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'I Hope He Haunts You': Slain Capital Region Father's Family Confronts Killer Before Sentencing 'I Hope He Haunts You': Slain Capital Region Father's Family Confronts Killer Before Sentencing
'I Hope He Haunts You': Slain Capital Region Father's Family Confronts Killer Before Sentencing Nearly three years after a father was gunned down in a residential neighborhood in the region, his relatives confronted his killer face to face. Nicholas Anderson, age 30, of Albany, was sentenced to 15 years behind bars in Albany County Court on Friday, June 7, in the death of Rashad Nicholson. It followed his guilty plea to a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting Nicholson in the city’s West Hill neighborhood, near Third and Oaks streets, on July 24, 2021. Earlier Report: Suspected Gunman Charged In Killing Of Rashad Nicholson In Albany Medics found Nic…

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Ex-School Counselor In Capital Region Filmed Sexually Explicit Content Of Child For Years Ex-School Counselor In Capital Region Filmed Sexually Explicit Content Of Child For Years
Ex-School Counselor In Capital Region Filmed Sexually Explicit Content Of Child For Years A former middle school guidance counselor in the region confessed to repeatedly taking sexually explicit photos of a child beginning when the victim was just 9 years old. Albany County resident Kristy Koldis, age 46, of Latham, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child in Albany federal court on Monday, June 3. Koldis, a former counselor at Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School in Albany and professor at Russell Sage College in Troy, admitted that she repeatedly took sexually explicit content depicting the victim’s genitals. The abuse continued until the child was 13. Earli…

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Duo Gunned Down 'Fun-Filled' 16-Year-Old After Breaking Into Capital Region Home, Jury Finds Duo Gunned Down 'Fun-Filled' 16-Year-Old After Breaking Into Capital Region Home, Jury Finds
Duo Gunned Down 'Fun-Filled' 16-Year-Old After Breaking Into Capital Region Home, Jury Finds Two of three defendants have been convicted for their roles in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy from the region. A Rensselaer County jury found Ramel Gulley, age 29, of Schenectady, and William Webb, age 30, of Brooklyn, guilty of second-degree murder on Friday, March 22, in the killing of Christopher Anthony. Prosecutors said Gulley, Webb, and a third defendant forced their way into Anthony’s Troy home, located near River Street and Glen Avenue, on Jan. 5, 2022. Earlier Report: Trio Charged In Killing Of 16-Year-Old In Troy They shot the boy multiple times in the torso and onc…

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Teacher's Hit-Run Killer Gets 1 To 3 Years For South Glens Falls Crash; Widow Says 'Not Enough' Teacher's Hit-Run Killer Gets 1 To 3 Years For South Glens Falls Crash; Widow Says 'Not Enough'
Teacher's Hit-Run Killer Gets 1 To 3 Years For South Glens Falls Crash; Widow Says 'Not Enough' The family of a beloved teacher who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in the region is calling for change after the man responsible was given no more than 36 months behind bars. Saratoga County resident John Lincoln-Lynch, age 57, of Moreau, was sentenced to an indeterminate term of one to three years in prison in Saratoga County Court on Tuesday, Oct. 31. It followed his guilty plea to a felony charge of leaving the scene of the crash that claimed the life of 67-year-old South Glens Falls native Paul Trombley. Earlier Report: Driver Admits Hitting, Killing Teacher In South Glens Falls …

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Courtroom Scuffle: Man Charges Buffalo Grocery Store Mass Shooter Ahead Of Sentencing (Video) Courtroom Scuffle: Man Charges Buffalo Grocery Store Mass Shooter Ahead Of Sentencing (Video)
Courtroom Scuffle: Man Charges Buffalo Grocery Store Mass Shooter Ahead Of Sentencing (Video) Sentencing proceedings for the 19-year-old gunman who shot and killed ten Black people in a racist attack at a New York grocery store were briefly halted Wednesday, Feb. 15, when someone inside the courtroom charged toward the admitted killer. Video posted on Twitter captured the tense moment, which came as a relative of one of the victims addressed the shooter inside an Erie County courtroom. “You don’t know a damn thing about Black people. We’re human,” the woman is heard saying to Payton Gendron. “We like our kids to go to good schools. We love our kids. We never go to no neighborhoods …

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by Michael Mashburn