Man Nabbed In Hyde Park For Threatening Police, Cops Say

A Hudson Valley man was charged with making a terroristic after allegedly repeatedly calling a police department and making threats of violence, police said.

A Hyde Park man was charged with making a terroristic threat after allegedly threatening Hyde Park Police multiple times.
Photo Credit: *Dutchess County Sheriff's Office*

Kathy Reakes

04/17/2024 4:00 p.m.

Dutchess County resident Michael A. Cavagnolo, 48, of Hyde Park, was charged on Tuesday, March 5, with making threats against the town of Hyde Park Police, said Capt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office.

According to Watterson, the Sheriff's Office was requested to investigate and found that on several occasions, he threatened to shoot officers and destroy their facility.

Cavagnolo was charged with making a terroristic threat, which is a felony. After being processed, he was arraigned before the Town of Hyde Park Court and remanded to the Dutchess County Jail without bail.

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