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.
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.
IBM Is Betting $2.5 Billion on Poughkeepsie Becoming the Place Quantum Grows Up
Dutchess County approved a 30-year tax deal for IBM's $2.5 billion quantum expansion in Poughkeepsie. Here is what the Starling facility, the school district share, and the 2029 target mean for local residents.

