Victims Found With Gunshot, Head Wounds After Nearly 200-Person Disturbance In Hudson Valley Victims Found With Gunshot, Head Wounds After Nearly 200-Person Disturbance In Hudson Valley
Victims Found With Gunshot, Head Wounds After Nearly 200-Person Disturbance In Hudson Valley Authorities are investigating a disturbance involving hundreds of people in Sullivan County on Independence Day that left two people injured.  The incident happened at around 10:50 p.m. on Saturday, July 4, when officers responded to an incident at the Monticello Housing Authority Complex at 76 Evergreen Dr., according to the Monticello Police Department. Responding officers found a crowd of around 150 to 200 people in the area and eventually discovered a 32-year-old man with a severe cut to his head, police said. The large crowd was eventually dispersed with help from the Sulliv…
Basement Wall Collapses At Home In Hudson Valley, Building Condemned Basement Wall Collapses At Home In Hudson Valley, Building Condemned
Basement Wall Collapses At Home In Hudson Valley, Building Condemned Three families were displaced after part of a residence collapsed in Putnam County, leaving the structure unsafe to occupy.  The collapse happened just after 12:30 p.m. on Monday, July 6, when firefighters and police responded to a home on See Avenue in Mahopac, according to the Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department. Arriving firefighters found that a concrete block basement wall along the front of the building had collapsed into the basement.  The collapse caused the building's front entry porch to sink several inches, creating a dangerous gap at the main entrance. To help a r…
2 Serious Crashes On Same Day Send People To Hospital In Hudson Valley 2 Serious Crashes On Same Day Send People To Hospital In Hudson Valley
2 Serious Crashes On Same Day Send People To Hospital In Hudson Valley Firefighters responded to two serious crashes in Putnam County on the same day that left multiple people hospitalized.  Both crashes happened in Kent on Sunday, July 5, according to the Kent Fire Department, The first happened a little after noon, when firefighters responded to a rollover crash on the southbound Taconic State Parkway near the Route 301 exit. Crews found two people trapped inside the car and pulled them out. They were then taken to a hospital.  The second crash happened hours later, just before 9:15 p.m., when a vehicle struck a tree on Farmers Mills Road near Mi…
Wrong Way Driver Stopped With Spike Strips On I-84 In Hudson Valley: NYSP Wrong Way Driver Stopped With Spike Strips On I-84 In Hudson Valley: NYSP
Wrong Way Driver Stopped With Spike Strips On I-84 In Hudson Valley: Nysp A Columbia County man was arrested after police said they found him driving the wrong way on Interstate 84 in Dutchess and Putnam counties and deployed spike strips to stop him.  Germantown resident Edward Navedo, 41, was arrested following an incident on Sunday, June 28, on Interstate 84, New York State Police announced on Monday, July 6.  According to the agency, at around 1:40 a.m. on the day of his arrest, Dutchess County 911 received reports of a vehicle traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 84 near mile marker 57 in East Fishkill. Troopers, help…
Driver Found Over Twice Legal Limit After Head-On Crash In Hudson Valley: Police Driver Found Over Twice Legal Limit After Head-On Crash In Hudson Valley: Police
Driver Found Over Twice Legal Limit After Head-On Crash In Hudson Valley: Police A man is facing drunk driving charges after police said he crossed into oncoming traffic and caused a head-on crash in Putnam County while allegedly driving with a blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit. The collision happened at around 10:47 a.m. on Friday, July 3, near the intersection of Lake Shore Drive and Camden Road in the Town of Patterson, New York State Police announced on Monday, July 6. Investigators said Alfredo A. Martinez, 39, of Brewster, was driving a 2011 Chevrolet northbound on Lake Shore Drive when his vehicle crossed into the southbound lane and struck a …
VIDEO: Roof Collapses On BJ's Shoppers In New Jersey VIDEO: Roof Collapses On BJ's Shoppers In New Jersey
Video: Roof Collapses On BJ's Shoppers In New Jersey Harrowing footage shows the moment the roof of a BJ's Wholesale Club collapsed on 27 people, including shoppers, in New Jersey on Monday, July 6 (scroll for footage). At 11:16 a.m., emergency responded to the roof collapse at the BJ's in Ocean Township at 1904 Route 35, Ocean Township Police Chief Michael Sorrentino and Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden said. There were 27 people inside the building when the collapse occurred, Sorrentino and Golden said. Two people were partially trapped but freed themselves and safely exited the building, authorities said. No injuries were rep…
Fentanyl, Ecstasy Seized In Raid At NY Home, Man Caught Trying To Drive Off: Cops Fentanyl, Ecstasy Seized In Raid At NY Home, Man Caught Trying To Drive Off: Cops
Fentanyl, Ecstasy Seized In Raid At NY Home, Man Caught Trying To Drive Off: Cops A two-month narcotics investigation in Sullivan County ended with the seizure of cocaine, fentanyl, and ecstasy, as well as the arrest of two people — including a man who allegedly tried to drive away, authorities said.  The raid happened on June 2, when members of the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at a home on Whittaker Road in the Town of Fallsburg, the Sheriff's Office announced on July 3. Investigators said deputies searched a residence at 415 Whittaker Rd., where they recovered quantities of cocaine, ecstasy, Xanax, fentanyl, and Suboxone, along with d…
NJ Skating Coach Sexually Assaulted Girl In 1990s, Prosecutor Says NJ Skating Coach Sexually Assaulted Girl In 1990s, Prosecutor Says
NJ Skating Coach Sexually Assaulted Girl In 1990s, Prosecutor Says A 75-year-old South Jersey skating coach was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a minor in the 1990s, authorities announced Monday, July 6. The victim, now in her late 40s, told the United States Center for SafeSport that Ralph Marinelli, of Ventnor, sexually assaulted her when she was 14 years old and he was 40 years old while he was her personal skating coach at Young's Skating Center in Mays Landing, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. The woman said she was groomed and sexually abused by Marinelli from 1992 through 1995, authorities said. Evidence collected by polic…
Cocaine, MDMA Seized At Knights Inn In Hudson Valley, Woman Charged: Sheriff Cocaine, MDMA Seized At Knights Inn In Hudson Valley, Woman Charged: Sheriff
Cocaine, MDMA Seized At Knights Inn In Hudson Valley, Woman Charged: Sheriff A 47-year-old woman was arrested after cocaine and MDMA were seized from a room at a Knights Inn in Sullivan County, authorities said. Shanta Mack, 47, was arrested following a search executed at the Knights Inn in Liberty on Tuesday, June 23, the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday, July 3.  The events leading to Mack's arrest began following complaints made about drug sales at the Knights Inn. This prompted deputies to execute a search warrant at the inn, where they raised room No. 114.  Inside, authorities seized a quantity of cocaine and MDMA, the S…
Man Found Dead In Lake After Bystander Spots Overturned Kayak At Hudson Valley Campground Man Found Dead In Lake After Bystander Spots Overturned Kayak At Hudson Valley Campground
Man Found Dead In Lake After Bystander Spots Overturned Kayak At Hudson Valley Campground An Orange County man was found dead in a lake after his kayak overturned during a fishing trip at a Sullivan County campground over the Fourth of July weekend, police said. The incident happened at Mongaup Pond Campground, located at 231 Mongaup Pond Rd. in the Town of Rockland, where troopers responded at around 8:48 p.m. on Saturday, July 4, following a report of an overturned kayak, according to New York State Police. Police said Scott N. Meyer, 56, of Pine Island, had left his campsite sometime between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. to go fishing in his kayak.   At around 7 p.m., a bystan…
Drunk Man Caught With Infant In Jeep With Him On I-684 In Westchester: Police Drunk Man Caught With Infant In Jeep With Him On I-684 In Westchester: Police
Drunk Man Caught With Infant In Jeep With Him On I-684 In Westchester: Police A 27-year-old man is facing a felony charge after police said they found him intoxicated inside a Jeep parked on Interstate 684 in Westchester County with a 1-year-old child.  New York City resident Yordi Silverio Marte Brito, 27, was arrested on Sunday, June 28, following a welfare check in Lewisboro, New York State Police announced on July 3. According to the agency, the incident happened around 4:35 a.m, when troopers conducted a welfare check on a Jeep stopped on the shoulder of Interstate 684 in Lewisboro.  Troopers said the driver, identified as Marte Brito, …
Drunk Driver With 3 Children In SUV Charged Under Leandra's Law In New York Drunk Driver With 3 Children In SUV Charged Under Leandra's Law In New York
Drunk Driver With 3 Children In SUV Charged Under Leandra's Law In New York A man was caught driving drunk with three children in his SUV during a police stop on Long Island on Saturday, July 4, authorities allege. Rafael Melgar, 50, of Hempstead, was arrested around 6:50 p.m. after officers spotted the driver of a gray 2009 Honda SUV commit a traffic violation near Ocean Parkway and Wantagh Parkway, Nassau County Police said. Officers conducted a traffic stop and observed that Melgar had glassy eyes and an odor of alcohol on his breath. He failed a Standardized Field Sobriety Test and was taken into custody without incident, according to police. Three children …