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Mount Pleasant, NY
Breaking News
Black Bear Attacks Area Resident In Garage, Police Say
Click here for an updated story: NYPD Detective ID'd As Man Attacked In His Hudson Valley Garage By Black Bear A man was seriously injured after being attacked by a small black bear he found inside his garage in the Hudson Valley. The attack took place around 9:30 p.m. Sunday in Orange County on Mineral Spring Road in the town of Cornwall when the man, who was working in a detached garage on his property, went inside his home and came back out to find a bear inside the garage, said Cornwall Police Chief Todd Hazard. The man realized the bear was in the garage when he heard a growl and turn…
Stony Point, NY
Breaking News
Man Attempting To Flee On Route 9W Strikes Cop With Car, Police Say
A Monroe man was arrested after allegedly striking a police officer with his vehicle while attempting to flee a stop, according to New Windsor Police. Khachatur Ziroyan, 26, was arrested around 5:30 p.m. Saturday after Officers Francis Pierri and Steven Bohr, pull him over on Route 9W for committing numerous traffic violations, said New Windsor Police Lt. Michael Farbent. After stopping the vehicle they observed crack cocaine in the center console of the vehicle and asked Ziroyan to step out of the car. At this time Ziroyan put the car into drive - hitting Officer Pierri with his vehicle a…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Breaking News
Woman, 31, Airlifted To Westchester Medical Center After Serious Crash
Two people suffered serious injuries, including a female motorist who was airlifted to the hospital, in a single-vehicle crash that occurred late Friday morning in Orange County. The vehicle was traveling eastbound on Route 52 (South Plank Road) at around 11 a.m. just east of the Delaware Road intersection when it failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway, said Lt. James Nenni of the Town of Newburgh Police Department. The vehicle left the roadway and rolled over on an adjacent property, ejecting the driver, 31-year-old Heather Riccio from Newburgh. She was airlifted to Westchester Medical…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Breaking News
11-Year-Old Hudson Valley Girl Killed During Height Of Storm
An 11-year-old Hudson Valley girl was killed by a falling tree as a line of intense storms rolled through the area. The girl and her mother had just arrived home on Robinson Avenue in Newburgh around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday and were unloading their car when the tree toppled onto the top of the vehicle, trapping the girl inside, said Newburgh Police Department Det. Lt. Joseph Burns. Newburgh firefighters extricated the girl from the vehicle and transported her to St. Luke's Hospital where she was pronounced dead, said Burns. The mother suffered minor injuries, he added. This incident is being i…
Newburgh, NY
Breaking News
Knife-Wielding Newburgh Teen Girl Apprehend After Stabbing 11-Year-Old
Newburgh police were threatened by a 13-year-old girl with a knife when officers responded to a report of a stabbing at the Kenny Court apartment complex, according to police. The incident took place around 8:45 p.m. Saturday as officers arrived on the scene they found a large crowd of juvenile females and an 11-year-old girl with a stab wound to her left arm, said Det. Lt. Joseph Burns. As officers were investigating what happened, a13-year-old girl charged at officers while swinging a large kitchen knife. Officers, at gunpoint, told the girl to drop the knife. She continued to swing the k…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Breaking News
Officers Hospitalized After State Police Cruiser Collides With Town PD Car
An investigation is underway after a crash between a New York State Police cruiser and a Town of Newburgh Police vehicle. The crash occurred around 9:34 p.m. Sunday, on Route 300 in the town of Newburgh, said Trooper Steven Nevel. When the crash occurred, both vehicles were traveling southbound, the state police vehicle was traveling in the driving lane and the Town of Newburgh Police vehicle was traveling in the passing lane. The trooper observed an uninvolved vehicle traveling north on Route 300 in violation of the vehicle and traffic law and attempted a U-turn, striking the Town of Newbu…
Newburgh, NY
Breaking News
New Windsor Woman Charged With DWI Following Rollover Crash
A New Windsor woman was arrested for DWI following a rollover crash in which she was injured, according to New Windsor police. Police found Yajaira Rosa, 26, around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday trying to climb out of the passenger's side window when they arrived on the scene in the area of Little Britain Road and Station Road, said Lt. Michael Farbent. Rosa, who was the only person in the vehicle, had lost control of her vehicle, causing it to rollover landing on the driver's side, Farbent said. New Windsor Ambulance Corp arrived and treated Rosa before transporting her to St Luke’s Hospital where…
Monroe, NY
Obituaries
Navy Veteran Charles J. 'Corky' Kelly Of Orange County DIes At 47
Lifelong Orange County resident Charles J. ”Corky” Kelly died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Newburgh. He was 47. The son of the late Charles E. Kelly and Kathy Rigney Kelly, he was born on July 13 in Middletown. A veteran of the United States Navy, Corky served his country from 1988-1992. He was a member of the American Legion Post 1308, Catholic War Veterans and The Church of the Infant Saviour Church. He also gained the rank of Eagle Scout. Corky was an avid walker and exercise was his No. 1 priority. On any given day, rain or shine, you would see him walkin…
Newburgh, NY
Breaking News
Four Injured In New Windsor Ambulance Crash
Four people were transported to the hospital following a crash between an ambulance and another vehicle in the Town of New Windsor early Friday, according to the New Windsor Police Department. The crash occurred about 4:30 a.m., when a Cornwall ambulance traveling to Orange Regional Medical Center collided with another vehicle in the intersection of 5 Corners in the Vails Gate area in the Town of New Windsor, said Lt. Michael Farbent. During the crash, the ambulance had their emergency lights on but did not have their siren running, he added. The three people in the ambulance and the only…
