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Violent Stabbing Near High School In Region Leads to Multiple Arrests
A 16-year-old boy is in critical but stable condition after being stabbed multiple times near his high school in the region. The incident occurred on Buckley Street around 3 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 12, in Sullivan County's village of Liberty. According to Liberty Police Chief Steven D'Agata, officers responded to Liberty High School after the injured teen had entered school grounds seeking help after being stabbed. School Resource Officers applied a tourniquet to stop severe bleeding from multiple stab wounds, D'Agata said. The teen was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center in Vaha…
Police & Fire
Bomb Threat Closes Hudson Valley High School: Police
Students and staff have been sent home for the day to allow police to investigate a bomb threat at a Hudson Valley high school. The Town of Poughkeepsie Police said Spackenkill High School in Poughkeepsie received the threat late Monday, Dec. 9d. The department said several other school districts in the region also received the threat. The threat is believed to be a hoax. Out of an abundance of caution, the Spackenkill School District has dismissed the high school students and staff to allow for a complete investigation. Police did not reveal how the threat was received. This is a …
Police & Fire
Students Evaluated, Treated After Chemical Exposure At Middle School In Hudson Valley
Multiple students were treated following a chemical exposure at a Northern Westchester middle school, fire officials said. The incident happened on Friday afternoon, Nov. 15, when the incident was reported at Fox Lane Middle School in Bedford, according to the Bedford Fire Department. Arriving fire crews began isolating and ventilating the affected room while the Westchester County Hazmat team sent a representative to the scene. After an investigation, first responders determined the product and exposures were "not significant" or critically harmful. Fox Lane staff then handled …
Police & Fire
Bomb Threat Made To High School In Hudson Valley
Acting on a tip, the FBI and local law enforcement charged a person with allegedly making a bomb threat against a high school in the region. The incident occurred in Dutchess County on Sunday, Nov. 17. Dr. Dwight Bonk, superintendent of schools for the Wappinger Central School District, said the threat was made against Orchard View Alternative High School in Wappingers Falls. Bonk said the FBI received a tip about some online activity that led them to a home in the District. "The FBI, as well as the East Fishkill Police Department, were quick to notify us of the situation," Bonk said. "Tha…
Police & Fire
School Employee Accused Of Shoving, Endangering Disabled Student In Hudson Valley
A 28-year-old employee of a school in the region faces a felony charge after allegedly endangering a disabled student, police said. The events leading to the arrest began in Northern Westchester at around 5:45 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1, when a suspicious incident at the Shrub Oak International School at 3151 Stony St. prompted a police response, Yorktown Police announced on Friday, Nov. 15. An investigation determined that a school employee, identified as Dutchess County resident Sebastian Borba-Ferreira of East Fishkill, allegedly shoved and "committed other endangering actions" on…
Schools
Online Threat Leads To Increased Security At School In Orange County
Parents and students can expect to see extra police on the campus of a middle school in the region after a threat of violence was made over social media. Enlarged City School District of Middletown Superintendent Amy Creeden said the threat was received late Monday, Nov. 11, in Orange County at Monhagen Middle School in the town of Wallkill. The threat, which Wallkill Police are actively investigating, was made on social media by an unidentified user who created a fake, well-known username in an attempt to gain attention. Creeden said the threat has been shared rapidly by and among students…
Police & Fire
Fake Social Media Post In Region About School Violence Leads To Arrest Of 13-Year-Old
A 13-year-old from the region has been charged with falsely reporting an incident after allegedly making a social media post stating that a mistaken lockdown at the school they attend was due to students and staff being harmed. The student was arrested on Monday, Oct. 28, at Liberty Middle and High Schools for the post made on Friday, Oct. 25, from Liberty. According to Liberty Police Chief Steven D'Agata, early on Oct. 25, both schools briefly went into a lockdown due to an accidental activation of the school's automated warning system due to maintenance. D'Agata said there was no t…
News
Name Released Of 15-Year-Old Killed In Hudson Valley Shooting That Led To Manhunt, Arrest
This story has been updated. The name has been released of a teenage boy who was killed in a fatal shooting in Northern Westchester that led to a 12-hour manhunt and the arrest of a suspect. Fernando Jimenez, age 40, shot his girlfriend and her two children with an illegally possessed handgun in the Baldwin Place section of Somers during a domestic dispute at about 11:35 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28, according to New York State Police. One of the children, a 10th-grade student at Somers High School now identified as Michael Raimondi, age 15, was killed. The boy's brother, a 13-year-…
Police & Fire
12-Year-Old Accused Of Making Threat To School In Region
A 12-year-old student in the region was charged with making a terroristic threat at a junior/senior high school. The incident occurred in Sullivan County on Saturday, Oct. 19, in Fallsburg. According to Fallsburg Police Chief Brendan Pavese, the juvenile allegedly made the threats on Snapchat and included a picture of the Fallsburg Junior/Senior High School auditorium. The threats, which mentioned shootings, came to the attention of police and school authorities via parents and students, both the police and school said. After receiving the information, the police department worked a…
Police & Fire
Teen Nabbed For Making Threat Of Mass Harm Against Hudson Valley High School, Police Say
An 18-year-old Hudson Valley student has been charged with allegedly making several threats against Rhinebeck High School. The incident occurred in Dutchess County on Thursday, Oct. 17, at the school on N. Park Drive. According To New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks, an investigation determined the threats were not credible, but a search of the building was conducted out of an abundance of caution. No evidence of any safety threat was found. Further investigation led to the arrest of an 18-year-old student, Hicks said. The 18-year-old was issued an appearance ticket for ma…
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2 Juveniles Nabbed For Making Threats Against Hudson Valley Schools: Police
Two 11-year-old children were caught for allegedly making social media posts containing threats of violence at certain Hudson Valley schools. The threats were made in Ulster County around 8:45 p.m. and were aimed at Ulster County Schools, said Ulster County Sheriff’s Capt. Joseph Sciutto. According to Sciutto, the Sheriff’s Office quickly initiated an investigation into the threats, which were being shared and circulated on a social media platform, Sciutto said. He added that the Sheriff’s Office successfully traced the source of the messages and identified the responsible juveni…
Police & Fire
High School Put Into Lockdown After Accidental Alarm Activation In Hudson Valley
Authorities raced to a Hudson Valley high school after an alarm was accidentally tripped, police said. The incident happened in Putnam County just after 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, when authorities responded to a lockdown alarm activation at Mahopac High School that indicated it was "not a drill," according to the Carmel Police Department. As a result of the alarm, both Mahopac Middle and the Mahopac Falls schools were also put into lockdown. Officers from Carmel Police and the Putnam County Sheriff's Office quickly arrived at the high school, as well as those who had already be…
Police & Fire
Teen Slashes Fellow Orange County HS Student In Face: Police
A Hudson Valley teen was charged with assault after allegedly slashing another high school student in the face with a medical-grade plastic handle blade instrument. The incident occurred in Orange County at Middletown High School on Monday, Sept. 30, in Middletown. According to a message from Middletown School District Superintendent Amy Creeden, there was an incident between two students that resulted in one of them being cut in the face with what allegedly was a knife that is in police custody. Creeden said that the instrument used had a one-half to three-quarter-inch blade. The a…
News
Teenage Girl Accused Of Threatening Shooting At School District In Hudson Valley
A teenage girl has been accused of making a threat to a high school in the Hudson Valley. On Thursday night, Sept. 19, in Rockland County, the Town of Haverstraw Police Department said it was made aware of a potential threat of a shooting that would occur on Friday, Sept. 20, in the North Rockland School District. Officers and detectives immediately began investigating the claim and were able to locate the individual who created a social media post. After an investigation, it was found that this claim was false. The Town of Haverstraw Police Department charged the 16-yea…
Police & Fire
Internet Threat Leads To Early Dismissal At Hudson Valley School
An internet threat has led to the early dismissal of a Hudson Valley school. Related: Threat To Hudson Valley School 'Not Credible,' Police Say The incident occurred in Dutchess County at Dutchess BOCES in Poughkeepsie on Friday, Sept. 20. According to Irwin Goldberg of the Dutchess BOCES, the administration was alerted to an internet threat affecting the campus. "We take the safety of our campus, students, and staff very seriously," Goldberg said. The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office was contacted immediately, and an investigation began. Goldberg said that…
News
School Threat Leads To Delayed Start For District In Hudson Valley
A school threat led to a delayed start for a district in the Hudson Valley. At 5:55 a.m. Friday, Sept. 20, in Putnam County, administrators were notified of a "possible, non-specific threat made by an individual" in the Carmel High School community. This information was immediately shared with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office so that it could be investigated, according to a statement by the Carmel Central School District. "This threat was not directly related to Carmel High School or any district school, but was a statement made on a group chat on Discord regarding a school threat,"…
Police & Fire
11th-Grader Caught With BB Gun At School In Hudson Valley
An 11th-grade male student at a Hudson Valley high school was nabbed with a BB gun in his backpack. The incident occurred in Ulster County at Rondout Valley High School in Accord around noon on Tuesday, Sept. 17. According to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, school administrators received a report of a potential weapon on campus and notified the school resource officer. In addition, they put in place a lockdown and lockout at both the high school and the middle school. The school resource officer requested additional police support to search the campus, and officials said that multiple …
News
Teacher Accused Of Kissing Student Returned To Hudson Valley HS After Retirement Announcement
A former teacher accused of taking a student behind a high school auditorium curtain in Westchester and kissing them returned to the district in a partial capacity for a year after announcing his retirement, officials said. Hartsdale resident Michael Rubino, who taught music with Hastings Public Schools for over 20 years, was arrested on Wednesday, Sept. 11 on charges connected to his alleged unwanted touching and kissing of an underage student at Hastings High School, according to the Westchester County District Attorney's Office. Earlier Report - Former Teacher…
News
Latest Update: Kindergarten Student, Mother Both Fatally Struck Near Westchester School
This story has been updated. A crash involving a school bus in Westchester left a kindergarten student and his mother dead. New, updated report - New Update: IDs Released Of Mother, Child Fatally Struck By School Bus In Mamaroneck The incident happened on Thursday morning, June 20 around 8:30 a.m., when the student and his mother were struck by a vehicle while walking to the Mamaroneck Avenue School on Mamaroneck Avenue, according to the Mamaroneck Union Free School District. According to the Village of Mamaroneck Police Department, investigators found that a school bus w…
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