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Road Checkpoints Planned As New Leads Surface In Decades-Old Hudson Valley Homicide: Police Road Checkpoints Planned As New Leads Surface In Decades-Old Hudson Valley Homicide: Police
Road Checkpoints Planned As New Leads Surface In Decades-Old Hudson Valley Homicide: Police More than four decades after the disappearance and murder of 20-year-old Dawn Marie Marino, police will be conducting road checkpoints in connection to one of Orange County’s most haunting cold cases.   On Friday, April 11, the Town of Warwick Police Department, working alongside the New York State Police and FBI, announced the launch of road checkpoints in the Pine Island and Florida areas as part of the ongoing investigation into Marino’s death.  "New leads continue to be developed in this over forty year old case," the department said in a social media post, adding, "…

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by Ben Crnic
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Search Warrant Leads To Child Porn Charge For Hudson Valley 60-Year-Old Search Warrant Leads To Child Porn Charge For Hudson Valley 60-Year-Old
Search Warrant Leads To Child Porn Charge For Hudson Valley 60-Year-Old A Hudson Valley code enforcement officer and fire investigator has been charged with allegedly possessing materials showing obscene sexual performances by a child. Orange County resident John Orr, age 60, of Pine Island, was charged on Wednesday, Nov. 6, following the execution of a search warrant by the New York State Police and the town of Warwick Police on Glenwood Road, in the Town of Warwick, said Trooper Steven Nvel. After the search, Nevel said Orr was arrested, processed, and released on an appearance ticket.  The investigation is continuing by State Police Monroe BCI and the …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hudson Valley Man Dies From Severe Burns After Battling Barn Fire Hudson Valley Man Dies From Severe Burns After Battling Barn Fire
Hudson Valley Man Dies From Severe Burns After Battling Barn Fire A 47-year-old Hudson Valley man died from severe burns after battling a barn fire. The incident occurred in Orange County around 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 23, in Pine Island on Amity Road. According to Warwick Police Chief John Rader, police officers,  the Pine Island Fire Department, and EMS responded to a report of a structure fire. Rader said arriving officers found a fully involved barn fire and a man who was severely burned. The victim, a Pine Island resident, was pronounced dead at the scene, Rader said. The victim's name has not been released. The fire department extinguishe…

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by Kathy Reakes