Diner owner pleads innocent to gambling charges in Middletown
Anthony Benewich, 57, of 78 Dolson Ave., owner of the Dixie Diner, pleaded innocent in city court to two gambling charges and two other counts arising from a raid on December 3. A jury trial was set for January 26 at 9 a.m. He is free on $500 bail, represented by Anthony Kelvasa Jr. The raid followed a lengthy investigation into alleged gambling at the diner.
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Middletown
Anthony Benewich
Dolson Ave
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Jerome Markovits
Anthony Kelvasa, Jr
Pennsylvania squatters cling to earth near Tocks Island Dam
SHAWNEE Pennsylvania fifty people abandon modern amenities to live in unheated abandoned homes near the Tocks Island Dam project. They resist eviction by the Army Corps of Engineers while authorities pursue court action in Scranton Federal District Court. Individual squatters describe diverse backgrounds from New York and Pocono natives and note winter wood chopping and improvised amenities as they pursue art, music, and crafts amid clashes with police and federal agents.
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Pennsylvania
America
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Tocks Island
Port Jervis
Allen Davidson
Army Corps of Engineers
Davidson
Pocono Mountain
Bradley Cereghino
Pocono
New York
Cereghino
Army Corps
F.B.I
C.I.A
Scranton
State seeks secrecy on reports and testimony in $10 million suit
New York state filed motions to seal police reports and grand jury testimony in a $10 million civil rights suit by Franz J. Muller, former Rosendale constable, against Hurley Bureau detectives Wachtel and Weidemann and others. The district court has not ruled, with Muller pursuing perjury claims and related suits pending.
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Rosendale
Franz J. Muller
Murray J. Gurfein
U.S. District Court
Manhattan
Irving L. Rollins
Hurley Bureau of Criminal Investigation
David Wachtel
Willmer Weidemann
Wachtel
Weidemann
Robert Doyne
Ulster County
Arthur Champion
Muller
Kingston
Longlake
Hamilton County
Ulster County Grand Jury
Champion
Herbert Weinsoff
Ellenville
Gurfeiti
Rollins
Grand Jury
Gurfein
Weinsoff
Ulster County Dist. Atty
Francis J. Vogt
D.a.’S
Vogt
International Business Machines Corp
Town of
Gerard Defilicis
Resignation Rejected for Livingston Manor Elementary Principal
Gladys G. Gold’s resignation was rejected by the Livingston Manor School Board after a pay dispute. President Paul D Amico said a session was requested to discuss the situation. Gold, who signed a three year contract in August, asked for a 4250 raise but the board held to her contract provisions.
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Wappingers Falls
Thomas G. Pendell
Pendell
Fallsburg
Livingston Manor
Gladys G. Gold
Paul D‘ Amico
Gold
D‘amico
New York City
Fred H. Shove
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