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COMMUNITY REMINDER Prescription Drug Drop Box
The Town of New Windsor Police Department is reminding the community that the best way to dispose of most types of old, unwanted, or expired medicines (both prescription and over the counter) is to drop the medicine off at a drug take back site.
The New Windsor Police Department, located at 555 Union Avenue is designated as a permanent drug take back site that is open to the community 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Anyone can stop off at the police station to place their unwanted medications into a secure prescription drop box in the lobby.
Police Chief Robert Doss stated, “It is so important that we continue to raise awareness in our community about the serious dangers of keeping unused medications in the home, especially when it comes to opioid pain medications. We know that trouble with opioids often starts at home when the unused medications fall into the wrong hands. I urge you to do your part in protecting your family by eliminating the risk. Gather them up and get rid of them! ”
Since June of 2016, the New Windsor Police Department has collected and disposed of over 1,300 lbs. of unwanted medicines. The collected medications are permanently disposed of by incineration at an EPA approved location.
PRESS RELEASERESS RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE
Sex Offender arrested at private playground
02/27/2020 1:30pm
Prepared by Deputy Chief Michael Farbent
Town of New Windsor Police arrest Mark Edward Nelson age 61 of Newburgh NY, after investigating a report of a male trespassing in a fenced in playground of a Nursery School in town. Two employees and two children were exiting the Nursery School out of the side door adjacent to the playground when the suspect approached them in the darkened area and attempted to make contact with them while in the playground school property. The women and children then retreated to their vehicle and left the area and police were later notified.
New Windsor Police then investigated the incident and were able to determine that the suspect was Mark Edward Nelson, a Level 3 sex offender in New York State. Level 3 is the most dangerous level.
Mr Edward was located and arrested for Criminal Trespass in the 3rd Degree.
He was released without bail due to the Bail Reform Laws that prevent him being remanded to Jail.
This is the link to Mark Nelson sex offender webpage:
https://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/SomsSUBDirectory/offenderDetails.jsp?offenderid=14565&lang=EN
On January 24, 2020, New Windsor Police Officers Hardy Pierce and Jeremy Arcaro were at Little Britain Elementary School to do an Anti-bullying presentation for the 2nd – 5th grade students.
The Officer’s presentation went great and there was quite a bit of positive feedback from children on the topic. Officer Pierce and Officer Arcaro are also members of the department’s very active Community Policing Unit.
Dispatcher Stephen A Bedetti was recently presented with the New Windsor Police Department ‘Service Achievement Award’ for recently achieving 30 years of service with the town. Dispatcher Bedetti is currently the town's dispatcher supervisor who works closely with all the emergency service agencies in the town. This includes all police, fire and ambulance services. Police Chief Robert Doss stated, “It’s quite the achievement to work at any job for thirty years. The fact that Stephen worked all of those years dispatching and coordinating emergency service personnel throughout the town under stressful circumstances is commendable and I offer my congratulations to him.”
On January 29, 2020, New Windsor Police Officer Brian McLean spoke with the local Girl Scouts troop about his duties as the department’s K-9 Officer. Officer McLean, who is a 23-year veteran of the police force, has been a member of the K-9 unit for 16 years. His current K-9 partner is named Soto and he is a German Sheppard that is 7 years old. In 2019, Officer McLean and K-9 Sato handled 119 calls for the department. These calls include many areas of responsibility such as: Investigating alarms, building searches, tracking missing persons and sniffing for illegal drugs. Thank you for all that you do for the Town Officer McLean!