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Former Orange County Contractor Sentenced For Defrauding Customers Former Orange County Contractor Sentenced For Defrauding Customers
Former Orange County Contractor Sentenced For Defrauding Customers A 48-year-old Orange County man was sentenced Monday to seven to 14 years in prison for weapons possession, tax evasion and defrauding customers of his home improvement business. Daniel McInerney, of Blooming Grove, was sentenced by Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown after pleading guilty to the crimes that go back as far as 2010, said Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. McInerney was arrested after the Town of Blooming Grove Police Department received numerous complaints that he had accepted payment in connection with multiple home improvement projects, and failed to …

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by Kathy Reakes
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HS Senior Killed When Car Slams Into Tree In Hudson Valley HS Senior Killed When Car Slams Into Tree In Hudson Valley
HS Senior Killed When Car Slams Into Tree In Hudson Valley An area high school senior known for his humor and kindness was killed in a single-vehicle crash when his car hit a tree. John West III, 17, was killed around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday after police said that he lost control of his 2003 Toyota on Route 208 in Blooming Grove in Orange County. Washingtonville High School posted a letter, Thursday on the district’s website, notifying staff and students about West’s death, “It is with deep regret that we inform you about a recent loss to our school community,” Principal Brian Connolly wrote. “Yesterday afternoon, 12th-grade student John West died su…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hudson Valley Man Charged With Brother's Murder Hudson Valley Man Charged With Brother's Murder
Hudson Valley Man Charged With Brother's Murder A 37-year-old man from Blooming Grove was charged with murder on Tuesday, Feb. 6, in connection with the shooting death of his brother, according to state police. State Police in Monroe arrested George Bawn for second-degree murder, a class A Felony, after a domestic dispute inside his residence. At about 3:54 p.m. on Tuesday,  state police and officers from the Town of Blooming Grove Police Department responded to 8 Pioneer Trail in the Mountain Lodge section of Blooming Grove for a 911 report of shots fired. Upon arrival, police officers  found James Bawn, 35, dead inside the residence …

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by Jon Craig