Blotter: Saturday, October 10, 2026
Blotter: Saturday, October 10, 2026
By June Mercer | RFTUV Hudson Valley
Two stories with long fuses finally went off in Dutchess County on Friday and Saturday. The rest of the overnight was a standard mix of arrests and incidents. Here's everything that moved.
AG closes the Czornyj case
New York Attorney General Letitia James' Office of Special Investigation released its report Friday: no charges for Town of Poughkeepsie Officer John Gouger in the June 5, 2025 fatal shooting of Brian Czornyj. The report found that Czornyj advanced on officers armed with a sword. The Poughkeepsie Journal covered the release the same day under the headline "No charges for cop who shot, killed man armed with a sword."
The AG's office investigates every police-involved death in New York. A no-charge finding closes the case at the state level. The shooting happened 16 months ago; the investigation's conclusion will be the last official word on it.
Legislature moves to shut down ARCTIC
The Dutchess County Legislature's Public Safety Committee is pushing to end the county's real-time crime center, known as ARCTIC, by ordering the remaining Flock Safety cameras removed or covered immediately. Mid-Hudson News reported Saturday that the move is being characterized as abrupt even by those driving it.
The Flock network and ARCTIC have been contested ground in Dutchess County for some time. This looks like the endgame.
Mid-Hudson News: "Legislature wants Flock cameras covered up ASAP"
August vehicle-pedestrian accident leads to two arrests
Justin Greico, 35, and Katie Potter, 38, were arrested Wednesday in connection with a vehicle-pedestrian accident that happened in August. Greico faces assault and vehicular assault charges. Two months elapsed between the incident and the arrests.
Mid-Hudson News: "Two arrested in August vehicle-pedestrian accident"
Arrests and incidents, Oct. 9
The Dutchess County DA's CrimeWatch page logged four arrests and eight incidents Thursday.
Arrests: Kristine Woods (grand larceny 3rd, identity theft 1st, falsifying business records 2nd); Lucas White and Noah White (criminal mischief 2nd, both); Westley Patterson (grand larceny 4th). CrimeWatch arrests
Incidents: Sylvia Smith (harassment 2nd); Brittany Wheeler (unauthorized use of a vehicle 3rd); Derek Hansen (criminal contempt 2nd); Demetrios Plaza Abril (DWI, aggravated unlicensed operation 2nd); Ian Schneider (assault 3rd); Adrian Echols (DWI); Alexander Pantea (impaired by drugs); Nicholus Webster (public lewdness). CrimeWatch incidents
The quiet
Nothing new in the window from the Dutchess County Sheriff (last release Oct. 7), the DA's press releases (last Oct. 8), NYSP Troop K, Beacon PD (last blotter Aug. 20), City and Town of Poughkeepsie PD, Hyde Park PD, or Fishkill.
More as it develops.
