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Upstate Courthouse Evacuated After Protester Releases Cockroaches Upstate Courthouse Evacuated After Protester Releases Cockroaches
Upstate Courthouse Evacuated After Protester Releases Cockroaches Proceedings at a New York courthouse came grinding to a halt after a protester released scores of cockroaches inside a courtroom. It happened Tuesday morning, June 7, at Albany City Court. During an arraignment of four people who were previously arrested at the Capitol, a protester released hundreds of cockroaches that had been brought in plastic containers, according to Lucian Chalfen, a spokesperson for the state Office of Court Administration. Chalfen provided a photo to Daily Voice showing several of the insects on the ground next to a bed of lettuce and dirt. The incident forced an e…

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by Michael Mashburn
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NY Man Threatened To Kill Members Of Congress After Capitol Riot, Feds Say NY Man Threatened To Kill Members Of Congress After Capitol Riot, Feds Say
NY Man Threatened To Kill Members Of Congress After Capitol Riot, Feds Say A 37-year-old man who was once an Occupy Wall Street activist and later became a Trump fanatic has been charged with threatening to murder U.S. officials including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York City. Brendan Hunt, of Queens, also known as “X-Ray Ultra,” was arrested on Tuesday, Jan. 19 in Queens and is being detained pending trial, said Seth D. DuCharme, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. As alleged in the complaint, on Friday, Jan. 8, two days after the riot in the U.S.…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Peekskill Woman Sentenced For Posing As Attorney Peekskill Woman Sentenced For Posing As Attorney
Peekskill Woman Sentenced For Posing As Attorney The 42-year-old Northern Westchester woman who fraudulently posed as an attorney and represented a client in court has been sentenced to several years probation. Peekskill resident Delilah Torres has been sentenced to five years probation after being found guilty of a felony count of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing after she falsely portrayed herself as a lawyer in Pleasantville Village Court. Westchester County District Attorney, Jr. Scarpino said that Torres first appeared in court in Pleasantville on June 26 last year, when she identified herself as the attorney for h…

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by Zak Failla