robbery
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 - 4:09 pm
The Times Herald-Record reports that Sullivan County police are looking for a man who robbed the First National Bank of Jeffersonville on Route 55 in Eldred around 10:20 this morning.
A description of the man:
He is described as being about 40-50 years of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 - 11:59 am
A rash of weekend robberies in the town of Ulster has Ulster County Sherrif Paul van Blarcum warning residents to lock their car doors, the Daily Freeman reports.
It's pretty common for people in rural areas like ours to leave their cars and houses... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 - 11:14 am
Douglas Cronk Last Wednesday, August 3, the New York State Police arrested 42-year-old Grand Gorge resident Douglas Cronk on charges of first-degree robbery.
Cronk is charged with the armed robbery of the Roxbury Country Store on March 2, 2009. During the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Jul. 16, 2011 - 7:21 pm
The state police are reporting that two men -- 23-year-old Randall M. Lynch of Phoenicia and 24-year-old Kevin Schoonmaker of Lake Katrine -- have been arrested on assault, robbery, weapon and drug charges stemming from an alleged knifepoint robbery in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 25, 2011 - 5:13 pm
With the help of two antiques dealers, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office is reporting that it has arrested Joseph Hunter and Quinn Gaffney for allegedly stealing antiques on Partition Street in Saugerties and then selling them 100 yards away on Main... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Mar. 20, 2011 - 1:59 pm
According to the Town of Shandaken Police Department, two men broke into an apartment above Railroad Pizza in Big Indian early Friday morning wielding a rifle and wearing ski masks.
According to a press release, the two would-be robbers, one of whom was a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 - 8:57 am
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office is reporting today that 21-year-old Matthew Fragner, of Kingston, has been arrested as part of a complicated, bizarre, and very damp robbery.
According to the press release, Fragner helped two other men, Shawn McCarthy... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010 - 8:59 am
Yesterday afternoon, a man in a brown corduroy jacket and a "Halloween mask with horns" robbed a Key Bank on Chestnut Street in Oneonta, according to a press release from the State Police:
The New York State Police are investigating a Bank Robbery that... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 1, 2010 - 11:34 am
And despite a massive manhunt, he's still at large. From the Daily Freeman:
The Sheriff’s Office said in a prepared statement late Wednesday that it believes the robber set the fire to draw police away from the center of town so that he could pull off the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 30, 2010 - 12:08 pm
If you see a tall thin man with a bandana and a bundle of cash in Ulster County, you might want to call the cops:
Undersheriff Frank Faluotico said the robbery took place at the Bank of America on Mill Hill Road at about 9:20 a.m.
The robber — described... Read more