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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