236 Tickets Issued In 2-Day Taconic Parkway Crackdown — Here's What For
More than 200 tickets were handed out during a two-day crackdown targeting commercial and other restricted vehicles on the Taconic State Parkway across three Hudson Valley counties, police said.
New York State Police conducted the commercial vehicle enforcement detail on Wednesday, Aug. 19, and Thursday, Aug. 20, along the Taconic in Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties, the agency announced on Friday, Aug, 21.
Troopers issued 236 traffic tickets during the operation, including 133 for restricted vehicle types that are prohibited from traveling on the parkway.
Another 33 …
Man Found Dead In Lake After Bystander Spots Overturned Kayak At Mongaup Pond Campground
An Orange County man was found dead in a lake after his kayak overturned during a fishing trip at a Sullivan County campground over the Fourth of July weekend, police said.
The incident happened at Mongaup Pond Campground, located at 231 Mongaup Pond Rd. in the Town of Rockland, where troopers responded at around 8:48 p.m. on Saturday, July 4, following a report of an overturned kayak, according to New York State Police.
Police said Scott N. Meyer, 56, of Pine Island, had left his campsite sometime between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. to go fishing in his kayak.
At around 7 p.m., a bystan…
Search Intensifies For Missing Hiker, 88, In Moreau State Park
A major search is underway for an 88-year-old hiker who disappeared Wednesday morning in Moreau State Park on Wednesday morning, May 27, authorities said.
Albert F. Sakowicz, who police described as an avid hiker, set out from the Western Ridge Trailhead around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said. His caretaker contacted State Police after he failed to return by 1 p.m.
Search efforts involving State Police Aviation, New York State Park Police, and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers have continued throughout the park and surrounding areas, bu…
Woman Hit Wife With Car, Baseball Bat In Schenectady, She Admits In Plea Deal
A New York woman admitted to attacking her wife and a friend with a car and a baseball bat before leading state police on high-speed chases with kids in the car, authorities said Friday, March 27.
Juanita Moore, a 25-year-old Schenectady resident, copped to one count of first-degree assault and one count of first-degree attempted assault on Wednesday, March 25, the Schenectady County District Attorney’s office said.
The incident began on Halloween 2024, when Moore hopped in a Hertz rental car and drove to a home “where she knew her wife was staying with a friend,” the district attorney’s of…
