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National Guard Soldier Caught Smuggling Drugs, Phones Into NY Prison, Police Say National Guard Soldier Caught Smuggling Drugs, Phones Into NY Prison, Police Say
National Guard Soldier Caught Smuggling Drugs, Phones Into NY Prison, Police Say A New York Army National Guard member is facing felony charges after being caught smuggling marijuana and cell phones into a state prison, police said. Troopers responded to Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County on Friday, Aug. 1, after the state prison system’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI) requested assistance, according to New York State Police. Savian Maxwell, 30, of Brooklyn, was taken into custody after a DOCCS K9 detected contraband on both himself and his vehicle during a security check, police said. Investigators recovered approximately 176 grams of marijuana and f…
Chilling Murder-For-Hire Plot Foiled After NY Businessman Caught Outside Rival's Home: DA Chilling Murder-For-Hire Plot Foiled After NY Businessman Caught Outside Rival's Home: DA
Chilling Murder-For-Hire Plot Foiled After NY Businessman Caught Outside Rival's Home: DA A Long Island businessman hatched a twisted plan to kidnap, torture, and kill a former colleague, prosecutors alleged. Navdeep Singh, 48, of Dix Hills, was arraigned on felony conspiracy and criminal solicitation charges in Nassau County Court on Monday, June 9. The charges stem from an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting a man Singh had been feuding with for years over a multimillion-dollar construction deal gone sour. Singh, who owns Gravity Construction Corp., promised to pay a hitman $100,000 and 10 acres of land in India to carry out the job, according to the Nassau County DA’s offi…
Phone Ban: NY To Become Largest State With Bell-To-Bell Restrictions On Student Smartphones Phone Ban: NY To Become Largest State With Bell-To-Bell Restrictions On Student Smartphones
Phone Ban: NY To Become Largest State With Bell-To-Bell Restrictions On Student Smartphones New York classrooms are dialing down distractions. Come this fall, all K-12 public schools in New York will implement bell-to-bell bans on student cell phone use, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office announced Tuesday, May 6. The sweeping new policy, part of the state’s 2026 budget agreement, prohibits students from using internet-enabled personal devices anywhere on school grounds from the first bell to the last—including during lunch and study hall periods. “New York was the first state to target addictive social media feeds — and now we’re the largest state to restrict smartphones in schools thr…