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New Judge To Succeed Disgraced Predecessor Forced To Resign In Westchester New Judge To Succeed Disgraced Predecessor Forced To Resign In Westchester
New Judge To Succeed Disgraced Predecessor Forced To Resign In Westchester A municipality in Northern Westchester has announced its next city judge following the resignation of her predecessor, who was forced to resign after being charged with making sexual innuendos and inappropriate remarks to staff and attorneys on multiple occasions.  In an announcement on Wednesday, Nov. 20, the Peekskill Common Council revealed the selection of Sophia Trott as the next City Court Judge.  Trott will replace Reginald J. Johnson, who resigned from his position on Monday, Sept. 30 following formal charges filed against him by the New York State Comm…
Hudson Valley Teen Runaway Nabbed For Stealing Cars, Burglary, Theft, Police Say Hudson Valley Teen Runaway Nabbed For Stealing Cars, Burglary, Theft, Police Say
Hudson Valley Teen Runaway Nabbed For Stealing Cars, Burglary, Theft, Police Say A 16-year-old runaway in the region has been nabbed for allegedly stealing two vehicles, burglary, and theft. The arrest occurred in Ulster County on Tuesday, Oct. 22, in the town of Lloyd. According to Lloyd Police Chief James Janso, the Lake Katrine teen was charged after a month-long investigation found the boy allegedly stole two vehicles, entered a residence, stole a cell phone and iPad, and took alcohol from a convenience store in Highland. The teen was charged with Burglary Grand larceny, fourth-degree Grand larceny, third-degree, two counts Petit larceny. Janso said as an adolesc…
12-Year-Old Accused Of Making Threat To School In Region 12-Year-Old Accused Of Making Threat To School In Region
12-Year-Old Accused Of Making Threat To School In Region A 12-year-old student in the region was charged with making a terroristic threat at a junior/senior high school. The incident occurred in Sullivan County on Saturday, Oct. 19, in Fallsburg. According to Fallsburg Police Chief Brendan Pavese, the juvenile allegedly made the threats on Snapchat and included a picture of the Fallsburg Junior/Senior High School auditorium.  The threats, which mentioned shootings, came to the attention of police and school authorities via parents and students, both the police and school said. After receiving the information, the police department worked a…
Parents Charged In Region For Allegedly Not Paying Thousands In Child Support Parents Charged In Region For Allegedly Not Paying Thousands In Child Support
Parents Charged In Region For Allegedly Not Paying Thousands In Child Support Sheriff's deputies in the region charged three people for allegedly failing to pay their child support. The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office has arrested the following individuals on Family Court warrants for child support violations: Melissa A. Lynch, age 36, of Swan Lake, was charged on Thursday, Feb. 15 for not paying $2,500 in child support. Lynch ran from deputies to avoid apprehension and was caught a short time later, said Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Undersheriff Eric Chaboty.  Lynch was sent to the Sullivan County Jail pending future court appearances Kenneth L. Sanders, …
Update: Teen Driver In Crash That Killed Westchester Sergeant Won't Be Tried In Criminal Court Update: Teen Driver In Crash That Killed Westchester Sergeant Won't Be Tried In Criminal Court
Update: Teen Driver In Crash That Killed Westchester Sergeant Won't Be Tried In Criminal Court A 16-year-old who is charged in connection to a crash that killed a beloved police sergeant in Westchester will be charged in Family Court rather than criminal court, authorities announced. The development in the case, which centered around the December 2022 crash that killed Yonkers Police Department Det. Sgt. Frank Gualdino, was announced by the Yonkers Police Department on Thursday, Nov. 30. A 16-year-old Yonkers boy had been criminally charged with one count of criminally negligent homicide in connection to the crash in late October. However, the boy's case will now be transferred …
15-Year-Old Accused Of Making Threat Against School In Region, Police Say 15-Year-Old Accused Of Making Threat Against School In Region, Police Say
15-Year-Old Accused Of Making Threat Against School In Region, Police Say A 15-year-old teen from the region has been charged with allegedly making a terroristic threat against a school. On Sunday, Sept. 3, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint of a threat being made via Instagram against the Eldred Junior and Senior High School in the town of Highland. Working with the State Police, and the District Attorney’s Office, deputies executed a search warrant at 6 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3 at a residence in Barryville and another in Eldred where they confiscated an electronic device and took a 15-year-old into custody, said Sullivan County Undersheriff …
14-Year-Old Charged With Making Active Shooter 911 Call At Hudson Valley HS, Police Say 14-Year-Old Charged With Making Active Shooter 911 Call At Hudson Valley HS, Police Say
14-Year-Old Charged With Making Active Shooter 911 Call At Hudson Valley HS, Police Say A 14-year-old boy from the Hudson Valley has been charged with falsely reporting an incident after allegedly calling 911 to report an active shooter at an area high school.  The incident took place in Orange County around 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 26 at Pine Bush High School in Pine Bush. The teen, from the town of Wallkill, was arrested by the New York State Police after calling Orange County 911 and reporting there was an active shooter inside Pine Bush High School, said Trooper Steven Nevel. Earlier story: Active Shooter Threat At Pine Bush High School Unfounded, Lockdown …
Violent Threat At School In Hudson Valley Leads To Student's Arrest Violent Threat At School In Hudson Valley Leads To Student's Arrest
Violent Threat At School In Hudson Valley Leads To Student's Arrest Updated story: Person Accused Of Making Threat Against Current Student At High School In Hudson Valley Authorities are keeping close watch over a middle school in the Hudson Valley after a reported threat of violence that led to an arrest of a juvenile student. The threat was made in Putnam County at the George Fischer Middle School in Carmel around midnight on Thursday, March 23, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.  The incident caused the school to delay its opening by two hours and also prompted an investigation conducted by the Sheriff's Office.  One j…
Brother, Sister Nabbed For Carjacking After Beating Man Flagged Down By Girl, Police Say Brother, Sister Nabbed For Carjacking After Beating Man Flagged Down By Girl, Police Say
Brother, Sister Nabbed For Carjacking After Beating Man Flagged Down By Girl, Police Say Two teenage siblings were charged with robbery after allegedly carjacking and beating a man who stopped to help a girl who flagged him down. The incident took place in Sullivan County around 10:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 10, in the town of Liberty. According to Trooper Steven Nevel, of the New York State Police, the man was driving a 2018 Subaru Forester when he was flagged down by a girl who asked for a ride. The unknown girl got in the vehicle on the passenger side and began striking the driver of the vehicle in the face. Another person got into the backseat of the vehicle and began strikin…
12-Year-Old Student In Area Charged With Making Terrorist Threat, Police Say 12-Year-Old Student In Area Charged With Making Terrorist Threat, Police Say
12-Year-Old Student In Area Charged With Making Terrorist Threat, Police Say A 12-year-old Hudson Valley boy has been charged with making a terroristic threat after making an online threat. The incident began in Dutchess County around 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 24, when Poughkeepsie Middle School became aware of a message on Snapchat in which a person threatened to bring a gun to school. According to Detective Lt. Matt Clark, of the Poughkeepsie Police, the school was quickly able to identify the student responsible for the post. The student, a 12-year-old male, was brought to the City of Poughkeepsie Police Juvenile Division, Clark said. The student and…
Four Arrested With Illegal Guns After Stabbing Uber Driver In Westchester, Police Say Four Arrested With Illegal Guns After Stabbing Uber Driver In Westchester, Police Say
Four Arrested With Illegal Guns After Stabbing Uber Driver In Westchester, Police Say Police in Westchester busted a group with illegal weapons after stabbing an Uber driver during a verbal dispute that turned physical, police said. An Uber driver picked up five passengers at New Roc City at approximately 2:25 p.m. on Friday, July 2, police said, with a verbal dispute ensuing between one of the female passengers shortly after they were picked up. According to police, the Uber driver stopped the car and ordered the passengers out of the vehicle, at which point the dispute became physical. During the dispute, a female juvenile passenger in the car stabbed the Uber driver in t…
Teen Admits To Stabbing Two Rockland Men On Jersey Shore, Prosecutor Says Teen Admits To Stabbing Two Rockland Men On Jersey Shore, Prosecutor Says
Teen Admits To Stabbing Two Rockland Men On Jersey Shore, Prosecutor Says A teenager has admitted to stabbing two Hudson Valley men on the Jersey Shore during a fight last year, authorities said. Juwan Roman, age 18, of Newark, pleaded guilty on Thursday, May 13 to two counts of aggravated assault and weapons offenses, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Roman's name was made public this week after he waived his right to juvenile status in Family Court.  Roman was 17 during the 2020 assault, but he voluntarily agreed to be prosecuted as an adult, the prosecutor said. On Sept. 7, 2020, at about 3:30 p.m., Point Pleasant…
7-Year-Old Upstate NY Boy Charged With Rape, Reports Say 7-Year-Old Upstate NY Boy Charged With Rape, Reports Say
7-Year-Old Upstate NY Boy Charged With Rape, Reports Say A 7-year-old boy in New York has been charged with rape, according to multiple reports. New York State Police said that the unidentified boy in St. Lawrence County from Brasher Falls, located about 15 miles east of Potsdam, has been charged as a juvenile delinquent with third-degree rape after being charged on Tuesday, March 23. The incident reportedly happened over the Thanksgiving holiday. After being temporarily taken into custody, the child was cited for the rape and released to his parents. The case is heading to Family Court. Police said that the investigation into the incident is o…
14-Year-Old Forcibly Restrained, Touched Victim In Northern Westchester, Police Say 14-Year-Old Forcibly Restrained, Touched Victim In Northern Westchester, Police Say
14-Year-Old Forcibly Restrained, Touched Victim In Northern Westchester, Police Say A 14-year-old boy entered a home and then forcibly restrained and touched a victim in Northern Westchester, state police said. An investigation revealed the boy forcibly entered the victim’s residence on Thursday, Feb. 13 in Cortlandt, state police said.   He then proceeded to forcibly restrain and touch the victim for the purpose of sexual gratification, according to police. The boy, whose name was not released due to status as a minor, was charged with: second-degree burglary, a Class C felony,  forcible touching,  unlawful imprisonment, both class A misdemeano…
TV Reporter's Husband Faces Domestic Violence Charges TV Reporter's Husband Faces Domestic Violence Charges
TV Reporter's Husband Faces Domestic Violence Charges The husband of Blaise Gomez, a Hudson Valley reporter at News 12, has been indicted on numerous domestic violence charges following, what she says, is more than a year of domestic abuse in which, she says, she thought she was going to die. Sean Doyle, 36, of Cornwall in Orange County, was hit with 15 counts, including strangulation, attempted assault, coercion and criminal mischief, all felonies.  In a Facebook post on March 25, Gomez described one of the attacks: "My legal husband and daughter’s father (a combat Marine) assaulted me in my home last Monday, in a drunken, drugged attack…
Pleasant Valley Man Accused Of Falsifying Family Court Documents, Claiming Abuse Pleasant Valley Man Accused Of Falsifying Family Court Documents, Claiming Abuse
Pleasant Valley Man Accused Of Falsifying Family Court Documents, Claiming Abuse A man from Pleasant Valley is facing charges after police say he falsified official Family Court documents and claimed incidents of abuse. New York State Police say they received a complaint of suspicious documents filed with a governing organization on Friday, April 12. Upon further investigation, it was revealed that 31-year-old Christopher Zambas of Pleasant Valley falsified Family Court documents alleging abusive and violent behavior on the victim’s part, according to police. Zambas was arrested by New York State Police from the Poughkeepsie barracks on Thursday, April 18. He was char…
Suspect In Poughkeepsie High School Lockout Taken Into Custody Suspect In Poughkeepsie High School Lockout Taken Into Custody
Suspect In Poughkeepsie High School Lockout Taken Into Custody A teenager is in police custody after being accused of making online threats that forced an area high school to enter its lockout protocol. The Poughkeepsie High School was temporarily put in a lockout at 8:08 a.m. on Tuesday morning, when district officials called police headquarters to report they had been made aware of a threat one student made to another. The lockout lasted approximately two hours, though the investigation into the alleged threat was deemed “not credible” by investigators. Poughkeepsie City Police Det. Lt. Matthew Clark said that officers responded to the high school a…
Student Arrested In Connection To Arlington High School Lockdown Student Arrested In Connection To Arlington High School Lockdown
Student Arrested In Connection To Arlington High School Lockdown Update, 5:45 p.m. Thursday A student has been arrested as a result of the incident that prompted the Arlington High School to be placed in a lockdown on Monday morning. The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office has charged a 15-year-old male student with falsely reporting an incident. The youth has been referred to Family Court for further action. Although it was determined that there was no imminent threat, school officials and sheriff’s deputies remained visible for the remainder of the school day to ensure the safety of all the students and staff in the building. Original report: Arlington…
New York 'Raises The Age' For Teen Offenders New York 'Raises The Age' For Teen Offenders
New York 'Raises The Age' For Teen Offenders New York has joined 48 other states and changed the legal status for teenagers who commit crimes in the state. The Westchester County District Attorney’s office has been “actively involved in working groups preparing for the change in legal status of 16- and 17-year-old offenders.” The new law, which raises the age of criminal responsibility to 18, went into effect on Monday, Oct. 1. New York had been one of two states that automatically prosecuted 16- and 17-year-olds as adults. The new legislation includes statutory amendments that, among other things, creates a new Adolescent Offender (A…
Yorktown Man Surrenders To Police For Failing To Appear In Family Court Yorktown Man Surrenders To Police For Failing To Appear In Family Court
Yorktown Man Surrenders To Police For Failing To Appear In Family Court A Yorktown man surrendered himself into police custody in Yorktown after a warrant for his arrest was issued in White Plains. Kareem Newby, 35, was arrested and held on an arrest warrant on Saturday afternoon, after failing to appear in White Plains Family Court, which issued the warrant. Police said that Newby turned himself in on June 2 for the open warrant, which was issued by White Plains Family Court Judge Hal Greenwald. Following arraignment, Newby was remanded to the Westchester County Jail in lieu of bail. Newby is due back in White Plains Family Court on Monday afternoon to answer…
Bomb Threat Made To Dover Schools An 'Unfounded Prank,' Sheriff Says Bomb Threat Made To Dover Schools An 'Unfounded Prank,' Sheriff Says
Bomb Threat Made To Dover Schools An 'Unfounded Prank,' Sheriff Says The investigation into a pair of bomb threats that forced the evacuation of all four schools of the Dover Union Free School District was determined to be an “unfounded prank,” according to the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators from the Sheriff’s Office and New York State Police were dispatched to the Dover High School at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, when two non-specific bomb threats were made over the phone. The Sheriff's Office said that because the threats were not specific to a specific school or building, the high school, Middle School and both elementary…
Hastings Girl Stabs Fellow Teen, Injures Adult, Police Say Hastings Girl Stabs Fellow Teen, Injures Adult, Police Say
Hastings Girl Stabs Fellow Teen, Injures Adult, Police Say A 13-year-old girl staying at the Graham Windham residential center in Hastings-on-Hudson stabbed a fellow teenager there and injured a staff member. The event took place Friday, Jan. 12, when the teen attacked a staff member with a weapon, said Hastings-on-Hudson Police Lt. David Dosin. During the altercation, another student tried to intervene and suffered a "superficial" stab wound to the chest and a laceration to the hand, Dosin said.  The staff member received an injured lip, he added. The 13-year-old, whose name wasn't released because of her age, was charged with two coun…