Dutchess County Crime Blotter: AG Clears Poughkeepsie Officers, Flock Cameras Voted Down – Wednesday, October 14, 2026
State investigators cleared Town of Poughkeepsie officers in a fatal 2025 shooting, and the Dutchess County Legislature voted to remove the Flock plate cameras.
Dutchess County Crime Blotter: Hyde Park School Arrest, Clinton Motorcycle Crash – Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Hyde Park police arrested Daniel Prospero Tuesday on felony weapon charges after his hospital release; a Poughkeepsie teen was airlifted after a Town of Clinton motorcycle crash.
Blotter: Sunday, October 11, 2026
A Rhinebeck man is accused of setting a Flock license-plate camera on fire Saturday night, sparking a brush fire on Route 9. A 54-year-old Hyde Park man was detained in camouflage gear near two schools after staff spotted him with loaded rifle magazines and a hunting knife.
Blotter: Saturday, October 10, 2026
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.
Blotter: Thursday, October 8, 2026
Forty-one years for Victor Harris, a guilty plea in last year's Main and Garden shooting, and the Flock resolution heads to committee.
The Blotter: Dutchess County - October 4th, 2026
The first Blotter: a fight on the Dutchess County Fair midway brought gang assault charges, the Taconic ticket sweep wrote 236 tickets in two days, and a Poughkeepsie man was named in a regional trafficking case. June Mercer, from the official releases.