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24-Year-Old Busted Driving Stolen Truck In Hudson Valley, Police Say
An out-of-state man was caught driving a stolen truck in the Hudson Valley, authorities said.
State police in Ulster County stopped the vehicle at around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, as it drove south on Highway 209 in the town of Wawarsing.
While talking with the driver, 24-year-old Jonathen Wright, of Newaygo, Michigan (located in Western Michigan just north of Grand Rapids), troopers determined that the 2001 GMC 3500 had been reported stolen from Newport News, Virginia.
Wright also had a suspended license out of Michigan, police said.
He was arrested on a felony charge of possessing sto…
Relationship Between Teacher From Northern Westchester, Student Turned Violent, Police Say
A teacher in the region is accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with a teenage student that eventually turned violent, authorities said.
Northern Westchester resident James Korwatch, age 49, of Ossining, was arrested by Yonkers Police Wednesday, Aug. 31, on violent felony charges of criminal sexual act and stalking.
Investigators said Korwatch, who teaches at Saunders Trades and Technical High School in Yonkers, began an inappropriate relationship with a then 17-year-old student in 2021.
That relationship escalated to physical and sexual violence, as well as physical and verbal in…
Arizona Man Wanted For Violent Crimes Apprehended In Hudson Valley
A fugitive wanted for violent crimes in Arizona has been nabbed in the Hudson Valley, according to police.
In Orange County, officers with the Town of Crawford Police Department were first informed on Tuesday, Aug. 9 that a man with three separate arrest warrants out of Arizona was staying at a home in Crawford.
On Wednesday, Aug. 10, officers responded to the home, but were unable to find the man, police said.
A short time later, the suspect walked into the town’s police station and was arrested without incident.
Police identified the man as Casey Espinoza, age 43, of Pima County, Arizo…
Area Man Nabbed In Stolen Utility Van, Police Say
A man from the region was busted for allegedly having a utility van that was reported stolen the week before.
The arrest took place in Ulster County on Sunday, July 31 in the town of Saugerties.
Jeffrey D. Traver, age 39, of Saugerties, was arrested after police received information that he was in possession of a utility van that was reported stolen on Monday, July 25, said Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra said.
Officers responded to the area of Route 32 and located the stolen utility van, occupied, in a driveway, Sinagra said.
Traver was arrested at the scene and charged with …
