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Armed 5-Hour Standoff Ends With Arrest Of Dutchess County Man: Police Armed 5-Hour Standoff Ends With Arrest Of Dutchess County Man: Police
Armed 5-Hour Standoff Ends With Arrest Of Dutchess County Man: Police A five-hour standoff in Dutchess County ended with the arrest of a 36-year-old man wanted on a warrant for reckless endangerment, police said. Capt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office said Richard P. Danko, age 36, of Dover Plains, was charged following a complaint and an hours-long standoff at his residence on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1 in Dover Plains. According to Watterson, deputies responded to 16 Old State Route 22 at around 6:10 a.m. after receiving a report of a person being threatened with a shotgun. When they arrived, Danko was identified as a suspect but refused t…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Video: Man Armed With Rifle Kills Himself During Domestic Dispute In Area, Say Police Video: Man Armed With Rifle Kills Himself During Domestic Dispute In Area, Say Police
Video: Man Armed With Rifle Kills Himself During Domestic Dispute In Area, Say Police A 37-year-old armed with a rifle is fatally shot himself after a domestic dispute resulted in a standoff with responding officers. At about 10:43 p.m. on Friday, July 20, the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office responded to 208 Old Route 22 in the Town of Amenia for a 911 call reporting a domestic dispute involving a man in possession of a firearm. While responding to the incident, Dutchess County 911 dispatchers updated deputies that the male had discharged the firearm, said Lt. Shawn A. Castano of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office. Responding deputies located the man outside of the resid…

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by Joe Lombardi