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Man Nabbed After Stealing Apple Watch At Knifepoint, Fleeing Into Hudson Valley: Police Man Nabbed After Stealing Apple Watch At Knifepoint, Fleeing Into Hudson Valley: Police
Man Nabbed After Stealing Apple Watch At Knifepoint, Fleeing Into Hudson Valley: Police A 28-year-old man was apprehended on an interstate in the Hudson Valley after stealing a package containing an Apple Watch from a victim at knifepoint in Connecticut, authorities said. The robbery happened in Litchfield County on Monday, Sept. 30, when the suspect followed a victim home in New Milford after they picked up a FedEx package containing an Apple Watch at their parent's residence, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said on Friday, Oct. 4.  The suspect, identified as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania resident Dalin Gonzalez-Marte, then stole the package at knifepoint while trying to…

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by Ben Crnic
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Suspect Nabbed In Hudson Valley After Knifepoint Robbery Leads To Cross-State Manhunt Suspect Nabbed In Hudson Valley After Knifepoint Robbery Leads To Cross-State Manhunt
Suspect Nabbed In Hudson Valley After Knifepoint Robbery Leads To Cross-State Manhunt From a FedEx delivery to a high-stakes chase, a cross-state manhunt ended in the dramatic arrest in New York of a suspect from Pennsylvania who allegedly fled from a knifepoint robbery in Connecticut.  The Putnam County Sheriff's Office just released details on the chain of events that began Monday, Sept. 30, at approximately 3:45 p.m. when it received a description of a vehicle and suspect that had just been involved in the Litchfield County incident in the town of New Milford. The robbery occurred when the suspect followed a victim home after the person retrieved a FedEx package…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Police In Westchester Help Nab Suspects Of Local Narcotics Ring Police In Westchester Help Nab Suspects Of Local Narcotics Ring
Police In Westchester Help Nab Suspects Of Local Narcotics Ring A months-long operation into a local narcotics trafficking organization in Northern Fairfield County resulted in four arrests and the seizure of large amounts of drugs and cash, police said.  The arrests resulted from the execution of 18 search warrants and an arrest warrant by the Brookfield and Danbury Police Departments on Wednesday, March 8 that stemmed from a months-long investigation into a local narcotics trafficking organization.  The investigation, known as "Operation Trinity Café," began when police responded to a non-fatal overdose in Brookfield and learned that Da…

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by Ben Crnic
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Westchester Check Forger Busted In Police Chase That Injured Officer, Authorities Say Westchester Check Forger Busted In Police Chase That Injured Officer, Authorities Say
Westchester Check Forger Busted In Police Chase That Injured Officer, Authorities Say A Mount Vernon check forger was arrested near the George Washington Bridge after a police pursuit in New Jersey that began when an officer was clipped by a getaway car, authorities said Wednesday. A New Milford, NJ police officer responding to a fraud call at a local Bank of America branch tried to stop 21-year-old Sierra Palmer and two accomplices Tuesday afternoon, but he was nicked by the getaway car, authorities said. Fellow officers from New Milford and several area towns chased the vehicle, first to Hackensack and then east on Route 4, before the trio bailed out in Fort Lee, Police C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Case Of Incest Leads To Four Deaths, One In Hudson Valley Case Of Incest Leads To Four Deaths, One In Hudson Valley
Case Of Incest Leads To Four Deaths, One In Hudson Valley The murder of three people -- a man and woman in New Milford, Conn., and an infant in North Carolina -- and the suicide of their suspected killer Thursday in Dutchess County are all linked to a twisted case of incest that was the subject of a Daily Voice story published in February. The story behind the murders began two years ago when then 18-year-old Katie Fusco Pladl of Dover went on a search to find her biological parents.  She found Steven Pladl, her mother and her siblings near Richmond, Va., and eventually moved in with them in 2016. But the happy family reunion didn't last long whe…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Double Homicide Suspect Found Dead In Hudson Valley Double Homicide Suspect Found Dead In Hudson Valley
Double Homicide Suspect Found Dead In Hudson Valley The suspected killer of a man and a woman in New Milford, Conn., was found dead in his car of an apparent self-inflicted wound about 15 miles away in Dutchess County late Thursday morning. The two were found dead in a truck with a smashed driver’s side window at approximately 8:40 a.m. at the intersection of routes 7 and 55 in New Milford. New Milford Police Department then issued a notice to area agencies to be on the lookout for the suspect’s vehicle, described as a light blue mini-van with North Carolina registration. The vehicle was initially observed by an officer from the Dutchess Co…

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by Joe Lombardi