Crime & Safety

Hudson Valley Crime Roundup: Green Card Marriage Gone Wrong

Plus, gunfire at the high school; village officials indicted in fatal fire; shooting at the White Castle; hate crime and more police news.

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Here is a roundup of police-related news from around the Hudson Valley over the past week, including the FBI making an arrest in a Devil's Eve shooting and a man accused of biting a cop.
Here is a roundup of police-related news from around the Hudson Valley over the past week, including the FBI making an arrest in a Devil's Eve shooting and a man accused of biting a cop. (Patch graphic)

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Check out the week's top police news covered by the region's 24 Patch sites. Stories include a Rockland man accused of distributing toddler sex abuse porn, a Dutchess County woman accused of drunken driving with a child in the car and a man who killed his father and set his trailer on fire.

Grand Jury Indicts 2 Village Employees Over Fatal Adult Home Fire

SPRING VALLEY, NY — A Rockland County Grand Jury handed indictments against two Spring Valley building department employees ... read more

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Woman Admits Trying To Kill Husband She Married To Become Citizen

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — A Jamaican woman who married a New Rochelle senior in order to illegally become a citizen pleaded guilty Monday to trying to kill the man ... read more

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15-Year-Old Gang Member Arrested In White Castle Shooting: YPD

YONKERS, NY — Police said they have charged a 15-year-old gang member with attempted murder in connection with a shooting that is being characterized as a drug deal gone bad ... read more

Suffolk Man Sentenced For 'Despicable' Scam Against Elderly Putnam Woman

PUTNAM COUNTY, NY — A career criminal from Long Island who preyed upon an 85-year-old Cold Spring resident was sentenced to 7 1/2 to 15 years in prison and must pay back the $103,050 he stole from her ... read more

FBI, MVPD Make Arrest In Devil's Eve Shooting Of Tuckahoe Man

MOUNT VERNON, NY — A suspect in the shooting of a Tuckahoe man was arrested by Mount Vernon police and members of the FBI Westchester Safe Streets Task Force ... read more

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