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Arsonist Admits Setting Fire To Restaurant In Capital Region, Causing 'Extensive Damage' Arsonist Admits Setting Fire To Restaurant In Capital Region, Causing 'Extensive Damage'
Arsonist Admits Setting Fire To Restaurant In Capital Region, Causing 'Extensive Damage' An arsonist is facing years in prison after admitting that he intentionally started a fire that heavily damaged a restaurant in the region. Schenectady County resident Eric Reed, age 36, pleaded guilty to one count of arson in Schenectady County Court on Friday, Oct 27, stemming from a fire at the Wagon Train BBQ restaurant in Rotterdam. Firefighters were called to the Mariaville Road business at around 6 a.m. on Sunday, June 4, after flames broke out in a storage shed located right outside the main building. The fire quickly spread to a second storage shed and a utility pole, causing powe…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Double Homicide: Suspect Sought In Killings Of Husband, Wife In Capital Region Double Homicide: Suspect Sought In Killings Of Husband, Wife In Capital Region
Double Homicide: Suspect Sought In Killings Of Husband, Wife In Capital Region Police are asking for the public's help after a married couple was found dead inside their home in the region. In Schenectady County, the bodies of Robert Guillaume, age 73, and Cathy Guillaume, age 65, were found Friday, July 7, inside a Rotterdam home on Fern Avenue, one block east of the Rotterdam Industrial Park. Both deaths were classified as homicides following autopsies, according to Rotterdam Police. Investigators did not reveal their cause of death.  No suspects had been arrested as of Thursday, July 13, a police spokesperson told Daily Voice, adding that there is no threat t…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
'Unfounded' Report Of Armed Man Prompts Police Response, Road Closures In Area 'Unfounded' Report Of Armed Man Prompts Police Response, Road Closures In Area
'Unfounded' Report Of Armed Man Prompts Police Response, Road Closures In Area Police say a 911 call about an armed man pointing a gun out of a window in Schenectady was “unfounded.” The call came in at around 10 a.m. Tuesday with an individual saying they had just seen a man pointing a “large gun” out of a window near S. Brandywine and Odell Street, Schenectady police said. Not surprisingly, the report triggered a large police response, including officers from the Schenectady Police Department, New York State Police, Schenectady County Sheriff’s Office, and the Rotterdam Police Department. Several nearby roads were closed and residents of the apartment building wer…

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by Michael Mashburn