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Fatal Hudson Valley Crash: 34-Year-Old Charged After Months-Long Investigation
After a seven-month-long investigation, a 34-year-old man has been charged with alleged criminally negligent homicide after his box truck veered into another lane, killing a man from the region.
Related: 64-Year-Old Killed In Crawford Crash When Truck Crosses Center Lane, Police Say.
Marcos Medina, of the Bronx, was arrested on Thursday, April 25, for the Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, crash in Orange County on Route 17 in the town of Crawford.
According to Trooper Steven Nevel of the New York State Police, the crash killed Sullivan County resident Gerald Filcher, age 64, of B…
Man Exposes Himself To 8-Year-Old Girl In Region, Police Say
A Hudson Valley man has been charged with luring a child to commit a felony after allegedly exposing himself to an 8 -year-old girl.
Orange County resident, James A. Grant Jr., age 74, Pine Bush, was arrested on Wednesday, July 26 for an incident that took place on Wednesday, July 19.
On July 19, troopers in Sullivan County responded to Main Street in the village of Bloomingburg around 9 p.m., for a report of a male exposing himself and attempting to lure children to him, said Trooper Steven Nevel.
Grant was reported to have exposed himself to an 8-year-old female and requested the child …
Drug Ring Members Enter Pleas In Wide-Ranging Narcotics Case In Rockland, Orange Counties
Five people, including a major cocaine supplier, pleaded guilty to various felony charges for their part in a large narcotics operation that supplied drugs throughout the area.
The five, who were members of a wide-ranging group that supplied drugs in Rockland and Orange counties included firefighters, a former police officer, and self-styled outlaw motorcycle clubs. They were taken down during a multi-agency operation dubbed "Operation Bread, White, and Blues," on Feb. 5.
When the raids went down, community members and fire departments were shocked when former Middletown fire Lt. Paul …
Four Major Drug Traffickers Taken Down, 25 Others Arrested During Raids In Area
In a dramatic movie-style series of raids, a total of 29 people were arrested Tuesday during a drug enforcement action dubbed "Operation Bread, White and Blues."
The bust went down early Tuesday morning as members of the DEA, FBI, the New York State Police, and the Orange County Sheriff's Office, raided several locations, including an Orange County firehouse in the City of Middletown in which one of the main dealers was an acting fire lieutenant, said Trooper Steven Nevel.
Of the 29 arrested, three have been charged with the felony operating as a major trafficker, including the lieutenant, …
Hudson Valley Real Estate Consultant Admits To Federal Voter Fraud
A Hudson Valley man is facing time behind bars after pleading guilty to conspiring to corrupt the electoral process in connection to a New York election.
Orange County resident Volvy “Zev” Smilowitz, 29, has pleaded guilty to “the biggest federal voter fraud cause in the modern era,” according to Geoffrey Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, who announced the guilty plea on Tuesday.
According to the indictment that Smilowitz, of Monroe, pleaded guilty to, beginning in 2006, while serving as a consultant, he, Shalom Lamm and Kenneth Nakdimen, real estate …
