Crime
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 - 8:19 pm
New York State Police in Catskill announced today that they are investigating the death of a Greenville resident, 40-year-old Scott Myer, as a homicide.
On Tuesday, police were called to check on Myer's welfare at his home at 262 West Road. Responding... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 - 12:51 pm
A truly tabloid-worthy story in today's Daily Freeman: Saugerties police have arrested a Phoenicia man who allegedly plotted to shoot his ex-girlfriend and then himself.
John R. Howland of Church Street in Phoenicia, 63, was arrested after a Saugerties... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 - 4:45 pm
Photo of armed officer by Flickr user grendelkhan. Published under Creative Commons license.
Security will soon be beefed up at a Department of Motor Vehicles office in Schoharie County. Prompted by fears of mass shootings like the recent school killings... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012 - 4:14 am
In the wake of last Friday's horrifying shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that left 26 people dead, including 20 children, schools around the Catskills are increasing their security.
The Daily Mail reported this week that students at both... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 - 2:45 pm
A Schoharie resident is charged with committing three separate burglaries in Schenectady County, the most recent of which involved the theft of an ATM machine and the vandalization of a jukebox at a Quaker Inn in Duanesburg.
On Sunday night, state police... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 - 3:51 am
The Daily Freeman has dug up a shocking new piece of information about the Sunday arrest of 42-year-old Matthew DiDonna, a social studies teacher at Kingston High School and Hurley resident, on felony drug charges: DiDonna was arrested after a neighbor's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 - 10:32 am
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office reports that two men were arrested in Downsville on Friday, December 7, after they tried to sell 73 bags of heroin to an undercover police informant.
Arrested were 29-year-old Patrick Ladd and 30-year-old Walter Lewis... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012 - 8:40 pm
A Hurley man, 42-year-old Matthew DiDonna of Wayside Drive, was arrested on felony drug charges early Sunday morning after state police got a tip that DiDonna had sold drugs from his house the previous day.
A search warrant executed at DiDonna's house... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 - 2:19 pm
An investigation into drug activity in and around Ellenville, which has been underway for thirteen months, has paid off in the form of 23 arrests by the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT) and the Ellenville police.
Most of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 - 11:50 am
Three Ulster County residents were arrested after the stabbing of a Palenville man on Tuesday, an assault police say occurred after an argument over a drug sale.
Around 11:30pm on Tuesday night, according to a New York State Police press release, a 23-... Read more
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