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Woman Admits Stealing $550K From Area Employer: 'A Crime Of Greed' Woman Admits Stealing $550K From Area Employer: 'A Crime Of Greed'
Woman Admits Stealing $550K From Area Employer: 'A Crime Of Greed' Years of prison await a woman from the region who confessed to stealing more than a half million dollars from her employer. Rensselaer County resident Debra Powers, age 64, of Troy, pleaded guilty to theft and tax fraud in Saratoga County Court on Friday, Jan. 19. According to prosecutors, Powers admitted to using a company credit card for personal use while employed at Cascades Inc., located in the town of Waterford. An investigation by New York State Police found that she stole $548,993 over a five-year period. She concealed the unauthorized purchases by submitting phony, altered, or in…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Cocaine, Ecstasy, Adderall, Oh My: Drug Dealer From Region Busted Third Time This Year: PD Cocaine, Ecstasy, Adderall, Oh My: Drug Dealer From Region Busted Third Time This Year: PD
Cocaine, Ecstasy, Adderall, Oh My: Drug Dealer From Region Busted Third Time This Year: PD A convicted drug dealer from the region with an “extensive” criminal history has been arrested on felony drug charges for the third time this year. Albany County resident Phillip Harris, age 46, was arrested near his Cohoes home on Wednesday, June 28, during a multi-agency investigation into his alleged drug activity. Officers were gearing up to execute a search warrant at Harris’ Remsen Street apartment when they spotted him inside a vehicle two blocks away, according to Cohoes Police. The driver of the vehicle, Catherina Mayotte, was found to have a suspended driver’s license. Officers …

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
State Police Issue Alert For Man Wanted For Endangering Welfare Of A Child State Police Issue Alert For Man Wanted For Endangering Welfare Of A Child
State Police Issue Alert For Man Wanted For Endangering Welfare Of A Child An upstate man who was arrested after being caught striking a child in the head is wanted by New York State Police. An alert was issued by New York State Police for Devin Sylvester, who is on the run following his arrest in 2018 for child endangerment. Police said that Sylvester is wanted on a bench warrant out of the Duanesburg Town Court after he failed to appear in court to respond to the child endangerment charge. Sylvester, 37, was described by investigators as being approximately 5-foot-10, weighing 195 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. 
According to police, Sylvester is known t…

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by Zak Failla