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Off-Duty State Trooper Shoots Teen During Carjacking Attempt In Hudson Valley
A 17-year-old boy armed with a knife was shot by an off-duty New York State Trooper during an attempted carjacking at a Westchester County gas station, police said. The incident unfolded in Yonkers at around 12:45 p.m. on Sunday, April 26, at a Mobil station on Kimball Avenue, the Yonkers Police Department said on Monday, April 27. Authorities said the trooper, a female member of Troop NYC, was refueling her vehicle when the teen approached her, took out a knife, and got into the driver’s seat of her car. The trooper then fired a single shot from her off-duty firearm, striking …
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Driver In Domestic Incident Hit By Car While Fleeing Cops On I-684, Police Say In New Update
Police have released details and filed charges against a Westchester man in a domestic incident and related crash that closed I-684 for hours on Tuesday, March 17. Investigators determined that John Kijek, 59, of Bedford Hills, was driving a 2025 Land Rover south when he stopped in a U-turn area of the highway, where a female got out at approximately 11:50 a.m., New York State Police said. As a trooper arrived and began investigating, Kijek fled on foot, running across the northbound lanes near mile marker 15.8, authorities said. While attempting to cross, he was struck by a 2015 Honda Odys…
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Teen Tries Igniting Central Hudson Worker's Vehicle, Threatens Them In NY: Cops
A 19-year-old man was arrested after police say he threatened a Central Hudson employee and attempted to ignite the worker’s vehicle in Orange County. Officers were called to 24 South Miller St. in the City of Newburgh at around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 1, for a report of a disorderly man harassing a utility worker. When police arrived, they found both the Central Hudson employee and the suspect at the scene, City of Newburgh Chief of Staff Mike Neppl said on Wednesday, Dec. 3. An investigation revealed that the suspect, 19-year-old Jerson Perez-Sanchez of Newburgh, allegedly he…
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Man Thought He Was Leaving Bar With Date, Instead Led Into Gunpoint Robbery In NY:
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Three people have been arrested after an Orange County woman lured a victim into a car where he was robbed at gunpoint in Rockland County, police announced. Police learned of the incident at around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15, when troopers responded to a report of an armed robbery on the northbound Palisades Interstate Parkway near Exit 10 in New City, New York State Police said on Monday, Nov. 17. According to investigators, the 21-year-old victim told troopers he had just left The Bridge Sports Bar & Lounge at 94 Main St. in Nyack with a woman he met inside, later iden…
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Slashing Victim's Neck With Knife At Motel In NY: Police
A man was arrested after police said he slashed another man’s neck during an assault at an Orange County motel. The events leading to the arrest began on Sunday, Sept. 21, at around 9 a.m., when Town of Newburgh Police responded to the Super 8 Motel at 1287 Route 300 for a report of an injured man, the department said on Monday, Sept. 22. Officers arrived to find a 40-year-old victim with a neck laceration. Police said the injury was caused by an assault involving a knife at the motel. The victim was treated at the scene before being taken by Town of Newburgh EMS to Montefiore …
Police & Fire
Menacing Call Ends With Loaded AR Pistol Arrest In Dutchess County: Police
A 21-year-old man was arrested in Dutchess County after police said he was found carrying a loaded AR-style pistol following a menacing complaint. The incident happened on Friday, Sept. 19, at around 4:45 p.m. in the City of Poughkeepsie, when authorities received a report of a man threatening someone with a gun near 240 Main St., the city's police department said. Officers arrived and quickly found a suspect matching the description. Police said the man, identified as Jordan S. Lopez, was carrying a loaded 5.56-caliber Del-Tan Inc. DTI-15 AR pistol. Lopez was arrested and char…
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Carjacker Set Trap Before Stealing Woman's Vehicle In Hudson Valley, Police Say
A 27-year-old man is facing multiple charges after allegedly carjacking a woman in the Hudson Valley. The Ulster County incident happened around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, on Oak Crest Drive in Highland, according to the Town of Lloyd Police. A woman told investigators that she was driving when she encountered a fallen tree across the roadway. A man then approached her car, threatened her by saying he had a gun, and forced her out before fleeing in her car, police said. The victim was not injured. About 30 minutes later, officers spotted the vehicle in the City of Kingston and Town of Ul…
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'I Have A Gun':
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Detective Points Gun At Teens In NY Road Rage Incident, DA Says
An off-duty NYPD detective from Putnam County was arrested after allegedly pointing a loaded gun at three teenagers during a road rage incident, prosecutors said. John O’Connell, age 36, of Patterson in Putnam County, was charged with menacing, endangering the welfare of a child, and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the incident, Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced on Tuesday, Sept. 2. The incident happened in Somers on Thursday, Aug. 28, at around 8:30 p.m. Three 16-year-olds from Westchester and Putnam counties were driving east on Rou…
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Armed Man Holds Up Gas Station In NY, Charged As Fugitive: Police
A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man is facing multiple charges after allegedly robbing a Hudson Valley, NY gas station at gunpoint and being found with an illegally possessed assault rifle, authorities said. The incident happened in Orange County around 6:16 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14, when Connor J. Derrick, of the Lackawanna County borough of Archbald, entered the Sunoco station at 2 Ben Gilman Way in the Town of Wallkill, New York State Police said on Friday, Aug. 15. Investigators said Derrick approached the clerk, took out a gun, and demanded cash from the register before fleeing on fo…
Police & Fire
Man Points Gun At Group Of Kids During Street Fight Near School In Dutchess County, Police Say
A 25-year-old man is facing felony and misdemeanor charges after allegedly pointing a gun at a group of youth during a street fight in Dutchess County, police said. The incident happened around 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, near Mansion Street and Bement Avenue, near the Warring Elementary School, the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department said on Friday, Aug. 15. Officers were told a gun had been shown during the altercation before the suspect fled in a vehicle, police said. Soon after, patrol officers found a vehicle matching the suspect’s description and pulled it over, d…
Police & Fire
Man Fires Shotgun At Woman's Vehicle During Confrontation In NY Driveway: Police
A man is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly firing a shotgun at a woman’s vehicle in Orange County, police said. The incident happened around 12:20 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 10, when troopers responded to a harassment complaint on County Road 12 in the Town of Wawayanda, New York State Police said on Tuesday, Aug. 12. According to investigators, a 60-year-old woman had been retrieving mail from her residence and drove up the driveway to turn around. At the top of the driveway, she was confronted by the residents, identified as 35-year-old James M. Blake and a 32-year-old …
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Duo Ambushes, Stabs Victim Outside Hudson Valley Home, Police Say
Two men are facing serious charges after ambushing and stabbing a victim outside a Hudson Valley home, police said. The alleged attack happened just after midnight Tuesday, July 29, at a residence on Higgins Trail in Monroe, according to New York State Police. Josue Huilca-Rea, 20, and Jony David Perez-Sanchez, 26, waited at the victim’s residence and physically attacked them when they arrived, stabbing the victim with a knife outside the home, police said. The victim was initially taken to Aizer Health Center before being transferred by Kiryas Joel EMS to Garnet Health Medical Center. The…
Police & Fire
13 Arrested At Illegal Fight Club On Long Island: Police
An unauthorized brawl in Shirley may have echoed the underground mayhem of Fight Club, the cult classic by author Chuck Palahniuk — but in Suffolk County unlawful fighting is no fiction, but police made it clear that it won’t be tolerated. Thirteen people were arrested after a scuffle broke out at a so-called fight club event on Sunday, July 20 around 6 p.m. at 20 Frances Landau Place, police announced on Monday, July 21. Seventh Precinct officers were responding to reports of possible shots fired when they arrived to find a chaotic scene. Investigators say one person fired a blank gun, str…
Police & Fire
Long Island Man Assaults
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Worker, Then Kicks Hospital Wall, Cops Say
A Long Island man was arrested after he allegedly assaulted a PSEG worker, then caused damage to a hospital wall while in custody, Nassau County Police said. The incident happened on Saturday, July 19, at 11:03 a.m. on Atlantic Avenue near Marina Pointe Drive in East Rockaway, detectives from the Fourth Squad said in an arrest report. According to police, the victim, a 61-year-old male PSEG employee working as an Environmental Engineer, was on site investigating hazardous materials when he was approached by a man later identified as John A. Spears, 33, of Lynbrook. “A verbal argument ensue…
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Delivery Driver Attacked By Hatchet-Wielding Man At Wrong NY House, Police Say
A late-night food delivery nearly turned into a horror movie in a small New York town. Troopers in Albany County responded to a New Scotland residence shortly before midnight Sunday, June 29, for reports that a hatchet-wielding man was attacking a delivery driver, according to New York State Police. The driver had unknowingly arrived at the wrong house while trying to deliver food around 11:50 p.m. when Paul Byron, 43, stormed out of his home carrying a hatchet, police said. As the driver sat in their vehicle attempting to explain the mix-up, Byron threatened them with the weapon, accordin…
Police & Fire
Gun Pulled In Chainsaw Argument In Dutchess County: Man Gets Menacing Charge, Police Say
A chainsaw-related dispute in Dutchess County ended with a man facing weapons charges after allegedly threatening another person with a handgun, police said. The incident happened on Thursday, July 3 around 7:13 p.m. on Long Dock Road in the town of Rhinebeck, New York State Police announced on Monday, July 7. Police said the confrontation began as an argument between two people over the use of a chainsaw to cut trees. During the altercation, 55-year-old Joseph Z. Dalu of Rhinebeck allegedly pulled out a black handgun and racked the weapon while threatening the other person, according…
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Man Robs Gas Station At Gunpoint, Flees With $2.5K In Cash In Dutchess County: Police
An armed robbery at a Dutchess County gas station ended with a major arrest thanks to what police called a swift and thorough investigation. Dalton J. Desimone, 33, of Florida, was taken into custody on Sunday, June 29, after allegedly robbing a Sunoco Gas Station in Hyde Park just three days earlier, the Town of Hyde Park Police Department announced. The robbery happened around 10:51 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, at the Sunoco station at 4299 Albany Post Rd. Police said Desimone entered the store, took out what appeared to be a black handgun, and demanded cash. He then took off in a…
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DA Drops Attempted Murder Charge In Knife Attack On US Attorney Near NY Capitol
The man accused of chasing a US Attorney with a knife near the New York State Capitol will not face attempted murder charges. Saul Morales-Garcia will instead face reduced charges of menacing and criminal possession of a weapon, a spokesperson for the Albany County District Attorney’s Office told Daily Voice, citing video surveillance footage and other evidence. “A fair reading of the evidence and controlling case law informs that this incident did not rise to the level of attempted murder,” Albany County DA Lee Kindlon said in a statement. He noted that US Attorney John Sarcone, the allege…
Police & Fire
Teens Targeted Victims Through Dating App In Violent HV Robbery Scheme: Police
Two 19-year-old men face a long list of charges — many as hate crimes — after allegedly luring victims through a dating app and attacking them in a Rockland County park, police said. The arrests followed a detailed investigation by the Ramapo Police Department, which uncovered a disturbing pattern of threats, intimidation, and armed robberies, the department announced on Friday, June 20. According to police, the two suspects, one from Flushing, Queens, and one from Monsey, used a dating app to lure victims to a children’s park in the Village of Wesley Hills during the late night and e…
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US Attorney Almost Murdered By Previously Deported Felon Outside Albany Hotel, DA Says
A man is facing attempted murder charges after allegedly trying to attack US Attorney John Sarcone in upstate New York. Saul Morales-Garcia, 41, was arraigned in Albany County Court on Wednesday, June 18, hours after he allegedly attacked Sarcone, the US Attorney for the Northern District of New York, outside an Albany hotel, a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office told Daily Voice. Morales-Garcia, who is in the country illegally, made aggressive advances toward Sarcone with a knife and motioned as if suggesting he would cut Sarcone’s throat, Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple told…
Police & Fire
Teen Held Knife To Victim's Neck In Armed Robbery In Hudson Valley, Police Say
An 18-year-old man is facing multiple charges after allegedly robbing a victim at knifepoint in Rockland County and later being found with a young woman who police feared was in danger, police said. The incident unfolded just before 8 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, when officers were called to South Madison Avenue for a reported armed robbery, Ramapo Police Lt. Chris Franklin told Daily Voice on Wednesday, June 11. Investigators say the suspect, 18-year-old Jostin Javier Cabrera-Ruiz of Chestnut Ridge, confronted someone he knew, threatened him by holding a knife to his throat, and stole sev…
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Back-To-Back Robberies Of Store, Victim In Red Hook: Suspect Caught, Police Say
A Dutchess County village was shaken after two robberies were allegedly committed within minutes of each other by the same Ulster County man, police said. The incidents unfolded on Wednesday, May 21 around 7:20 a.m., when troopers responded to a reported robbery in the parking lot of the Stewart’s Shop located at 7558 North Broadway in the Village of Red Hook, New York State Police announced. Troopers arrived quickly and located the suspect, later identified as 61-year-old John E. Pagan, of Kingston, nearby in the village. He was taken into custody without incident, police said. …
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Man Nearly Crashes Into Ex's Car, Stalks, Menaces Her In Hudson Valley:
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A 39-year-old man is facing multiple charges after allegedly violating an order of protection by stalking and harassing his ex-girlfriend in Westchester and nearly crashing his car into her vehicle, police announced. Croton-on-Hudson resident Ralph V. Sedlmayer was arrested following an investigation into the alleged violations, New York State Police said on Tuesday, May 13. The case began on Monday, April 28, when the victim reported a near-collision involving a vehicle driven by someone who resembled her ex-boyfriend, Sedlmayer. The victim had an active order of protectio…
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Chainsaw-Wielding Man In Clown Mask Tackled After Neighborhood Scare In Region: Police
A New York neighborhood turned into a scene out of a horror movie when a man wearing a clown mask and carrying a chainsaw was confronted and tackled to the ground, police said. The Albany County incident happened in Cohoes, outside a residence on Lancaster Street near Newark Street, at around 2:40 p.m. Thursday, May 1. Craig Wolcott, 34, was spotted looking into people’s cars in the area, a Cohoes Police spokesperson told Daily Voice. When a resident stepped outside and asked what he was doing, Wolcott approached the man before the resident tackled him to the ground. Officers quickly res…
Police & Fire
Man Pulls Knife On Child, Victim At Hampton Inn In Dutchess County:
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A Brooklyn man is facing multiple charges after allegedly threatening a guest and a child with a knife during a confrontation at a Dutchess County Hampton Inn, police announced. Joseph L. Sanchez, 39, was arrested on Sunday, April 6, following an investigation into a reported disturbance at the Hampton Inn in the Village of Fishkill the previous evening, New York State Police said on Monday, April 7. Troopers responded to the hotel on Saturday, April 5, after receiving a report that a man had threatened another guest with a knife. Investigators say Sanchez had been involved…
Police & Fire
Man Fires Gun, Points It At Victim During Fight In Dutchess County: Police
A 58-year-old man is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly firing a gun, pointing it at a victim, and assaulting them during a violent dispute inside a Dutchess County home, authorities said. The incident happened at a residence on Brothers Road in Beekman, where Sheriff's deputies responded at around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 12, after receiving reports of a dispute in which one person was reportedly armed with a pistol, the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office announced on Thursday, March 13. Upon arrival, deputies quickly found and took 58-year-old Joseph M. Reynolds of Be…
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Man Pulls Knife On Female Employee During Altercation At Red Hook Restaurant: Police
A man is facing multiple charges after allegedly threatening a restaurant employee with a knife during an altercation at a Hudson Valley business, police said. The incident happened in Dutchess County on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at around 7:45 p.m. at Cancun’s Mexican Restaurant on South Broadway in Red Hook, the Red Hook Police Department announced on Thursday, Feb. 20. According to police, witnesses said a man entered the restaurant and got into a heated verbal altercation with a female employee, which escalated when he allegedly displayed a knife and made threats against her. Both the man an…
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Man Pulls Gun On Contractor At Hudson Valley Home, Police Say
A man is facing charges after allegedly pulling a gun on a contractor at a Hudson Valley home. Ulster County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a West Hurley residence on Elks Park Road after a contractor claimed to have been threatened at the location at around 11:20 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1. The contractor told investigators that while working on the home’s heating system, a man threatened to shoot him, according to sheriff’s officials. Deputies arrested a 63-year-old man on suspicion of misdemeanor menacing. He was arraigned and released on his own recognizance. Authorities did not say whet…
Police & Fire
Ulster County Man Used Large Piece Of Wood In Violent Altercation: Police
A Hudson Valley man is behind bars for allegedly using a large piece of wood (2x4) during a violent fight that seriously injured a 34-year-old man. The incident occurred around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the victim's home on Route 209 in Wawarsing, said Trooper Jennifer Alvarez of the New York State Police. According to Alvarez, During the altercation, Eudomar Demacedo, age 31, of Ellenville, struck the victim multiple times with a 2x4. The victim was transported to Ellenville Hospital and later transported by helicopter to Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown. Follow…
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Armed 5-Hour Standoff Ends With Arrest Of Dutchess County Man: Police
A five-hour standoff in Dutchess County ended with the arrest of a 36-year-old man wanted on a warrant for reckless endangerment, police said. Capt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office said Richard P. Danko, age 36, of Dover Plains, was charged following a complaint and an hours-long standoff at his residence on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1 in Dover Plains. According to Watterson, deputies responded to 16 Old State Route 22 at around 6:10 a.m. after receiving a report of a person being threatened with a shotgun. When they arrived, Danko was identified as a suspect but refused t…
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Armed Man Brings Major Police Presence To Sullivan County Home On Christmas: Sheriff
Sullivan County Sheriff’s deputies safely resolved a tense domestic dispute involving an armed man early Christmas morning, authorities said. At approximately 12:20 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 25, deputies responded to a 911 call reporting a domestic dispute at 144 Lucky Lake Drive in Rock Hill, the department said. Upon arrival, deputies learned that Justin J. Gallo, 37, had argued with family members, fired a shotgun through a glass door, and was threatening to harm himself. Several family members and friends were still inside the residence. Deputies called in the Sheriff’s Emergency Services…
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