Police Blotter, March 6, 2010
12:13 a.m. Deputies, along with units from several other agencies, to assist the City of Beacon Police with a large fight at the Beacon High School. Further information reported that several subjects may be in possession of firearms and that at least one person had been stabbed. Members assisted Beacon Police dispersing the crowd and remained in the area while they conducted their investigation.
12:44 a.m. Deputies arrested Francis Cush, III, age 27, of Monroe, NY, for driving while intoxicated subsequent to a traffic stop on Route 44 in the Town of Poughkeepsie. Subject was processed and released on traffic tickets.
1:51 a.m. Deputies assisted the Tivoli Fire Department with a reported structure fire at an abandoned barn on the Tivoli Bays property. Investigation revealed that unknown subjects had started a fire on the concrete floor of the barn and that it had all burn extinguished itself prior to fire department arrival.
2:48 a.m. Deputies arrested Michael Ferrara, age 20, of Malborough for driving while intoxicated subsequent to a traffic stop in Route 9 in the Town of Hyde Park. Subject was processed & released on traffic tickets.
3:49 a.m. Deputies arrested Rachel Lane, age 29, of Brooklyn for driving while intoxicated subsequent to a traffic stop on Broadway in the Village of Tivoli. Subject was processed and released on traffic tickets.
3:51 a.m. Deputies arrested William Tuggle, Jr., age 23, of Hyde Park for driving while intoxicated subsequent to a traffic stop on Marist Drive in the Town of Poughkeepsie. Subject was processed and released on traffic tickets.
4:34 a.m. Deputies arrested Andrew Towne, age 22, of Queensbury for driving while intoxicated subsequent to a traffic stop on Main Street in the Town of Poughkeepsie. Subject was processed and released on traffic tickets.
8:16 a.m. Deputies responded to Pumpkin Lane in the town of Clinton for a residential burglary. Investigation revealed that the residence had been entered through the front door, after which the suspect(s) ransacked the house and stole property. The investigation is continuing.
9:09 a.m. Deputies responded to South Avenue in the town of Pleasant Valley for a report of a female subject running other vehicles off of the roadway and causing accidents. Kayla Wisseman, age 27, was driving erratically and caused 2 accidents with no injuries. Subject was given field sobriety tests and subsequently arrested by Deputy Harris for DWAI-drugs.
9:31 a.m. Deputies arrested Barbara Turtel, age 40, at Memorial Ave in the Village of Pawling for Stalking 4th Degree stemming from an ongoing investigation. Subject was processed and then released on her own recognizance after being arraigned.
11:56 a.m. Deputies responded to a deli on Route 55 in Beekman to assist EMS with an intoxicated subject passed out in a vehicle (passenger). Subject was transported to St. Francis Hospital without incident, no charges filed.
12:04 pm Deputies were assigned to assist the Village of Wappingers Falls Police Department with traffic at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Deputies were also assigned to assist with crowd control and disturbances after the parade. Some minor problems handled with no major incidents at the time of this writing.