Crime
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 3, 2012 - 3:27 pm
The verdict is in: Lejuan Wainwright, who has been on trial since last Wednesday for the stabbing death of 20-year-old Walton resident Tyler Warner, was found guilty today of second-degree manslaughter.
It's a lesser charge than the one the prosecution... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 2, 2012 - 12:32 pm
35-year-old Hurley resident Shawn Tyler, accused of beating his landlord Ann Gaffney to death with a sledgehammer last December to steal a few hundred dollars from her pocket, pled guilty in Ulster County court yesterday to first-degree murder.
The Daily... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 30, 2012 - 11:27 pm
A house party in Greenville ended in three stabbings and the arrest of five people in the early hours of Sunday, April 29, state police report.
18-year-old Catskill resident James Felter has been charged with the stabbings, and faces three counts of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 25, 2012 - 11:00 am
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office reports that 31-year-old Hurley resident Angelo Stephano has been charged with stealing a picnic table from the Spring Lake Fire Department. Sheriff's deputies say that the picnic table was found with its four corners... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2012 - 5:29 pm
The Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School District reports today that they are investigating allegations that a voice teacher at the school had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student.
The teacher has resigned, and the district has reported the... 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, Apr. 16, 2012 - 12:03 pm
Catholic priest Jeremiah Nunan, pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Cairo and Our Lady of Knock Shrine in East Durham, has been suspended from ministry, while the Albany Diocese and the Greene County District Attorney investigate charges that he sexually... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 13, 2012 - 11:32 am
Walton resident David Hopkins, 23, was arrested yesterday, after fleeing Delaware County sheriff's deputies and state police in a chase from Route 357 in Franklin to I-88.
According to a release from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office, Hopkins was... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2012 - 2:19 pm
Two banks were robbed in the region this week: the Bank of Greene County in Greenport on Monday, and the Sawyer Savings Bank in Saugerties on Tuesday. Police have arrested suspects in both robberies, and think they may be connected.
On Tuesday, just hours... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2012 - 10:18 am
Three Greene County men -- 20-year-old Patrick Hutchings of Cairo, and 22-year-old Jacob E. Connors and 23-year-old David K. Moore of Catskill -- have been arrested after an investigation into a burglary of a home and the assault of its owner in Durham on... Read more
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