Cornwall-on-Hudson Police Department

Golemis helps CoH police

May 6, 2020 Ken Cashman

Last month, Dean Golemis contacted the Cornwall-on-Hudson Police Chief after reading that the department…

Training in school seemed real

March 22, 2019 Ken Cashman

“The blood was pumping,” Chief Steve Dixon admitted. It was Thursday night, and he and his Cornwall-on-Hudson Police Officers were inside the elementary school for rapid response training.

Senator Larkin still likes to share good news

July 28, 2017 Ken Cashman

After almost 40 years in the state legislature, Sen. Bill Larkin still likes to share good news. So when he was able to secure a $40,000 grant for the Cornwall-on-Hudson Police Department, the senator picked up the phone and called the chief.

Police report suspicious incident

May 5, 2017 Ken Cashman

At three o’clock yesterday, a truck driver stopped a 13-year-old male on Hudson Street and asked him to get something out of the glove compartment. The man said his hand was too big to reach inside.

Two-car accident

March 8, 2017 Jason Kaplan

Cornwall Volunteer Ambulance Corps, as well as town and village police, responded to a two-car accident on Route 9W near Pecks Road.

Victim survives 20 stabbings; suspect arrested

April 7, 2016 Jason Kaplan

A 21-year-old Cornwall-on-Hudson man survived over 20 stab wounds to the head and torso area during an altercation with an acquaintance early Wednesday morning.

Police officer getting an award

February 19, 2016 Ken Cashman

Officer Hal Desjardines will receive an Exceptional Service Award when the Cornwall-on-Hudson trustees meet on Monday night.

Shooting was self-inflicted

August 28, 2014 Jason Kaplan

The New York State Police and Cornwall-On Hudson Police have determined the death of Byrant J. Furchak, age 44, from New Windsor, to be the result of a self-inflicted gun shot wound.

Fatal shooting

August 25, 2014 Jason Kaplan

Shortly before midnight, on Aug. 24, Cornwall-on-Hudson Police Department responded to 19 Church St. where officers discovered the body of a middle-aged male dead by a single gunshot wound

House fire

May 20, 2014 Jason Kaplan

Storm King Engine Company responded to a house fire on the Boulevard in Cornwall-on-Hudson just before noon.