Prominent Attorney Jane Posner Behind Bars
A former highly respected and prominent attorney from Patterson will soon be incarcerated with some of the criminals she represented over her many years of practice.
Putnam County Judge James Reitz is expected to sentence Jane Posner Thursday to as many as 15 years in state prison for stealing nearly $400,000 from a client at a real estate closing in 2008. Full Story
Wells Spray Park Offers Interactive Play
An aquatic recreation system providing a variety of interactive play couldn’t have opened at a more opportune time. Full Story
POLICE NEWS
Helicopters and ATVs
Pursue Pervert
The area around the Putnam Plaza Shopping Center resembled a cops and robbers thriller Friday when police received a report of an assault at Hannaford’s Supermarket. Full Story
POLICE NEWS
Verbal Violence
A verbal altercation outside a Mahopac home turned violent resulting in felony charges of assault being lodged by police.
Carmel cops were summoned to the residence on Pine Road last week. Police Chief Michael Johnson said verbal sparring escalated into fisticuffs between a woman and her boyfriend. Full Story
Fire Dept. Hosts Blood Drive to Boost Regional Blood Supply
It can be done on the way to work, before dinner at your favorite restaurant or in between errands; yet a small percentage of the eligible population currently gives blood. In an effort to increase the regional blood supply, Mahopac Fire Department will hold a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on Monday, August 16 from 1:30 to 6:30pm at the fire station, 741 Route 6. Full Story
Neighborly Dispute Leads to Arrests
Mahopac’s version of the Hatfields and the McCoys resulted in the arrests of two residents who are spending their time behind bars at the Putnam Correctional Facility these days.
Carmel Police were summoned last week to a residence on Fairmont Road for a report of a neighbor dispute. Full Story
DWI Arrests Continue to Mount
Arrests for drunken driving continue to escalate throughout the region despite a continued crackdown by police on the state, county, town and village levels.
Troopers made four arrests in recent days. Full Story
POLICE NEWS
Troopers from Somers stopped a car on Route 35 in Bedford and charged Mitchell Farbman, 63, of Carmel, with DWI and operating his vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .13 percent.
Brewster State Police arrested Daniel Ely, 51, of Ridgefield, Conn., for drunken driving after a trooper followed a vehicle off Route 684 into the northbound rest area in Southeast. Full Story
Two Local Men Face Felony Charges After DWI
A pair of DWI arrests Sunday resulted in the arrests of two local men who are facing felony charges for driving drunk with young children inside their vehicles.
The first occurred at 1:30am when Somers State Police stopped a vehicle that was being driven erratically on Route 202 in Somers. Full Story
Board of Elections Voting Machine Demo Schedule
The Putnam County Board of Elections is pleased to announce the 2010 voting machine demonstration schedule. Please plan to take advantage of these opportunities to become familiar with the new voting machines before the September primaries. Full Story
Birmingham: Reform Vacancy Appointment Process
Putnam Legislator Dan Birmingham wants to remove the “political mischief” out of the appointment for a vacancy in the office of County Executive. Full Story
POLICE NEWS
Drug Arrests in Triplicate
On Saturday, August 7, at approximately 3:15pm, two subjects were arrested for possession of marijuana, possession with intent to sell a controlled substance, and conspiracy to sell a controlled substance. Full Story
Courier Survey Shows that Leibell Has a Strong Lead
According to a survey conducted in July by pollster Kieran Mahoney for the Courier and its sister newspaper, the Putnam County News & Recorder,
the longtime State Senator Vincent Leibell holds a significant lead over Putnam County Legislature Mary Ellen Odell 41.4 to 20.3, with 38.3 percent undecided. Full Story
Leibell to File Ethics Complaint Against Scannapieco
On Wednesday, State Sen. Vincent Leibell sent a letter of complaint to Vincent Tamagna, chairman of the Putnam County Legislature, concerning Anthony Scannapieco, the co-commissioner of Elections for Putnam County. Full Story
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