Gun Found Next To Elementary Playground | Hudson Valley Crime Roundup

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Check out the week's top police news covered by the region's 24 Patch sites. Stories include a passenger nabbed with a loaded gun at Westchester County Airport and "candy-like" drugs on the streets.

Middletown Man Accused Of Murder In Wallkill Stabbing

The Town of Wallkill Police Department said Damante Troy Stansberry, 23, of Middletown, was accused of stabbing Jeffrey Harris in Harris’s Wallkill home ... read more

Grand Jury Indicts Eye Doc Accused Of Sex Abuse Of 12-Year-Old Girl

The 54-year-old faces up to seven years in prison over charges that he "subjected an innocent 12-year-old child to sexual abuse" ... read more

Mount Vernon 'Youth' Arrested In Connection To Shooting That Wounded 4

The identity and age of the suspect, who was arrested at his home last weekend, are not being released by police ... read more

Fatal Stabbing In Wallkill Leads To Manslaughter Charge

A Middletown man who is accused of killing a 74-year-old man during a road rage incident avoided a murder charge related to the stabbing ... read more

19-Year-Old Arrested In Shooting Of Westchester 15-Year-Old

The suspect who fled the scene of the shooting was arrested at a Yonkers home a week after the ambush-style violence ... read more

» Also This Week:

• Mount Vernon Repeat Offender Nabbed With Illegal Loaded Handgun: MVPD
• 4 Arrested With Handguns After Driving 100+ MPH On Sprain Pkwy: NYSP
• Gun Found Next To Daniel Webster Elementary Playground
• Man Tried To Bring Loaded Gun Onto Plane At Westchester Airport: TSA
• Westchester 44-Year-Old Gets 15 Years For Sexual Abuse Of 12-Year-Old
• 67-Year-Old Indicted For Taking Up-Skirt Pics On Metro-North
• Woman Selling 'Candy-Like' Illegal Drugs Arrested: Police
• Newburgh Man Sentenced For Selling Drugs, Endangering Child
• Time Behind Bars For Man Who Brought Drugs Into Jail
• 'Suspicious' North Salem Man Found Hiding Outside CT Home: Police
• PA Man Admits Threatening To Kill Member Of Congress
• Queens Man Accused Of Burglarizing New Rochelle Home