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The two New York ex-cons accused in connection with the shooting death of the father of a local Marist College student at a Poughkeepsie hotel were ordered held without bail on Friday after they pleaded not guilty.  Roy Johnson and Devin Taylor are charged separately for their involvement in the October 2 shooting that led to the death of 53-year-old Paul Kutz and the discovery of an alleged bomb-making "manual."  Wearing a white t-shirt and an orange jail-issued jumpsuit with his hair up, Johnson – the man accused of opening fire and killing Kutz – appeared in New York's Dutchess County Court early Friday. Johnson, 35, was indicted on one count of second-degree murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.  Taylor, 26, appeared separately from Johnson on two charges of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.  Photos show Paul Kutz with his family in an image from 2013.

The ex-con accused of fatally gunning down the father of a Marist College student inside a Courtyard Marriott in upstate New York – showed a murderous streak in the past.  Roy Johnson, 35, was arrested Sunday for the slaying of acountant and father of three Paul Kutz in Poughkeepsie in the lobby of the hotel where both men were staying, according to police. Back in December 2005 during a violent robbery, Johnson, then 19, and an accomplice kicked in acquittance Amin Hinson's front door in broad daylight, then aimed a silver revolver at Michael Jones' head, court records show. "Shut the f---- up or I will kill you!" Johnson threatened.

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articles exposing years of apparent tax evasion schemes.In the lawsuit, filed in Dutchess County, New York on Tuesday, Trump accuses Mary Trump and the Times of engaging in an “insidious plot” to “smuggle records out of her attorney’s office.” The lawsuit names Mary Trump, the New York Times, and reporters Susanne Craig, David Barstow and Russell Beuttner as defendants.

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Kate Middleton has opened up on her 'mummy guilt' in a brutally honest interview. The Dutchess of Cambridge has previously spoken about how she loves being a hands-on mum and she and Prince William have deviated from Royal tradition of having numerous nannies and help to raise their brood, instead just having one nanny to be on hand when they need her.

Sally Jessy Raphael's husband, has died. He was 90.

Ted Johnson, Erik Pedersen The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department has upheld a Supreme Court justice’s temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump.Her book, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, will now be subjected to written arguments due to Dutchess County Supreme Court Justice Hal Greenwald within the next week.Robert Trump, the President’s brother, requested a preliminary injunction

By Cynthia Littleton