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Gunshots, Then Crash: Car Slams Into Capital Region Home After Shooting Gunshots, Then Crash: Car Slams Into Capital Region Home After Shooting
Gunshots, Then Crash: Car Slams Into Capital Region Home After Shooting Police are asking for tips after two people opened fire on a car in the region, causing the vehicle to crash into a house. The incident happened at around 9:45 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, in Schenectady, near Eastern and Elmer avenues. Schenectady Police said the vehicle was driving near the former Elmer Avenue Elementary School campus when two suspects walking nearby shot at the car. The driver then lost control and drove onto a lawn before crashing into the home’s front porch. Nobody was injured in the ordeal, police said. The suspects fled on foot. No arrests had been made as of Wednesday …

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Passenger Dies In Fiery Drunk-Driving Crash Near Capital Region College, Police Say Passenger Dies In Fiery Drunk-Driving Crash Near Capital Region College, Police Say
Passenger Dies In Fiery Drunk-Driving Crash Near Capital Region College, Police Say A suspected drunk-driving crash near a college campus in the region claimed the life of a 47-year-old woman. The fiery wreck happened just before 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, in Schenectady, on Eastern Avenue. The scene was two blocks away from Union College. According to Schenectady Police, 31-year-old Gregory Mitchell, of Scotia, was driving while intoxicated when he crashed into a parked car on Eastern Avenue near Degraff Street. The impact ignited a fire and trapped his passenger, Jacqueline McCole, of Scotia, inside the vehicle.  By the time members of the Schenectady Fire Departme…

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Capital District Man Sentenced For Selling Heroin Laced With Fentanyl Capital District Man Sentenced For Selling Heroin Laced With Fentanyl
Capital District Man Sentenced For Selling Heroin Laced With Fentanyl A man will spend the next six years in federal prison for selling heroin that was laced with fentanyl. Schenectady resident and former Long Islander Ralph St. Croix, age 39, was sentenced to 70 months behind bars Thursday, July 21, in federal court in Albany. As part of his guilty plea, St. Croix - who also goes by the name “Stretch” - admitted to selling the fentanyl-laced drugs to another person on three occasions at his apartment on Eastern Avenue in Schenectady in December 2020. Schenectady Felon Sentenced to 70 Months for Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Heroin and for Possessing Firea…

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by Michael Mashburn