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Drug Dealer From Kent Convicted After Being Linked To Fatal Overdose: 'Career Criminal' Drug Dealer From Kent Convicted After Being Linked To Fatal Overdose: 'Career Criminal'
Drug Dealer From Kent Convicted After Being Linked To Fatal Overdose: 'Career Criminal' A Hudson Valley drug dealer faces decades in prison after being convicted of selling a dangerous drug concoction that caused a fatal overdose, officials announced.  Putnam County resident William Mancusi III of Kent, age 47, was convicted on charges in connection to a fatal drug overdose that happened in November 2021 in Southeast, Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy announced on Wednesday, Jan. 17.  According to Tendy's office, the events leading up to Mancusi's conviction began on Nov. 12, 2021, when New York State Police investigators responded to a fatal ove…
Duo Nabbed After Trying To Sell Cocaine To Undercover Officer In Southeast: Police Duo Nabbed After Trying To Sell Cocaine To Undercover Officer In Southeast: Police
Duo Nabbed After Trying To Sell Cocaine To Undercover Officer In Southeast: Police Two Connecticut residents were arrested following a chase that began after one of the suspects tried selling cocaine to an undercover investigator in the Hudson Valley, police said.  New Haven County residents Luis Flores, age 32, and Lymaris Burgos, age 37, both from Ansonia, were arrested in late October in connection with an investigation into drug sales in Putnam County, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Monday, Nov. 22.  The events leading up to the duo's arrests began in October when an investigator discovered that Flores was involved in the sale of cocaine in …
Prostitution Sting: Undercover Officers Bust Masseuses In Hudson Valley, Police Say Prostitution Sting: Undercover Officers Bust Masseuses In Hudson Valley, Police Say
Prostitution Sting: Undercover Officers Bust Masseuses In Hudson Valley, Police Say Three women were arrested on Thursday, June 8, following an undercover prostitution sting in New Windsor, and authorities say residents should expect more busts like this in the future.  Officials said the sting began after several residents and nearby businesses complained to police about suspicious activity. Officers said the women did not have their massage licenses, and each solicited sex from them.  They include:  A & A Spa – 357 Windsor Hwy, New Windsor: Jung Sook Kim, 62, of Jackson, NJ Sun & Moon Spa – 357 Old Forge Hill Road, New Windsor: Enshu Kim, 49, of…
Woman Faces Prostitution Charge After Police Go Undercover In Area Woman Faces Prostitution Charge After Police Go Undercover In Area
Woman Faces Prostitution Charge After Police Go Undercover In Area A woman has been charged with prostitution after police completed an undercover operation in the Hudson Valley. On Monday, June 13 in Orange County, the New Windsor Police Department conducted the investigation at the A & A Spa, located on Windsor Highway, after receiving a complaint from a customer that prostitution was occurring inside the business.  During the investigation, an undercover police officer was offered sexual conduct in return for a fee by an employee of the spa, New Windsor Police said. The employee, Queens resident Suwan Yang, age 56, of Flushing was charge…
Dealer Nabbed For Overdose Deaths From Fentanyl-Laced Heroin In Area Dealer Nabbed For Overdose Deaths From Fentanyl-Laced Heroin In Area
Dealer Nabbed For Overdose Deaths From Fentanyl-Laced Heroin In Area A Hudson Valley alleged drug dealer has been charged in connection with the overdose deaths of four people. Dutchess County resident Allen Peloquin, aka "Ace," age 34, of Poughkeepsie, was taken into custody on Thursday, March 31. Peloquin was charged with distributing fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in the death of a woman in Putnam County in Carmel, in Feb. 2020, and a man in Poughkeepsie, in May 2020, said Damian Williams, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Peloquin was also charged with participating in a narcotics conspiracy that distributed fentanyl-laced…
Hudson Valley Man Nabbed In ICE Bust Of Alleged Drug Distribution Ring Hudson Valley Man Nabbed In ICE Bust Of Alleged Drug Distribution Ring
Hudson Valley Man Nabbed In ICE Bust Of Alleged Drug Distribution Ring A Westchester County man was among more than two dozen busted by ICE on drug and gambling charges following a wiretap investigation. Thirty-two people were arrested Friday on drug and gambling charges following an investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations in New York and the NYPD. The investigation began with cocaine and heroin trafficking and ultimately led police to a "sophisticated illegal gambling operation that catered to a clientele of New York City professionals." Officials said that the investigation “uncovered a larg…
Couple's Domestic Dispute In Front Of Child Tops Week's Putnam News Couple's Domestic Dispute In Front Of Child Tops Week's Putnam News
Couple's Domestic Dispute In Front Of Child Tops Week's Putnam News PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Putnam County couple that engaged in a physical domestic dispute in front of a child are facing multiple charges after state police had to intervene. Click here to read the story.  Here are some of the other top stories of the week (click on the link to read the story): Putnam County residents have been receiving sophisticated scam emails claiming to be from Netflix, Sheriff Robert L. Langley, Jr. reports. A 28-year-old Putnam man was nabbed with heroin after deputies received a report of a suspicious vehicle, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. A 22-y…