Blotter: Monday, October 12, 2026
Taryll Cutchin, 50, was arrested Sunday at an Arlington laundromat near Vassar College after the Dutchess County DA's Drug Task Force says undercover agents made multiple controlled buys from him. Elsewhere Monday, a Rhinebeck man faces arson charges for allegedly setting a Flock license-plate camera on fire, and Wappingers Falls police pushed back on an earlier account of a Saturday crash involving a village cruiser.
The County Turned Its Cameras Off. What Comes Next?
Sixty-five cameras went dark. The contracts, the data-sharing, and the city's own cameras did not.
Who Pays for the Cameras? The Money Behind Dutchess County’s Plate Readers
The county cameras are coming down, but the contracts and the money remain. Mara Quinn follows the grants, the $94,500 budget line, and the subscription economics behind Dutchess County's plate reader network.
How a Plate Reader Actually Works, and What Dutchess County Still Has to Decide
The county cameras stopped recording on September 25, but records already collected did not vanish. Ellis Ward explains how plate readers work, what retention and access rules actually decide, and the questions Dutchess towns still have to answer.
The County Turned Its Cameras Off. Poughkeepsie Has Not.
Dutchess County switched off its 65 plate reader cameras after residents pushed back. The City of Poughkeepsie runs its own, and its mayor and police chief have not said what happens next. Callahan Blackwood on who actually decides.
Dutchess Pulls Its Flock Cameras After Residents Push Back
Dutchess County took its 65 Flock Safety license plate cameras offline after residents pushed back at a public forum. The county decided for its own cameras only, so towns like Milan, Pine Plains and Hyde Park are now answering the surveillance question for themselves.