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Inmate Who Murdered Cellmate With Sheet In Capital Region Gets More Prison Time Inmate Who Murdered Cellmate With Sheet In Capital Region Gets More Prison Time
Inmate Who Murdered Cellmate With Sheet In Capital Region Gets More Prison Time A prison inmate in the region will spend years more behind bars after admitting that he murdered his cellmate. Anthony Paradise, age 44, was sentenced to 17 years to life in prison in Greene County Court on Tuesday, Jan. 24. It followed his guilty plea to second-degree murder in the killing of Delmus Tanner at the Greene County Correctional Facility in Coxsackie in November 2018. Prosecutors said Paradise, who was serving time at the prison for a robbery conviction, used a bed sheet to strangle and murder Tanner. Paradise was indicted by a Greene County grand jury the following April an…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Murder Suspect Accused Of Setting Fire To Capital District Business Murder Suspect Accused Of Setting Fire To Capital District Business
Murder Suspect Accused Of Setting Fire To Capital District Business A man already jailed on murder charges has been accused of setting fire to a Capital District business in 2017. Saratoga County Sheriff’s deputies began investigating after someone broke into Curtis Lumber on State Route 67 in the Town of Ballston after the business closed on Nov. 27, 2017. The suspect spent hours on the property sabotaging electrical and gas systems in several buildings, damaging computer systems, and tampering with the 911 system on a Verizon Wireless tower located on the property, according to police. He also set fire to a storage building that was filled with sub-floor…

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by Michael Mashburn