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KINGSTON, N.Y. — At a press conference Friday, county officials touted the opening of a new centralized arraignment parts court (CAP), 22 holding cells, and a brand new after-hours courtroom in the Ulster County Law Enforcement Center as a “historic day in criminal justice.”At the press conference, former county legislator Eve Walter of New Paltz […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. — County officials hope the problem of finding public defenders and local magistrates to appear for late-night and weekend cases will be resolved in early June when the county’s centralized arraignment part court is slated to be up and running.In a May 15 update to County Executive Jen Metzger, Public Defender Elizabeth Corrado […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Former Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra — who retired from the department amid controversy over his handling of allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior by one of his officers — will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ulster County Police Chiefs Association at the organization’s dinner Wednesday.Sinagra is a 36-year veteran police […]
ROSENDALE, N.Y. — A shortage of available after-hours public defenders is “a safety concern for residents of the county and for my officers,” Rosendale Police Chief Scott Schaffrick said.In a phone interview Wednesday, May 1, Schaffrick said town justices are refusing to arraign defendants after hours, or even answer their phones when called by police […]
TILLSON, N.Y. — Two Kingston drivers suffered minor injuries in a crash Monday at the intersection of state Route 32 and Longyear Avenue, Rosendale Police Chief Scott Schaffrick said Tuesday. At about 10:40 a.m. Monday, Oct. 24, a black Tahoe driven by a 38-year-old Kingston woman was on Longyear Avenue making a left turn onto […]