Area Sex Offender Who Failed To Register Found With Two Kids, Police Say Area Sex Offender Who Failed To Register Found With Two Kids, Police Say
Area Sex Offender Who Failed To Register Found With Two Kids, Police Say A sex offender who failed to notify area authorities of his change of address was arrested in the company of two kids. The unidentified 31-year-old Ulster County resident, from Ellenville, was apprehended around 2 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 11 on an active warrant by members of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. An investigation revealed the man was in the company of two minors and he failed to make notification of his address change as required by New York State law. He was charged with felony sex offender failure to register a change of address and endangering the welfare of a child. The man…
Man, Woman Face Charges After Cocaine Found During Struggle With Troopers, Police Say Man, Woman Face Charges After Cocaine Found During Struggle With Troopers, Police Say
Man, Woman Face Charges After Cocaine Found During Struggle With Troopers, Police Say A man and woman are facing charges after being combative with New York State Police troopers and attempting to dispose of evidence during a traffic stop in the Hudson Valley. Troopers from the Ellenville barracks in Ulster County stopped Sullivan County resident Symone Quinones, age 29, of Monticello, on Route 52 in Wawarsing after she committed multiple traffic violations in the area. Police said that while speaking with Quinones during the traffic stop, troopers discovered that she was driving with a suspended license. During the stop, police said that a passenger in the Hyundai Sonata,…
Area Man Nabbed After Stabbing Store Employee In Head, Face During Robbery, Police Say Area Man Nabbed After Stabbing Store Employee In Head, Face During Robbery, Police Say
Area Man Nabbed After Stabbing Store Employee In Head, Face During Robbery, Police Say A Hudson Valley man was apprehended by state police for allegedly stabbing a convenience store employee man in the head and face during a robbery. The robbery and attack took place around 4:40 a.m., Saturday, July 10, in Ulster County at the Valero Gas Station in Ellenville, said Trooper Steven Nevel. According to Nevel, state police responded to the store at 109 Main Street after receiving a 911 call regarding a man stabbed in the head, face, and arm, during the robbery. When police arrived they found the employee had been stabbed in the face, head, and arm.  The employee was treate…
Commercial Plaza With ShopRite Tenant  Sold For $8.175 Million Commercial Plaza With ShopRite Tenant  Sold For $8.175 Million
Commercial Plaza With ShopRite Tenant Sold For $8.175 Million A large ShopRite Plaza in the Hudson Valley has sold for $8.175 million. The 56,000-square-foot-plaza in Ulster County, located at 100 ShopRite Boulevard in Ellenville, was sold by Marcus & Millichap, through the company's Westchester office. The sale was handled by Joseph French Jr. and Kodi Traver, investment specialists who had the listing to market the property on behalf of a private investor.  John Krueger, regional manager for the Westchester office, assisted in closing this transaction. The property was originally under contract in February, but the sale fell through due t…
New Movie On Long Island Serial Murders Features Hudson Valley Mom's Perspective New Movie On Long Island Serial Murders Features Hudson Valley Mom's Perspective
New Movie On Long Island Serial Murders Features Hudson Valley Mom's Perspective A new Lifetime movie focuses on the Gilgo Beach murders. The movie, "The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice" tells the story from the point of view of Hudson Valley resident Mari Gilbert's search for what happened to her daughter Shannan, one of the 11 victims found.  The movie airs at 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 20 on Lifetime.  In the movie, after Shannan fails to come home in May of 2010, her mother knows something is terribly wrong. Pleading with police to take her concerns seriously, she keeps pushing the police for answers.  Gilbert's insistence that he…
Cold Case: Disappearance Of 17-Year-Old In Area Remains Mystery Cold Case: Disappearance Of 17-Year-Old In Area Remains Mystery
Cold Case: Disappearance Of 17-Year-Old In Area Remains Mystery It's been decades since a teen was last seen in the area, but the New York State Police haven't forgotten and continue to work to solve the case. Joseph D. Helt disappeared in Ulster County, on Friday, Jan. 16, 1987, when he was just 17 years old, Trooper Steven Nevel said. He was last seen at an outdoor party at an abandoned ski lodge off Mount Cathalia Road near Sam’s Point ice caves in Ellenville, Nevel said. Helt left Mount Cathalia with friends in a white Subaru to drive to the ice caves at Sam’s Point. The vehicle got stuck in the snow. Helt left the area on foot to find help and wa…
Police Search For Hit-Run Driver Who Left Victim On Side Of Road In Area Police Search For Hit-Run Driver Who Left Victim On Side Of Road In Area
Police Search For Hit-Run Driver Who Left Victim On Side Of Road In Area A man suffered serious injuries after being hit by a vehicle that fled the scene while he was out walking with his wife. Ulster County resident George Barley, age 62,  was struck around 2:20 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 2, while walking on Whitefield Avenue in Accord, said New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel. According to Nevel, when troopers from the Ellenville barracks responded to the accident scene they found Barley lying about eight feet off the roadway, unconscious, but breathing. Barley, a resident of Accord, appeared to be suffering from head and leg injuries, Nevel said.…
Man Accused Of Assaulting 2-Year-Old Multiple Times In Area Man Accused Of Assaulting 2-Year-Old Multiple Times In Area
Man Accused Of Assaulting 2-Year-Old Multiple Times In Area An area man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a two-year-old child on multiple occasions, causing serious injuries. Ulster County resident Stephen Drake, 30, of Ellenville, was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 30, after police responded to a home in Napanoch, on a report of the assault, said investigators from the Ulster County Family and Child Advocacy Center An investigation revealed that Drake, on multiple occasions, assaulted the child, causing multiple bruising to the child’s face, back, buttocks, and both extremities, the department said. Drake was charged with assault …
12-Year-Old Girl Confronts Naked Man Who Broke Into Her Hudson Valley Home, Police Say 12-Year-Old Girl Confronts Naked Man Who Broke Into Her Hudson Valley Home, Police Say
12-Year-Old Girl Confronts Naked Man Who Broke Into Her Hudson Valley Home, Police Say A 12-year-old Hudson Valley girl was able to intimidate a nude man who had shimmied through her bedroom window on Christmas Eve, causing him to flee the scene after she sprang up from bed to demand that he leave, police said.  Sergio Ulysee, 37, lives in Ulster County in another apartment at the Mill Street complex in Ellenville where the Thursday, Dec. 24 incident took place at 6 a.m, according to Ellenville Police.  The girl was roused from her sleep, police said, after Ulysee crept through a window at the front of the home then made his way to her bedroom at the back of the hou…
Man Takes Cops On 18-Mile High-Speed Chase, Taunting Officers, Hitting Two Cruisers, Police Say Man Takes Cops On 18-Mile High-Speed Chase, Taunting Officers, Hitting Two Cruisers, Police Say
Man Takes Cops On 18-Mile High-Speed Chase, Taunting Officers, Hitting Two Cruisers, Police Say A man driving a U-Haul truck was arrested and issued 39 traffic tickets after leading New York State Police on an 18-mile high-speed chase, getting out of his vehicle to taunt officers and striking two police cruisers in the process.  The chase started in Ulster County in Wawarsing and ended in Orange County in Pine Bush on Saturday, Dec. 12. A trooper from the Ellenville barracks reportedly first saw the U-Haul pick up pulling a trailer while speeding westbound on State Route 52 in Wawarsing, driving at approximately 80 miles per hour at around 9:25 a.m. Saturday. When he tried to pu…
Man Breaks Into Area Home, Steals Slot Machine With $20,000, Police Say Man Breaks Into Area Home, Steals Slot Machine With $20,000, Police Say
Man Breaks Into Area Home, Steals Slot Machine With $20,000, Police Say An area man was arrested for allegedly breaking into a home and stealing a slot machine containing $20,000 in quarters and a shotgun. Ulster County resident Dominick Sanchez, 20, of Ellenville, was arrested by state police on Wednesday, Dec. 9, for burglary following an investigation into the Thursday, Dec. 3 incident, said Trooper Steven Nevel. According to Nevel, state police responded to a residence on North Old Greenfield Road in the town of Wawarsing for a report of a burglary.  An investigation revealed that an unknown person broke into the residence through a window and stole a…
Duo Charged For String Of Commercial Burglaries In Area, State Police Say Duo Charged For String Of Commercial Burglaries In Area, State Police Say
Duo Charged For String Of Commercial Burglaries In Area, State Police Say Two in the Hudson Valley were arrested after allegedly breaking into multiple commercial businesses, state police said. Wawarsing residents Joseph Zsebehazy, 35, and Etienne Dodge, 31, were arrested this week following an investigation into break-ins at multiple businesses in the Ellenville and Kingston areas. New York State Police said that the two men were identified on surveillance video from a pair of burglaries in Ellenville and Marbletown, leading to their arrest this week. Zsebehazy was arrested on Tuesday, Nov. 3, and Dodge was taken into custody on Friday, Nov. 6. Both were charge…