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Man Accused Of Possessing Obscene Sexual Performance By A Child, State Police Say Man Accused Of Possessing Obscene Sexual Performance By A Child, State Police Say
Man Accused Of Possessing Obscene Sexual Performance By A Child, State Police Say A 34-year-old local man has been arrested and charged for allegedly possessing footage of an obscene sexual performance by a child.  State Police in Montgomery announced that Ulster County resident Edwin Laboy Jr., of the hamlet of Wallkill in the Town of Shawangunk, was charged with a felony on Wednesday, Nov. 4 after investigators found child pornography in his possession.  According to troopers, the arrest was preceded by an investigation conducted by the agency's Computer Crimes Unit, spurred on by allegations, lodged on Jan. 21, that multiple images of possible child por…

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by Christina Coulter
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Father, Son Killed In Hudson Valley House Fire Father, Son Killed In Hudson Valley House Fire
Father, Son Killed In Hudson Valley House Fire A man who pushed his daughter to safety was killed, along with his son, after a house fire broke out overnight in the Hudson Valley. The blaze began around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, July 5 in Ulster County in the Town of Shawangunk on Burnt Meadow Road.   Initial responders discovered a 9-year-old girl outside the home, who had been pushed out a window to safety by her father, later identified as Joseph J. Hull, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office said.  Hull, 50, then was reported to have remained in the residence to locate his other child, Joseph D. Hull, 7. Firefighter…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Father, Son Charged In Area Burglary Father, Son Charged In Area Burglary
Father, Son Charged In Area Burglary An area father and son are behind bars after being nabbed for burglary in Ulster County. Paul V. Cahill Jr., 52 and his 20-year-old son Paul V. Cahill III, both of Walden, were arrested around 8:45 a.m., Friday, Oct. 11, after Ulster County Sheriff's deputies responded to a residence on Albany Post Road in the Town of Shawangunk for a reported burglary in progress, said Det. Lt. Abe Markiewicz. When deputies arrived on the scene a witness provided them with the description of a vehicle seen leaving the scene. Deputies were able to apprehended nearby shortly, he said. Both men were wer…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Wallkill Correction Officer Caught Trying To Bring K2 Into Prison, Police Say Wallkill Correction Officer Caught Trying To Bring K2 Into Prison, Police Say
Wallkill Correction Officer Caught Trying To Bring K2 Into Prison, Police Say A state corrections officer has resigned after he was allegedly nabbed for attempting to bring synthetic marijuana or "K2" into a prison where he was employed. Travon Webb, 30, of Ellenville, was arrested on Monday, Feb. 25, after it was discovered during a search of employees entering the Wall Kill Correctional Facility that he was attempting to bring in some 64 grams of K2, said New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel. An additional search of Webb's personal vehicle yielded another 137 grams of the drug. At the time of his arrest, Webb was employed as a corrections offic…

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by Kathy Reakes