Arrests in federal sex trafficking investigation |Hudson Valley Crime Roundup

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Check out the week’s top police news stories covered by the 24 Patch sites across the region. Stories include a Peekskill woman at fault for a stolen cart crash that injured 5 pedestrians in NYC.

Duo accused of ‘devious scheme’ to scam elderly woman out of $280,000: NY AG

At first they were hired for household chores, but later father and daughter used the access to accounts for a new car, jewelry, restaurants and casinos, James said.

Sex predator who drove into Wallkill River to evade police convicted

It is important for the safety of the community that he be removed from society for as long as possible, the Orange County district attorney said.

4 arrested in federal sex trafficking investigation linked to New Rochelle ‘spa’

US Homeland Security agents said their operation uncovered an operation that supplied and operated illegal massage parlors in New York and New Jersey.

Westchester County PD Takes Strict Action Against Mopeds and Scooters on Trails

This week, officers seized 16 motorised vehicles and issued 54 tickets in an effort to crack down on illegal use of cycle paths and trails in the region.

Westchester man gets 35 years in federal prison in child sex abuse case

He was convicted of sexual exploitation of a child, producing child pornography and distributing child pornography.

Peekskill woman guilty in crash that injured 5 pedestrians in NYC

The 32-year-old woman was driving a stolen car in Yonkers when she seriously injured two children and three adults on a Manhattan sidewalk.

Charges filed in ‘bike path rage’ attack on Bronx River path

After the incident on July 26, the police put up flyers about the incident along the bike path. A suspect has now been arrested.

48-year-old faces 9 years in prison for sex with child: DA

Plus 10 post-release supervision and a permanent place on the sex offender registry

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