'Parking Ticket' Scam Targets Lawmaker's Mom |HV Crime Roundup

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Check out the week's top police news covered by the region's 24 Patch sites. Stories include a tragedy remembered by survivors.

New Scam Targeting HV Residents Is Personal For Assemblyman

One of the targets was the mother of Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C-Yorktown), who sent out an announcement warning his constituents.

Cache Of Illegal Guns, Parts In Home With Children: Rockland County DA

Two adults involved in a local home invasion in 2015 over drugs now face 149 weapons possession charges, prosecutors said.

New York, New Jersey Men Plead In Orange County Trafficking Case: DA

Investigators recovered about 150 grams of cocaine, more than $28,000 in United States currency, and a defaced handgun, prosecutors said.

Danbury Man Faces Charges In New York: Putnam County Sheriff

Sheriff's deputies investigating after a traffic stop said they learned he had a revoked NY driver's license and found a handgun.

Fireworks Explosion Severs Westchester Man's Fingers: Police

Ryan McCloskey, 21, of Eastchester, was lighting fireworks at a 4th of July party when it exploded in his hand, police said.

3 Generations Share Loss As Deadly Nightclub Fire Victims Remembered

50 years later, the echoes of a senseless tragedy on the border of New York and Connecticut still reverberate among the survivors.