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Agitated Man Blocks Hudson Valley Roadway With Truck, Camper, Refuses To Move, Police Say Agitated Man Blocks Hudson Valley Roadway With Truck, Camper, Refuses To Move, Police Say
Agitated Man Blocks Hudson Valley Roadway With Truck, Camper, Refuses To Move, Police Say A 53-year-old man was taken to an area hospital for a mental evaluation after he blocked an area roadway for more than 90 minutes after parking his truck and camping trailer across the road. The incident took place in Ulster County around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12 on Route 212 in the town of Saugerties.  Saugerties Police responded to a 911 call for a report of a pick-up truck with an attached camping trailer that had parked sideways on the New York State Thruway overpass, blocking all four lanes of traffic on Route 212, said Chief Joseph Sinagra, of the Saugerties Police.…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Items Stolen In Hudson Valley Home Burglary Have Been Sold On Facebook, Police Say Items Stolen In Hudson Valley Home Burglary Have Been Sold On Facebook, Police Say
Items Stolen In Hudson Valley Home Burglary Have Been Sold On Facebook, Police Say State Police are asking the public for help locating items that were allegedly stolen from a Hudson Valley home during a burglary. The incident took place in Ulster County on Friday, Sept. 16 in New Platz on Route 373. "Some of the proceeds of this burglary have been sold on Facebook Marketplace," state police said. Items stolen during the burglary included: Ryobi carpenter saw with a blue plastic handle and a power cord. A blue crowbar, steel, with a straight right angle claw kind of an I-beam-shaped shaft. Yankee memorabilia, roughly 12“ x 12“ picture framed pictures of Don Mattingl…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Jumper Update: Man Parked Car Below Hudson Valley Bridge, Walked Up, Climbed Span, Police Say Jumper Update: Man Parked Car Below Hudson Valley Bridge, Walked Up, Climbed Span, Police Say
Jumper Update: Man Parked Car Below Hudson Valley Bridge, Walked Up, Climbed Span, Police Say A man who survived a jump from a Hudson Valley bridge had parked his car below the bridge and walked up the bridge before climbing on a span and jumping. The incident took place in Orange County in the town of Newburgh around 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, June 15. Responding officers spotted the man in the water near the mid-bridge span, said Lt. Peter Talarico, of the town of Newburgh Police. "The man was moving and waving his arms," Talarico said. "He was attempting to swim toward the Newburgh shoreline." As arrangements were being made to get a boat in the water to assist the man, Talarico sai…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Two Stabbed, One Arrested Following Melee At Rental Hall In Area Two Stabbed, One Arrested Following Melee At Rental Hall In Area
Two Stabbed, One Arrested Following Melee At Rental Hall In Area Two men were stabbed and one was arrested following a melee outside a rental hall in the Hudson Valley. The incident took place around 1 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 9, at the West Nyack Fire Department Rental Hall, located at 42 Strawtown Rd., in West Nyack, when Clarkstown police responded to numerous calls of a fight in the parking lot, said Clarkstown Officer Norman Peters. When police arrived on the scene they found a "tumultuous group of approximately 30 people" in the parking lot of the rental hall, Peters said. While investigating an officer found a 40-year-old man lying on the ground…

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by Kathy Reakes