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Police & Fire
IDs Released For Troopers Involved In Fatal Shooting Of Knife-Wielding Man In Area IDs Released For Troopers Involved In Fatal Shooting Of Knife-Wielding Man In Area
IDs Released For Troopers Involved In Fatal Shooting Of Knife-Wielding Man In Area The identities have been released of the two New York State Police troopers who were involved in an incident in which one of them shot and killed a man armed with a knife in the Hudson Valley. The incident happened on Saturday, Sept. 9 in Ulster County. State Police and the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to assist the Ulster County Mobile Mental Health crisis team at a residence in the town of Wawarsing located on Clark Road. When responding patrols arrived, they encountered a distraught man, later identified as 41-year-old Daniel K. McAlpin, who was inside the re…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Cops Posed As TV News Crew To End Upstate Hostage Situation Cops Posed As TV News Crew To End Upstate Hostage Situation
Cops Posed As TV News Crew To End Upstate Hostage Situation A hostage situation at a New York gas station finally ended after police posed as a TV news crew and pretended to interview the suspect, News10 ABC in Albany reports. Troy Police were called to the Stewart’s Shops convenience store on Vandenburgh Avenue at around 11:15 p.m. Thursday, June 2, with reports of a hostage situation, police said. When officers arrived, they said they found heavy damage to the front of the building and two male employees and one male suspect inside. The suspect was standing behind a counter holding what appeared to be a knife to the throat of one employee, polic…

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by Michael Mashburn