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Loaded Gun Found In Student's Backpack At Capital Region High School Loaded Gun Found In Student's Backpack At Capital Region High School
Loaded Gun Found In Student's Backpack At Capital Region High School A Schenectady High School student is in police custody after a loaded handgun was discovered in her bag during a routine security screening Friday afternoon, June 13, police said. The alarming incident unfolded just after noon, when school staff were alerted by the building’s weapon screening system that a potential weapon had been detected in a student’s backpack at the entrance, according to Schenectady Police. The agency’s Community Engagement Officers, who were already on-site, immediately intervened and confiscated what appeared to be a loaded handgun, police said. The student, an 18-…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
BF Murdered Capital Region Teen After Learning She Might Be Pregnant, Wanted To Keep Baby: DA BF Murdered Capital Region Teen After Learning She Might Be Pregnant, Wanted To Keep Baby: DA
BF Murdered Capital Region Teen After Learning She Might Be Pregnant, Wanted To Keep Baby: DA More than two years after the body of a missing 14-year-old girl was pulled from a river in upstate New York, her boyfriend has been charged with murder.  A Schenectady County grand jury indicted a 17-year-old boy for second-degree murder in the death of Samantha Humphrey, District Attorney Robert Carney announced Wednesday, May 14.  The juvenile defendant, who was 14 years old at the time, strangled Humphrey after she revealed that she was pregnant and wanted to keep the baby, Carney said. Humphrey, a sophomore at Schenectady High School, was last seen alive the day after T…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
Murder Of 14-Year-Old Who Snuck Out Of Capital Region Home Remains Unsolved 2 Years Later Murder Of 14-Year-Old Who Snuck Out Of Capital Region Home Remains Unsolved 2 Years Later
Murder Of 14-Year-Old Who Snuck Out Of Capital Region Home Remains Unsolved 2 Years Later Two years after Samantha Humphrey’s body was pulled from a river in upstate New York, her killer remains at large. The 14-year-old Schenectady High School sophomore was last seen alive the day after Thanksgiving 2022, when she snuck out of her Schenectady home to meet her abusive ex-boyfriend near the city’s Mohawk River, relatives said. Investigators spent months fruitlessly searching the water and surrounding park with K9 units and dive teams before Humphrey’s body was finally recovered in February 2023, as Daily Voice reported. The medical examiner’s report stated that the girl’s cause…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Fatal Shooting: 15-Year-Old ID'd As Victim In Region Fatal Shooting: 15-Year-Old ID'd As Victim In Region
Fatal Shooting: 15-Year-Old ID'd As Victim In Region Police in the Capital Region have identified a 15-year-old boy who was shot and killed. The incident happened in Schenectady around 11:20 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, in the 1100 block of Congress Street. According to the Schenectady Police, officers found a large crowd running from the area when they arrived.  They located Dubar T. Knowles, of Schenectady, in the backyard of 1122 Congress St., suffering from a gunshot wound to his torso. Knowles later died from his injuries, police said. A 13-year-old girl from Schenectady was also shot and is currently recovering from surgery…

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by Kathy Reakes