Woodbury pursuit ends in Kiryas Joel, two suspects arrested
A chase from Woodbury into Kiryas Joel ended with one suspect on foot and another taken into custody on Dinev Road.
A police pursuit that started in Woodbury ended in Shechinas Veyoel Moshe in Kiryas Joel, where one suspect fled on foot before being apprehended and a second suspect was later taken into custody on Dinev Road. The response drew New York State Police, Woodbury Police Department, Kiryas Joel Public Safety and Harriman Police Department into one of Orange County’s busiest and most densely populated corridors.
The chase moved through an area where a fast-moving stop can quickly spill into local traffic and neighborhood activity. Kiryas Joel sits in a part of Orange County where municipal boundaries are close together, road networks are crowded and police agencies routinely have to work together when a pursuit crosses from one jurisdiction to another.
Orange County covers 839 square miles and includes three cities, 20 towns and 19 villages. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office says the county has more than 379,000 residents, a scale that helps explain why incidents can spread quickly from one village or town to the next before officers bring them under control.
The Woodbury-to-Kiryas Joel chase fits a pattern familiar to Orange County law enforcement. In a recent Monroe-area pursuit, a vehicle ended up in Kiryas Joel and brought together Monroe Police, Kiryas Joel Public Safety, New York State Police and Woodbury Police. Another 2026 pursuit elsewhere in the county began in the Town of Wallkill and City of Middletown area and ended only after police later recovered the vehicle in Wawarsing.
Those incidents show how quickly a local stop can turn into a countywide response, especially when a suspect slips away from the original scene. In this case, officers ultimately secured both suspects, one after the foot pursuit in Shechinas Veyoel Moshe and the second on Dinev Road.
The available details do not identify the suspects, the vehicle, the reason officers tried to stop it or what charges may follow. They also do not verify whether anyone was hurt or whether any property was damaged.
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