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Fake Social Media Post In Region About School Violence Leads To Arrest Of 13-Year-Old Fake Social Media Post In Region About School Violence Leads To Arrest Of 13-Year-Old
Fake Social Media Post In Region About School Violence Leads To Arrest Of 13-Year-Old A 13-year-old from the region has been charged with falsely reporting an incident after allegedly making a social media post stating that a mistaken lockdown at the school they attend was due to students and staff being harmed. The student was arrested on Monday, Oct.  28, at Liberty Middle and High Schools for the post made on Friday, Oct. 25, from Liberty. According to Liberty Police Chief Steven D'Agata, early on Oct. 25, both schools briefly went into a lockdown due to an accidental activation of the school's automated warning system due to maintenance. D'Agata said there was no t…
Name Released Of Boy Killed In Baldwin Place Shooting That Led To Putnam Valley Manhunt, Arrest Name Released Of Boy Killed In Baldwin Place Shooting That Led To Putnam Valley Manhunt, Arrest
Name Released Of Boy Killed In Baldwin Place Shooting That Led To Putnam Valley Manhunt, Arrest This story has been updated. The name has been released of a teenage boy who was killed in a fatal shooting in Northern Westchester that led to a 12-hour manhunt and the arrest of a suspect. Fernando Jimenez, age 40, shot his girlfriend and her two children with an illegally possessed handgun in the Baldwin Place section of Somers during a domestic dispute at about 11:35 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28, according to New York State Police. One of the children, a 10th-grade student at Somers High School now identified as Michael Raimondi, age 15, was killed.  The boy's brother, a 13-year-…
12-Year-Old Accused Of Making Threat To School In Region 12-Year-Old Accused Of Making Threat To School In Region
12-Year-Old Accused Of Making Threat To School In Region A 12-year-old student in the region was charged with making a terroristic threat at a junior/senior high school. The incident occurred in Sullivan County on Saturday, Oct. 19, in Fallsburg. According to Fallsburg Police Chief Brendan Pavese, the juvenile allegedly made the threats on Snapchat and included a picture of the Fallsburg Junior/Senior High School auditorium.  The threats, which mentioned shootings, came to the attention of police and school authorities via parents and students, both the police and school said. After receiving the information, the police department worked a…
Teen Nabbed For Making Threat Of Mass Harm Against High School In Region: Police Teen Nabbed For Making Threat Of Mass Harm Against High School In Region: Police
Teen Nabbed For Making Threat Of Mass Harm Against High School In Region: Police An 18-year-old Hudson Valley student has been charged with allegedly making several threats against Rhinebeck High School. The incident occurred in Dutchess County on Thursday, Oct. 17, at the school on N. Park Drive. According To New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks, an investigation determined the threats were not credible, but a search of the building was conducted out of an abundance of caution.   No evidence of any safety threat was found. Further investigation led to the arrest of an 18-year-old student, Hicks said. The 18-year-old was issued an appearance ticket for ma…
2 Juveniles Nabbed For Making Threats Against Hudson Valley Schools: Police 2 Juveniles Nabbed For Making Threats Against Hudson Valley Schools: Police
2 Juveniles Nabbed For Making Threats Against Hudson Valley Schools: Police Two 11-year-old children were caught for allegedly making social media posts containing threats of violence at certain Hudson Valley schools. The threats were made in Ulster County around 8:45 p.m. and were aimed at Ulster County Schools, said Ulster County Sheriff’s Capt. Joseph Sciutto. According to Sciutto, the Sheriff’s Office quickly initiated an investigation into the threats, which were being shared and circulated on a social media platform, Sciutto said. He added that the Sheriff’s Office successfully traced the source of the messages and identified the responsible juveni…
Mahopac High School Put Into Lockdown After Accidental Alarm Activation Mahopac High School Put Into Lockdown After Accidental Alarm Activation
Mahopac High School Put Into Lockdown After Accidental Alarm Activation Authorities raced to a Hudson Valley high school after an alarm was accidentally tripped, police said. The incident happened in Putnam County just after 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, when authorities responded to a lockdown alarm activation at Mahopac High School that indicated it was "not a drill," according to the Carmel Police Department. As a result of the alarm, both Mahopac Middle and the Mahopac Falls schools were also put into lockdown.  Officers from Carmel Police and the Putnam County Sheriff's Office quickly arrived at the high school, as well as those who had already be…
Teen Slashes Fellow Hudson Valley HS Student In Face: Police Teen Slashes Fellow Hudson Valley HS Student In Face: Police
Teen Slashes Fellow Hudson Valley HS Student In Face: Police A Hudson Valley teen was charged with assault after allegedly slashing another high school student in the face with a medical-grade plastic handle blade instrument.  The incident occurred in Orange County at Middletown High School on Monday, Sept. 30, in Middletown. According to a message from Middletown School District Superintendent Amy Creeden, there was an incident between two students that resulted in one of them being cut in the face with what allegedly was a knife that is in police custody. Creeden said that the instrument used had a one-half to three-quarter-inch blade. The a…
Teenage Girl Accused Of Threatening Shooting At School District In Hudson Valley Teenage Girl Accused Of Threatening Shooting At School District In Hudson Valley
Teenage Girl Accused Of Threatening Shooting At School District In Hudson Valley A teenage girl has been accused of making a threat to a high school in the Hudson Valley. On Thursday night, Sept. 19, in Rockland County, the Town of Haverstraw Police Department said it was made aware of a potential threat of a shooting that would occur on Friday, Sept. 20, in the North Rockland School District.  Officers and detectives immediately began investigating the claim and were able to locate the individual who created a social media post.  After an investigation, it was found that this claim was false.  The Town of Haverstraw Police Department charged the 16-yea…
Internet Threat Leads To Early Dismissal At Hudson Valley School Internet Threat Leads To Early Dismissal At Hudson Valley School
Internet Threat Leads To Early Dismissal At Hudson Valley School An internet threat has led to the early dismissal of a Hudson Valley school. Related: Threat To Hudson Valley School 'Not Credible,' Police Say The incident occurred in Dutchess County at Dutchess BOCES in Poughkeepsie on Friday, Sept. 20.  According to Irwin Goldberg of the Dutchess BOCES, the administration was alerted to an internet threat affecting the campus.  "We take the safety of our campus, students, and staff very seriously," Goldberg said. The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office was contacted immediately, and an investigation began.  Goldberg said that…
Threat Leads To Delayed Start For Carmel School District Threat Leads To Delayed Start For Carmel School District
Threat Leads To Delayed Start For Carmel School District A school threat led to a delayed start for a district in the Hudson Valley. At 5:55 a.m. Friday, Sept. 20, in Putnam County, administrators were notified of a "possible, non-specific threat made by an individual" in the Carmel High School community. This information was immediately shared with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office so that it could be investigated, according to a statement by the Carmel Central School District. "This threat was not directly related to Carmel High School or any district school, but was a statement made on a group chat on Discord regarding a school threat,"…
11th-Grader Caught With BB Gun At School In Hudson Valley 11th-Grader Caught With BB Gun At School In Hudson Valley
11th-Grader Caught With BB Gun At School In Hudson Valley An 11th-grade male student at a Hudson Valley high school was nabbed with a BB gun in his backpack. The incident occurred in Ulster County at Rondout Valley High School in Accord around noon on Tuesday, Sept. 17. According to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, school administrators received a report of a potential weapon on campus and notified the school resource officer. In addition, they put in place a lockdown and lockout at both the high school and the middle school. The school resource officer requested additional police support to search the campus, and officials said that multiple …
Teacher Accused Of Kissing Student Returned To Hudson Valley HS After Retirement Announcement Teacher Accused Of Kissing Student Returned To Hudson Valley HS After Retirement Announcement
Teacher Accused Of Kissing Student Returned To Hudson Valley HS After Retirement Announcement A former teacher accused of taking a student behind a high school auditorium curtain in Westchester and kissing them returned to the district in a partial capacity for a year after announcing his retirement, officials said.  Hartsdale resident Michael Rubino, who taught music with Hastings Public Schools for over 20 years, was arrested on Wednesday, Sept. 11 on charges connected to his alleged unwanted touching and kissing of an underage student at Hastings High School, according to the Westchester County District Attorney's Office.  Earlier Report - Former Teacher…
Malfunction Sets Off Lockdown Alarm At High School In Northern Westchester Malfunction Sets Off Lockdown Alarm At High School In Northern Westchester
Malfunction Sets Off Lockdown Alarm At High School In Northern Westchester A lockdown alarm went off at a Northern Westchester high school as the result of a malfunction, police announced.  The incident happened on Monday, Sept. 16, when a lockdown alarm went off at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New Castle Police said around 11:45 a.m.  After officers investigated the incident, they eventually determined that it was an unknown alarm malfunction.  The department is now continuing the investigation to determine the circumstances of what triggered the alarm, police added.  This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for upda…