Covid-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Orange County Cases By Community
The Orange County Department of Health is now monitoring nearly 2,000 active COVID-19 cases as the Hudson Valley contends with the second surge of the virus making the rounds through the region.
According to the county Department of Health, there are 1,972 active COVID-19 cases in Orange County on Thursday, Dec. 9, up from 1,651 as recently as Monday, Dec. 7. The state Health Department was reporting 186 new cases reported in the past 24 hours.
There have now been 18,742 COVID-19 confirmed positives reported in Orange County out of more than 315,000 tests administered, according to the Depa…
Man Stole More Than $1K From Cash Register At Store In Area, Police Say
A 29-year-old man was busted for allegedly stealing more than $1,000 from an area BJ's Wholesale store.
Orange County resident Justin Kirton, of Walden, was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 3, by New York State Police, said Trooper Steven Nevel.
According to Nevel, while Kirton was an employee at BJ’s Wholesale in Monroe, he stole allegedly $1,250 from the cash register over a period of two months.
He was charged with grand larceny and released on an appearance ticket returnable to the Town of Monroe Court on Monday, Dec. 14.
Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands In Area
Thousands in the area have lost power as a storm system has brought heavy rain and wind gusts topping 50 mph to the Hudson Valley.
As of 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 30, Central Hudson was reporting 18 active outages that were impacting 1,035 customers: 624 in Ulster County, 180 in Dutchess, 125 in Columbia County, and 106 in Greene County.
A total of 2,678 of NYSEG’s 901,052 customers, including 1,229 in Dutchess, 420 in Sullivan, and 362 in Ulster, are without power.
Orange & Rockland Utilities were reporting 13 outages that were impacting 2,234 of its 303,406 customers.
Of the outag…
NJ Bookkeeper From NY Gets Two Years In Fed Pen For Inflating His Payroll By $500,000
A New York man who worked as an office manager and bookkeeper for a Union County company is headed to federal prison for two years for inflating his payroll information by nearly $500,000, authorities said.
Over the course of about three years, Patrick Snoop, 35, of Monroe in Orange County, NY, “used his position to fraudulently inflate his salary on several occasions by providing falsified information to a payroll company used by his employer,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.
The unauthorized changes cost his company $494,373, Carpenito said.
Snoop pleaded guilty to wire fraud before …
