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32-Year-Old From Capital Region Nabbed For Sexual Abuse Of Young Child, State Police Say
A Capital Region man is behind bars, accused of sexually abusing a young child.
Columbia County resident Ruben Martinez Cruz, age 32, of Valatie, is charged with felony criminal sexual act in the first degree, New York State Police said.
Cruz was arrested Friday, April 22, after an investigation by State Police and the Columbia County Child Advocacy Center found that he sexually assaulted a victim under the age of 11, police said.
He's currently being held at the Columbia County jail on a $100,000 bond.
He was scheduled to appear back in court Tuesday, May 17.
Police Ask Help In Probe Of Hudson Valley School Administrator's Fatal Shooting
Twenty-five years after the murder of a senior school district administrator in the Hudson Valley, the New York State Police are still working the case and asking the public for help.
Saturday, Feb. 5 marks the anniversary of the murder of Dutchess County resident Richard H. Aderson, age 47, of LaGrange, which remains unsolved.
According to state police, troopers responded on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1997, to I-84 in the town of Fishkill, after Aderson contacted 911 and reported that he had been shot.
Aderson, a former assistant superintendent for the Valley Central School District, was traveli…
Man Nabbed For Making, Selling Guns From Home In Area, Authorities Say
A Hudson Valley man has been arrested following a months-long investigation into the alleged manufacture, sale, and possession of illegal firearms.
David Goldberg Jr., age 23, of Carmel, was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 2, following a warrant search of his residence, Putnam County Sheriff Robert Langley Jr., said.
According to Langley, deputies, and members of the department's Narcotic Enforcement Unit seized 10 unlawfully possessed pistols, one unlawfully possessed assault rifle, 67 large capacity ammunition feeding devices, as well as tools and parts to make more than 20 additional fir…
