Saugerties Police: Man rented U-Haul and never brought it back
Saugerties police arrested Casey L. Fellows, 32, of Rt. 9W, Catskill, on Jan. 25 and charged him with third-degree unauthorized
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Saugerties to join URGENT anti-drug and gang task force
The Saugerties police chief cited changes in oversight of the task force and a worsening opioid crisis for the decision to assign one Saugerties cop to the task force full-time and a second on a part-time basis.
Saugerties police officer struck by car during traffic stop
A Saugerties police officer was struck by an automobile while engaged in a vehicle and traffic stop on Rt. 32, south of Peoples Rd. in Saugerties at 4:42 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20.
Kingston man convicted of multiple counts of aggravated family offense
Aggravated family offense is a relatively new felony offense, created to address repeat domestic violence offenders who continue to commit misdemeanor offenses against their victims.
Vice crackdown in Saugerties and Port Ewen
Detectives from the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team took a break from their usual routine of chasing area drug dealers to target sex-for-money operations in a pair of probes that netted eight arrests on drug and prostitution charges over a 24-hour period last weekend.
Saugerties police will get crisis intervention training
The course is designed to teach officers how to recognize a person having a mental-illness episode or identify someone with a mental illness, and how to deal with that person.
Hodge Center staffer suspended after indecency charge
A longtime staffer at the Everette Hodge Community Center, which puts on afterschool programs for children in Midtown Kingston, has been charged with sending indecent material over the Internet to someone he thought was a 13-year-old, Ulster County sheriff’s deputies said.
Bail bondswoman talks ins and outs of getting out once you’re in
Say you have yourself a rough night and find yourself on the wrong side of jail cell door. What next?
Memorial planned for musician Johnny Asia; attorney says wife is innocent of murder charge
Plans are underway for a memorial performance by local musicians on Friday, December 16, to honor virtuoso guitarist Johnny Asia, who died on November 19 at his home in Phoenicia. His wife, Solane Verraine, remains in custody at the Ulster County jail, accused by the sheriff’s department of poisoning her husband with alcohol and prescription drugs.
Saugerties police chief hosts ‘Most Wanted’ program on public access TV
The most wanted criminals in Saugerties are not the murderers or bank robbers the phrase may conjure up. Instead, the list usually includes people charged with issuing bad checks, driving while intoxicated, and failure to pay fines.