Gardiner man pleads guilty to hit-and-run death of a SUNY New Paltz student
Nearly six months after he was arrested in connection with the January hit and run death of SUNY New Paltz student Raymond Rattray, 33-year-old Ty Kobelt of Gardiner, pleaded guilty to the charges of...
View ArticleMalden couple pleads guilty to charges relating to the hit-and-run death of a...
Lacy and Ryan Maxwell. Nearly six months after pleading not guilty to all charges relating to the fatal hit-and-run of 21-year-old Starllie Swonyoung, married Malden couple Lacy Maxwell, age 43, and...
View ArticleDriver arrested following hit-and-run accident in New Paltz
On July 14th, the New Paltz Police Department responded to North Front Street for a hit-and-run car vs. pedestrian automobile accident. When officers arrived at the scene, they discovered that the...
View ArticleTeen sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for assault
One of the Kingston High School (KHS) students involved in a brutal May 2023 assault on a classmate in the campus cafeteria was sentenced last week to six-and-a-half years in prison. 17-year-old...
View ArticleHudson Valley landlord advocate arrested in Marbletown
Hudson Valley landlord advocate Richard Lanzarone, lead plaintiff in the article 78 court proceeding which failed to overturn rent stabilization in the city of Kingston, was taken in hand by state...
View ArticleThe verdict is in, Joseph Karolys found guilty
After eight days of testimony it took just two hours of deliberation on Friday, June 14 for a jury to find Joseph E. Karolys guilty of first-degree manslaughter, first-degree assault and tampering...
View ArticleWoodstock library gets bomb threat in apparent response to drag-story hour
The Woodstock Public Library received a bomb threat via email Sunday morning, June 9, apparently in response to a drag-story hour held the previous day. The subject line, addressed to a specific staff...
View Article71-year-old Kingston woman identified as homicide victim
The Kingston Police Department is currently investigating a homicide that occurred on June 2 on Mead Street in Kingston. Authorities responded to a 911 call at approximately 2:11 p.m. reporting a...
View ArticleWoman arrested for hit-and-run that killed two Kingston residents
More than two-and-a-half months since she was identified as the driver in a Marlborough hit-and-run that killed two Kingston resident, 25-year-old Angela Jennie Fischl of Newburgh was arrested. Fischl...
View ArticleSaugerties contractor has another day in court — and loses
Area contractor Joseph Karolys and his wife Rachel have been ordered under a judgment by a state court on May 15 to pay an $8-million penalty to the state attorney general “and remove and properly...
View ArticlePolice investigate threat made against Saugerties Jr./Sr. High School campus
The Saugerties Police Department last Friday, May 3 reported the arrest of a 16-year-old on a felony count of Falsely Reporting an Incident in the 1st Degree for a threat made against the Saugerties...
View ArticleNew Paltz teacher raises concerns over district’s reaction to recent intrusion
A New Paltz Middle School teacher and parent believes the district isn’t taking the intrusion by an 18-year old man into two New Paltz schools in mid-April seriously enough, but superintendent Stephen...
View ArticleSaugerties man pleads guilty to burglary just prior to jury selection
Kirk D. Shultis Jr. Saugerties resident Kirk Shultis, Jr., who in 2022 faced charges of felony custodial interference and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child in the alleged disappearance of...
View ArticleWrongful death suit is filed against Lacy Maxwell for causing the death of...
Lacy Maxwell In a press release this week, the law firm of Mainetti & Mainetti announced the filing a wrongful death suit in Ulster County Supreme Court on behalf of Emmallyca Swonyoung and the...
View ArticleKingston High School student pleads guilty to felony assault of another student
The 16-year-old Kingston High School (KHS) student involved in the attack on a fellow student last May pleaded guilty to felony assault in the second degree on Wednesday, April 17 as part of a plea...
View ArticleArrest announced in connection with fatal hit-and-run of SUNY New Paltz student
Ty Kobelt. Two months after SUNY New Paltz senior Raymond Rattray was struck and killed in a hit-and-run, Ulster County Sheriff Juan Figueroa announced the arrest of Gardiner resident Ty Kobelt in...
View ArticleUpdate: Couple tied to fatal Saugerties hit-and-run plead not guilty; accused...
Lacy and Ryan Maxwell. The couple charged with the hit-and-run connected to the death of Starllie Swonyoung pleaded not guilty last week in Ulster County Court. During two separate proceedings before...
View ArticleHit-and-run kills two
At approximately 9:23 p.m. on March 1, the state police responded to 1347 State Route 9W in the Town of Marlboro for a report of a hit-and-run collision involving two pedestrians from Kingston....
View ArticleSaugerties police ID suspected driver in fatal hit-and-run
The Saugerties Police Department (SPD) on Tuesday announced warrants in the names of Malden-on-Hudson residents Lacy Maxwell and Ryan Maxwell in connection to the hit-and-run death of Starllie...
View ArticleParolee records 28th arrest
The Lloyd police report the arrest of Michael J. Brooks, 62, of Plattekill for robbing the Mobile gas station on Grand Street in Highland of $2800 on Febuary 23. He was sent to the county jail without...
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