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42-Year-Old Found Dead In Home In Region 42-Year-Old Found Dead In Home In Region
42-Year-Old Found Dead In Home In Region An investigation is underway after a person was found dead in the region. New York State Police say the homicide happened in Sullivan County on Saturday, Oct. 5 in the village of Monticello at a house on Lakewood Avenue. The victim has been identified as Jose Rodriguez, age 42, a resident of Monticello.  Anyone with information related to the homicide is urged to contact SP Liberty BCI at 845-292-0280.  The investigation is being conducted by state police, in conjunction with the Monticello Police Department and the Sullivan County District Attorney's Office,

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by Joe Lombardi
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Fatal Crash: Man From Region Veers Off Road, Hits Utility Pole, Rolls Vehicle Fatal Crash: Man From Region Veers Off Road, Hits Utility Pole, Rolls Vehicle
Fatal Crash: Man Veers Off Road, Hits Pole In Monticello A man from the region was killed in a single-vehicle crash after his SUV veered off the roadway, hit a pole, and rolled over. The incident occurred in Sullivan County at around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 7, in the Village of Monticello on Route 17B across from the Monticello Raceway. According to Lt. Mark Johnstone of the Monticello Police, witnesses saw an older man driving a 2012 Ford Escape westbound when it suddenly veered across the eastbound lanes.  Johnstone said the vehicle had struck a utility pole and an embankment before rolling over. The driver was extricat…

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by Kathy Reakes
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7 Nabbed In Raid On Drug Den In Region, Police Say 7 Nabbed In Raid On Drug Den In Region, Police Say
7 Nabbed In Raid On Drug Den In Region, Police Say Seven people were nabbed during a raid at an alleged well-known drug den in the region. The incident took place in Sullivan. County around 4:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 11 in the village of Monticello. According to Undersheriff Eric Chaboty of the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office, at the scene deputies recovered a quantity of cocaine, heroin/fentanyl, and several thousand dollars in cash.  “The total weight of the drugs seized was almost half a pound," according to Sulivan County Sheriff Mike Schiff.  The following defendants were charged with felony criminal possession of a control…

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by Kathy Reakes
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3 Shot, Including 15-Month-Old In Region 3 Shot, Including 15-Month-Old In Region
3 Shot, Including 15-Month-Old In Region An intensive investigation is underway after three people, including a 15-month-old boy, were shot in at a home in the region. The incident took place in Sullivan County in Monticello around 10 p.m. on Friday, May 5 at a home located at 15 Holmes St. According to Lt. Mark Johnstone, of the Monticello Police Department, officers responded to the home after receiving a 911 report of shots fired. When officers arrived they found three people who had sustained gunshot wounds including a 27-year-old man, a 20-year-old woman, and a 15-month-old. The infant was flown by Medevac to the Westcheste…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Two Nabbed In Armed Home Invasion Robbery In Area, Police Say Two Nabbed In Armed Home Invasion Robbery In Area, Police Say
Two Nabbed In Armed Home Invasion Robbery In Area, Police Say Two men have been arrested in connection with an alleged armed home invasion robbery. On Monday, Nov. 29, around 9:20 a.m., the Sullivan County 911 received a report of an assault that had just occurred on the grounds of the Hebrew Day School in Lake Kiamesha, said Undersheriff Eric Chaboty, of the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office. Units from the Sheriff’s Office, Fallsburg, and Monticello Police Departments converged on the scene where they learned that when the school’s caretaker returned to his residence, he was attacked by a man who came out of his bedroom wearing a ski mask and armed w…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Area Man Nabbed For Burglary Of Auto Glass Business, Police Say Area Man Nabbed For Burglary Of Auto Glass Business, Police Say
Area Man Nabbed For Burglary Of Auto Glass Business, Police Say An area man has been charged with allegedly burglarizing a business and then stealing a car to get away. Sullivan County resident Trevor Tompkins, age 25, of Monticello, was arrested on Monday, Nov. 29 for the Thursday, Nov. 11 robbery, police said. According to Lt. Mark Johnstone, of the Monticello Police Department, Tompkins was arrested following an investigation in which he was caught on video surveillance.  The burglary took place around 4 a.m. at the Safelite Auto Glass store at 51 Forestburg Road in the Village of Monticello, Johnstone said. Tompkins broke into the busine…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Area Man Shot For Second Time In Months Not Cooperating, Police Say Area Man Shot For Second Time In Months Not Cooperating, Police Say
Area Man Shot For Second Time In Months Not Cooperating, Police Say A man who was shot in the area had been shot just months earlier in the shoulder. The shooting took place around 12:30 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 28, in Sullivan County at 36 York Avenue in Monticello. Officers responded to the area for a report of a shoting and found the 25-year-old Monticello man with a gunshot wound to the leg, according to Lt. Mark Johnstone of the Monticello Police. "The victim refused to cooperate with investigating officers and was transported to Garnet Health Medical Center in Orange County for treatment," Johnstone said. The same man had also sustained a gunshot wound …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Area Man Facing Felony Charges After Allegedly Striking Police Vehicle Area Man Facing Felony Charges After Allegedly Striking Police Vehicle
Area Man Facing Felony Charges After Allegedly Striking Police Vehicle An area man is in custody after authorities say he struck a police vehicle. Sullivan County resident Danny Smith, age 32, of Monticello, was arrested on Sunday, July 4, and charged with felonies of first-degree reckless endangerment, third-degree criminal mischief, and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, according to the Monticello Police Department.  Authorities said police received a report at 10:20 p.m. about a Jeep Compass being operated erratically and nearly striking a pedestrian on Greenwood Avenue. Police said an officer stopped the vehicle and intervie…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Man Deliberately Drives Through Detour Barricade In Area, Injures Two Road Workers, Police Say Man Deliberately Drives Through Detour Barricade In Area, Injures Two Road Workers, Police Say
Man Deliberately Drives Through Detour Barricade In Area, Injures Two Road Workers, Police Say A man with 11 license suspensions has been arrested for allegedly deliberately driving his vehicle through a barricaded road that was being repaired, injuring two workers in the area.  Police arrested Sullivan County resident Jamiller Drayton, age 38, of Monticello on Thursday, June 10, following the incident. Around 7:40 a.m., Thursday, Drayton was driving a 2009 Dodge Avenger on West Broadway in the Village of Monticello, when he approached a road closure at the intersection of Hillside Avenue, said Monticello PD Lt. Mark Johnstone. Village of Monticello Public Works DPW s…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Shot In Shoulder Being 'Uncooperative' With Investigators In Area, Police Say Man Shot In Shoulder Being 'Uncooperative' With Investigators In Area, Police Say
Man Shot In Shoulder Being 'Uncooperative' With Investigators In Area, Police Say Police are investigating the shooting of a 25-year-old man that happened in the region. It happened around 4 a.m., Thursday, June 10, in Sullivan County, in the area of Park Avenue and Monticello Street, in Monticello. Responding officers were unable to locate anyone injured in the area at that time. Police were later notified on Thursday afternoon that a Monticello man had been driven to Garnet Medical Center in Harris by private vehicle for medical treatment of a gunshot wound, Monticello PD Lt. Mark Johnstone said. The victim, who was uncooperative with police, sustaine…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Nabbed After High-Speed Pursuit In Area Hits Speeds Of 115 MPH, Police Say Man Nabbed After High-Speed Pursuit In Area Hits Speeds Of 115 MPH, Police Say
Man Nabbed After High-Speed Pursuit In Area Hits Speeds Of 115 MPH, Police Say A 35-year-old man has been arrested after taking police on a high-speed chase, reaching speeds over 115 mph, before crashing into a snowbank, authorities said. Sullivan County man James E. Slater, aka “J Rock”, was arrested on Monday, Feb. 22, after being spotted driving without headlines late a night, said Monticello Police Lt. Mark Johnstone. The incident began around 11:10 p.m., Feb. 22, when Monticello PD officers Kenneth Conklin and Kyle Geraine spotted Slater driving a 2001 Honda Accord in a northerly direction on Pleasant Street in the Village of Monticello. Slater was…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Report Of Suspicious Vehicle Leads To Weapons, Drug Charges For Monticello Man Report Of Suspicious Vehicle Leads To Weapons, Drug Charges For Monticello Man
Report Of Suspicious Vehicle Leads To Weapons, Drug Charges For Monticello Man A 30-year-old man is facing two felony three felony counts and other charges after a report of a suspicious vehicle led to a foot chase that ended with the discovery of weapons and drugs. At 2:30 p.m. Friday, July 31, Police in Sullivan County responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle at the Sleepy Hollow Apartment Complex located at Terry Lane in the Village of Monticello. When officers located the vehicle, which was being operated by Luis Cortes-Martinez, he quickly accelerated away in his vehicle and turned into another parking lot, said Lt. Mark Johnstone of Monticello Pol…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Police Probe Whether Separate Shootings Within A Mile Are Related Police Probe Whether Separate Shootings Within A Mile Are Related
Police Probe Whether Separate Shootings Within A Mile Are Related Police are investigating whether two shootings that occurred about seven hours apart less than a mile apart are related. They happened in Sullivan County on Friday, June 19 during the early afternoon and late evening in the Village of Monticello. The most recent incident occurred about 11 p.m. Friday. A 19-year-old Monticello man, while operating a motor vehicle, was deliberately shot at with a firearm by an unknown person near the Horizons and Fairground Estates Apartment complexes, Monticello PD Lt Mark Johnstone said. The vehicle was struck several times, Johnstone said, and …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Westchester Man Charged For 2017 Slaying Of 47-Year-Old Westchester Man Charged For 2017 Slaying Of 47-Year-Old
Westchester Man Charged For 2017 Slaying Of 47-Year-Old A suspect from Westchester County has been charged for a 2017 slaying in Sullivan County. Naheem Liles, 22, of Mount Vernon has been charged with felony second-degree murder in connection with the Sept. 30, 2017 shooting death of Shaun Chadwick, 47, of Liberty.  Liles was arrested on Thursday, June 4 in New York City by officers from the Monticello Police Department, Sullivan County District Attorney’s Office and New York State Police. Police say Liles, acting in concert with another person, shot Chadwick in the area of Holmes Street and Wood Avenue in the Village of Monticello. An i…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Suspect Nabbed For Allegedly Shooting Passenger In Vehicle Multiple Times Suspect Nabbed For Allegedly Shooting Passenger In Vehicle Multiple Times
Suspect Nabbed For Allegedly Shooting Passenger In Vehicle Multiple Times A 34-year-old area man was arrested for allegedly shooting a passenger in a vehicle multiple times. The arrest of Richard Olsen, of Bethel, took place in Sullivan County by the Monticello Police Department, in conjunction with the Sullivan County Sheriff Office, on Thursday, June 4. According to Monticello Police Lt. Mark Johnstone, the victim was found around 10:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 3, when officers responded to a report of shots fired at the intersection of Jefferson Street and Broadway in the Village of Monticello.  Officers found a 30-year-old Monticello man, wh…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Suspect At Large After 39-Year-Old Man Shot, Critically Injured In Area Suspect At Large After 39-Year-Old Man Shot, Critically Injured In Area
Suspect At Large After 39-Year-Old Man Shot, Critically Injured In Area A suspect is on the run as police in the area investigate a shooting at an affordable housing community, police said. Officers from the Monticello Police Department were notified by Sullivan County 911 of a reported shooting victim at approximately 3 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27 at John Crawford Senior Housing on North Street in the Village of Monticello, Police Lt. Mark Johnston said. Police said those responding officers found a 39-year-old man from Monticello who had been shot multiple times. The man was transported by Mobile Medic Ambulance to the Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harri…

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by Zak Failla