Charges filed against New Paltz strip-club in prostitution case
The Blue Moon Cabaret will be answering charges stemming from prostitution arrests on January 20, town police chief Joseph Snyder told police commissioners last week.
Crime
Saugerties man gets DWI on ATV
In case you were wondering, you can get a DWI on an ATV.
Kingston police report: Serious crimes drop in 2016, but drug arrests rose
Statistics released by the Kingston Police Department show that the number of serious crimes reported in the city declined significantly between 2015 and last year.
Shots fired: Police arrest Saugerties man in bizarre shotgun incident
Police arrested a man who said he was firing his shotgun through the wall and windows at some early morning robbers, but officers weren’t able to find any evidence of intruders.
Deputy hurt in V-Day fracas in Port Ewen
An Ulster County sheriff’s deputy was injured while responding to a domestic dispute in Port Ewen on Tuesday.
Beware of deceptive new phone scam
If you reply ‘yes’ to a simple a question, they’ve already got you, warns the Ulster County Department of Consumer Affairs.
Acquitted of murder, Nunez sent to prison on lesser charges
A Kingston dentist whose sensational murder trial last year ended in acquittal will spend at least two years in state prison for convictions on charges of perjury and insurance fraud.
Ulster County drug and gang task force wants to add more police departments
The agency’s most recent high-profile effort involved working closely with federal Homeland Security Investigations on an investigation that netted dozens of members of a Poughkeepsie-based cocaine trafficking ring operating in and around Kingston.
Serial re-enterer to be sent back to Mexico
A Kingston resident who, federal officials say, returned to the U.S. after being deported back to Mexico for having entered this country illegally is being prepared to be sent back again.
Crime down in Saugerties
New statistics for 2016 show considerable improvement.