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New York Woman Found Dead In Duffle Bag, Teens Taken In For Questioning In PA: Officials New York Woman Found Dead In Duffle Bag, Teens Taken In For Questioning In PA: Officials
New York Woman Found Dead In Duffle Bag, Teens Taken In For Questioning In PA: Officials A 52-year-old woman was brutally killed in New York City apartment and two people who stole her car have been taken in for questioning in York, Pennsylvania, authorities explained on Friday afternoon, March 22.  Nadia Vitels had just returned from Spain and was going to her deceased mom's former home to clean it up for friends visiting New York City, the NYPD explained in a press conference. "We believe that some squatters took the apartment over, and this woman came home to get this apartment set up and walked in on the squatters that were there," NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Airport In Region Undergoing Upgrades, Modernization Airport In Region Undergoing Upgrades, Modernization
Airport In Region Undergoing Upgrades, Modernization Construction has begun on an international airport in the region to modernize and create state-of-the-art gateways. The Sullivan County International Airport in Swan Lake is receiving a facelift and modernizations to increase tourism and fuel economic growth, said New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday, March 22. The project, which was awarded $18.5 million from the Governor’s $230 million Upstate Airport Economic Development and Revitalization Competition, will replace the original 55-year-old terminal with a spacious, new 15,000-square-foot, energy-efficient building that will become both a…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Severed Remains Case: ID Released For Male Victim From Hudson Valley Severed Remains Case: ID Released For Male Victim From Hudson Valley
Severed Remains Case: ID Released For Male Victim From Hudson Valley For the first time, police have publicly named the second of two murder victims whose dismembered remains were found strewn across Long Island. In an update to the case on Friday, March 22, Suffolk County Police identified the male victim as 53-year-old former Westchester County resident Malcolm Brown, whose last known address is in Yonkers. Brown was in a domestic partnership with the other victim in the case, 59-year-old Donna Conneely, a Dutchess County native from Fishkill who had recently lived in Northern Westchester, in Yorktown, according to their Facebook profiles.  Earlier…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Hudson Valley Restaurant License Suspended For Selling To Underage Drinkers, Authorities Say Hudson Valley Restaurant License Suspended For Selling To Underage Drinkers, Authorities Say
Hudson Valley Restaurant License Suspended For Selling To Underage Drinkers, Authorities Say The license of a popular restaurant in the region has been suspended for allegedly selling alcohol to minors. Ulster County's P&G Restaurant at 91 Main St., in New Paltz license was suspended on Thursday, March 31 by the State Liquor Authority (SLA) following a visit on Friday, March 15. During the visit, investigators from the SLA, New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, and the Ulster County Sheriff's Office conducted a compliance inspection following numerous complaints of underage drinking. According to the SLA, it is alleged an estimated 120 of some 200 patrons inside the res…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hudson Valley Woman Sentenced For Death Of Area Man While Driving High On Marijuana Hudson Valley Woman Sentenced For Death Of Area Man While Driving High On Marijuana
Hudson Valley Woman Sentenced For Death Of Area Man While Driving High On Marijuana A Hudson Valley woman has been sentenced to prison for killing an area man while high on drugs. Related story: ID Released For Person Killed In Head-On Pleasant Valley Crash Dutchess County resident Camay Pryce, age 35, of Poughkeepsie, was sentenced for vehicular manslaughter on Thursday, March 21 to serve 2 1/3 to 7 years in state prison. According to Sinead McLoughlin of the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office, Erin T. Clancy, age 50, of Stanford, was killed around 5:50 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 7, in Pleasant Valley. Troopers responded to Route 44 near Bro…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Update: Northern Westchester Man Missing For Months From Found Dead, Family Says Update: Northern Westchester Man Missing For Months From Found Dead, Family Says
Update: Northern Westchester Man Missing For Months From Found Dead, Family Says The family of a man who was found dead after going missing from Northern Westchester for several months is asking for help from community members for his funeral expenses.  Jose Fernando Palta, who was missing from the Ossining area since Sunday night, Dec. 17, was found dead on Saturday, March 16, according to his cousin, Rosa Angelica.  Earlier Report - Alert Issued For Person Missing For Several Days In Ossining In the days since Palta was found, Angelica has started a GoFundMe fundraising page to collect donations to go toward his funeral expenses.  The …

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by Ben Crnic
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Man Admits To Sexually Abusing 7-Year-Old Girl At State Park In Hudson Valley Man Admits To Sexually Abusing 7-Year-Old Girl At State Park In Hudson Valley
Man Admits To Sexually Abusing 7-Year-Old Girl At State Park In Hudson Valley A 45-year-old man has admitted to sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl at a Hudson Valley state park. Francisco Lopez-Gomez, of the Bronx, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, March 19 in Rockland County for the Thursday, June 15, 2017 attack in Valley Cottage, said Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II. The abuse took place when the girl was attending a birthday party with her family on the grounds of Rockland Lake State Park, said Scott Waters, spokesman for the District Attorney's Office. Waters said the victim was changing out of her bathing suit in a family memb…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman ID'd In Dismembered Remains Case Has Ties To Yorktown, Dutchess County Woman ID'd In Dismembered Remains Case Has Ties To Yorktown, Dutchess County
Woman ID'd In Dismembered Remains Case Has Ties To Yorktown, Dutchess County One of two murder victims whose dismembered remains were found strewn across Long Island has numerous ties to the Hudson Valley. Suffolk County Police said the severed remains of Donna Conneely, age 59, were discovered Thursday, Feb. 29, at Babylon’s Southards Pond Park.  Homicide detectives located additional remains on Tuesday, March 5, at Bethpage State Park and in a wooded residential area in West Babylon. Homicide detectives have located human remains at Bethpage State Park, Southards Pond Park in Babylon, and in a wooded area along Lakeway Drive in West Babylon.  Googl…

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by Michael Mashburn
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23-Year-Old Pawling Woman ID'd As Victim In Apparent Double-Murder Suicide 23-Year-Old Pawling Woman ID'd As Victim In Apparent Double-Murder Suicide
23-Year-Old Pawling Woman ID'd As Victim In Apparent Double-Murder Suicide Two women killed by a boyfriend in an apparent double murder-suicide have been identified as a New York native and her college hockey teammate from New England. The incident occurred in Dade County in Miami, Florida, before 9 a.m. Saturday, March 16 at a Bird Road apartment building, the Miami-Dade Police said. According to Det. A. Colome of the Miami-Dade PD, Dutchess County native Sidney Capolino, age 23, of Pawling, and her roommate from Massachusetts, Meghan Moore, age 25, from Centerville on Cape Cod, were shot and killed by 40-year-old Luis Napoles, addre…

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by Kathy Reakes
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NASA Rocket Launch May Be Visible Across Eastern Seaboard NASA Rocket Launch May Be Visible Across Eastern Seaboard
NASA Rocket Launch May Be Visible Across Eastern Seaboard A nearly 60-foot rocket scheduled to launch later this week in Virginia could be visible along the Eastern Seaboard. Rocket Lab's Electron, a 59-foot rocket weighing 28,000 pounds, is set to blast off from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at 2:40 a.m. Thursday, March 21, with a four-hour launch window running through 6:30 a.m., NASA said. It's beginning to feel a lot like...launch week! We’re targeting no earlier than 2:40 a.m. EDT, March 21 to launch #NROL123 'Live and Let Fly' on Electron for the @NatReconOfc from @NASAWallops at @Virginia_Space Mid-Atlantic Regional Spacep…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Winning Powerball Ticket Totaling $100K Sold In Hudson Valley Winning Powerball Ticket Totaling $100K Sold In Hudson Valley
Winning Powerball Ticket Totaling $100K Sold In Hudson Valley A third-place-winning Powerball ticket worth $100,000 was sold at a popular smoke shop in the Hudson Valley.  The ticket was sold in Orange County at the Smokes 4 Less store on North Plank Road in Newburgh for the Saturday, March 16 game. According to New York Lottery officials, the player of a $100,000 winning ticket picked the Power Play option which, doubled the $50,000 prize to $100,000. The winning numbers were 12-23-44-57-61 and Powerball of 5 To win the third prize, the player correctly chose four numbers plus the Powerball and opted for the Power Play option, lottery off…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Murder Victim's Family Files Disciplinary Complaint Against Hudson Valley DA, Staff Murder Victim's Family Files Disciplinary Complaint Against Hudson Valley DA, Staff
Murder Victim's Family Files Disciplinary Complaint Against Hudson Valley DA, Staff The family of a high-profile murder victim has filed disciplinary complaints against a Hudson Valley District Attorney and some of his staff. Earlier reports: Suspected Killer Walks Free: Man Had Been Nabbed For Murder Of 20-Year-Old Wallkill Woman 20 Years Later: Arrest Made In 2003 Murder Of Hudson Valley Woman On Monday, March 18, the family of Megan McDonald filed complaints against Orange County DA David M. Hoovler, four staff members, and former DA Frank Phillips for their handling of the case. McDonald's bludgeoned body was found in Orange County on Saturday, March 15, 2003…

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by Kathy Reakes