HV Crime Roundup: Suicidal Man On Bridge Charged With Killing Friend

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Check out the week's top police news covered by the region's 24 Patch sites. Stories include a lawyer who embezzled $3.7M from clients and eight years for a New Rochelle home burglary.

Body Found In Ulster Woods Leads To Murder Charge

The suspect, police said, had tried to kill himself on the Kingston Rhinecliff Bridge earlier in the day ... read more

Westchester Man Gets 15 Years For Repeated Sexual Assault Of Child

The grooming and sexual abuse began when the victim was just 11 years old and continued for two years before he was arrested this year ... read more

Trooper Struck In Overnight Hit-And-Run On I-95 In Port Chester

New York State Police said the injured trooper was taken to the hospital after being hit while walking back to his marked police car ... read more

Arrest Made In Violent 7th Ave. Home Invasion: Mount Vernon Police

The victim told investigators a gun discharged as he was attacked and pistol-whipped inside his home on Wednesday ... read more

» Also This Week:

• Hudson Valley Man Hits Trooper In Head With Cell Phone: NYSP
• Victim Recovering After Holiday Weekend Gun Violence In Mount Vernon
• Arrest In Bus Assault On The New York State Thruway
• Inmate Attacks Corrections Officer At Sing Sing: Report
• Pearl River Man Victim Of Violent Carjacking In New Jersey
• Police Investigate Weekend Shooting In Hillcrest
• Yorktown Resident Accused Of Punching Man In The Face
• Yorktown Man Pushes Woman Down, Punches Car's Side Mirror: PD
• Grad Admits Role As 'Lieutenant' In Sarah Lawrence Sex Cult
• Smash-And-Grab Robberies Send Police On Manhunts Across Westchester
• Rojo-Rojo Gets 8 Years For New Rochelle Home Burglary
• Rockland County Sheriff: New Jersey Man Drove Wrong Way On Route 59
• Police Find Gun Secreted In Car's Steering Column
• Prison For Armonk Lawyer Who Embezzled $3.7M From Clients
• Westchester 21-Year-Old Charged In $700K COVID Relief Scam: Feds
• Rye Police Investigate $10K 'Grandparent Scam' Over Holiday Weekend
• 2 Accused Of Robbing Catskill Man Of Cash, Cell Phone, ID
• Airmont Woman Accused Of Setting House Fire
• NY Police Charge Unlicensed NJ Driver Of Overcrowded Vehicle With DWI
• 2 HV Men Face A Decade In Prison For Illegal Possession Of Guns