Fishkill resident, Peter Churchill, was sentenced today by Dutchess County Judge, Edward McLoughlin, to twenty two years in prison. In January, Churchill entered a plea of guilty to two counts of felony assault. The plea is a result of a May 2020 domestic incident in which Churchill stabbed his mother repeatedly, during an attack at…
December 7th, 2021 at about 4pm, Town of Fishkill Police received a 911 call and were dispatched to the area of Thomas Avenue and Geering Park. Upon arrival, Officer Ray Maeang saw a large pitbull attacking two people. Maeang immediately grabbed the dog and pulled it off the victims, pinning it to the ground and…
The Town of Fishkill Police along with the NYS State Police are investigating a hit and run personal injury auto accident. On Friday, December 3rd, at approximately 6:20 pm, 911 dispatched officers to Rt 52 and Millholland Drive for a car versus pedestrian auto accident. Upon arrival officers found a 63-year-old female on the shoulder…
On November 10, 2021 At approximately 12:15 am, officers were dispatched to a local adult home for an emotionally disturbed individual threatening himself and others. Upon arrival of the first officer it was determined that the subject had a butcher knife in his possession and was applying pressure to his left wrist, threatening to harm…
On October 15, 2021 Officer William Bowers came to the aid of David Killian, an elderly gentleman who had traveled from his home in Rhode Island to the Town of Fishkill to attend a funeral of a friend he had served with in the U.S. Navy. After attempting to get a hotel room, Mr. Killian…
On November 9, 2021 at approximately 11:25 pm Town of Fishkill Police Officers were dispatched by Dutchess County 911 for a report of a male struck by a train at the Hartshook platform in Dutchess Junction. Officers arrived and Sergeant Farrell located the subject approximately 100 feet west of Route 9D laying alongside the railroad…