Crime & Safety
Hudson Valley Crime Roundup: Armed BMW-Jacking In Home Driveway
Plus, midnight tire dumping case solved, extreme animal neglect, watching the watchmen, an armed standoff and more police news.

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Check out the week's top police news covered by the region's 24 Patch sites. Stories include a jailer accused of rape, a conversation turned violent and a Hudson Valley man shot and killed.
Yonkers Man Arrested For Starving His Dog: SPCA
YONKERS, NY — The SPCA of Westchester's Humane Law Enforcement Unit has arrested and charged Uriah Joseph of Yonkers with animal cruelty ... read more
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Bronx Man Dumped Truck Loads of Tires In Yonkers Parks: Police
YONKERS, NY — Police were already on alert after a string of late night tire dumping incidents in parks in Yonkers ... read more
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Overnight Armed Carjacking Reported On Beechwood Avenue
NEW ROCHELLE, NY — A New Rochelle resident told police that a man armed with a handgun robbed him of jewelry and a BMW in the driveway of his own home ... read more
Hudson Valley Man Among NYC Jailers Accused Of Smuggling Contraband
PELHAM, NY — A Westchester County resident is among 9 people accused of smuggling contraband to inmates in New York City jails ... read more
How Harrison Police Ended An Armed Standoff Peacefully
HARRISON, NY - A fraught situation involving an armed suspect ended after officers managed to convince the man to surrender peacefully after a six-hour-long conversation ... read more
Sergeant At Greene Correctional Accused Of Rape
COXSACKIE, NY — Authorities said the officer engaged in forcible sex acts with the victim from 2009 to 2011 ... read more
CLAVERACK, NY — A Claverack man faces four felony and four misdemeanor charges after an incident that started with a conversation outside the victim's house ... read more
Newburgh Man Driving With Open Alcohol Container, Cocaine: Police
MIDDLETOWN, NY — A Newburgh man was accused of drunken driving and having illegal drugs after a traffic stop in the city of Middletown Thursday night ... read more
SEE ALSO:
- Cortlandt Woman Accused Of Fleeing From Police After Traffic Stop
- Sentencing In Murder Of A Man Who Slighted Killer's Girlfriend
- Former Poughkeepsie Resident Shot, Killed Friday
- Police Charge 22-Year-Old With DWI After Crash In Rockland
- Yorktown Cops Accuse Upstate Man Of Intent To Sell Drugs
- Car-Related Thefts Reported In Eastern Dutchess
- Beacon Man Arrested Downriver On Drug, Driving Charges
- Police Probe Home Burglary In Blauvelt
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