigation into the incident found that the drugs were allegedly supplied to him by New Windsor resident Kennard Bloun…
Police & Fire
Cortlandt Man Caught With 'Improvised Weapon' While In Prison
An inmate from Northern Westchester at the Fishkill Correctional Facility is facing a new felony charge after being caught by corrections officers with an alleged illegal weapon. A law enforcement investigation into an incident that took place on Dec. 15 last year found that Cortlandt resident Alexander Welch-Vanzile, 22, allegedly was in possession of an improvised weapon made from a sharpened piece of metal while he was incarcerated at the facility. Welch-Vanzile was arrested and charged with a felony count of first-degree promoting prison contraband. Following arraignment in the Town of …
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17-Year-Old Found With Child Porn In Area Faces Felony Charge
A 17-year-old boy is facing a felony charge after police said they found him to be in possession of child pornography at his home in the Hudson Valley. Members of the New York State Police Computer Crimes Unit and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation from the Wappinger barracks, executed a search warrant at a residence in the town of Fishkill on Thursday, May 24 where James Park was found to have the child porn, state police from the Wappinger barracks said. Park was charged with possessing a sexual performance by a child, a Class E felony. Park was arraigned at the Town of Fishkill Court,…
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Inmate Caught With Weapon At Downstate Correctional Facility, Police Say
An inmate at the Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill is facing new charges after being busted with an alleged weapon while he was incarcerated. On Monday, New York State Police investigators announced that on April 18, troopers arrested Brooklyn resident John Hayes following an investigation, that determined that on June 5 last year, Hayes was allegedly in possession of an “improvised weapon” while he was an inmate. Hayes was charged with a felony count of first-degree promoting prison contraband and arraigned in the Town of Fishkill Court. Following arraignment, Hayes remains reman…
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Man Caught With Illegal, Loaded Handgun In I-84 Stop
A traffic stop on I-84 in Dutchess County led to weapons charges for a man in possession of an illegal handgun. State Police troopers from the Wappinger barrack stopped Bronx resident Brandon Burgess at approximately 11 a.m. on Thursday morning in Fishkill after he committed a violation of vehicle and traffic law. During the subsequent traffic stop, troopers said that Burgess was found to have a suspended license and was also in possession of an illegally loaded handgun. Troopers arrested Burgess at the scene and he was charged with a misdemeanor count of third-degree aggravated unlicensed…
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Downstate Correctional Facility Inmate Throws Feces At Officer, Police Say
An inmate at the Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill is facing charges after allegedly throwing fecal matter and urine at a uniformed corrections officer. State Police from the Wappinger barracks announced that Brooklyn resident Chico Rivera, 30, has been charged with a felony count aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate after assaulting the officer on Wednesday. Rivera was arraigned in the Town of Fishkill Court and remanded back into the custody of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. He is due back in the Town of Fishkill Court to ans…
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