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Poughkeepsie Drug Dealer Caught With Cocaine, Cash 3 Separate Times Gets Prison Time
A drug dealer from Dutchess County will spend the next decade behind bars after he was repeatedly caught with cocaine in Orange County, prosecutors said.
Poughkeepsie resident Demetrius Ware, 42, was sentenced on Monday, July 13, to an aggregate prison term of 10 years, followed by two years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to three counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced on Friday, July 17.
According to prosecutors, Ware's first arrest came on Sept. 13, 2024, when Newburgh Police respond…
Freddy Cannon Dies: Beloved Singer Was Rock-And-Roll Icon
Few voices captured the restless, joyful charge of early rock and roll quite like his.
Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon died Friday, July 17, at a hospice facility in Oxnard, California, after a brief bout with cancer, his representative told Variety. He was 89.
Cannon powered some of the late 1950s and early 1960s’ most memorable songs, including “Tallahassee Lassie,” “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans,” and “Palisades Park.”
His booming voice, driving guitar rhythms, and explosive performances earned him the nickname that followed him throughout his career.
Cannon also holds the record for the mo…
IDs Released For 2 US Service Members Killed In Iranian Attacks
The names behind one of the US military’s gravest losses in the widening conflict have now been made public.
The Pentagon identified First Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, in a casualty notice released Monday, July 20.
Both active-duty soldiers were supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, the US-led mission against the Islamic State, when they died.
Feehan served with the Second Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Gonzales was assigned…
