City of Newburgh police officer arrested

Posted 9/30/20

A City of Newburgh Police Officer was arrested last Wednesday following an ongoing investigation into a hit and run motor vehicle crash.

The crash involved multiple parked cars in a parking lot …

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City of Newburgh police officer arrested

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A City of Newburgh Police Officer was arrested last Wednesday following an ongoing investigation into a hit and run motor vehicle crash.

The crash involved multiple parked cars in a parking lot off of State Route 300 in New Windsor and no one was injured in the crash. Immediately after receiving a report of the crash, New Windsor police officers located the motor vehicle that caused the accident and its operator several miles away after it had fled the scene. As part of their investigation, the officers found the vehicle’s operator to be in possession of substances that they believed to be illegal drugs.

The vehicle operator was found to possess a quantity of cocaine and a hallucinogenic drug known as MDMA.

Arrested was: Carlos Mendez, age 41 of Middletown,. employed by the City of Newburgh Police Department as a Police Officer. He was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the 4th degree (D-class felony), Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the 7th degree (A-class misdemeanor), official misconduct (A-class misdemeanor) and leaving the scene of a property damage motor vehicle accident (traffic infraction). He was arraigned before Town Justice Noreen Calderin and released as required by state law with no bail and a mandatory appearance ticket to appear in town court on October 13, at 3 p.m.