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Hudson Valley Inmate Receives Increased Sentence For Attacking Jail Guards Hudson Valley Inmate Receives Increased Sentence For Attacking Jail Guards
Hudson Valley Inmate Receives Increased Sentence For Attacking Jail Guards A 35-year-old Hudson Valley inmate will serve an extra 14 years in state prison for attacking correction officers on at least four occasions, seriously injuring two. Rockland County resident, Darius Williams, age 35, of Spring Valley, was sentenced to two consecutive seven-year terms for the assaults, said Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh. Williams was sentenced on Wednesday, March 13 to seven years in prison for slashing a man across the face with a box cutter in July 2022, after approaching a couple walking down a street and slashing the man across the face. He continued…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Suspect 'Secreted' Drugs From Body, Tried Hiding Them In Trooper's Seat, Police In Region Say Suspect 'Secreted' Drugs From Body, Tried Hiding Them In Trooper's Seat, Police In Region Say
Suspect 'Secreted' Drugs From Body, Tried Hiding Them In Trooper's Seat, Police In Region Say A New York State Police trooper got an unpleasant surprise while nabbing a wanted man in the region. The incident began when 26-year-old Nathaniel Mahabier, of Cobleskill in Schoharie County, was stopped for a vehicle and traffic violation on I-88 in Schoharie at around 2:50 p.m. Thursday, May 25. According to State Police, Mahabier initially gave a false name. He was arrested when the trooper learned his real identity and discovered that he had an active arrest warrant issued by the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. The arrest took a turn for the strange when, …

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Trio Nabbed Smuggling Drugs Into Hudson Valley Prison On Same Day, Police Say Trio Nabbed Smuggling Drugs Into Hudson Valley Prison On Same Day, Police Say
Trio Nabbed Smuggling Drugs Into Hudson Valley Prison On Same Day, Police Say Three different women who didn't know each other were allegedly nabbed smuggling drugs into a Hudson Valley prison on the same day. The incident took place in Orange County on Sunday, Feb. 19 at the Otisville Correctional Facility, said Trooper Steven Nevel. At 10 a.m., 12 p.m., and 12:15 p.m., State Police from the Greenville barracks were contacted by the facility of three different women attempting to bring narcotics into the facility. None of the suspects were together, Nevel said. The incident included: At 10  a.m., Teeara Thomas, age 19, of New York City, attempted to bring i…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Woman Smuggled Drugs Into Capital Region Jail For Inmate Relative, Police Say Woman Smuggled Drugs Into Capital Region Jail For Inmate Relative, Police Say
Woman Smuggled Drugs Into Capital Region Jail For Inmate Relative, Police Say A woman from the region has gone from jail visitor to possible jail inmate after allegedly smuggling drugs into a correctional facility for a relative. Saratoga County resident Rondene Brust, age 53, of Ballston Spa, was arrested Tuesday, Oct. 11, after she allegedly brought a controlled substance into the Saratoga County jail, according to sheriff’s officials. Brust then passed the “dangerous contraband” to an inmate, 32-year-old Bryan Brust, of Ballston Spa, police said. Authorities did not immediately clarify the relationship between the two. A subsequent search of Brust’s cell reveale…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Alert Issued For Wanted Area Woman Alert Issued For Wanted Area Woman
Alert Issued For Wanted Area Woman An alert has been issued for a wanted woman who was arrested more than five years ago for attempting to sneak marijuana into the Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill. New York State Police investigators in Wappinger are attempting to locate Latifah Price, 24, who is wanted following her arrest for promoting prison contraband and unlawful possession of marijuana. Police said that Price was arrested in 2014 after an investigation determined she attempted to smuggle 18 grams of marijuana into the Downstate Correctional Facility. An arrest warrant was issued for Price by the Town of Fis…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Two Caught Trying To Smuggle Drugs Into Fishkill Correctional Facility, Police Say Two Caught Trying To Smuggle Drugs Into Fishkill Correctional Facility, Police Say
Two Caught Trying To Smuggle Drugs Into Fishkill Correctional Facility, Police Say Two men were busted attempted to smuggle drugs into the Fishkill Correctional Facility. Investigators from the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Office of Special Investigations contacted New York State Police on Sept. 8, regarding two men who attempted to introduce contraband into the prison. State Police investigators determined that Bronx resident John Walden, 66 attempted to smuggle 30 dosage units of Suboxone into the prison. Further investigation into the incident found that the drugs were allegedly supplied to him by New Windsor resident Kennard Bloun…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Seen Her? Police Ask Public's Help In Search For Hudson Valley Suspect Seen Her? Police Ask Public's Help In Search For Hudson Valley Suspect
Seen Her? Police Ask Public's Help In Search For Hudson Valley Suspect New York State Police investigators in the Hudson Valley are seeking the public’s assistance as they search for a woman busted for bringing heroin into the Downstate Correctional Facility and never appeared in court to answer the charges. An alert was issued by police from the Wappinger barrack regarding 28-year-old Amanda Murphy, who is wanted on charges that include promoting prison contraband, criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument dating back to an incident nearly three years ago. Police said that Murphy is wanted by New York Sta…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Male, Female Teens Nabbed For Selling Prescription Drugs In Putnam Male, Female Teens Nabbed For Selling Prescription Drugs In Putnam
Male, Female Teens Nabbed For Selling Prescription Drugs In Putnam Two teens were nabbed by Putnam County Sheriff's deputies for dealing prescription drugs and LSD throughout the county, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. A Southeast man and a Village of Brewster woman were arrested on felony narcotics sales and possession charges after selling drugs to an undercover deputy with the department's Narcotics Enforcement Unit, officials said. In September 2017, a deputy assigned to the drug unit developed information that an 18-year-old male, and female, were involved in the sale of prescription medications within the county. The deputy was able …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Woman Caught With Heroin, Cocaine At Putnam County Correctional Facility Woman Caught With Heroin, Cocaine At Putnam County Correctional Facility
Woman Caught With Heroin, Cocaine At Putnam County Correctional Facility A woman arrested for violation of probation was charged a second time after jail officials uncovered hidden heroin and cocaine during her intake, according to Putnam County Sheriff Robert L. Langley Jr.  Lisa M. Bianco, 39, of the Bronx was charged on Friday, Jan. 5, with two counts of promoting prison contraband and two counts criminal possession of a controlled substance, while being committed to the Putnam County Correctional Facility, said Capt. Lisa Ortolano. During intake procedures, correction officers searched Bianco and found a quantity of heroin and cocaine, Ortolano said. Bianco…

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by Kathy Reakes