Robbery victim lured to fake film shoot | Hudson Valley Crime Roundup

HUDSON VALLEY, N.Y. — Check out the week’s top police news stories, covered by the region’s 24 Patch sites. Stories include a bank manager who hired a hitman to kill her brother-in-law.

2 charged with hate crime against UPS driver: Ramapo police

The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said it welcomed the hate crime charges over the alleged attack.

Pelham 23-year-old charged with child exploitation crime: DOJ

According to detectives, the Westchester resident shared child pornography with undercover officers via online messaging platforms.

Victim robbed at knifepoint after being lured into filming fake music video

Two of the three suspects were arrested and found with the stolen video equipment, knives, brass knuckles and a BB gun, New Rochelle police said.

‘Guilty’: Jury convicts joyriding motel resident on felony charges

The Saugerties man led police to two cars he had stolen from a muffler shop and was later arrested for threatening the motel owners.

22-year-old rapes 15-year-old, then drops her off at school: officers

The teen said she met the man accused of abusing her through social media and only agreed to meet in person a few weeks later.

Teen fugitive captured in South Carolina charged with murder: DA Walsh

The teen was charged in connection with a fatal shooting on July 1 in a parking lot in the village of Haverstraw.

Bank manager who hired hitman to murder her brother-in-law gets prison sentence

When the murder never happened, Reshma Massarone became impatient and told an undercover agent, “Rat poison can do a great job.”

Prison sentence for murder by impaling man on head with broomstick

Three days later, the killer was found hiding in a closet in another nearby apartment, still carrying the elderly victim’s phone.

Hitting Golf Course Tee Bar Injures 2, Suspect Arrested

Both victims were taken to Westchester Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries and were released.