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Duo Nabbed For 'Brazen Double Shooting' In Hudson Valley: DA Duo Nabbed For 'Brazen Double Shooting' In Hudson Valley: DA
Duo Nabbed For 'Brazen Double Shooting' In Hudson Valley: DA Two men have been charged in connection with a broad daylight double shooting that left one victim dead and another paralyzed in the Hudson Valley, officials said.  Brooklyn residents Dwayne Hines, age 39, and Romaine McRae, age 39, were both arrested on Wednesday, July 12 on murder charges in connection with an Orange County double shooting that happened on Monday, April 24 in Newburgh, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced on Friday, July 14.  According to Hoovler and Newburgh Police Commissioner José Gomérez, on the day of the "brazen doubl…

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by Ben Crnic
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Man Sentenced To Prison In Violent Hudson Valley Slashing Attack Man Sentenced To Prison In Violent Hudson Valley Slashing Attack
Man Sentenced To Prison In Violent Hudson Valley Slashing Attack A Hudson Valley 53-year-old has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to assault in the violent slashing attack of a man who was a life-long acquaintance. Orange County resident Melfred Williams, of Newburgh, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, and five years post-release supervision in connection with his guilty plea in the May 2022 slashing of a man on Lander Street in the City of Newburgh, said Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler.  The victim was a lifelong acquaintance of Williams. Several witnesses who saw the slashing immediately rendered first aid to the vic…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Police Asking Public For Help Following Shootings In Region Police Asking Public For Help Following Shootings In Region
Police Asking Public For Help Following Shootings In Region Police are asking the public for help after two shootings a day apart left three people injured. The shootings took place in Orange County on Saturday, June 25, and Sunday, June 26 in the city of Newburgh. Police were alerted to the first shooting around 3 a.m. when they were informed that two Dutchess County residents from Beacon had arrived at Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall General Hospital for gunshot wounds, said the Newburgh Police. One victim was male and the other was female, both are 23 years old, police said. The female victim was shot in the foot and the male victim wa…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Gang Leader Admits To Murdering Man During Card Game In Area Gang Leader Admits To Murdering Man During Card Game In Area
Gang Leader Admits To Murdering Man During Card Game In Area A gang leader is facing life in prison after admitting to murdering a man and injuring two others while robbing a card game being played on the sidewalk in front of a laundromat in the area. Skylar “S-Dot” Davis, 22, a “Southside” gang leader, pleaded guilty this week to his role in a racketeering conspiracy, and to murdering Samuel Stubbs during a robbery as he was playing cards on Lander Street in 2015. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said that as part of his guilty plea, Davis - who was already in prison for weapon and drug charges - also admitted to committing or helping to commit an addi…

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by Zak Failla
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Area Man Sentenced For Firing Illegally Possessed Gun In The AIr Area Man Sentenced For Firing Illegally Possessed Gun In The AIr
Area Man Sentenced For Firing Illegally Possessed Gun In The AIr A Hudson Valley man has been sentenced to 13 years in state prison for firing a pistol in the air during a street fight. Antonio Harriott, 27, of Newburgh, was sentenced by Orange County Court Judge William L. DeProspo to the 13 years in addition to five years post-release supervision after being found guilty of criminal possession of a weapon by a jury, according to Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler. At the trial, prosecutors argued that on August 4, 2017, Harriott and another man were involved in a verbal confrontation with others on Lander Street in the City of Newburgh. D…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Orange County Man Found Guilty Of Weapons Possession Orange County Man Found Guilty Of Weapons Possession
Orange County Man Found Guilty Of Weapons Possession A 27-year-old man faces up to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of criminal possession of a weapon Thursday by a jury, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. Antonio Harriott of Newburgh was convicted for an incident that took place in August 2017 in which he and another man were involved in a verbal fight with others on Lander Street in New Newburgh when he pulled out a semi-automatic handgun and fired it in the air, the DA's Office said. Police recovered a .380 caliber shell casing from the scene but never recovered the actual weapon.  District Attorney Ho…

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by Kathy Reakes