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Hudson Valley Bartender Busted Increasing Tips On Credit Cards, Police Say Hudson Valley Bartender Busted Increasing Tips On Credit Cards, Police Say
Hudson Valley Bartender Busted Increasing Tips On Credit Cards, Police Say A bartender in the region was busted for allegedly increasing tip amounts on credit cards to increase her pay. Dutchess County resident Melissa Dinsmore, 33, of Wappinger, was charged by the New York State Police on Friday, Sept. 20. According to Trooper AJ Hicks, the owner of the Publick House Restaurant and Bar in Pleasant Valley alerted police to the possible crime after being notified of the fraud by a customer. An investigation determined that Dinsmore, while working as both a server and bartender, fraudulently increased tip amounts entered by her customers who utilized credit cards t…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Teen Accused Of Making Threat Against Student At Hudson Valley High School Teen Accused Of Making Threat Against Student At Hudson Valley High School
Teen Accused Of Making Threat Against Student At Hudson Valley High School A teen was charged with making a terroristic threat after allegedly threatening to shoot a student outside a private school in the region. The incident occurred in Dutchess County on Wednesday, Sept. 4, when police responded to the home of an Our Lady Of Lourdes High School student for an anonymous terroristic statement threatening to target the victim with a gun after school in Poughkeepsie. According to Trooper AJ Hicks of the New York State Police, an investigation determined the terroristic threat was made by Jacob J. Leo, age 19, of Pleasant Valley. Leo, who was never a student at the…

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by Kathy Reakes
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30-Year-Old Takes Troopers On Pursuit On Taconic Parkway In Hudson Valley 30-Year-Old Takes Troopers On Pursuit On Taconic Parkway In Hudson Valley
30-Year-Old Takes Troopers On Pursuit On Taconic Parkway In Hudson Valley A 30-year-old man has been charged with allegedly taking New York State Police on a pursuit on the Taconic Parkway in the Hudson Valley. The incident occurred in Dutchess County in Pleasant Valley around 9:30 p.m. on Friday, July 26. According to Trooper AJ Hicks of the New York State Police, troopers conducted a traffic stop of a 2014 Ford Taurus northbound on the Taconic Parkway for violations of the vehicle and traffic law. As troopers approached the vehicle, they gave commands to lower the windows of the vehicle and place it in park. The suspect refused to comply and fled the scene, H…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hudson Valley Man Armed With Knife Holds Police At Bay For 5 Hours Hudson Valley Man Armed With Knife Holds Police At Bay For 5 Hours
Hudson Valley Man Armed With Knife Holds Police At Bay For 5 Hours An attempt to serve an arrest warrant in the region led to a five-hour standoff with law enforcement. The incident occurred in Dutchess County at around 11 a.m. on Monday, July 1, on Route 44 in Pleasant Valley. According to Capt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office, deputies, and detectives responded to a residence on Route 44 in the Town of Pleasant Valley to serve an arrest warrant.  Shortly after the arrival of law enforcement, the wanted man armed himself with a knife and barricaded himself inside a room within the residence, police said. The Dutchess County S…

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by Kathy Reakes