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2 State Troopers Hospitalized After Crash In Upstate NY 2 State Troopers Hospitalized After Crash In Upstate NY
2 State Troopers Hospitalized After Crash In Upstate NY Two New York State Police troopers were seriously injured after a weekend crash. It happened around 2 a.m. Saturday, March 23, in Rensselaer County on I-90 in the town of East Greenbush. An investigation determined a tractor-trailer struck the vehicle that the two troopers were in from behind. The troopers were at the scene after responding to an earlier crash. Both troopers were taken to Albany Medical Center with serious injuries, were treated, and have since been released. The driver of the tractor-trailer was taken to the State Police barracks in Latham for questioning. The inv…

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by Joe Lombardi
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National Guard Solider From NY ID'd As Sole Survivor Of Triple-Fatal Crash National Guard Solider From NY ID'd As Sole Survivor Of Triple-Fatal Crash
National Guard Solider From NY ID'd As Sole Survivor Of Triple-Fatal Crash The only survivor of a helicopter crash that killed three people has been identified as a National Guard soldier from New York. The incident happened around 2:50 p.m. Friday, March 8 while the UH-72 Lakota chopper was flying over the US-Mexico border near Rio Grande City, Texas, according to the Joint Task Force North. Capital Region native Jacob Pratt, of Rensselaer, suffered critical injuries and remains hospitalized. More than $102,000 has been raised from a total of over 1,100 separate donations in a GoFundMe fundraiser launched by the New York State Counc…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Triple-Fatal Crash Update: National Guard Solider From NY, State Trooper Both ID'd As Victims Triple-Fatal Crash Update: National Guard Solider From NY, State Trooper Both ID'd As Victims
Triple-Fatal Crash Update: National Guard Solider From NY, State Trooper Both ID'd As Victims A National Guard soldier from New York has been identified as one of the victims of a helicopter crash that killed three people. Click here for a new, updated story: National Guard Soldier From NY ID'd As Sole Survivor Of Triple-Fatal Crash The incident happened around 2:50 p.m. Friday, March 8 while the UH-72 Lakota chopper was flying over the US-Mexico border near Rio Grande City, Texas, according to the Joint Task Force North. National Guard soldier Casey Frankoski, age 28, who grew up in Rensselaer County, was a graduate of Columbia High School in East Greenbush. …

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by Joe Lombardi
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New Update: Missing NY 17-Year-Old May Be Traveling With This Man, Police Say New Update: Missing NY 17-Year-Old May Be Traveling With This Man, Police Say
New Update: Missing NY 17-Year-Old May Be Traveling With This Man, Police Say Police have released new details in the search for a missing New York teenager who may have traveled hours away from home. Rensselaer County resident Chante Ballo, age 17, of East Greenbush, was last seen shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, near Robert Lane and Red Mill Road. In an update Wednesday, Oct. 11, the East Greenbush Police Department said Chante is believed to be with 34-year-old Gabriel Vargas in the Richmond Hills area of Queens. Chante is described as 5-feet-5-inches tall and 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was wearing all black with white sneakers and was …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Suspect In Cold Case Killing Takes Own Life In Hudson Valley As Police Close In, DA Says Suspect In Cold Case Killing Takes Own Life In Hudson Valley As Police Close In, DA Says
Suspect In Cold Case Killing Takes Own Life In Hudson Valley As Police Close In, DA Says Nearly 30 years after an elderly New York woman was found bludgeoned to death inside her apartment, the cold case has finally been solved. The Rensselaer County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday, Jan. 19, that Jeremiah James Guyette had been identified as the sole suspect in the murder of Wilomeana “Violet” Filkins. Filkins was found dead in the living room of her East Greenbush home on Aug. 19, 1994. New York State Police and the East Greenbush Police Department spent the next two decades following up on tips and re-submitting evidence to the state crime lab in an attempt to …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Victim In NY Sword Attack Is School Shooter, Report Says Victim In NY Sword Attack Is School Shooter, Report Says
Victim In NY Sword Attack Is School Shooter, Report Says A man who was brutally attacked with a sword at a New York homeless shelter has been identified as the gunman in a 2004 shooting at an upstate high school, according to News10 in Albany. Police said a 34-year-old man suffered severe injuries when another man struck him several times with a sword at the Capital Connections Drop-In Center in Albany on Monday, Aug. 29. The victim was identified by News 10 as 34-year-old Jon Romano, who served 15 years in prison for attempted murder after opening fire at Columbia High School in East Greenbush in February 2004. In that incident, Romano fired …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Hudson Valley Man In Fatal Crash Had Children In Car, State Police Say Hudson Valley Man In Fatal Crash Had Children In Car, State Police Say
Hudson Valley Man In Fatal Crash Had Children In Car, State Police Say A Hudson Valley resident who was one of two men arrested in a fatal three-car crash on I-90 was driving drunk with two young children in his vehicle, according to state police. The crash took place around 1 p.m. Saturday on I-90 in the Town of East Greenbush near Albany, according to New York State Police. The initial investigation found that August Rice, 23, of Rexford, was traveling eastbound on I-90 when he struck a vehicle causing it to cross the median and into the westbound lanes where it was struck by a vehicle driven by Rex Tucker-Moss, 41, of Poughquag in Dutchess County, state pol…

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by Kathy Reakes