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Man Alone In Area Home Prompts Standoff After Firing Shots, Police Say Man Alone In Area Home Prompts Standoff After Firing Shots, Police Say
Man Alone In Area Home Prompts Standoff After Firing Shots, Police Say A four-hour stan-off with an armed man in the area ended peacefully when the man surrendered. The incident began around 4:13 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 26, in Dutchess County when the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department responded to several reports of shots fired at a house and a vehicle on Channingville Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie. According to Town of Poughkeepsie Police, an investigation revealed that a suspect was inside of a residence on Channingville Road.  Police made contact with the suspect, identified as Alfred Califano, age 49, of Wappingers Falls, and were able to …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Body Of 20-Year-Old Recovered From Creek In Hudson Valley, Police Say Body Of 20-Year-Old Recovered From Creek In Hudson Valley, Police Say
Body Of 20-Year-Old Recovered From Creek In Hudson Valley, Police Say The body of a 20-year-old Hudson Valley man has been recovered by law enforcement from an area creek after a possible drowning was reported. The incident took place around 6:20 p.m., Tuesday, June 29, when the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office, New Hackensack Fire Department, and Town of Wappinger Ambulance to a possible drowning in the Wappinger Creek located behind the Wappingers Falls Trailer Park on New Hackensack Road. First arriving responders used a citizen’s rowboat to begin searching for a missing male swimmer, said Lieutenant Shawn Castano. Additional reso…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Boater Found Clinging To Side Of Vessel In Hudson River Rescued Boater Found Clinging To Side Of Vessel In Hudson River Rescued
Boater Found Clinging To Side Of Vessel In Hudson River Rescued A man was rescued from the Hudson River after he was heard yelling for help. The incident took place around 11:15 p.m., Wednesday, April 14, in Dutchess County. City of Beacon Police officers responded to Red Flynn Drive near the Sloop Club for a man reported to be yelling for help, said Det. Sgt. Jason Johnson. Officers located a capsized rowboat in the river approximately 20 yards from land with a man clinging to it, Johnson said. Officers were able to throw a rope at the man and pull him to the pier where he was lifted out of the water.  The City of Beacon Fire Dep…

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by Kathy Reakes
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30-Year-Old Woman Killed In Head-On, Wrong-Way Crash In Area, Police Say 30-Year-Old Woman Killed In Head-On, Wrong-Way Crash In Area, Police Say
30-Year-Old Woman Killed In Head-On, Wrong-Way Crash In Area, Police Say A 30-year-old woman was killed in a head-on crash on Easter. The victim, from Wappingers Falls, was killed around 5:54 p.m., Sunday, April 4, during the crash on Route 9 in front of Nine Mall Plaza in the Town of Poughkeepsie, authorities said. The crash occurred when an 83-year-old Wappingers Falls man was traveling south in the northbound lane of Route 9 and collided head-on with a 2019 Nissan Sentra driven by a 28-year-old man, also of Wappingers Falls,  said Town of Poughkeepsie Police Captain Joseph Cavaliere. The 30-year-old woman, who was a passenger in the Nissan, sustained li…

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by Kathy Reakes
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New Update: Four-Alarm Fire Destroys Building With Businesses, Apartments In Area New Update: Four-Alarm Fire Destroys Building With Businesses, Apartments In Area
New Update: Four-Alarm Fire Destroys Building With Businesses, Apartments In Area Ten families and four businesses lost everything they owned during a four-alarm fire that swept through a three-story building that included both businesses and apartments. The fire started around 1:09 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 25, in Dutchess County at 10 Market Street, said Village of Wappingers Falls Police Lt. P. Capparelli.  The first officers on the scene, Sgt. Ludwig and Officer Farrell found an active fire at the scene when the responded to call reporting smoke, Capparelli said. Both immediately began to evacuate all persons inside the buildings to a safe location.  The building includ…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Boater Rescued By Good Samaritans From Capsized Sailboat During Storm In Hudson River Boater Rescued By Good Samaritans From Capsized Sailboat During Storm In Hudson River
Boater Rescued By Good Samaritans From Capsized Sailboat During Storm In Hudson River A 44-year-old man who was stranded on his capsized sailboat in the Hudson River during an intense thunderstorm was rescued by two Good Samaritans. The incident took place around 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 8, when the Dutchess County 911 Center received a report of a capsized sailboat on the Hudson River off the Town of Hyde Park shoreline, said Dutchess County Sheriff's Office Lt. Shawn A. Castano. Following the call, 911 public safety dispatchers activated the River Response Plan and dispatched the Roosevelt Fire Department, Mobil Life Support Services, Hyde Park Police and…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Three Injured In Crash That Caused Route 9 Closure Three Injured In Crash That Caused Route 9 Closure
Three Injured In Crash That Caused Route 9 Closure Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash that closed Route 9 for more than three hours. The crash took place around 5:53 p.m. Thursday in the area of the Valvoline Instant Oil Change, 1788 South Road, in Wappingers Falls, said Town of Poughkeepsie Police Capt. Kevin Faber. According to Faber, a 2014 Nissan Maxima, driven by a 23-year-old from Hialeah, Florida, was traveling southbound on South Road when the driver lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle crossed the median and hit a northbound 2007 Honda Accord, driven by a 63-year-old Beacon man, Faber said. The Ma…

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by Kathy Reakes