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Orange County Man Charged In 2022 Stabbing Murder-For-Hire Case
A Hudson Valley man has been charged with allegedly paying another person to kill a 52-year-old man.
Orange County resident Enoch Lowe, age 25, was charged on Tuesday, Oct. 10 with paying to have Jeffrey Harris, age 52, killed in October 2022. Both men live in the town of Wallkill.
According to Wallkill Police Chief Robert Hertman, on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, officers responded to a report of an unconscious man on Brookline Avenue.
When officers arrived, they found Harris in a detached garage from his home suffering from stab wounds. He was pronounced dead on the scene by the town of Wallkil…
Man Returning From Car Show Killed After 1967 Convertible Overturns On Area Roadway
A Hudson Valley man coming home from a car show in his 1967 Chevy convertible was killed after hitting a guard rail.
The crash took place in Orange County around 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 21, in the town of Goshen on Route 94.
According to Deputy Chief Allen Faust, of the Goshen Police, John Smith, age 52, of the Village of Florida, veered off the roadway, hit a guard rail, and then an earth embankment before flipping over.
Smith was trapped in the vehicle and was extricated by the town of Goshen Fire Department, Faust said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Orange County Medic…
Missing Port Jervis Woman Found Dead, Police Say
A missing Hudson Valley woman who police have spent hundreds of hours searching for has been found dead in a wooded area.
Orange County resident, Brittany Hendershot, age 19, of Port Jervis, has been missing since Thursday, June 23, but was officially reported missing to police on Tuesday, July 5 by her mother.
Following the missing person's report, the Port Jervis Police Department initiated an investigation which revealed that Brittany was last seen in the Town of Wallkill, said Chief William Worden, of the Port Jervis Police.
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Man Found Dead On Park Trail In Orange County
A 73-year-old Hudson Valley man was found dead, apparently of natural causes, in the vicinity of a hiking trail in the area.
The resident of Philipstown, in Putnam County, was found on Monday, May 17 at the Schunnemunk State Park, located in Orange County, in the Town of Cornwall, said NYS Parks officials.
State Park Police, NYS Park Forest Rangers, Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office, Town of Cornwall Police, Salisbury Mills FD, Cornwall FD, DEC forest rangers, and local EMS all responded to the scene.
The incident remains under investigation.
ID Released For Bicyclist Struck, Killed By SUV In Orange County
A bicyclist killed after being struck by an SUV in the area has been identified by police.
Orange County resident Peter Cotsis, 62, of Chester, died around 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 24, in the town of Goshen after being struck by a 2018 Nissan SUV, said Sgt. Allen Faust of the Goshen Police.
Faust said the crash took place at the intersection of Craigville Road and Johnson Road when Cotsis was struck by the vehicle, driven by Baruck Murit, 38, of Brooklyn.
Good Samaritans and Murit performed CPR on Cotsis and attempted to offer him aid, but he died at the scene, Faust said.
Cotsis was…
22-Year-Old Killed When Car Crashes Off Road In Orange County
A 22-year-old man was killed following a single-vehicle crash in the area.
Brandon S. Sanok, an Orange County resident, was killed around 5 p.m,., Sunday, June 23, on Route 12 in the town of Minisink, said Trooper Steven Nevel, spokesman for the New York State Police.
An investigation found that Sanok was driving a 2008 Nissan southwest when his vehicle left the roadway on the south side of the road and overturned. Nevel said.
Sanok, of Westtown, was extricated from his car by the Johnson Fire Department.
Sanok, who was alone in the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene by Orang…
Woman, 27, Charged In Connection To Fatal Overdose In Port Jervis
A 27-year-old woman has been charged in connection with the fatal overdose death of another woman she had allegedly sold heroin with fentanyl.
Ashley Parker, 27, of Huguenot, was arrested on Friday, May 31 by Port Jervis Police after the death of a 37-year-old Port Jervis woman, said Port Jervis Police Chief William Worden.
Following an investigation, Parker allegedly sold a quantity of heroin with fentanyl to the female prior to her death, Worden said.
Parker was charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance, two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, t…
