Find Your Daily Voice
Beekman-Poughquag
LaGrangeville
Your Local News for Beekman, Poughquag and LaGrangeville, New York
Sunday, feb 16
33°
Follow
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Events
Real Estate
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Beekman-Poughquag
LaGrangeville
Follow
Find Your Daily Voice
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Events
Real Estate
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Home
About us
All sites
Advertise with us
Contact us
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Code of ethics
Site Map
© 2025 Cantata Media
33°
Sunday, feb 16
Tag:
Weapons Charge
Police & Fire
Shots Fired During Fight At Hudson Valley School, Former Student Charged: Police
Police responded to an Orange County school after receiving multiple reports of shots fired during a large fight near the entrance of the building. The incident occurred on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the Newburgh Free Academy Main Campus during school dismissal. According to Mike Neppl, spokesman for the Newburgh Police, the shooting began as a fight involving several students and a former student, later identified as Kevin Gaspar, age 18, of the town of Newburgh. The altercation spilled into the Fullerton Avenue road, where the students left the fight. Gaspar then allegedly pulled out a g…
Police & Fire
Man Caught With Illegally-Possessed Gun In Hudson Valley Traffic Stop: Police
A Connecticut man faces a felony weapons charge after being caught with an illegally possessed gun during a traffic stop in the Hudson Valley, police announced. Fairfield County resident Mathew Conti of Danbury, age 27, was arrested in Putnam County on a weapons charge on Tuesday, June 25, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday, June 28. According to the Sheriff's Office, at around 1:15 a.m. on Tuesday, deputies saw a vehicle with an obscured license plate driving north on Route 22 near the interchange with Interstate 684 in Brewster and pulled it over. After th…
Police & Fire
Combative 20-Year-Old Busted With 'Ghost' Gun During Capital Region Traffic Stop, Police Say
A routine traffic stop in the region ended with a 20-year-old in handcuffs on weapons charges. The Saratoga County incident happened just before 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, in Halfmoon on Tower Way. State Police said 20-year-old Shawn Koenig, of Pittsfield in Rensselaer County, was initially stopped for a vehicle and traffic law violation. The trooper ordered him out of the car for a standardized field sobriety test, but Koenig reportedly refused to cooperate. He had to be forcibly removed from the vehicle and continued resisting until he was placed in handcuffs, police said. A search …
Police & Fire
Man From Region Caught With Gun, Bullets At JFK, TSA Says
A man from the region was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected a handgun and bullets in his carry-on bag at a JFK airport security checkpoint. The Sullivan County resident, from the town of Liberty, was charged on Wednesday, April 19 after the unloaded firearm was found alongside five bullets in a gun magazine said TSA officials. The man's name is pending release by the New York New Jersey Port Authority. The handgun was detected when the man entered the security checkpoint with his carry-on items. The checkpoint X-ray unit triggered…
News
Man Tries To Bring Loaded Gun On Flight At Westchester Airport, TSA Says
A man faces a weapons charge after attempting to bring a loaded handgun and several magazines on a flight at Westchester County Airport, authorities said. The incident happened on Sunday, April 2, when a Florida man entered the airport's security checkpoint and the X-ray unit alerted Transportation Security Administration officers to inspect his carry-on bag. After looking inside the bag, officers found a 9mm handgun loaded with 10 bullets, including one that was in the weapon's chamber. The man's bag also contained two gun magazines packed alongside the firearm that were e…
Police & Fire
Five Violent Fugitives Added To Most Wanted List By Massachusetts State Police
Five new violent fugitives who are on the run have been added to the Massachusetts State Police’s Most Wanted list. They are Alexander Keen Grant (statutory rape), Mario Garcia (murder), Marvin Veiga, Jr. (murder), Wesly Jordan Alcin (armed assault to murder, home invasion, weapons charge), and Jeffrey Cancel-Muniz (aggravated rape, kidnapping, strangulation). Grant allegedly provided alcohol to a minor in 2012 and committed sexual assault while his victim was intoxicated. He was arrested and charged with statutory rape of a child and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over. Wh…
News
Northern Westchester Man Admits To Sending Indecent Material To Officer Posing As Teen
A 26-year-old man from Northern Westchester has admitted to sending child pornography and a weapons charge and will face time in prison after being busted by an undercover police officer posing as a teenager. Christopher Alessandro of Croton-on-Hudson pleaded guilty to attempted disseminating indecent material to minors and attempted criminal possession of a firearm, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced this week. On May 7, 2018, New York State Police, with an assist from Virginia State Police and the District Attorney’s Office High Technology Crime Bureau&nb…
Police & Fire
Man Had Illegal, Loaded Handgun In Dover Domestic Dispute, Police Say
DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. - A Dutchess County man is facing a weapons charge after being involved in a domestic dispute in Dover over the weekend. New York State Police troopers were dispatched to a Foxwell Terrace residence on Sunday night, following reports of a domestic dispute. Upon arrival, further investigation determined that 34-year-old Dover resident Larry May, who was involved in the incident, was in possession of an illegal, loaded handgun. May was arrested and charged with a felony count of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He was arraigned and remanded to the Dutchess …
33°
