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Newburgh Standoff Scene (credit: Tony Aiello/CBS 2)

Newburgh Standoff Becomes Chaotic Scene Before Police Subdue Suspect

Suspect Gosford Lembhard jumped out a window and fled towards the front of the house in which he had been holed up in for ten hours.

2012/12/05

Crucifix at Church of St. Patrick

Deeply Religious Newburgh Man Crushed By Falling Crucifix, Loses Leg

David Jimenez believed his devotion to a crucifix was responsible for his wife being cured of cancer. Well, the crucifix fell on him, crushing one of his legs, which had to be amputated.

2012/10/26

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Newburgh Police Say Disappearance Prompting AMBER Alert ‘Did Not Occur’

An AMBER Alert was issued based on reports from several witnesses — children ages 5 to 11 — who said they saw the 5-year-old girl being abducted near South Junior High School around 4 p.m. Wednesday.

2012/09/06

Michael Lembhard

Chaos Erupts Following Police Shooting Of Father Of 2 In Newburgh

A deadly police shooting has rocked an Orange County community. A 22-year-old man was gunned down by police in his family’s home after he allegedly lunged at officers with a knife.

2012/03/09

United States Post Office - Dec 5, 2011 (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Major Postal Cuts Will Mean Slower Mail, Job Cuts In Tri-State Area

There are over 1,000 workers at the processing and distribution center in Flushing, Queens and many don’t know what this means for them.

2011/12/05

Dewey Bozella

Newburgh Finds Its ‘Rocky’ In Emotional Story Of Dewey Bozella

An upstate man, imprisoned for years for a crime he didn’t commit, won his professional boxing debut, at age 52. When he raised his arms in victory he raised the hopes of a city struggling with poverty and crime.

2011/10/17

Police officers stand guard outside Riverdale Temple - Bronx, NY - May 21, 2009 - Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Laguerre Payen, Final Convict In Temple Bomb Plot, Sentenced

The last of four men convicted in an FBI sting operation was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison by a judge who said she was not proud of her government for creating the plot to bomb synagogues and shoot down military planes with missiles.

2011/09/07

June 29, 2011 courtroom sketch shows (L-R) James Cromite, Onta Williams and David Williams as they listen to Judge Colleen McMahon during sentencing in Federal Court in Manhattan. (credit: SHIRLEY SHEPARD/AFP/Getty Images)

3 Men Convicted In Riverdale Synagogues Plot Learn Their Fates

James Cromitie, David Williams and Onta Williams, the three men convicted of plotting to blow up local synagogues and shoot down military planes, have been sentenced to 25 years in prison in federal court in Manhattan.

2011/06/29

Orange County Gets Federal Help In War On Drugs

Orange County admits that it has problems with the Bloods and the Latin Kings gangs.

2011/06/21

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Lap 4 Life Race Raises Money For Desmoid Tumors And Organ Transplants

Next weekend, there is a special race in Orange County that really has no loser.

2011/06/19

NYPD officers guard Riverdale Jewish Center in the Bronx (credit: AP Photo/David Goldman)

Judge Refuses To Throw Out Bronx Bomb Plot Convictions

Federal Judge Colleen McMahon has upheld the verdicts of four men convicted of plotting to blow up New York City synagogues and shoot down military planes, and scolded the government for an informant whose methods she suggested bordered on entrapment.

2011/05/04

L-R Laianna and Lance Pierre Armstrong were killed when their mother Lashandra Armstrong drove her minivan into the Hudson River (credit: AP Photo/Youn and Unique Christian Child Care Center)

Funeral Held For 3 Kids Driven Into The Hudson River In Minivan

Five-year-old Landon, two-year-old Lance and 11-month-old Laianna were killed nearly two weeks ago when their mother loaded them into a minivan and drove it into the Hudson.

2011/04/25

Lashanda Armstrong (credit: CBS 2)

Fight Preceded Car Plunge, Says Neighbor Of Newburgh Mom

A neighbor says a New York woman who drowned herself and her children in the Hudson River had been in a loud fight with the kids’ father in the hour before the fatal plunge.

2011/04/16

L-R Laianna and Lance Pierre Armstrong were killed when their mother Lashandra Armstrong drove her minivan into the Hudson River (credit: AP Photo/Youn and Unique Christian Child Care Center)

Family Planning Funeral For LaShanda Armstrong, Children Drowned In Minivan

Armstrong posted on her Facebook page a half hour before the murder-suicide: “I’m so sorry everyone forgive me please for what I’m gonna do… This is it!”

2011/04/15

Lashanda Armstrong (credit: CBS 2)

Newburgh Minivan Mom’s Facebook Posting: ‘Forgive Me Please’

The suicidal mother who loaded her four children into a minivan and drove it into the Hudson River cryptically announced her intention, seeking forgiveness in a Facebook message just before the fatal plunge.

2011/04/14

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