Here are
some stories making headlines across the Hudson Valley today.
Two families are homeless this morning after a fire
broke out at a home on East Railroad Avenue in West Haverstraw early Monday. No one was injured. Neighbors tell News 12 they
believe the fire was sparked when an air conditioning unit blew up. No word yet on a cause from fire
officials.
Three former officials of the Orange County
Industrial Development Agency must pay more than
$1 million in restitution after pleading
guilty to corruption charges. One of the officials is former Orange County Executive Edward Diana.
Diana admitted to accepting
a consulting position with a company contracted by the IDA while he was a board
member. He will pay
back $90,000.
Yonkers city workers are just starting to regain
control of their computers after a ransomware virus attack that happened on
Sept. 4. The virus was
quarantined on the network, and
restoration began by the city's
Department of Information Technology. No ransom was paid. The Department of Homeland Security was notified, and it is performing a forensic analysis.
Closing arguments are expected to end soon in the
murder trial of Hudson Valley real estate heir Robert Durst. He is accused of killing his best
friend Susan Berman. Prosecutors
in Los Angeles say Durst first killed his wife Kathie, then Berman to keep her
from telling investigators what she knew about Kathie's disappearance. Kathie Durst vanished from her
home in Westchester in 1982. 'Buried Secrets,' News 12’s one-hour "Turn to Tara" special on the murder
mystery, airs Wednesday night.