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By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 12, 2013 - 3:13 pm
The area around Vinnie's Farm Market on Route 32 in Saugerties just got a little safer, cops say.
An investigation into ongoing complaints of heroin sales near the fruit stand has yielded an arrest. On Tuesday, the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2013 - 1:19 pm
All press is good press, or so the saying goes -- but not so at SUNY Delhi this week, where news of several student drug arrests follows closely on the heels of a bomb hoax that evacuated the tallest building in Delaware County on Tuesday.
Delaware... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 - 10:23 am
The Ulster County Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT) has arrested a Connecticut man on minor drug and traffic charges and seized over $200,000 found in his car, according to a news release issued by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
Eric... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 - 3:14 pm
While executing a search warrant at a house at 349 Bandcamp Road on Thursday, Saugerties police stumbled across a "sophisticated" indoor growing operation for pot and hallucinogenic mushrooms. Two people have been arrested on felony drug charges: 24-year-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2012 - 12:36 pm
Above: Cannabis sativa, ready for its closeup. Photo by Flickr user Sandra Nahdi, published under Creative Commons license.
With the local marijuana crop getting ready for harvest, it's also the season for big pot busts.
For three days last week, the... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 - 1:44 pm
Above: Pot plants seized in Esperance. Photo courtesy of the New York State Police.
A 58-year-old Esperance man and a 64-year-old Sloansville man face multiple charges after police discovered 460 marijuana plants in four separate locations on Monday,... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Jun. 25, 2012 - 10:28 am
A 21-year-old Esperance man has been charged with multiple felonies after State Police discovered drugs, explosives and counterfeit money in his home last Thursday.
Ethan A. Vanvalen, was arrested after police discovered 500 ecstasy tablets, 14 ounces of... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, Jun. 7, 2012 - 4:00 pm
After hitting another car on Route 42 in Sullivan County, a 20-year-old Bloomingburg man fled the scene before being found by police, according to a press release from the New York State Police.
Michael G. Partridge crashed into a 2003 Cadillac CTS near... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, May. 22, 2012 - 11:21 am
Photo by Flickr user warrantedarrest; published under Creative Commons license.
State police seized “several ounces” of marijuana on Saturday after responding to a custody issue on Sagendort Corners Road in Howes Cave, and sent a growing operation’s... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 - 3:45 pm
An Ulster County undercover narcotics investigation has resulted in a raid on Brennie's Pizzeria in Highland, and the arrest of 25-year-old Milton resident Brandon Storms on various drug trafficking charges.
The Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics... Read more
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