“Allegations that Duanesburg Town Justice Deanna Siegel repeatedly failed to file timely financial reports with the state and then failed to cooperate with the state’s investigation have led to her resignation, the state said Wednesday. Siegel has been one of two town justices in Duanesburg since 2015. She agreed to resign effective next Friday … [Read more…]
“9. By letter dated March 26, 2018, Judge Siegel was advised that the Commission was investigating a new complaint alleging that, since March 2017, she had failed to re-register as an attorney or to pay the required biennial registration fee notwithstanding that she was a practicing attorney. The Commission requested a response to the … [Read more…]
“Over the past 43 years, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna became one of New York’s largest and most prominent legal and lobbying firms. In just eight days at the recent political corruption trial of Joe Percoco and three businessmen, it gained a less prestigious distinction: the firm that employed Todd R. Howe, a convicted felon … [Read more…]
“On Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 Members of the Plattsburgh Police Department Narcotics Unit, with assistance from the New York State Police K-9 unit and the Adirondack DEA Task Force, stopped a vehicle on Interstate 87 near the City of Plattsburgh. During the subsequent investigation officers located and seized 170 individually wrapped packets of Fentanyl; … [Read more…]
“Police say a man is being charged for allegedly holding a woman down on a bed and threatening to stab her with a pencil. Officials say on August 6 State Police were dispatched to a domestic dispute in Duanesburg. After a brief investigation police say 31-year-old Joshua Oldorff held his victim on her bed … [Read more…]
“A former Duanesburg highway superintendent will have to wait for his day in court on a drunken driving charge, as the judge in the case recused herself on Wednesday. Steven Perog, 52, was arrested Saturday and charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, resisting arrest and various vehicle and traffic offenses following a crash … [Read more…]
“It was an emotionally charged morning inside a Schenectady County courtroom where a man was sentenced after pleading guilty to a crash that killed three family members. A judge sentenced Joseph Duffy to six to 18 years in prison. Duffy pleaded guilty to several charges, including vehicular manslaughter. He listened as prosecutors read victim … [Read more…]
“Just down the road and across the street, Norman Torres says he’s been trying to get someone to listen. “When I moved here, I didn’t realize there was a dump across the street,” he said, “so I went to the town with over a hundred pictures.” He says he’s complained about the property on … [Read more…]
“Former Duanesburg Highway Superintendent Steve Perog is awaiting court disposition of a petty larceny arrest in Rhinebeck earlier this winter. Rhinebeck police Sgt. Peter Dunn confirmed Perog’s arrest Jan. 26 following an investigation of theft, which revealed Perog, 51, of Delanson, was taking water from the Village Highway Department Garage for his Dutchess County-based … [Read more…]
“Two Schoharie men were arrested by Princetown State Police for possessing an ounce of cocaine. On Friday, November 14, two men were stopped for vehicle and traffic violations on I-88 in the town of Duanesburg. Information developed from the stop led to the discovery of approximately one ounce of cocaine and other drug paraphernalia … [Read more…]