8-Person Altercation Breaks Out On Main Street In Hudson Valley 8-Person Altercation Breaks Out On Main Street In Hudson Valley
8-Person Altercation Breaks Out On Main Street In Hudson Valley Police are investigating after an altercation involving eight people broke out on a busy street in an Orange County village.  The incident happened on Main Street in the Village of Highland Falls during the evening hours of Thursday, Aug. 13, according to Highland Falls Police Chief Jason Torpey.  Officers were called to the area after the altercation was reported, police said. Police said they were able to bring the situation under control at the time. However, investigators are still working to determine what led up to the confrontation and exactly what happened during it, acco…
Trump Says He’d ‘Give Up’ Blakeman’s Success For A Key Political Win In Long Island Speech Trump Says He’d ‘Give Up’ Blakeman’s Success For A Key Political Win In Long Island Speech
Trump Says He’d ‘Give Up’ Blakeman’s Success For A Key Political Win In Long Island Speech President Trump threw his support behind Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman in the governor's race, though he did suggest one world in which he'd be okay with him losing during a speech on Long Island on Friday, Aug. 14. Trump’s visit to Nassau County’s police academy in Garden City was billed as an event touting a decrease in nationwide crime, according to FBI statistics. But Trump also used it as an opportunity to boost his own credentials and back Blakeman, who trails the incumbent Hochul in the polls. “He's going to win. I feel it,” Trump said. “Under Bruce, Nassau County has been …
NY Girl, 16, Forced Into Suggestive Pose For MRI, Technician Walks Free After Conviction: DA NY Girl, 16, Forced Into Suggestive Pose For MRI, Technician Walks Free After Conviction: DA
NY Girl, 16, Forced Into Suggestive Pose For MRI, Technician Walks Free After Conviction: DA A Long Island MRI technician who made a 16-year-old girl disrobe and pose suggestively during an exam was released following his conviction, authorities announced Friday, Aug. 14. Robert Baguio, 37, of Wheatley Heights, was convicted of child endangerment, but his sentencing hearing Thursday, Aug. 13 ended with a conditional discharge and an order of protection, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said. The MRI The victim went for an MRI on Oct. 1, 2023, at Orlin & Cohen Orthopedic Group in Bohemia, where Baguio worked as a technician, authorities said. She was recovering from…
Flock Around, Find Out: NJ Man Praised After Allegedly Destroying Controversial Cop Cam Flock Around, Find Out: NJ Man Praised After Allegedly Destroying Controversial Cop Cam
Flock Around, Find Out: NJ Man Praised After Allegedly Destroying Controversial Cop Cam A 31-year-old New Jersey man was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 13, for cutting down a Flock safety camera, police said. Andrew Wardell, a Brick resident, intentionally cut down the Flock camera at 181 Drum Point Rd. by the Exxon gas station on Wednesday, July 8, Brick Township police said. Wardell is charged with criminal mischief, police said. Wardell's arrest comes amid national controversy over Flock cameras. Earlier this week, three deputies in Georgia were arrested for using the license plate readers to stalk people, some of whom they were dating. In response, Flock rolled out new safegua…
Wife Strangled With Neckties, Husband Charged With Homicide: DA (UPDATE) Wife Strangled With Neckties, Husband Charged With Homicide: DA (UPDATE)
Wife Strangled With Neckties, Husband Charged With Homicide: DA (Update) A husband has been charged with killing his wife, who was found on a bedroom floor with multiple men's neckties wrapped around her neck, authorities announced on Friday, Aug. 14. Michael P. Myers, 59, of Bristol Borough, was arrested after his wife, 54-year-old Dawn Myers, was found dead inside their home at 1305 Wood Street early Thursday, Aug. 13, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Myers is charged with criminal homicide, strangulation, aggravated assault, intimidation of witnesses or victims, possession of an instrument of crime, and false imprisonment. Court recor…
Brothers Found Dead In LI Basement Died In Murder-Suicide, Police Say Brothers Found Dead In LI Basement Died In Murder-Suicide, Police Say
Brothers Found Dead In LI Basement Died In Murder-Suicide, Police Say The two brothers found dead in a Long Island basement on Wednesday, Aug. 12 were killed in a murder-suicide, police said Friday, Aug. 14. Garfield Adamson, 50, of Hempstead, fatally shot his older brother, 52-year-old David Adamson, in the Hempstead home before turning the gun on himself, the Nassau County Police Department said. Cops were called to the home at 16 Angevine Avenue around 10:20 a.m. Wednesday for reports of a shooting, authorities said. Arriving officers found the Adamson brothers suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds, and they were pronounced dead at the scene, pol…
Mom Died Fearing Daughter's Accused Killer Would Never Face Trial: Now, He Will Mom Died Fearing Daughter's Accused Killer Would Never Face Trial: Now, He Will
Mom Died Fearing Daughter's Accused Killer Would Never Face Trial: Now, He Will Janet Pizzelli became known for her fight to see the man accused of killing her 27-year-old daughter, Mary Rose Fealey, face justice. But when the 61-year-old mother died of breast cancer in December 2025, less than two years after her daughter's murder, she believed that day might never come. Now, months after her death, the outcome she had hoped for has arrived: David Shroitman, the 30-year-old Somerville man charged in Fealey's killing, has been found competent to stand trial. On Thursday, Aug. 13, Superior Court Judge Peter J. Tober made the ruling, following another…
Reckless ATV Driver Leads Cops On Chase In Hudson Valley, Drives Wrong Way: Police Reckless ATV Driver Leads Cops On Chase In Hudson Valley, Drives Wrong Way: Police
Reckless ATV Driver Leads Cops On Chase In Hudson Valley, Drives Wrong Way: Police An ATV driver is facing charges after police said he led officers on a pursuit through Orange County streets and a city park before abandoning the vehicle and trying to hide in nearby backyards.  New Windsor resident Edwardo Moreno Jr., 34, was arrested following the incident on Thursday night, Aug. 13, according to the City of Newburgh Police Department.  The incident began at around 8:30 p.m., when officers spotted an ATV being driven on Farrington Street, police said.  When officers tried to pull him over, the department said Moreno drove recklessly, ran stop si…
Man Caught With Child Sexual Abuse Videos, Images Depicting Toddlers In Hudson Valley: NYSP Man Caught With Child Sexual Abuse Videos, Images Depicting Toddlers In Hudson Valley: NYSP
Man Caught With Child Sexual Abuse Videos, Images Depicting Toddlers In Hudson Valley: Nysp An Ulster County man is facing felony charges after police said they discovered child sexual abuse material at his home.  Richard D. Wade Jr., 46, of Port Ewen, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 12, following an investigation by New York State Police, the agency announced on Friday, Aug. 14. The investigation began earlier in August after State Police received a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, authorities said.  As part of the investigation, State Police executed a search warrant at Wade's residence in Esopus on Wednesday. Investigators …
Sleeping Child Thrown Onto Walmart Parking Lot Pavement: Police Sleeping Child Thrown Onto Walmart Parking Lot Pavement: Police
Sleeping Child Thrown Onto Walmart Parking Lot Pavement: Police A sleeping child was thrown onto the pavement outside a Lancaster County Walmart, leading to a man's arrest, police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Justin Martin Wagner, 41, of Lancaster, was arrested following the incident at the Walmart at 890 East Main St. in Ephrata Township at 6:58 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, according to the Ephrata Police Department. Wagner had been causing a disturbance inside the store before witnesses saw him take a sleeping child from a shopping cart, lift the child into the air, and throw the child onto the pavement in the parking lot, police said. Wagner was la…
Lost Hikers Run Out Of Water, Escorted Off Mountain In Dutchess County Lost Hikers Run Out Of Water, Escorted Off Mountain In Dutchess County
Lost Hikers Run Out Of Water, Escorted Off Mountain In Dutchess County Two hikers who became lost after reaching a fire tower on a Dutchess County mountain had to be guided to safety after running out of water and watching their cellphone batteries dwindle, officials said.  The rescue happened at the Stissing Mountain Multiple Use Area in Pine Plains on Saturday, Aug. 8, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.  At around 2 p.m., forest rangers were alerted about two lost hikers, a 51-year-old from Brooklyn and a 55-year-old from Dobbs Ferry, officials said. The pair had successfully reached the fire tower on Stissin…
Missing Man Found Dead In Woods Near His Hudson Valley Property Missing Man Found Dead In Woods Near His Hudson Valley Property
Missing Man Found Dead In Woods Near His Hudson Valley Property A search for a missing man ended in tragedy when forest rangers found him dead in a wooded area near his Orange County property, officials said.  The search began in Montgomery on Thursday, Aug. 6, after Montgomery Police contacted New York State Forest Rangers at around 8 a.m. regarding a despondent 40-year-old resident reported missing by an acquaintance, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said on Thursday, Aug. 13.  According to the DEC, the acquaintance had last communicated with the man two days before the search.  Forest Rangers joined Environm…