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Orange County Man Found Incompetent For Trial In Machete Murder, Attack, DA Says
A Hudson Valley man will spend at least another two years in a psychiatric facility after being found incompetent to stand trial for murder for a second time in the 2019 machete attack during a Hanukkah party.
Grafton Thomas, age 35, of Orange County, is charged in Rockland County with the Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019 killing of Josef Neumann, age 72, after allegedly stabbing five people at the Hasidic rabbi’s Forshay Road, Monsey home during a Hanukkah celebration.
Thomas, whose family said he had a long history of severe mental illness and suffered from schizophrenia, also faces six count…
NY AG Won't Pursue Charges After Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting In Orange County
A police officer will not face charges in an officer-involved shooting that killed a man in the Hudson Valley.
New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigation said on Friday, Sept. 30 a Town of Wallkill officer will not face charges in the Saturday, June 12, 20221 shooting death of Orange County resident Christopher Van Kleeck, age 31, in Middletown.
Following a thorough investigation, including interviews with witnesses and a review of physical evidence, photographs, dashboard camera footage, and civilian security camera footage, OSI concluded that criminal charges…