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Teen Arrested For Making 'Credible Threats' Against Hudson Valley School Teen Arrested For Making 'Credible Threats' Against Hudson Valley School
Teen Arrested For Making 'Credible Threats' Against Hudson Valley School An 18-year-old has been arrested for making "credible threats" against his Hudson Valley high school, according to police. Brendan Vaughan, a student at Washingtonville High School in Orange County, was arrested following a search of his home by Washingtonville police along with the FBI, state police and Middletown police, police said.  “Investigators discovered evidence in the home, and obtained a statement from the suspect, supporting information that he was in the planning stages of some sort of attack at the school, and posed a threat to public safety,” Washingtonville Police …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Suspect Nabbed In Newburgh TD Bank Robbery Suspect Nabbed In Newburgh TD Bank Robbery
Suspect Nabbed In Newburgh TD Bank Robbery City of Newburgh police have nabbed a man wanted for the robbery of a TD Bank last week. Alexander Castineiras, 29, of Washingtonville, was arrested Tuesday following an investigation into the robbery at the bank at 800 Broadway around 10 a.m. Thursday, said Det. Lt. Joseph Burns. Castineiras, who was wearing a black hoodie that partly concealed his face, did not display a weapon, police said. He fled westbound on Broadway on foot before jumping into a white vehicle near Route 17 K and the Town of Newburgh line, Burns said. Newburgh police were assisted by the City of Port Jervis Town of …

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
New State Budget Includes $1B For Schools In 2018-19, And Some Aid 'Losers' New State Budget Includes $1B For Schools In 2018-19, And Some Aid 'Losers'
New State Budget Includes $1B For Schools In 2018-19, And Some Aid 'Losers' The new state budget for 2018-19 includes about $1 billion in extra funding for public schools, but not all area school districts are winners. In fact, several are big losers of state taxpayer assistance according to this database published by the Poughkeepsie Journal. The state budget's $1 billion increase in school aid brings the total to a record $26.7 billion statewide. In Westchester, Briarcliff Manor found itself losing nearly 8 percent in state aid compared to the current school year. Other Westchester "losers" include Pleasantville, Valhalla, Katonah-Lewisboro and North Sa…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
18 Orange County Residents Nabbed For DWI 18 Orange County Residents Nabbed For DWI
18 Orange County Residents Nabbed For DWI A total of 22 Hudson Valley motorists were among those busted by State and local law enforcement agencies have made a concerted effort to curtail impaired drivers in the Hudson Valley as part of a drinking and driving crackdown throughout the state. New York State Police troopers conducted a special detail over the weekend looking for impaired drivers as they continue their STOP-DWI crackdown. In total, 30 motorists were busted during the detail. Local residents charged were: Saturday, March 10:  State police troopers from the Highland barracks stopped Newburgh resident William Buk, 25, …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Rockland County Man Arrested For Trying To Hit Relative With Vehicle Rockland County Man Arrested For Trying To Hit Relative With Vehicle
Rockland County Man Arrested For Trying To Hit Relative With Vehicle Stony Point Police arrested a man after a report of a dispute in which a woman was grazed by a vehicle, according to Stony Point Police. Anthony Malizia, 17, of Washingtonville, was arrested Thursday, Feb. 1, for menacing after police responded to Franck Road for a report of a dispute, said Lt. Daniel Hylas. When officers arrived all parties had left the area, but further investigation found that a female cousin of Malizia's got into a verbal domestic argument with him and said he sped towards her in a vehicle causing her to jump out of the way, slightly grazing her, placing her in “fear of…

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by Kathy Reakes