Police Blotter

On August 31, 2018 at about 6:06 AM, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a vehicle colliding with a house on State Route 17B, just east of Hurd Road in the Town of Bethel. At the location deputies found a white 1990 Ford F250 pickup truck that had crashed into the front porch of the Stray Cat Art Gallery.

On August 14, Environmental Conservation Officer (ECO) Tom Koepf received a call from a local wildlife rehabilitator reporting that a woman in the town of Mamakating had contacted her as she wished to turn over two alligators that she and her son had been raising as pets.

Monticello Police arrested Kannon Palmer, age 25, of Monticello on Thursday 8/23/18.

Patrick L. Robinson, Wayne County District Attorney announced that Aaron Gould, age 39 of Lake Ariel, was sentenced today for the February 12, 2018, bank robbery of the NBT Bank in Lake Ariel, PA. Senior Judge, Raymond L.

KIAMESHA LAKE, NY — A union mason worker who had been working at the Kartrite water park project has been arrested for burglaries committed in Sullivan County and elsewhere after cashing a stolen check.

On Saturday August 25, 2018 at approximately 8:05 PM a patrol from the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision that occurred on State Route 17 westbound in the vicinity of exit 109 in Rock Hill.  A gray Mazda sedan was reported to have left the scene of the accident and was being followed by a witness.

Patrick L. Robinson, Wayne County District Attorney, announced today that he found the shooting death of James A. Sorrentino by the Pennsylvania State Police to be legally justified.    

Patrick L. Robinson, Wayne County District Attorney, on August 7announced  the arrest of wanted fugitive Connie Lynn McKeeby, age 24, for charges stemming from an investigation by the Wayne County Drug Task Force into the distribution of heroin within Wayne County. McKeeby had been a wanted fugitive since the fall of 2017.