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School Employee Accused Of Shoving, Endangering Disabled Student In Region School Employee Accused Of Shoving, Endangering Disabled Student In Region
School Employee Accused Of Shoving, Endangering Disabled Student In Region A 28-year-old employee of a school in the region faces a felony charge after allegedly endangering a disabled student, police said. The events leading to the arrest began in Northern Westchester at around 5:45 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1, when a suspicious incident at the Shrub Oak International School at 3151 Stony St. prompted a police response, Yorktown Police announced on Friday, Nov. 15.  An investigation determined that a school employee, identified as Dutchess County resident Sebastian Borba-Ferreira of East Fishkill, allegedly shoved and "committed other endangering actions" on…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Hudson Valley Fentanyl Dealer Nabbed During Ongoing Investigation, Police Say Hudson Valley Fentanyl Dealer Nabbed During Ongoing Investigation, Police Say
Hudson Valley Fentanyl Dealer Nabbed During Ongoing Investigation, Police Say A Hudson Valley man was charged with the sale of a controlled substance during an ongoing investigation into fentanyl and drug sales in the region. Orange County resident Takai Jackson, age 27, of Newburgh, was busted by the Dutchess County Drug Task Force on Tuesday, Jan. 9 in Poughkeepsie. According to Sgt. Adam Harris of the Dutchess County task force, during the investigation Jackson was identified as moving drugs in the region. As a result, he was taken into custody at which time fentanyl and cocaine were found in his possession, Harris said. He was charged with criminal possession o…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Metro-North Railroad Announces Service Changes Due To Storm Damage Metro-North Railroad Announces Service Changes Due To Storm Damage
Metro-North Railroad Announces Service Changes Due To Storm Damage New Updates:  Buses to Replace Suspended Metro-North Trains After Severe Storms In Hudson Valley At Least 1 Dead After Severe Storms With Flash Flooding Pound Hudson Valley Due to the impact of severe storms in the Hudson Valley leaving behind high water, trees, boulders, and other debris, sections of Metro-North's Hudson Line tracks north of Croton-Harmon have become impassable.  As a result, Metro-North Railroad service between Croton-Harmon and Poughkeepsie has been suspended, and is expected to remain unavailable at least through the day Monday. Crews will be working to eval…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Man With 33 Convictions Sentenced For Hudson Valley Domestic Violence Attack Man With 33 Convictions Sentenced For Hudson Valley Domestic Violence Attack
Man With 33 Convictions Sentenced For Hudson Valley Domestic Violence Attack A Hudson Valley man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to aggravated family offense for attacking a person under a protective order. Dutchess County resident Lorenzo Jackson, age 59, of Poughkeepsie, was sentenced in Orange County to one-and-half to three years in prison for the November 2022 incident in New Windsor, said Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler. According to Hoovler, this is Jackson's 33rd criminal conviction, including 11 prior convictions for domestic violence. The incident took place on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, when Jackson entered the h…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
'Always Helped People Out': Retired NYSP Sergeant Dies From 9/11-Related Illness At Age 42 'Always Helped People Out': Retired NYSP Sergeant Dies From 9/11-Related Illness At Age 42
'Always Helped People Out': Retired Nysp Sergeant Dies From 9/11-Related Illness At Age 42 Just two months after joining the New York City Police Department in the summer of 2001, Ivan Morales was among countless first responders who descended on the mangled debris and rubble of the World Trade Center in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, working tirelessly to find survivors and recover the remains of those who died. Twenty-one years later, Morales, a resident of Catskill in Greene County, died at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at the age of 42 after a “courageous” battle with an illness stemming from his assignment at the site, his obituary said. Moral…

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by Michael Mashburn