Crime
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017 - 10:47 am
A Delhi man has been charged with attempted murder after a brutal assault on a woman at the Buena Vista Motel on Friday night. Police say the man, 38-year-old Jamal Abrams, punched, kicked, and beat his girlfriend with a glass bottle, leaving her with... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017 - 2:13 pm
Police say a Stamford man caused a dramatic scene at a local restaurant last Thursday, assaulting a restaurant patron and then fighting with first responders who showed up to handle the fracas. The man, 35-year-old Brian Bennett, faces charges of second-... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 - 5:48 pm
A national debate on how to respond to bigotry and hate speech has suddenly become a pressing local issue in Schoharie County, after the appearance of swastikas throughout the tiny village of Esperance on New Year's Day.
State police arrested a 13-year-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 - 11:20 pm
A SUNY Delhi student has been charged with second-degree murder in the Jan. 1 stabbing death of Scotchtown resident Justin Speights, a Silver Lake volunteer firefighter who was just two weeks past his 20th birthday when he was killed at a New Year's Eve... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 - 12:21 pm
A 27-year-old woman who was under arrest stole a police vehicle, dragged a state trooper and then fled, prompting an eight-hour manhunt on Sunday, Oct. 2 in Schoharie County, police say.
The woman, Tierra L. Scott, was being transported to the Schoharie... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 26, 2016 - 5:26 pm
A recent series of bomb threats in Ulster County continued on Monday, Sept. 26 when a 35-year-old Kingston woman was arrested for allegedly planting four notes containing bomb threats in the Shandaken business where she worked, according to a press... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 23, 2016 - 2:28 pm
A 14-year-old Onteora School District student has been charged in connection with a bomb threat that prompted the evacuation of the school on Thursday, Sept. 22, according to a statement from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
The student, who is not... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 15, 2016 - 10:45 pm
A bomb threat that was phoned in to the Woodstock Golf Club around 5:50 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15 prompted an evacuation and road closures in the Ulster County town of Woodstock, according to a press release from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
Roads... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016 - 1:12 pm
Above: Christopher H. Fairbairn, Salvatore M. Esposito and Karen C. Certain. Photos via the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.
Three people were charged with selling narcotics in and near the Delaware County village of Margaretville on Friday, July 29,... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Friday, Jul. 15, 2016 - 3:28 pm
New York State Police have announced the arrest of a teenage girl on Thursday, July 14 in connection to a series of car fires and vandalism in the Schoharie County town of Summit. State Police, flanked by members of the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office,... Read more
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