The Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Drug Task Force reports the arrest of Dondi Johnson, age 56, at his residence on Whinfield Street in the City of Poughkeepsie related to narcotic and dangerous drug sales in the Poughkeepsie area. The investigation began after rec...

Following nine days of testimony and just over three hours of deliberations, a Dutchess County jury convicted 52-year-old Shrone Wright, also known as “Onsight” of Poughkeepsie, of the crime of Manslaughter in the First Degree, a Class ‘B’ Violent Felony for causing the death ...

Richard Rider, 46, was arraigned on an Indictment returned by a Dutchess County Grand Jury charging him with one count of Vehicular Manslaughter in the First Degree, a Class C Felony and one count of Driving While Ability Impaired by the Combined Influence of Drugs, a Class E ...

Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi announces today that Cain Carothers, 25, was arraigned February 25, 2026 on an Indictment returned by a Dutchess County Grand Jury charging Mr. Carothers with two counts of Aggravated Harassment of an Employee by an Inmate, both...

Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi announces today that Christoper Moynihan, 35, plead guilty in the Town of Clinton Court to Aggravated Harassment in the Second Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor, in violation of Penal Law Section 240.30, subdivision (1), reduced fro...

Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi announced today that 42-year-old Stephen Alvarez, of Marlborough, was sentenced up to eight years in state prison following his April 2025 guilty plea to multiple sex offenses.  Read more at www.dutchessda.org.

The Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Drug Task Force with the assistance of the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Services Unit (SWAT) and the Poughkeepsie SWAT team executed multiple search warrants in the early morning of 02/04/26 at the Rip Van Winkle hig...

The Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Drug Task Force is keeping its promise to continue to aggressively and rapidly investigate dangerous drug and narcotic dealers in Dutchess County. The following highlights investigations and arrests completed in January 2026. Read...

T he Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office announced today that Owen Ekpo, age 66, was arraigned on an Indictment returned by a Dutchess County Grand Jury charging Mr. Ekpo with Criminally Negligent Homicide, a Class E Felony.   Read the full press release below. 

Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi announced today that 27-year-old Armani Williams, of Poughkeepsie, was sentenced to six years in state prison following his October guilty plea to Rape in the Second Degree, a Class D Violent Felony. In addition to the prison te...