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Boy Killed By Stray Bullet Was Hudson Valley Middle School Student, District Says
An Orange County middle school student was killed after being struck by a stray bullet during a weekend shooting in the Bronx, leaving his school community mourning the loss.
Jacob Freytes, also known as "Kai," a 12-year-old student at Valley Central Middle School in Montgomery, died on Saturday, July 25, after being shot during a shooting in the Mount Eden section of the Bronx, CBS News reported.
According to the outlet, the shooting happened at about 5 p.m. near Elliot Place, where authorities allege William Ferrer, 45, repeatedly fired a handgun. Jacob was struck in the chest …
Child, 13, Arrested After Shots Fired In Hudson Valley Neighborhood
A 13-year-old was arrested in connection with a shots-fired incident earlier this month in Orange County, police announced.
The investigation leading to the child's arrest began at around 3:14 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8, when officers responded to the area of Liberty Street and South Street in the City of Newburgh following reports of gunfire, the City of Newburgh Police Department said in an announcement on Friday, July 24.
When officers arrived, they found evidence on South Street indicating that a semi-automatic firearm had been discharged, according to police, which prompted the in…
Strip-Searched And Fired: State Police Recruit Claims Mistreatment, Teases Lawsuit
A New York State Police recruit says she was partially strip-searched by superiors during her time at the agency’s academy, according to a new report.
Daiana Doran, 34, had been accused of concealing an Apple Watch while she was attending the academy’s 28-week training course, the Albany Times-Union reported Sunday, July 26.
Doran filed a notice of claim, a typical precursor to a lawsuit, in which she detailed the experience, according to the Times-Union. The search began with troopers tossing her dorm room but coming up empty in the search for the watch, according to the notice of claim.
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