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Husband, Wife Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide Husband, Wife Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide
Husband, Wife Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide A husband and wife were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in the Hudson Valley. On Wednesday, Feb. 24, at approximately 10:20 a.m., New York State Police in Orange County and the Town of Mount Hope Police Department responded to a residence on Mount Hope Road for the report of a possible burglary in progress.  The initial caller who identified himself as Russell Claybrook claimed that someone may have been inside his residence, according to state police.  Responding officers entered the home and discovered a woman, identified as Marcia Reitman Currie, age 70, laying in bed…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Husband, Wife Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide Husband, Wife Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide
Husband, Wife Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide A husband and wife were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in the Hudson Valley. On Wednesday, Feb. 24, at approximately 10:20 a.m., New York State Police in Orange County and the Town of Mount Hope Police Department responded to a residence on Mount Hope Road for the report of a possible burglary in progress.  The initial caller who identified himself as Russell Claybrook claimed that someone may have been inside his residence, according to state police.  Responding officers entered the home and discovered a woman, identified as Marcia Reitman Currie, age 70, laying in bed…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Husband, Wife Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide Husband, Wife Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide
Husband, Wife Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide A husband and wife were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in the Hudson Valley. On Wednesday, Feb. 24, at approximately 10:20 a.m., New York State Police in Orange County and the Town of Mount Hope Police Department responded to a residence on Mount Hope Road for the report of a possible burglary in progress.  The initial caller who identified himself as Russell Claybrook claimed that someone may have been inside his residence, according to state police.  Responding officers entered the home and discovered a woman, identified as Marcia Reitman Currie, age 70, laying in bed…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Man Sentenced To Prison For Hit-Run Death In Area Man Sentenced To Prison For Hit-Run Death In Area
Man Sentenced To Prison For Hit-Run Death In Area A 38-year-old Orange County man was sentenced to one to three years in prison in connection with the death of a woman who was hit while walking in the town of Mount Hope. Stephen Grundel, 38, of Wallkill, was sentenced Monday, Sept. 9, after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of an incident that took place around 1115 p.m., March 30, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office. The woman, Kiera Babcock of Otisville, was killed when Grundel, driving eastbound in 2000 Silverado pickup truck struck her, state police said. Babcock’s body was found the following morning by a passin…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Admits To Leaving Scene Of Fatal Crash In Area Man Admits To Leaving Scene Of Fatal Crash In Area
Man Admits To Leaving Scene Of Fatal Crash In Area A 38-year-old man has pleaded guilty to a felony of leaving the scene of an incident without reporting in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left an area woman dead. Stephen Grundel of theTown of Wallkill admitted during his plea on Tuesday, June 25 before Orange County Court Judge William L. DeProsp, that he knew his 2000 Silverado pick-up truck had struck a woman, later identified as Kiera Babcock, 34, and that he had reason to believe he had injured her but drove away anyway, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office. The incident took place around…

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by Kathy Reakes