Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Suspect Who Fled After Fatal Poughkeepsie Social Club Shooting Surrenders To Police Suspect Who Fled After Fatal Poughkeepsie Social Club Shooting Surrenders To Police
Suspect Who Fled After Fatal Poughkeepsie Social Club Shooting Surrenders To Police A 38-year-old man wanted for the murder of a City of Poughkeepsie resident has surrendered to police. Robert Whitaker of North Carolina turned himself in for the Jan. 27 shooting of a man in front of the Fireman's Exempt Social Club, said City of Poughkeepsie Police Det. Lt. Matt Clark. According to Clark, Noel McClinton, 35, was killed around 2:58 a.m. at the club at 200 Mansion St., when multiple shots were fired, striking him numerous times. McClinton was transported to MidHudson Regional Hospital where he died.  City of Poughkeepsie detectives began an investigation into the shooting d…

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by Kathy Reakes
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Woman Reported As Missing Charged With Intent To Sell Fentanyl, Cocaine Woman Reported As Missing Charged With Intent To Sell Fentanyl, Cocaine
Woman Reported As Missing Charged With Intent To Sell Fentanyl, Cocaine A woman who was reported as a missing endangered adult earlier this month is now being behinds after being accused of dealing drugs. Meredithe C. Morrow-Beach, a Dutchess County resident, had been reported missing by state police on Wednesday, Oct. 3. (Click here to see Daily Voice's story posted that day.) State Police say the 45-year-old Pleasant Valley resident was found last week. When located, Morrow-Beach was arrested for an outstanding arrest warrant issued by the Dutchess County Court stemming from a narcotics investigation led by Troop K CNET and the Dutchess County District Attor…

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by Joe Lombardi
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
ID Released For 25-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Route 55 Crash ID Released For 25-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Route 55 Crash
ID Released For 25-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Route 55 Crash A 25-year-old man has been identified as the victim of a fatal crash Route 55 early Thursday morning. Kevin A. Sheehan of Poughkeepsie was killed when his 2008 Kawasaki motorcycle, being operated at a high rate of speed struck, a 2017 GMC Acadia around 6:30 a.m. Thursday, said New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks. Both vehicles were eastbound on Route 55 near Noxon Road when the crash occurred. Sheehan was ejected from the motorcycle, state police said.  Responding Troopers began life-saving measures upon arrival until Lagrange Fire Department members took over.  Sheehan was transported…

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by Kathy Reakes
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Missing: Alert Issued For 45-Year-Old Hudson Valley Woman Missing: Alert Issued For 45-Year-Old Hudson Valley Woman
Missing: Alert Issued For 45-Year-Old Hudson Valley Woman Click here for an updated story: Woman Reported As Missing Charged With Intent To Sell Fentanyl, Cocaine  Meredithe C. Morrow-Beach, a Dutchess County resident, had been reported missing by state police on Wednesday, Oct. 3. (Click here to see Daily Voice's story posted that day.) State Police say the 44-year-old Pleasant Valley resident was found last week. When located, Morrow-Beach was arrested for an outstanding arrest warrant issued by the Dutchess County Court stemming from a narcotics investigation led by Troop K CNET and the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office. The investi…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
IDs Released Of Trooper, Suspect Killed In Hudson Valley Officer-Involved Shooting IDs Released Of Trooper, Suspect Killed In Hudson Valley Officer-Involved Shooting
IDs Released Of Trooper, Suspect Killed In Hudson Valley Officer-Involved Shooting The identities have been released of both the suspect killed and the state trooper in an officer-involved shooting that occurred late Tuesday morning in the area. The incident occurred at around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 25 in Dutchess County on Route 82 in Stanfordville, state police said. The police response came after state police received a call that an intoxicated individual, armed with a knife, was threatening a woman at the Coyote Flaco Restaurant. Trooper Katherine Gorey responded to the location and encountered Jaime Lopez, 41, of Stanfordville, next to the driver’s door of a vehi…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Wanted: Alert Issued For Hudson Valley Murder Suspect Wanted: Alert Issued For Hudson Valley Murder Suspect
Wanted: Alert Issued For Hudson Valley Murder Suspect Police are asking the public for help in locating a Hudson Valley man wanted for a January murder in front of a local nightclub. Noel McClinton was shot multiple times in front of the Fireman's Exempt Club 200 on Mansion Street in the City of Poughkeepsie on January 27, said City of Poughkeepsie Police Det. Lt. Matt Clark. An investigation by the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department and the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office led detectives to Robert Whitaker, 38, of North Carolina, Clark said. The case against Whitaker was presented to a grand jury and he was indicted for the mur…

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by Kathy Reakes
Rivertowns, NY
Police & Fire
Man, 44, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Child For Two Years Man, 44, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Child For Two Years
Man, 44, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Child For Two Years A 44-year-old Hudson Valley man is behind bars after authorities say he sexually assaulted a child for two years. Members of the City of Poughkeepsie Police, the Dutchess County Child Abuse Center and the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office began an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a 9-year-old female on Wednesday, Aug. 1. Octavio H. Santiago, a City of Poughkeepsie resident, was then arrested on Friday, Aug. 3 and charged with predatory sexual assault against a child, a Class A felony, said Matt Clark of the City of Poughkeepsie PD. Santiago was arraigned and remand…

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by Joe Lombardi
Yorktown, NY
Police & Fire
Police: Gunshots Exchanged After Woman, Man Demand Money, Drugs Police: Gunshots Exchanged After Woman, Man Demand Money, Drugs
Police: Gunshots Exchanged After Woman, Man Demand Money, Drugs A homeowner who was shot by a woman who had come into his home with another man demanding money and drugs grabbed a shotgun and returned fire, shooting the woman. Details surrounding the double shooting unfolded around 2:11 a.m. Sunday when police received a report of a woman shot on Willow Cross Road in Hyde Park, said Hyde Park Police Lt. Robert Benson. According to Benson, an investigation into the shootings revealed that Collin W. Vogg, 27, was at his residence on Willow Cross Road when Montarius J Washington, 31, of Hyde Park and Cali A Hamilton, 21, of Poughkeepsie, entered the home. …

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by Kathy Reakes
Mount Pleasant, NY
Schools
Hudson Valley Teacher Indicted On Child Porn Charges Resigns Hudson Valley Teacher Indicted On Child Porn Charges Resigns
Hudson Valley Teacher Indicted On Child Porn Charges Resigns The area elementary school teacher who was indicted by a grand jury on child pornography charges has resigned. Steven Schwartz, 54, was indicted last month on seven counts of possessing a sexual performance by a child, according to the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office, though the official charge will not be unsealed until Thursday, June 14, officials noted. The Poughkeepsie resident was arrested in May following an investigation of an incident between Schwartz and a student at Fishkill Plains Elementary School, according to state police. He is due to be arraigned in Dutchess Count…

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by Zak Failla
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Hudson Valley Elementary School Teacher Indicted On Child Porn Charges Hudson Valley Elementary School Teacher Indicted On Child Porn Charges
Hudson Valley Elementary School Teacher Indicted On Child Porn Charges A longtime Wappingers second-grade teacher, who was arrested by the New York State Police on child pornography charges in February, has been indicted by a grand jury, according to the Dutchess County District Attorney's office. Steven L. Schwartz, 54, was indicted this month by the grand jury, but the official charges will not be unsealed until he appears for arraignment on June 14 in Dutchess County Court, the DA's Office said. Schwartz was arrested following an investigation of an incident that took place between Schwartz and a student at Fishkill Plains Elementary School, said Trooper AJ…

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by Kathy Reakes
Poughkeepsie, NY
News
Ex-Pleasant Valley Town Clerk Ordered To Pay $27K In Larceny Case Ex-Pleasant Valley Town Clerk Ordered To Pay $27K In Larceny Case
Ex-Pleasant Valley Town Clerk Ordered To Pay $27K In Larceny Case The former Pleasant Valley Town Clerk who was charged with grand larceny for stealing funds over a four-year time period entered into a plea agreement on Wednesday in Westchester County Court, according to Dutchess County District Attorney William Grady. Margaret Hart pleaded guilty to third-degree larceny, a Class D felony, before Judge George Fufidio, who was sitting in as Acting Dutchess County Judge. By pleading guilty, the  57-year-old Hart admitted she stole over $27,000 from funds collected by the Town Clerk's Office for various fees, Grady said. The fees included monies collected f…

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by Joe Lombardi
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Man Charged With Assault After MidHudson Hospital Reports Attack Man Charged With Assault After MidHudson Hospital Reports Attack
Man Charged With Assault After MidHudson Hospital Reports Attack A 23-year-old Hyde Park man was arrested on assault charges after police responded to the MidHudson Regional Hospital for a report that a man had been attacked. After responding to the hospital to interview the 20-year-old victim, Hyde Park police went to a residence off of East Dorsey Lane, where multiple people were interviewed regarding the assault, said Lt. Robert Benson.  The investigation led to the arrest of Connor S. Hagadorn, who lives at the residence where the assault took place, police said. According to police, the victim, who knows Hagadorn, sustained a severe head injury dur…

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by Kathy Reakes