Dutchess County District Attorney's Office User Conduct & Privacy Policy 

Welcome to our home page! Please abide by these rules for interaction with our page. This website is maintained by the District Attorney’s Office of the County of Dutchess, State of New York, and subject to the limitations laid out by the CRIMEWATCH company.  

Presumption of Innocence 

All individuals mentioned on this website in press releases, arrests, warrants, and similar notifications are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. All notifications about case and incident updates are for informational purposes only. These notifications, arrests, warrants, and similar releases are not proof of guilt.  

Content Moderation 

Your interactions and posts must be respectful and lawful. This website serves as the moderator between the public and the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office and comments or offenders who are disrespectful will be banned. These actions include but are not limited to: 

• Slurs, profanity, sexually explicit comments 

• Harassment, abusive or threatening remarks 

• Purposefully misleading or deceptive interactions 

• Promotion of illegal activity 

• Infringement on the rights or intellectual property rights of others 

• Other offensive or disrespectful actions. 

This media site is operated by a third party, namely CRIMEWATCH. You must follow the terms of use and privacy policies of that party in addition to the use and privacy of this Office. The Office is not responsible for the data collection, i.e. cookies, for CRIMEWATCH. 

Expectation of Privacy and Record 

You have no expectation of privacy or confidentiality for any posts or interactions on this website. The Office is not responsible for the maintenance of privacy on this public forum, and copies of your posts and interactions may be kept as required by law or policy.  

All posts on this forum may be subject to disclosure, including but not limited to information accessible through your own privacy settings on linked accounts.