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Not So Fast: Wanted Fisherman Tries Fleeing From Capital Region Cops In Rideshare, Police Say Not So Fast: Wanted Fisherman Tries Fleeing From Capital Region Cops In Rideshare, Police Say
Not So Fast: Wanted Fisherman Tries Fleeing From Capital Region Cops In Rideshare, Police Say In hindsight, it probably wasn’t the most efficient means of escape. A Greene County fisherman found himself in handcuffs after he allegedly attempted to flee from police in a rideshare vehicle. The incident happened Tuesday, July 2, along Catskill Creek in the town of Durham.  Officers with the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) spotted a man and woman fishing and asked for their fishing licenses. According to the agency, the man did not have an ID and gave them the name and birthdate of someone else with an active fishing license.  A check of his motorcycle’s …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Repeat Offender Shares Child Porn To Social Media, Gets Years In Prison In Northern Westchester Repeat Offender Shares Child Porn To Social Media, Gets Years In Prison In Northern Westchester
Repeat Offender Shares Child Porn To Social Media, Gets Years In Prison In Northern Westchester A sex offender from Northern Westchester who was already on probation for another offense will spend years in prison after sharing child pornography on social media.  Yorktown resident Dylan Rodriguez, age 31, was sentenced on Tuesday, March 7 to three to six years in state prison for sharing child pornography online, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced.  Rodriguez, who was already on probation for another sex offense at the time of his arrest, uploaded a video of an approximately five-year-old female child engaged in sexual conduct to Kik, an onl…

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by Ben Crnic
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Police: Armed Teen Who Threatened Girlfriend Apprehended Following Northern Westchester Pursuit Police: Armed Teen Who Threatened Girlfriend Apprehended Following Northern Westchester Pursuit
Police: Armed Teen Who Threatened Girlfriend Apprehended Following Northern Westchester Pursuit A Northern Westchester teen who was threatening his girlfriend, and was originally thought to have abducted the woman and a child, has been arrested on a probation violation charge. Jacob Ruffin, 19, of Peekskill, was arrested around 3:45 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 6, after Peekskill police responded to a home for a domestic violence incident involving a handgun, said Peekskill Police Chief Don Halmy.  A short time later, Ruffin was seen on the 1300 block of Howard Street, and a foot pursuit with responding officers ensued, Halmy said. With the assistance of multiple agencies, …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Report: Ex-Westchester Teacher Busted For Sexually Abusing Students Spends Weekends In Jail Report: Ex-Westchester Teacher Busted For Sexually Abusing Students Spends Weekends In Jail
Report: Ex-Westchester Teacher Busted For Sexually Abusing Students Spends Weekends In Jail The former Westchester high school drama teacher who resigned in shame and registered as a sex offender after admitting to sexually abusing students is spending his weekends in jail for violating his probation, according to a lohud report. Schraufnagel served as a drama teacher at Horace Greeley from 2003 until his resignation in 2015. He was accused of having sexual contact with three high school students over a four-year span and several others have come forward since. Last year, Schraufnagel was assigned a Level 3 sex offender status, which means he is a “high risk of repeat offense, and…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Caught Stealing Credit Cards From Vehicle, East Fishkill Police Say Man Caught Stealing Credit Cards From Vehicle, East Fishkill Police Say
Man Caught Stealing Credit Cards From Vehicle, East Fishkill Police Say A 33-year-old man was arrested for stealing credit cards out of a vehicle and using at least one, according to the East Fishkill Police.Matthew Smith, who has no known address, was arrested Monday after East Fishkill police received a report of the theft of credit cards from a vehicle, police said. Within a short time frame, it was determined that one of the stolen credit cards had been used at a couple of local gas stations. Smith was identified through surveillance video at each location, police said. On Tuesday, Det. Greg Stanis and Lt. Jon Wood located Smith on Main Street in Poughkeeps…

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by Kathy Reakes