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21 Charged With Driving While Impaired/Intoxicated During St. Patrick's Day Crackdown In Area 21 Charged With Driving While Impaired/Intoxicated During St. Patrick's Day Crackdown In Area
21 Charged With Driving While Impaired/Intoxicated During St. Patrick's Day Crackdown In Area Nearly two dozen drivers were busted by police for alleged impaired driving in the Hudson Valley during a St. Patrick’s Day holiday crackdown. Local law enforcement agencies in Dutchess County collaborated as part of a “High Visibility Community Engagement Campaign” that ran from Wednesday, March 16 through Sunday, March 20, leading to the arrests of 21 people for DWI-related offenses. Among the arrests was Joseph Pasqualina, age 27, of Tivoli, who allegedly took police from the Red Hook Police Department on a brief chase when they attempted to stop him for a vehicle and traffic violation.…

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by Zak Failla
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Seen Them? Two Posed As Water Employees In Wappingers Falls Robbery Seen Them? Two Posed As Water Employees In Wappingers Falls Robbery
Seen Them? Two Posed As Water Employees In Wappingers Falls Robbery The Village of Wappingers Falls Police Department is asking the public for help in locating two men who posed as water department employees in order to gain entry into a home and rob the homeowner. The incident took place around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18 on Clinton Street when two Hispanic males wearing black sweatpants and dark blue sweatshirts arrived at the home identifying themselves to be employees for the local water department, said Sergeant P. Capparelli.  The men then instructed the resident who answered the door to enter the bathroom alone, turn on the lights, close the door and…

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by Kathy Reakes