burglary
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 10, 2012 - 10:49 pm
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office has finally made an arrest for the theft of a lawnmower and an ATV from a home at 109 South Road in Ruby last June. The cold case got a fresh lead this Monday, when the lawnmower turned up for sale on Craig's List.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 7, 2012 - 11:29 am
Last week saw a couple of catastrophic ATV accidents in the Catskills.
On Thursday, May 3, two local residents were fatally injured while riding an ATV in Andes: 32-year-old John W. Morris and 45-year-old Julie M. Manon. The Daily Star reports:
Manon died... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Apr. 19, 2012 - 1:36 pm
Outside of tabloids like the New York Post -- which once ran the famous headline "Headless body found in topless bar" -- news headlines about crime, especially in small-town papers, are usually pretty boilerplate.
But a couple of truly despicable... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012 - 11:21 pm
Ulster County sheriff's deputies report that a home on Old Unionville Road in Plattekill was robbed by armed invaders early this morning. Police say that around 4am, two men entered the house armed with handguns, took some property, and struck one... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 - 5:11 pm
Oorah, a Jewish summer camp company that runs programs for boys and girls at a campus called The Zone in Stamford, reports that last week, a burglar (or burglars?) broke into the camp and made off with some expensive equipment from the game room,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 16, 2011 - 3:21 pm
A 51-year-old burglar reportedly startled a homeowner in his own house yesterday morning.
The alleged intruder, Jeffrey DePace, fled when the resident confronted him, but was soon located by Ulster County Sheriff's deputies, who arrested DePace and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 - 6:06 pm
Someone (or several someones) broke into a post office in the sleeply hamlet of Willow in Ulster County on Saturday. What they stole is pretty tantalizing, according to the State Police, who just sent out a press release looking for leads in the case:
The... Read more



