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Millbrook Mayor, Facing Theft Charges, Won't Run For Re-Election
DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. – Millbrook’s mayor, who is facing charges of grand larceny and official misconduct, will not be running for re-election, according to a report by the Poughkeepsie Journal.
Laura Hurley, 52, was arrested last week in connection with the theft of more than $1,700 from the town of Washington, where she had been its bookkeeper and assistant to Supervisor Gary Ciferri, police told the Poughkeepsie Journal.
Hurley, whose village term expires at the end of this year, was appointed to the post in 2010 after then-Mayor Andrew Ciferri resigned. She later ran unopposed for the f…
U.S. Marshals Join Search For Accused Killer Eugene Palmer
HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. -- The U.S. Marshals Service has joined the search for a Stony Point man accused of gunning down his daughter-in-law four years ago, according to a report by lohud.com.
Eugene Palmer, who has been charged with second-degree murder in the shotgun death of 39-year-old mother of two Tammy Palmer, fled into the nearby 47,000-acre Harriman State Park and hasn’t been seen since, according to multiple media reports.
Tammy Palmer was estranged from his son, John, whom she had accused of assault, the lohud.com story said.
Police told lohud.com that they believe Palmer, who at the t…
