Joseph Sciutto News Today

PORT EWEN, N.Y. — The man who was struck and killed by a CSX train on the tracks near a trestle over the Rondout Creek was from Kingston, the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.Captain Joseph Sciutto said the 39-year-old city man was struck and killed by a northbound train at about 3:18 p.m. Sunday, […]

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The victim of a recent murder in Kerhonkson was dismembered, officials said at a press conference on Friday. At the conference, police formally announced the indictment of Damon Foy, 50, of Kerhonkson, accused of killing and dismembering Alberta Dale, 44, of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Foy was arrested on April 3. Authorities did not […]

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — Saugerties police are working closely with state police to close their investigation into the fatal hit-and-run death of Starllie Swonyoung and are likely to identify a suspect “in a short amount of time,” Town Supervisor Fred Costello said Tuesday, Feb. 13. “I’m very confident that they’re going to announce a suspect and […]

Weeks after Starllie Swonyoung and nearly two weeks Raymond E. Rattray were struck and killed by hit-and-run drivers in Saugerties and New Paltz, no arrests have been made. On Wednesday, Jan. 10, Swonyoung, 21, of Saugerties, a student at SUNY Purchase, was fatally struck from behind by a southbound vehicle as she and a friend […]

RHINEBECK, N.Y. — A search of the Hudson River concluded late Wednesday when members of the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team recovered the body of a person who is believed to have jumped from the Rhinebeck side of the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, the sheriff’s office said. Lt. Joseph Sciutto said members of the Ulster County […]

RHINEBECK, N.Y. — State police said the body of a 25-year-old Milan man was recovered from the Hudson River south of the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge Wednesday. State police said the man jumped from the span about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1. His body was recovered by the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office dive team at about 6 […]

A former Hudson Valley resident has been charged with 17 counts of alleged unlawful surveillance and possessing a sexual performance by a child following an investigation that included the US Department of Homeland Security.David C. Mulhau…

Police say a fight involving students started Wednesday in the cafeteria of the Ulster County High School.

In the last few weeks, Ulster County has seen a rise in robberies and according to police, the latest business to be robbed was a gas station on one of the Hudson Valley's most traveled roads.

In the last few weeks, Ulster County has seen a rise in robberies and according to police, the latest business to be robbed was a gas station on one of the Hudson Valley's most traveled roads.