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Friday, jul 3
Police & Fire
Man Charged With Extorting Women Under 21 In Hudson Valley
An Orange County man is facing multiple charges after allegedly extorting several underage female victims, giving them alcohol and attempting to extort them, according to state police. An investigation by New York State Police detectives led to the arrest of Wallkill resident Kenneth Ralph, 23, this week, who allegedly met his female victims - all under the age of 21 - on social media, provided them alcohol then attempted to extort money from them. The investigation was conducted by State Police in Highland, the New York State Police Campus Sexual Assault Victims Unit, SUNY New Paltz Univer…
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Hudson Valley College Student's Homicide Remains A Mystery
Nearly 15 years later, New York State Police investigators continue searching for clues regarding the homicide of a SUNY Orange County Community College student. New York State Police detectives from the Middletown barracks are continuing their investigation into the death of 20-year-old Megan McDonald, whose body was found on March 15, 2003, in a field off of Bowser Road in Wallkill. The Medical Examiner later determined that McDonald’s cause of death was blunt force trauma. At the time of her death, she worked at the Galleria Mall in Middletown and was attending college. Anyone with info…
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Hudson Valley Woman Celebrates $2.5M Lottery Windfall
A 39-year-old Wallkill woman is $2.5 million richer after purchasing a scratch-off lottery ticket because she liked its color. Yvette Moscatello of Wallkill made a routine stop for coffee at Stewart’s Shops on Route 32 in Modena and walked out with a $2.5M winning Lottery ticket. Moscatello purchased a $2,500 a Week for Life scratch-off ticket, a ticket she said she doesn’t normally play. It was the color of the ticket that caught Moscatello’s eye: “I set my coffee down on the counter. They had the tickets under the glass and the $2,500 a Week for Life ticket stood out to me. It was so bri…
Police & Fire
Know Them? Police Seek Help In Search For Hudson Valley ID Theft Suspects
The New Jersey State Police are seeking the public’s assistance as they search for two suspects that went on a multi-state crime run last summer. For months, police have sought the suspects, who obtained a credit card in the Hudson Valley using a falsified New Jersey driver’s license before committing a similar scheme in Connecticut. Police said that the two female suspects entered a Zale’s jewelry store at the Galleria Crystal Run Mall in Wallkill on Aug. 19 to obtain a falsified license with their victim’s biographical information. That credit card was then used to make a purchase at the …
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Hudson Valley Art Dealer Helps Police Nab Forged Artwork Suspect
An Orange County art dealer helped state police bust an out-of-state man selling forged art pieces for hundreds of thousands of dollars. In November last year, state police in Middletown were contacted by a local art dealer in Wallkill, who reported that he had brokered a deal with Buckeye, Arizona, resident Gerrell Roberts, who allegedly sold him what was described as original Tom Wesselmann and Andy Warhol pieces that were part of his family’s collection. Police said that both pieces were sold to a private collector in Connecticut that same month, though the art dealer was later informed …
Obituaries
Coach, Teacher Killed When Car Crashes Into Pole In Hudson Valley
James I. O’Neill High School students and school employees are mourning the loss of a favorite teacher and coach who died Monday in an early morning car crash in the Town of Newburgh. Christopher Page, 27, an English teacher at the Highland Falls school for more than three years, was killed driving his 2015 Dodge Charger north on Route 300 around 6:45 a.m., when he failed to negotiate a curve and struck a utility police, according to Town of Newburgh Lt. James Nenni. O'Neil Principal Debbie Brand said in a statement that a crisis team was available to the school for as long as needed: "…
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