By June Mercer | Monday, October 12, 2026
Town of Poughkeepsie / Arlington: Drug Sale Arrest Near Vassar
Taryll Cutchin, 50, was arrested Sunday in the Town of Poughkeepsie after the Dutchess County District Attorney's Drug Task Force says undercover agents made multiple controlled buys from him. Agents took Cutchin into custody at the College Wash and Dry Laundromat on Raymond Avenue in Arlington, near Vassar College, where he allegedly had pre-packaged narcotics ready for sale. He is charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, a class B felony. Additional charges are pending.
Wappingers Falls: Police Correct the Record on Cruiser Crash
Village police are pushing back on an earlier account of a crash that occurred at 2:15 p.m. Saturday on West Main Street (Route 9D), between School and West streets in the Village of Wappingers Falls. A village police cruiser was among three vehicles involved. The department said Monday that the officer's injuries were not serious, the officer was treated at a local hospital and released, and no other serious injuries were reported. New York State Police are investigating.
Rhinebeck: Flock Camera Arson Charges
John K. Coleman, 26, of Rhinebeck, is accused of setting a Flock license-plate camera on fire shortly before midnight Saturday at 6052 Route 9 in Rhinebeck, sparking a brush fire. The Dutchess County Sheriff's Office investigated alongside State Police, county fire investigators, and Rhinebeck firefighters. Coleman is charged with fifth-degree arson, a misdemeanor, and criminal mischief. He was released on appearance tickets returnable to Town of Rhinebeck Court on November 5.
Stanford / Taconic: 104 in a 55
New York State Police issued a citation over the weekend after allegedly clocking a driver at 104 mph in a 55 mph zone on the Taconic State Parkway in the Town of Stanford, Dutchess County. The driver was not named in the report, published Monday.
A comparatively quiet Monday for new releases: no new State Police Troop K blotter and no new DWI, gun, sentencing, or missing-person reports were published by Dutchess agencies on October 12.
