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31-Year-Old Charged After Half-Kilo Of Cocaine Seized On Taconic Parkway 31-Year-Old Charged After Half-Kilo Of Cocaine Seized On Taconic Parkway
31-Year-Old Charged After Half-Kilo Of Cocaine Seized On Taconic Parkway A 31-year-old man was allegedly nabbed with a half-kilo of cocaine during a traffic stop in the Hudson Valley. The incident occurred in Dutchess County around 2 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 11 on the Taconic Parkway in East Fishkill when New York State Police stopped the driver for traffic violations. Berkshire County, Massachusetts resident Brandon M. Green, age 31, of Pittsfield, was stopped in a 2020 Toyota sedan, said Trooper AJ Hicks. During the stop, troopers found that Green was driving while ability impaired by drugs and during a search of the vehicle uncovered a half-kilogram of cocaine…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Missing 21-Year-Old From Westchester County Found Safe, Police Say Missing 21-Year-Old From Westchester County Found Safe, Police Say
Missing 21-Year-Old From Westchester County Found Safe, Police Say Update: A New York woman who was reported missing in Massachusetts has been found safe, police said. The Pittsfield Police Department reported that 21-year-old Westchester County resident Amani Armstrong, of Yonkers, who authorities were searching for in New York and Massachusetts, has been located. Original report: Police in Massachusetts are asking the public for help locating a missing 21-year-old woman from Westchester County. Amani Armstrong was reported missing in New York State, and a missing person's report has also been filed with the Pittsfield Police Department, PPD reported o…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Missing 21-Year-Old From Westchester County Found Safe, Police Say Missing 21-Year-Old From Westchester County Found Safe, Police Say
Missing 21-Year-Old From Westchester County Found Safe, Police Say Update: A Westchester County woman who was reported missing in Massachusetts has been found safe, police said. The Pittsfield Police Department reported that 21-year-old Amani Armstrong, of Yonkers, who authorities were searching for in New York and Massachusetts, has been located. Original report: Police in Massachusetts are asking the public for help locating a missing 21-year-old woman from Westchester County. Amani Armstrong was reported missing in New York State, and a missing person's report has also been filed with the Pittsfield Police Department, PPD reported on Wednesday, Oct. …

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by Nicole Valinote
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Westchester Woman, 32, Shot, Killed In Massachusetts Westchester Woman, 32, Shot, Killed In Massachusetts
Westchester Woman, 32, Shot, Killed In Massachusetts A Westchester County woman was shot to death in Massachusetts while sitting in a vehicle. Stephanie Olivieri, 32, of Yonkers, died after being shot once while sitting in the vehicle in Pittsfield, Massachusetts near the intersection of Columbus Avenue and South John Street around 3:22 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 25, said Andy McKeever, a spokesman for the Berkshire District Attorney's Office. Olivieri, formerly of Becket, Massachusetts, died at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after the shooting. Pittsfield Police responded to both a ShotSpotter activation and several 911 calls reporting …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Two Caught With Hundreds Of Oxycodone Pills In Area Traffic Stop, Sheriff Says Two Caught With Hundreds Of Oxycodone Pills In Area Traffic Stop, Sheriff Says
Two Caught With Hundreds Of Oxycodone Pills In Area Traffic Stop, Sheriff Says A man and woman are facing drug charges after they were stopped on the Taconic State Parkway with hundreds of Oxycodone pills, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Department. Members of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Enforcement Unit (NEU) say they conducted a traffic stop after observing a driver commit a series of infractions on the northbound ramp to the Taconic State Parkway at Bryant Pond Road in Putnam Valley on Friday, June 7. When talking with the driver, NEU members say they noted the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Further investigation revealed …

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by Valerie Musson
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Fugitive Wanted For Rape Of Child Nabbed By New York State Police Fugitive Wanted For Rape Of Child Nabbed By New York State Police
Fugitive Wanted For Rape Of Child Nabbed By New York State Police A 32-year-old man has been arrested by state police troopers on an outstanding warrant for assaulting and raping a minor. New York State Police troopers and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Livingston announced the arrest of Gary Montana, of Hudson in Columbia Couty who had an outstanding warrant out for his arrest in Pittsfield, Mass. Police said that Montana was wanted for indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14 and rape of a child with force, felonies. He was arraigned in the Town of Greenport Court and remanded to the Columbia County Jail without bail. As a f…

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by Zak Failla
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Woman, Man Caught With Stolen Gun After Taconic Parkway Traffic Stop Woman, Man Caught With Stolen Gun After Taconic Parkway Traffic Stop
Woman, Man Caught With Stolen Gun After Taconic Parkway Traffic Stop A traffic stop on the Taconic State Parkway in Dutchess County led to drug and weapon charges for a pair in possession of an allegedly stolen revolver. New York State Police troopers stopped Pittsfield, Mass. resident Charece Boatwright, 29, and Bronx resident Anthony Jackson, 25, on June 14 in East Fishkill, after spotting her 2000 Ford Taurus committing a vehicle and traffic law violation on the parkway. During the stop, police said that it was determined that Jackson was in possession of marijuana, and there was a loaded gun in the vehicle, which had been reported stolen in Vermont last …

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by Zak Failla