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Hyde Park Man Charged With Shoplifting
HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- A Hyde Park man has been charged with shoplifting at the Walmart Superstore in the Town of Ulster, police said.
Joshua S. Richter, 32, was arrested at the store on Thursday, Feb. 25, police said.
Store security said that Richter left the Ulster County store without paying for $51.40 worth of merchandise, police said.
The arresting officer reported finding suboxone, a medication used to treat opiate addiction.
Because Richter didn’t have a prescription for the medication, he was charged with seventh-degree possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor, police said.…
Suicidal Man, 29, Talked Down From Newburgh-Beacon Bridge
NEWBURGH, N.Y. -- A suicidal man was talked down from the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge Monday evening, Feb. 29, local police said.
The distraught 29-year-old, who was threatening to jump, had walked to the center of the bridge and was clinging to a railing on its south side, police said.
Two eastbound lanes of the bridge had to be shut down during the incident, police said.
Members of the state police’s Crisis Intervention Team, with the help of Newburgh officers, talked to the man for more than two hours. He apparently was despondent over marital and personal issues, police said.
The unidentif…
Happy Birthday To New Rochelle's Chuck Zito
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Happy birthday to New Rochelle’s Chuck Zito!
The actor, boxer, celebrity bodyguard and former Hells Angel, turns 63 today, March 1!
Zito, who grew up in the Bronx and New Rochelle, is a real life tough guy played Chuckie Panamo on the HBO prison drama, “Oz.”
He is also known for pounding famed martial artist Jean-Claude Van Damme during a dust-up at a Manhattan strip club in the late 1990s, according to media reports.
His dad was also a professional athlete.
A chopper lover, Zito founded the New Rochelle Motorcycle Club. He later joined the Hells Angels, but left in…
