By John Camera Ulster County UPDATED 1:04 PM ET Jul. 21, 2021 PUBLISHED 12:29 PM ET Jul. 21, 2021 PUBLISHED 12:29 PM EDT Jul. 21, 2021
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Local officials in Kingston announced a new task force to combat gun violence in Ulster County.
“We’ve addressed public health risks, now we really have to focus on the public safety challenges, the risk in violent crime in particular, Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan said.
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Local officials in Ulster County announced the creation of new task force aimed at preventing gun violence
The anti-violence effort response team, or AVERT, will be a community partnership between law enforcement and mental health workers
KINGSTON, N.Y. â Two city men have been indicted on a charge of murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old girl, according to the Ulster County District Attorneyâs Office.
Gilbert Thomas, 24, 9 Franklin and Robert âNikkiâ James, 46, both of 49 Franklin St. were indicted by an Ulster County Grand Jury, according to the DAâs office. The indictment was handed up Wednesday, Dec. 30, the office said.
Thomas and James are accused of second-degree murder for âacting in concert under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life while recklessly engaging in conduct which created a grave risk of death to another person and causing the death of that person or a third person,â a press release issued Wednesday says.
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On Christmas Eve, New York State Police announced the arrested of 24-year-old Gilbert Thomas and Robert James, age 46, both of Kingston, NY, for murder, assault and criminal possession of a firearm.
On the evening of Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, Thomas and James were involved in shooting into the residence at 60 Van Buren Street in the City of Kingston which ultimately caused the death of 12-year old D’Janeira Mason, police say. A seventh grade student at J. Watson Bailey Middle School, D’Janeira was such a loving and bubbly girl, adored by so many people! There was never a day that went by that she wasn’t helping anywhere she could. She was known to always cheer up her siblings if they were having a bad day, and if she had something she was always offering to share it! Djae had a special softness about her and it made all children love her! She had recently took up b
Headlines: Wake held for 12-year-old shooting victim, Ramapo crash, Penn Station renovations
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Dec 28, 2020, 7:40am EST
Here are some stories making headlines across the
Hudson Valley.
A wake is being held today for the 12-year-old
Kingston girl who was fatally shot inside her home back on Dec. 17. Visitation for D Janeira Mason
will take place today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Joseph Leahy Funeral Home
on Smith Avenue in Kingston. Her 9-year-old brother was also shot but survived. Police
say two men, Gilbert Thomas and Robert
James, have been charged in her murder.
Ramapo police say a car flipped over on its side and almost crashed into a building on Route 17 on Sunday. There is no word yet on what caused the accident, but police say no one was injured.
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