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FBI Helps Arrest Crack-Dealing Mahopac Residents, Carmel PD Says FBI Helps Arrest Crack-Dealing Mahopac Residents, Carmel PD Says
FBI Helps Arrest Crack-Dealing Mahopac Residents, Carmel PD Says Two Mahopac residents were arrested following a months-long investigation into alleged crack cocaine sales from a local home, Carmel police said. The investigation began in Fall 2025 after a Carmel patrol officer, while responding to an unrelated call, received a complaint about alleged narcotics sales at a home on Union Valley Road in Mahopac, police said. The information was forwarded to Carmel detectives, who immediately launched an investigation with assistance from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Enforcement Unit and the Westchester/Putnam FBI Safe Streets Task Force, poli…

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by Cecilia Levine
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$316K Fentanyl-For-Food Stamps Scheme At Deli In Region Lands Employee Behind Bars $316K Fentanyl-For-Food Stamps Scheme At Deli In Region Lands Employee Behind Bars
$316K Fentanyl-For-Food Stamps Scheme At Deli In Region Lands Employee Behind Bars A Schenectady deli worker who turned his family business into a hub of illegal exchanges will spend the next year behind bars. Omar Alaidrus, 24, was sentenced to 12 months in prison on Wednesday, Feb. 12, after pleading guilty to distributing fentanyl and committing food stamp fraud totaling $316,975, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York. Alaidrus operated the scheme out of his family’s Schenectady deli, where he exchanged controlled substances—including fentanyl—for food stamps, prosecutors said.  He also gave out cash and other prohibited item…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Orange County Man Nabbed On I-87 For Possession Of Felony-Weight Narcotics: Police Orange County Man Nabbed On I-87 For Possession Of Felony-Weight Narcotics: Police
Orange County Man Nabbed On I-87 For Possession Of Felony-Weight Narcotics: Police A traffic stop on I-87 in Albany led to the arrest of a Walden man for possession of felony-weight narcotics, the New York State Police reported. According to Trooper Stephanie O'Neil, the incident occurred on Monday, Jan. 13, around 10:2o a.m., when troopers stopped a vehicle for multiple violations.  The driver, identified as Orange County resident Ibo E. Boone, age 37, of Walden, was found to have a significant quantity of controlled substances, O'Neil said. With the assistance of an Albany County Sheriff’s Office K9 unit, felony-weight narcotics and an additional controlled substa…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed With Loaded Rifle, Drugs After Sending Threats In Hudson Valley: Police Man Nabbed With Loaded Rifle, Drugs After Sending Threats In Hudson Valley: Police
Man Nabbed With Loaded Rifle, Drugs After Sending Threats In Hudson Valley: Police A 56-year-old Hudson Valley man was caught with controlled narcotics and an illegally possessed weapon following an investigation into threatening messages, police said. Putnam County resident Kevin Willis of Southeast was arrested on Friday, Oct. 18 around 3:45 p.m. after he was found with narcotics and a firearm he was prohibited from having, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday, Oct. 23.  According to the Sheriff's Office, Willis's arrest followed a short investigation into threatening messages he had allegedly sent someone. While deputies questioned him, they l…

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by Ben Crnic