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Man Jumps Out Of Window After 3-Alarm Fire Destroys Home In Region Man Jumps Out Of Window After 3-Alarm Fire Destroys Home In Region
Man Jumps Out Of Window After 3-Alarm Fire Destroys Home In Region A three-alarm fire destroyed a Hudson Valley home and kept firefighters on the scene for more than seven hours. The fire took place in Sullivan County around 8 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 27 at 132 Haddock Road in Monticello. While en route Sullivan Fire was told that a man that had reportedly jumped from a second-floor window had suffered multiple burns. Three fire trucks responded within a minute and arrived at the fire within four minutes, to find a working fire, said the Monticello Fire Department.  Mutual aid was requested from the Town of Bethel Fast, Rock Hill, and Forestburgh. Addi…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Search Underway For Fisherman Whose Boat Capsized In Hudson Valley River Search Underway For Fisherman Whose Boat Capsized In Hudson Valley River
Search Underway For Fisherman Whose Boat Capsized In Hudson Valley River Emergency crews were searching for a missing fisherman in the Hudson Valley Thursday afternoon, Sept. 8. State police and other first responders in Orange County were called at around 7:30 a.m. to an area of the Delaware River in the town of Deerpark with reports of a missing fisherman. Investigators determined that two men had been fishing on the river near Cherry Island State Park when their boat capsized. One of the men made it to shore and received medical treatment, police said. The other man has not been seen since. He was not wearing a life jacket at the time, according to reports…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Hudson Valley Man Sentenced To Prison For Selling Guns To Undercover Agent Hudson Valley Man Sentenced To Prison For Selling Guns To Undercover Agent
Hudson Valley Man Sentenced To Prison For Selling Guns To Undercover Agent A Hudson Valley man has been sentenced to serve years in state prison and five years post-release supervision for possessing guns sold to an undercover officer. Orange County resident Daniel Cabral, age 34, of Sparrowbush, was sentenced on Thursday, Feb. 10, for illegally selling three handguns in the Town of Deerpark in July 2021, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office. In December, Cabral pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon, the DA's Office said. Prosecutors argued that in July 2021, Cabral sold a Glock 27 .40 caliber pistol and ammunition to an undercover police…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Vigilante Acquitted In Killing Of Area Rape Suspect Following Retrial Vigilante Acquitted In Killing Of Area Rape Suspect Following Retrial
Vigilante Acquitted In Killing Of Area Rape Suspect Following Retrial An area man has been acquitted of all charges for his role in the 2013 fatal shooting of an alleged rape suspect near his home. Orange County resident David Carlson, 48, of Sparrowbush, had been charged with multiple counts of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide after shooting and killing Norris Acosta-Sanchez, who was a suspect in a rape in Ramapo. Carlson had previously been convicted of first-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to five years in prison before a state appeals panel dismissed that verdict in 2018. Prosecutors chose to retry Carlson, who was found innocent follo…

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by Zak Failla
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Man's Fatal Overdose In Area Leads To Federal Indictment Man's Fatal Overdose In Area Leads To Federal Indictment
Man's Fatal Overdose In Area Leads To Federal Indictment An alleged drug dealer is facing federal charges after allegedly selling heroin and fentanyl that led to the fatal overdose of an area man. Montague, New Jersey, resident Robert Ciervo, 25, has been charged for allegedly participating in a conspiracy to distribute narcotics, which resulted in the death of 36-year-old Westtown resident Richard Beauchesne earlier this year. Ciervo was arrested on Sunday, Sept. 29 and charged in White Plains federal court with participating in a conspiracy to distribute drugs with Margaret Flood, 38, and Robert Flood, 39, both of Sparrowbush, and Travis Hoppe…

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by Zak Failla
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Four Men Accused Of Arranging To Meet Up With 13-Year-Old Boy For Sex In Hudson Valley Four Men Accused Of Arranging To Meet Up With 13-Year-Old Boy For Sex In Hudson Valley
Four Men Accused Of Arranging To Meet Up With 13-Year-Old Boy For Sex In Hudson Valley Four men were arrested after allegedly arranging to meet up with a 13-year-old boy to have sex through an online website. The arrests were the result of an investigation in Orange County that began when Port Jervis officers stopped to investigate a suspicious vehicle parked in the parking lot of a closed business after hours on Sept. 4, said Port Jervis Chief William Worden.  During the stop, officers found Kerry Sauer, 56, of Port Jervis, with a 13-year-old male victim whom he met online using Grindr, Worden said. Grindr is an online dating application geared towa…

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by Kathy Reakes