Mount Pleasant, NY
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Man Charged With Mailing Letters With White Powder To Federal Offices In NY, CT Man Charged With Mailing Letters With White Powder To Federal Offices In NY, CT
Man Charged With Mailing Letters With White Powder To Federal Offices In NY, CT An area man has been arrested for mailing letters with white powder along with a note implying the substance was Anthrax to federal offices in New York and Connecticut. Jason Pantone, 34, of Hyde Park, was arrested Wednesday, Feb. 27, and appeared in court in Albany on Thursday on charges of conveying false information and hoax, said the U.S. Attorney Grant Jaquith. Pantone is accused of using the U.S. mail to send envelopes containing white power to locations in New York and Connecticut. Each envelope contained suspicious white powder and a note indicating, or implying, that the powde…

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by Kathy Reakes
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Suspect ID'd In Fatal Stabbing Of College Student From Westchester Suspect ID'd In Fatal Stabbing Of College Student From Westchester
Suspect ID'd In Fatal Stabbing Of College Student From Westchester The identity has been released for the suspect who was apprehended following the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old Binghamton University student from Westchester. Joao Souza of Rye Brook was stabbed to death at a residential hall late Sunday night and the suspect,  was at large until he was apprehended Monday. Michael Roque, 20, of Massapequa in Nassau County, a fellow Binghamton University student, has been identified as the suspect who was taken into custody Monday afternoon. Souza, a native of Brazil, was a freshman engineering student at Binghamton and 2017 graduate of Blind Brook High S…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
ID Released For Woman Found Dead In Hudson Valley Stream ID Released For Woman Found Dead In Hudson Valley Stream
ID Released For Woman Found Dead In Hudson Valley Stream The identity has been released of a 36-year-old woman who was found dead in a stream in the Hudson Valley. State Police responded to a 911 call for a body found in a tributary to the Wappinger Creek, accessible from Maloney Road in the Town of Wappinger, on Feb. 27, 2018. The deceased has been identified as Ashanti Moore of Brooklyn.  An investigation has revealed that Moore had traveled through or stayed in the areas of the Hudson Valley, Binghamton, Buffalo, and Pennsylvania from August to September 2017, prior to her death, state police said. Moore also could have spent time in the Cha…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mahopac, NY
Traffic
I-84, I-684 Travel Restrictions In Effect I-84, I-684 Travel Restrictions In Effect
I-84, I-684 Travel Restrictions In Effect State Thruway officials have restricted travel on major roadways throughout the area during the nor'easter. The authority put out an advisory Wednesday asking motorists to avoid travel unless absolutely necessary and have banned travel by all commercial vehicles including tractor-trailers, high-profile truck, and buses on all major highways. The roadways closed or with a commercial vehicle ban include:  I-84 from the Connecticut State Line to the Pennsylvania State Line I-684 from I-84 to I-287 New York State Thruway from Exit 36 (Syracuse) to the New York City line, including the Berksh…

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by Kathy Reakes