New State Troopers include 10 from the Lower Hudson Valley

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NEW YORK STATE POLICE

201st Graduating Session

Ten residents from the Lower Hudson Valley were among the 168 troopers who graduated Thursday from the

201st class of the New York State Police Academy.

The ceremony was held at the Empire State Plaza in Albany.

The local residents will serve New York as troopers from several locations, police said.

Working out of Troop C in Sidney will be Jean B. Cime of Hartsdale, Peter J. Figiel of Peekskill, Katherine M. Gorey of Somers, Lance Saraceno of Bardonia, Kelechi A. Uba of New Rochelle and Jason E. Ritacco of Waccabuc.

Among the new troopers at Troop E in Canadaiqua will be Charles A. Williams of Yonkers. Trooper Martin R. Smith of Haverstraw is among 26 graduates joining Troop F in Middletown while the Poughkeepsie-based Troop K will get eight new troopers including Joseph L. Morrissey of Patterson and Jonathan Sanchez of White Plains.

The class also included Jason Zhang of Poughkeepsie, who had waited five years at a chance to be state trooper. He fell one sit-up short in January 2013, but got a second chance last January – and passed. He will be assigned to Troop C in Sidney.

CREDIT: LoHud

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/crime/2014/07/17/local-residents-join-state-police/12800045/