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Suspect 'Secreted' Drugs From Body, Tried Hiding Them In Trooper's Seat, Police In Region Say Suspect 'Secreted' Drugs From Body, Tried Hiding Them In Trooper's Seat, Police In Region Say
Suspect 'Secreted' Drugs From Body, Tried Hiding Them In Trooper's Seat, Police In Region Say A New York State Police trooper got an unpleasant surprise while nabbing a wanted man in the region. The incident began when 26-year-old Nathaniel Mahabier, of Cobleskill in Schoharie County, was stopped for a vehicle and traffic violation on I-88 in Schoharie at around 2:50 p.m. Thursday, May 25. According to State Police, Mahabier initially gave a false name. He was arrested when the trooper learned his real identity and discovered that he had an active arrest warrant issued by the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. The arrest took a turn for the strange when, …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Woman Smuggled Drugs Into Capital Region Jail For Inmate Relative, Police Say Woman Smuggled Drugs Into Capital Region Jail For Inmate Relative, Police Say
Woman Smuggled Drugs Into Capital Region Jail For Inmate Relative, Police Say A woman from the region has gone from jail visitor to possible jail inmate after allegedly smuggling drugs into a correctional facility for a relative. Saratoga County resident Rondene Brust, age 53, of Ballston Spa, was arrested Tuesday, Oct. 11, after she allegedly brought a controlled substance into the Saratoga County jail, according to sheriff’s officials. Brust then passed the “dangerous contraband” to an inmate, 32-year-old Bryan Brust, of Ballston Spa, police said. Authorities did not immediately clarify the relationship between the two. A subsequent search of Brust’s cell reveale…

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by Michael Mashburn