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Drug Sales Tip Lead To Arrest Of Hudson Valley Man, Police Say Drug Sales Tip Lead To Arrest Of Hudson Valley Man, Police Say
Drug Sales Tip Lead To Arrest Of Hudson Valley Man, Police Say A Hudson Valley alleged drug dealer was busted after an investigation into drug sales in the region. The incident took place in Ulster County on Wednesday, Nov. 8. In August, members of the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (Urgent) initiated an investigation after receiving information about cocaine and crack cocaine sales occurring in the Town of Marlborough, said Capt. Joseph Sciutto, of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. A subsequent investigation alleges Orange County resident Richard L. Bonds, age 34, of Newburgh was responsible for the narcotic sales, Sciutt…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hudson Valley Man Busted With Fentanyl After Three-Month Investigation, Police Say Hudson Valley Man Busted With Fentanyl After Three-Month Investigation, Police Say
Hudson Valley Man Busted With Fentanyl After Three-Month Investigation, Police Say A Hudson Valley man has been arrested for allegedly being in possession of a large quantity of fentanyl following a three-month investigation. The bust took place in the city of Poughkeepsie on Tuesday, May 17, and resulted in the arrest of Orange County resident Laquan Falls, age 26, of Newburgh. The arrest is the culmination of a three-month investigation by the Dutchess County Drug Task Force into Falls drugs sales in Dutchess, Orange, and Ulster County areas, said Det/Sergeant Adam D. Harris, coordinator of the task force. When taken into custody by task force agents Falls was in&…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Child Sex Offender On The Run Nabbed In Area Child Sex Offender On The Run Nabbed In Area
Child Sex Offender On The Run Nabbed In Area A wanted 27-year-old registered sex offender from out of state has been nabbed in the Hudson Valley. Members of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office arrested Delbert Wiley Tibbs Jr. of Centerville, Tennessee man on Tuesday, June 16 in the Town of Wawarsing. The arrest came after the department received information about a registered sex offender from Tennessee who was wanted on three separate warrants for failing to register as a sex offender, the Sheriff's Office said. An investigation found that Tibbs was staying at a residence on Clay Hill Road in the Town of Wawarsing and other…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Two Charged In Connection To Shooting At Area Residence Two Charged In Connection To Shooting At Area Residence
Two Charged In Connection To Shooting At Area Residence A man and a woman have been arrested for allegedly shooting at a residence last month. The shooting took place in Ulster County around 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 29, at a home in the town of Woodstock, said the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. Members of the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team, along with Woodstock Police responded to the home following a 911 call and located evidence that a shooting had taken place at the residence, the department said. No one was injured during the shooting. An investigation led to the arrest of Taejah L. Dash, 18, of Shandaken, and Austin T…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Two Area Residents Accused Of Selling Tainted Heroin Two Area Residents Accused Of Selling Tainted Heroin
Two Area Residents Accused Of Selling Tainted Heroin Two Highland residents are behind bars after being popped for allegedly selling heroin laced with Fentanyl. Casey A. Kurtz, 27, and Kyla Knowlton-Romanelli, 30, were arrested Friday, Oct. 11, following a long-term investigation by the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team into sales of heroin laced with Fentanyl in the Town of Lloyd, said the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. Lloyd Police assisted the team with a search of Knowlton-Romanelli's motel room in Highland, where they found more than a half-ounce of Fentanyl laced heroin, known on the street as "Grey Death", offi…

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Eight Nabbed In Hudson Valley Child Sex Sting Eight Nabbed In Hudson Valley Child Sex Sting
Eight Nabbed In Hudson Valley Child Sex Sting Eight people were nabbed during a child sex sting in which law enforcement and federal authorities posed as minor children online. Ulster County Sheriff Paul VanBlarcum said the arrests, earlier this month, are a result of a child predator identification and enforcement operation in the Town of Ulster. Members of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, the FBI Child Exploitation Task Force, Town of Ulster Police Department, the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team, and New York State Police took part in the sting, he said. During the operation, the defendants solicited an arrangemen…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Police Seize 300 Pounds Of Pot At Six Hudson Valley Grow Houses Police Seize 300 Pounds Of Pot At Six Hudson Valley Grow Houses
Police Seize 300 Pounds Of Pot At Six Hudson Valley Grow Houses A house fire led to the discovery of six marijuana grow houses and the seizure of more than 300 pounds of pot in two Hudson Valley counties. The operations were uncovered on Wednesday, June 6, when members of the Town of Marlborough Police and Fire departments responded to a structure fire at 212 Bingham Lane in Marlboro, said the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. First responders quickly determined that the entire residence had been converted to an indoor marijuana growing and processing operation,, the department said. Marlborough Police requested the assistance of detectives from the Sher…

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by Kathy Reakes