Crime & Safety

Hudson Valley Crime Roundup: Fatal Stabbing At HS Football Game

Plus, left to die in a suitcase on the side of the road, dice game leads to shooting, chase ends with wrong way crash and more police news.

Here is a roundup of police-related news from around the Hudson Valley over the past week, including a 31-year prison sentence for shooting a 13-year-old basketball star.
Here is a roundup of police-related news from around the Hudson Valley over the past week, including a 31-year prison sentence for shooting a 13-year-old basketball star. (Patch graphic)

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Check out the week's top police news covered by the region's 24 Patch sites. Stories include a man police say was killed when a car crushed him while trying to steal a catalytic converter and a family cat who died of gunshot wounds.

18-Year-Old Accused In Fatal Stabbing After Football Game

LAGRANGE, NY — An 18-year-old city of Poughkeepsie man was accused of stabbing a student at Arlington High School in Lagrange Friday after a football game ... read more

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Texas Man Drives Down Rockland County Street Firing Gun: Police

NANUET, NY — People in Nanuet began calling Clarkstown police at 7:30 p.m. Saturday about a man shooting a gun ... read more

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Man Stealing Catalytic Converter Killed When Car Falls: Police

HARRISON, NY — The Harrison Police Department said a jack collapsed and the unidentified victim was crushed while attempting to access the valuable car part ... read more


I-95 Police Chase Ends With Arrest In New Rochelle: Police

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The long arm of the law caught up with a Bronx man who was being pursued by New York State police on The New England Thruway ... read more

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