KINGSTON, N.Y. — At a press conference Friday, county officials touted the opening of a new centralized arraignment parts court (CAP), 22 holding cells, and a brand new after-hours courtroom in the Ulster County Law Enforcement Center as a “historic day in criminal justice.”At the press conference, former county legislator Eve Walter of New Paltz […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. — A witness who served time in jail with Joseph E. Karolys testified in Ulster County Court Thursday, June 6, that Karolys bragged to him that he kicked David “Mickey” Myer so hard “he split his head open like a watermelon.”The witness said Karolys also implicated Michael Cummins in Myer’s death and said […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. — No additional information was provided by city police Wednesday about their investigation into the death Sunday of a 71-year-old Meade Street resident.Police previously said the investigation continues into Rieke Guercio’s homicide, which they have attributed to blunt force injuries and “injuries from an edged weapon.”There have been no reported arrests in the […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Jury selection is slated to begin Monday, June 3, in the trial of the Saugerties man accused of beating David “Mickey” Myer to death and dumping his body on the side of the road.Joseph Karolys is charged with first-degree manslaughter, assault, tampering with physical evidence, and attempted bribing of a witness in […]