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Father From Region Shot Dead In Front Of His Kids In Peekskill: Here's Killer's Sentence
A 40-year-old man will spend decades in prison for fatally shooting a Hudson Valley father in front of his children in Northern Westchester.
Peekskill resident Reginald McClure was sentenced on Thursday, Nov. 7 to 30 years in state prison in connection with the shooting death of Dutchess County resident Ernest Wilson of Poughkeepsie in May 2023, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, Nov 12.
According to the DA's Office, just after 7:30 p.m. on May 21, 2023, Wilson, age 53, had been dropping off his child with their mother, McClure's girlfriend, at…
Saratoga County Man To Spend Years In Prison For Violent Sexual Attack
A Capital Region man found guilty by a jury of a violent 2023 attack and sexual assault faces up to 25 years in prison.
Saratoga County resident Michael Pelletier of Moreau was convicted on Wednesday, Sept. 25, for the Saturday, June 24, 2023 attack, said Saratoga County District Attorney Karen A. Heggen.
According to court documents and testimony, Pelletier violently assaulted a 32-year-old woman, physically and sexually, inside his home with children present.
The woman, who was injured all over her body, was transported to Saratoga Hospital for her injuries.
Pelletier faces u…
'Finally Got Justice': 24-Year-Old Convicted In Woman's Strangling In Capital Region
Two years after a young woman was found dead on state land in the region, her killer has been convicted.
Rensselaer County resident Ian Hasselwander, age 24, of Petersburgh, was found guilty of murder and related charges by a Rensselaer County jury on Wednesday, July 24, in the death of Morgan Bates.
The 20-year-old Cambridge Central High School graduate was found dead in Cherry Plain State Park, along Black River Road in Stephentown, on Feb. 27, 2022 a week after relatives reported her missing.
An autopsy found that she had been strangled, according to the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Offi…
Babysitter Admits Raping, Murdering 3-Year-Old NY Girl Found Covered In Bleach
One year after a 3-year-old New York girl was found murdered inside her home, the man responsible has formally confessed.
Rensselaer County resident Robert Fisher, age 34, of Rensselaer, pleaded guilty to murder and rape on Tuesday, July 9, in the death of Josefina Cunningham.
According to prosecutors, emergency crews were called to the girl's Rensselaer home near Broadway and Tracy Street on July 7, 2023, after relatives found her not breathing.
Earlier Report: Man Rapes, Murders 3-Year-Old Girl At Home In Region, DA Says
Josefina’s mother found her lying lifeless on the floor, fo…
