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Police Searching For Answers After Family Of 4 Found Brutally Murdered At Capital Region Home

Police Searching For Answers After Family Of 4 Found Brutally Murdered At Capital Region Home

Police Searching For Answers After Family Of 4 Found Brutally Murdered At Capital Region Home New York State Police are asking the public's help in their investigation of a cold-case murder mystery of a family of four at their suburban upstate New York home. Tuesday, Oct. 8 marks the 10-year anniversary of the crime. On that Wednesday in 2014, troopers and multiple other law enforcement agencies responded to the Albany County home on Western Avenue in the town of Guilderland. Inside the home, police located 7-year-old Eddy Chen, 10-year-old Anthony Chen, and their parents, Hai Yan Li and Jin Feng Chen, brutally murdered. "The State Police Troop G Major Crimes Unit and SP New …

by Joe Lombardi

10/08/2024

Police & Fire

Authorities In Region Monitoring Bomb Threats Targeting NY Synagogues

Authorities In Region Monitoring Bomb Threats Targeting NY Synagogues

Authorities In Region Monitoring Bomb Threats Targeting NY Synagogues Authorities in the Hudson Valley are monitoring bomb threats sent over email targeting synagogues across New York as Rosh Hashanah comes to a close. The threats were detailed in an announcement by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office on Friday, Oct. 4, in which authorities said they were made aware of a "pattern of bomb threats" sent via email targeting New York synagogues and containing "vitriolic language." All federal, state, and local intelligence centers have not identified any credible information regarding the threats, which are now actively being investigated, the Sheriff's Offi…

10/04/2024

News

Warning Issued For Nationwide Automated 'Sextortion' Scam: Here's What To Know

Warning Issued For Nationwide Automated 'Sextortion' Scam: Here's What To Know

Warning Issued For Nationwide Automated 'Sextortion' Scam: Here's What To Know Authorities are warning the public of a nationwide automated scam in which scammers use people’s email addresses to coerce payments by intimidating them with threats of embarrassment. Victims of the "sextortion" scheme, usually children and teens, are manipulated to photograph or video material for extortionists. "After receiving the sexually explicit content from the child, the offender threatens to release that compromising material unless the victim produces additional explicit material," said the FBI in issuing the warning to parents, educators, caregivers, and children. In a sepa…

by Joe Lombardi

09/20/2024