A Hudson Police Officer kept four guns – including an unregistered pistol – stashed in Hudson’s vacant former police station for more than a year. The guns were found in an open locker by other HPD officers in September 2018. The incident led to an internal affairs investigation of the officer, Jacob “Jake” Hoffman, by…
A New Paltz police officer is on administrative leave after insulting transgendered people and saying Hillary Clinton should be hanged in an amateur rap performance he posted on social media. Officer Robert Sisco is in full uniform in a patrol car as he films himself spitting the lyrics. The self-shot video was posted publicly on…
In Brief – No civil or criminal citations have been issued in Ulster County for violating social distancing or business closure orders, Sheriff Juan Figueroa — the county’s lead on enforcing the New York State on PAUSE executive orders — said Tuesday. “We’re not at that point,” Figueroa said, adding his office had only recently…
The missed call was from Louisville, somewhere I’d never been. I squinted unhappily at the resulting one-and-a-half-minute voicemail message. I had assumed the number was one of the Bangalore-based scammers who’d been trying to shake me down for the last week, or perhaps a debt collector – but neither usually left lengthy messages. I didn’t…
In Brief – A man was sentenced to 4 years in prison today on a felony assault charge for the brutal beating of a gay Hudson resident after an argument on a busy sidewalk. Lance M. Fongemie was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to the assault charge Sept. 24. Hudson’s substantial gay community reacted with…
A dog was locked in an empty storefront in Fairview Plaza in Greenport for at least four days as passersby and employees at nearby establishments grew increasingly concerned about its well-being. On Sunday, the dog was photographed amongst its own feces and urine. Monday morning, it appeared someone had come during the night and cleaned…
A man was arraigned Thursday on a felony assault charge for allegedly beating a gay man on a Hudson Street last month. Lance M. Fongemie was indicted on the charge July 19 after prosecutors presented evidence to a Columbia County grand jury, according to court documents. The charge did not include a hate crime rider,…
A gay man was called a “f****t” while leaving a store on Warren Street in Hudson Monday, which started an argument, according to the victim’s friend, eventually leading to the victim being badly beaten. The alleged assailant was arrested at about 6 p.m. Tuesday while hiding near a wooded area in Hudson and charged with…