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COVID-19: As Dutchess Cases Continue To Increase, Here's Latest Breakdown By Town COVID-19: As Dutchess Cases Continue To Increase, Here's Latest Breakdown By Town
Covid-19: As Dutchess Cases Continue To Increase, Here's Latest Breakdown By Town The number of active COVID-19 cases in Dutchess County continues to climb as the mid-Hudson Valley sees a surge in the spread of the virus. According to the county Department of Health, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Dutchess has risen to 418, up from 292 earlier this week. The number continues to climb, though it is a far cry from the peak of the outbreak in late April, when the county was dealing with 1,860 active cases at one point. There have been 6,003 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the outbreak began in early March out of 245,044 tests administered in Dutchess. During the pan…

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by Zak Failla
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Police Search For Leads In Murder Of 47-Year-Old Area Man Police Search For Leads In Murder Of 47-Year-Old Area Man
Police Search For Leads In Murder Of 47-Year-Old Area Man New York State Police are continuing their search for leads in the murder of a 47-year-old man from LaGrange. Richard H. Aderson was the victim of a homicide on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1997. New York State Police say they responded to Interstate 84 near Exit 12 in the Town of Fishkill around 6 p.m. after the victim called 911 to report that he had been shot. Aderson was a former assistant superintendent for the Valley Central School District. Police say he was traveling east on I-84 in a gray 1995 four-door Volvo sedan when he was involved in a fender bender approximately four miles east of the …

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COVID-19: As Dutchess Cases Continue To Increase, Here's Latest Breakdown By Town COVID-19: As Dutchess Cases Continue To Increase, Here's Latest Breakdown By Town
Covid-19: As Dutchess Cases Continue To Increase, Here's Latest Breakdown By Town The number of active COVID-19 cases in Dutchess County continues to climb as the mid-Hudson Valley sees a surge in the virus. According to the county Department of Health, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Dutchess has risen to 292, up from 212 as recently as last week. The number is a far cry from the peak of the outbreak in late April, when the county was dealing with 1,860 active cases at one point. There have been 5,790 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the outbreak began in early March out of 237,514 tests administered in Dutchess. During the pandemic, there have been 166 virus-rela…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Dutchess County Cases By Municipality COVID-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Dutchess County Cases By Municipality
Covid-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Dutchess County Cases By Municipality The number of active COVID-19 cases in Dutchess County continues to climb as the mid-Hudson Valley sees a surge in the virus. According to the county Department of Health, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Dutchess has risen to 212, up from 168 as recently as last week. The number is a far cry from the peak of the outbreak in late April, when the county was dealing with 1,860 active cases at one point. There have been 5,642 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the outbreak began in early March out of 229,149 tests administered in Dutchess. During the pandemic, there have been 166 virus-rela…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Here's Latest Breakdown Of Dutchess County Cases By Municipality COVID-19: Here's Latest Breakdown Of Dutchess County Cases By Municipality
Covid-19: Here's Latest Breakdown Of Dutchess County Cases By Municipality The number of active COVID-19 cases in Dutchess County is heading in the right direction after seeing an increase in recent weeks following outbreaks throughout the Hudson Valley and the nation. According to the county Department of Health, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Dutchess has dropped to 168, down from 173 earlier in the week.  The number is a far cry from the peak of the outbreak in late April, when the county was dealing with 1,860 active cases at one point. There have been 5,508 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the outbreak began in early March out of 219,039 tests adm…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Here's Latest Breakdown Of Dutchess County Cases By Municipality COVID-19: Here's Latest Breakdown Of Dutchess County Cases By Municipality
Covid-19: Here's Latest Breakdown Of Dutchess County Cases By Municipality The number of COVID-19 cases in Dutchess continues to slowly rise, though the county remains in better shape than some others in the Hudson Valley. According to the county Department of Health, the number of active COVID-19 cases has been trending in the wrong direction, up to 173 as of Wednesday, Oct. 28, down from 107 as recently as last month. In late April, the virus spiked in the county, with 1,860 active cases at the height of the outbreak. There have been 5,465 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the outbreak began in early March out of 215,316 tests administered in Dutchess. During the p…

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by Zak Failla
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Separate Fatal Crashes Under Investigation In Area Separate Fatal Crashes Under Investigation In Area
Separate Fatal Crashes Under Investigation In Area Police are investigating a pair of fatal crashes that happened over the course of two days. Dutchess County Sheriff Capt. John Watterson said that there was a fatal motorcycle crash at approximately 2:50 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10 near the intersection of Overlook Road and Alvin Court in LaGrange. Two days later, at approximately 5:50 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 12, the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a fatal one-vehicle off-road crash in Amenia. Watterson said that the driver of the motorcycle in the earlier crash, Poughkeepsie resident Nicholas Giguere was traveling west on Overlook Road w…

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by Zak Failla
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Woman Accused Of Assaulting Child In Area Woman Accused Of Assaulting Child In Area
Woman Accused Of Assaulting Child In Area A woman accrued felony charges for hitting and verbally abusing her child on numerous occasions in the area, said police.  Crystal Whyble, of LaGrange, 28, was charged with the felony of second-degree assault and the misdemeanor of endangering the welfare of a child on Tuesday, Oct. 6.  The Dutchess County Sheriff's Office and the county's Child Advocacy Center had been investigating Whyble's treatment of the child after the latter group was notified that the child was injured Friday, June 26 of this year. No additional information about the situation was released by police to pr…

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by Christina Coulter
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30-Year-Old Nabbed For Robbery At Area Supermarket 30-Year-Old Nabbed For Robbery At Area Supermarket
30-Year-Old Nabbed For Robbery At Area Supermarket A 30-year-old Hudson Valley man was arrested by New York State Police after allegedly posturing that he had a gun while stealing more than $2,000 from an area grocery store. New York State Police investigators from Poughkeepsie arrested LaGrange resident Zackary Beck following an incident at the TOPS market on John J. Wagner Way in LaGrange on Wednesday, Sept. 30. According to State Police, at approximately 9:15 a.m. on Sept. 30, employees at TOPS reported that there had been a robbery after Beck allegedly threatened to use a gun - which was never displayed - and demanded cash. The store c…

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by Zak Failla
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Duo Nabbed For Passing Counterfeit Bills In Area Duo Nabbed For Passing Counterfeit Bills In Area
Duo Nabbed For Passing Counterfeit Bills In Area New York State Police troopers busted a man and woman who were passing around forged $100 bills to multiple businesses. A trooper in Dutchess County on patrol in Pleasant Valley was stopped by a businesswoman at approximately 3:20 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25 who reported fraudulent activity at her store and alleged that the suspects were still in the area. According to police, the trooper canvassed the area and located their first suspect, New York resident Xavier Jackson, 28, in a different retailer on Route 44 in Pleasant Valley. Police said that the investigation determined that Jackson h…

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by Zak Failla
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ID Released Of Motorist Killed In Taconic Parkway Crash ID Released Of Motorist Killed In Taconic Parkway Crash
ID Released Of Motorist Killed In Taconic Parkway Crash The identity has been released of a motorist killed in a crash that caused the hours-long closure of a stretch of the Taconic State Parkway. The crash happened in Dutchess County at approximately 5:45 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8 in East Fishkill. State Police troopers were assisting a motorist who had just struck a deer in the right lane of the Taconic on the southbound side.  While the troopers were placing road flares behind the patrol vehicles with emergency lighting activated, a southbound 2019 GMC Sierra, operated by Joaquin Rodriguez, 51, of LaGrange, merged into the left lane fr…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Acupuncturist Accused Of Sexually Abusing Patient In Area Acupuncturist Accused Of Sexually Abusing Patient In Area
Acupuncturist Accused Of Sexually Abusing Patient In Area An acupuncturist at an area facility has been accused of sexually abusing a patient. Dutchess County resident Detlef F. Wolf, 78, of Hyde Park, while working as an acupuncturist at the Acupuncture and Wellness Center located on Titusville Road in the town of LaGrange is alleged to have sexually abused the patient, state police said on Sunday, Sept. 6. On Thursday, Sept. 3, troopers from the Poughkeepsie barracks arrested Wolf for and charged him with third-degree sexual abuse, a Class B misdemeanor. Wolf was arraigned before the town of LaGrange Court and released on his own reco…

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by Joe Lombardi