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Teen Arrested For Menacing With Knife During Fight At Capital Region High School: Police
A 17-year-old Albany High School student was arrested after allegedly brandishing a knife during an altercation with another student, police said. The incident occurred at 9:40 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, at Albany High School on Washington Avenue, prompting a lockdown. According to Megan Craft of the Albany Police, a school monitor witnessed the altercation and observed the 17-year-old wielding a knife in a threatening manner. Craft said the monitor alerted the school resource officer, who approached the scene.dd Before the officer arrived, school monitors broke up the fight. However, t…
Police & Fire
Bomb Threat Made To High School In Region
Acting on a tip, the FBI and local law enforcement charged a person with allegedly making a bomb threat against a high school in the region. The incident occurred in Dutchess County on Sunday, Nov. 17. Dr. Dwight Bonk, superintendent of schools for the Wappinger Central School District, said the threat was made against Orchard View Alternative High School in Wappingers Falls. Bonk said the FBI received a tip about some online activity that led them to a home in the District. "The FBI, as well as the East Fishkill Police Department, were quick to notify us of the situation," Bonk said. "Tha…
Police & Fire
School Employee From Region Accused Of Shoving, Endangering Disabled Student
A 28-year-old employee of a school in the region faces a felony charge after allegedly endangering a disabled student, police said. The events leading to the arrest began in Northern Westchester at around 5:45 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1, when a suspicious incident at the Shrub Oak International School at 3151 Stony St. prompted a police response, Yorktown Police announced on Friday, Nov. 15. An investigation determined that a school employee, identified as Dutchess County resident Sebastian Borba-Ferreira of East Fishkill, allegedly shoved and "committed other endangering actions" on…
Schools
Online Threat Leads To Increased Security At School In Region
Parents and students can expect to see extra police on the campus of a middle school in the region after a threat of violence was made over social media. Enlarged City School District of Middletown Superintendent Amy Creeden said the threat was received late Monday, Nov. 11, in Orange County at Monhagen Middle School in the town of Wallkill. The threat, which Wallkill Police are actively investigating, was made on social media by an unidentified user who created a fake, well-known username in an attempt to gain attention. Creeden said the threat has been shared rapidly by and among students…
Police & Fire
Fake Social Media Post In Region About School Violence Leads To Arrest Of 13-Year-Old
A 13-year-old from the region has been charged with falsely reporting an incident after allegedly making a social media post stating that a mistaken lockdown at the school they attend was due to students and staff being harmed. The student was arrested on Monday, Oct. 28, at Liberty Middle and High Schools for the post made on Friday, Oct. 25, from Liberty. According to Liberty Police Chief Steven D'Agata, early on Oct. 25, both schools briefly went into a lockdown due to an accidental activation of the school's automated warning system due to maintenance. D'Agata said there was no t…
News
Name Released Of 15-Year-Old Killed In Hudson Valley Shooting That Led To Manhunt, Arrest
This story has been updated. The name has been released of a teenage boy who was killed in a fatal shooting in Northern Westchester that led to a 12-hour manhunt and the arrest of a suspect. Fernando Jimenez, age 40, shot his girlfriend and her two children with an illegally possessed handgun in the Baldwin Place section of Somers during a domestic dispute at about 11:35 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28, according to New York State Police. One of the children, a 10th-grade student at Somers High School now identified as Michael Raimondi, age 15, was killed. The boy's brother, a 13-year-…
Police & Fire
12-Year-Old Accused Of Making Threat To School In Region
A 12-year-old student in the region was charged with making a terroristic threat at a junior/senior high school. The incident occurred in Sullivan County on Saturday, Oct. 19, in Fallsburg. According to Fallsburg Police Chief Brendan Pavese, the juvenile allegedly made the threats on Snapchat and included a picture of the Fallsburg Junior/Senior High School auditorium. The threats, which mentioned shootings, came to the attention of police and school authorities via parents and students, both the police and school said. After receiving the information, the police department worked a…
Police & Fire
Teen Nabbed For Making Threat Of Mass Harm Against High School In Region: Police
An 18-year-old Hudson Valley student has been charged with allegedly making several threats against Rhinebeck High School. The incident occurred in Dutchess County on Thursday, Oct. 17, at the school on N. Park Drive. According To New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks, an investigation determined the threats were not credible, but a search of the building was conducted out of an abundance of caution. No evidence of any safety threat was found. Further investigation led to the arrest of an 18-year-old student, Hicks said. The 18-year-old was issued an appearance ticket for ma…
Police & Fire
High School Put Into Lockdown After Accidental Alarm Activation In Region
Authorities raced to a Hudson Valley high school after an alarm was accidentally tripped, police said. The incident happened in Putnam County just after 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, when authorities responded to a lockdown alarm activation at Mahopac High School that indicated it was "not a drill," according to the Carmel Police Department. As a result of the alarm, both Mahopac Middle and the Mahopac Falls schools were also put into lockdown. Officers from Carmel Police and the Putnam County Sheriff's Office quickly arrived at the high school, as well as those who had already be…
Schools
12-Year-Old Accused Of Threatening 'Mass Harm' At Capital Region School
A 12-year-old boy is accused of making threats against a middle school in the region. Saratoga County Sheriff’s deputies were called just before 7 a.m. Wednesday, May 29, after a social media threat was discovered against O’Rourke Middle School in Burnt Hills. Deputies did not elaborate on the nature of the threat but determined that it was not credible. There was no disruption to school activities. The 12-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of making a threat of mass harm, a misdemeanor. “Once again, the partnerships we’ve developed with the schools and the students led to a qui…
Police & Fire
Woman From Region Nabbed With 3 Guns On School Grounds, Police Say
A woman from the region was allegedly nabbed with three handguns she had on a high school campus, according to police. Sullivan County resident Amanda Jones, age 38, of Monticello, was arrested by the Village of Liberty Police on Thursday, March 7. According to Chief Steven D'Agata of the Liberty Police, the investigation began when Jones was found to have three handguns during a traffic stop. Jones was a passenger in the vehicle and was found to have a Ruger 9mm semi-automatic handgun, a loaded Ruger SR22 .22 caliber semi-automatic handgun, and a Glock 43 9mm semiautomatic&n…
Police & Fire
Teen Accused Of Texting Threats To Girl In Capital Region
A Massachusetts teen with a history of making bomb threats at a school has been taken into custody for allegedly texting threatening messages to a girl in New York. The incident began in Columbia County on Tuesday, March 5 when the Hudson Police Department received a report from a concerned mother and her juvenile daughter regarding disturbing physical threats received on the daughter's cell phone. The unknown sender made threats to harm the 17-year-old and her friends, referencing a recent altercation on the school bus, the Hudson Police Department said. The girl received text messa…
Schools
Update: Student Attacks 16-Year-Old, Staffer With Knife At Capital Region School, Police Say
This story has been updated. A 16-year-old student and an adult staffer have been injured in a reported stabbing attack at a school in the region. Emergency crews in Rensselaer County were called to Troy Community School on 5th Avenue shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 for a stabbing inside the building. Troy Police said the juvenile victim and another male student got into a fight inside the school when the suspect pulled out a pocket knife and injured the other student. A member of the school’s security team responded with other staff members and attempted to break up the fight. A…
Police & Fire
Man Charged With Making Threat Of Violence Against School District In Region
A 37-year-old man from the region was charged with making an alleged threat against a school district in the region. Sullivan County resident Steven Kelly, of Narrowsburg, was arrested on Friday, Feb. 2 for allegedly making threats against the Sullivan West School District in Jeffersonville. According to Sullivan County Undersheriff Eric Chaboty, deputies received information shortly before 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 1, Kelly had made posts on social media expressing his dissatisfaction with the school district. In his posts, he allegedly referred to a gun. He had also made verba…
Schools
Capital Region Student's Hit List Leads To Criminal Charges
A middle school student from the region is facing criminal charges after allegedly threatening to harm fellow students or teachers. In Albany County, administrators at Farnsworth Middle School in Guilderland contacted police on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 1 saying a student had been found with a list threatening “serious harm” to school members. Following an investigation by Guilderland Police, the school district, and the student’s family, the teen was arrested and charged with making a threat of mass harm, a misdemeanor. The student was taken to a crisis center under the state’s Mental Hygi…
Schools
13-Year-Old Brings Loaded Gun To Capital Region School, Police Say
A teenager is facing charges after allegedly bringing a loaded gun to a school in the region. Employees at Schenectady’s Oneida Middle School contacted police at around 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8, after reportedly finding a 9mm semi-automatic handgun in a 13-year-old student’s locker. The teen was arrested on suspicion of criminal possession of a firearm and criminal possession of a weapon, both felonies. Authorities did not release the boy's name due to his age. “At this time, the City of Schenectady School District has been in contact with students and family from Oneida Middle School and is…
Police & Fire
Drone Seen Flying Over School In Capital Region Perfectly Legal, Police Say (Poll)
A drone that was seen flying over several schools in the region sparked concerns among parents and prompted a police investigation. The unusual sight was spotted in Albany County on Thursday, Oct. 12, in the town of Bethlehem. Several people contacted the Bethlehem Police Department saying a drone was flying over Slingerlands Elementary, Eagle Elementary, and Bethlehem Central High schools. Officers responded and found the drone’s pilot, who identified himself as an employee of the CoStar Group who was taking commercial real estate photos. He also gave officers his Federal Aviation Admin…
Police & Fire
Student Threatened To 'Shoot Up' High School In Capital Region, Police Say
A juvenile is facing charges after allegedly threatening to carry out a mass shooting at a high school in the region. The Schenectady City School District contacted police shortly before 7 a.m. on Wednesday, May 3, to report that a threat had been made against the high school. According to Schenectady Police, district officials were alerted by the software Gaggle, which monitors students’ school-issued devices for harmful content, about a threatening email it had uncovered. In the email, the juvenile suspect threatened to “shoot up the school,” police said. Community engagement officers f…
Schools
Bomb Threat At Capital Region High School Disrupts First Classes Of New Year
A bomb threat disrupted the first classes of 2023 at a Capital Region high school, authorities said. The threat against both Albany High School and the Tony Clement Center for Education was called in to the Albany Police Department at around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, according to a school statement. Both buildings were placed in a lockout while police investigated, meaning students and staff were not allowed to enter or exit the campuses. The Albany Police Department has cleared Albany High School and Tony Clement Center for Education to begin the school... Posted by Albany High Scho…
Schools
Decade After Sandy Hook Shooting, New Tech Giving CT School Added ‘Layer Of Security'
Gun control advocates will tell you that not much has changed since a 20-year-old gunman walked into a Connecticut elementary school and murdered 20 students and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown on Dec. 14, 2012. Since that day, another 279 people have died in 189 different shootings that have occurred at schools across the United States, BBC News reports. Among them are the 19 students and two teachers who were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in May 2022. What has changed, though, is the technology that’s available to schools to help keep students a…
Schools
Student Stabbed During Fight At Capital Region High School
A high school student from the region is recovering after being stabbed by another student during an altercation on campus. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 6, at Schenectady High School, a district spokesperson told Daily Voice. During an altercation between two students inside a campus bathroom, a male student pulled a kitchen knife out of his pocket and cut the other student before fleeing the school, according to a district message sent to parents. The injured student required “minor” medical treatment and went home with a parent, officials said. Immediately following the…
Schools
Several Middle School Students In Capital Region Exposed To Marijuana Edibles
A school district in the region is warning parents after several middle school students were exposed to marijuana edibles. The incident occurred at North Albany Middle School, Principal Andrea Piper said in a statement to parents Thursday, Nov. 17. “I am writing to let you know of a situation involving several students in our school community who reported exposure to, or ingestion of, suspected marijuana edibles Thursday,” Piper said. The students were evaluated by the school’s nurse and none were found to show symptoms while in their care, she said. It was not immediately clear how many…
News
Toy Gun Sends Capital District Middle, High Schools Into Lockdown
Word that a student had brought a gun to campus sent two schools in the region into lockdown Wednesday morning, Sept. 14. In Warren County, students and staff at Glens Falls Middle School were placed on lockdown just after 10 a.m. after a student reported to a social worker that they saw what looked like a gun fall out of another student’s backpack, according to Glens Falls City Schools. The adjoining high school was also locked down. “All students and staff members secured in classrooms, while administrators and police identified and located the student,” the district said. Glens Falls …
News
Capital District School Lifts Shelter-In-Place Order Following Off-Campus Police Activity
Update: A shelter-in-place order that was issued at a Capital District school Wednesday, Sept. 7, has been lifted. In Rensselaer County, the Hoosick Falls Central School, located on Route 22 in Hoosick Falls, announced that an earlier "safety situation" directly across the street from campus was over. "We do not have any additional details, but have been told that we are allowed to resume classes as normal," the district said in a Facebook post to parents just before 12:30 p.m. "The students, faculty and staff conducted themselves in an exemplary manner following all safety protocol…
News
Bottles With Explosive-Making Materials Found Outside NY School
Several bottles containing explosive-making devices were discovered just outside a New York elementary school. Officers on Long Island responded to a call for a suspicious item in the rear parking lot of Levy Lakeside School in Merrick, located on Babylon Road at around 9:30 a.m. Friday, June 24. The multiple plastic bottles containing explosive-making materials, one of which contained BBs, said police. The items were tested, made safe and then transported off school grounds, according to police. Police conducted a further investigation at surrounding schools in the area …
News
Teen Arraigned, Placed On Home Confinement After Threatening Mass Shooting At NY HS
A teenager in New York has been arraigned after being arrested for allegedly threatening to commit a mass shooting at a local school, authorities announced. On Long Island, a 16-year-old student at Bellport High School in Suffolk County was arrested by police in his home on Thursday, May 26. Original story - Teen Charged After Threatening Mass Shooting At Bellport HS, DA Says Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said that the teen - whose name is not being released due to his age - created an online post threatening a massive shooting at his hometown school. Investigators…
Politics
Hochul Wants To Raise Legal Age To Buy Some Types Of Guns In NY After Buffalo, Texas Shootings
In the wake of the latest mass shootings in Buffalo and Texas, Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling on state lawmakers to pass legislation making it more difficult for young New Yorkers to purchase some types of guns. Hochul proposed several proposals to close loopholes and strengthen gun laws in New York, including raising the age to purchase rifles to 21. “How does an 18-year-old purchase an AR-15 in the State of New York, State of Texas? That person's not old enough to buy a legal drink,” she said. “I want to work with the legislature to change that. I want it to be 21. I think that's…
Police & Fire
Teen Brought 8-Inch Knife To School In Hudson Valley Intending To Stab Staff Member, Police Say
A 13-year-old student in upstate New York is facing charges after authorities say he brought an 8-inch knife to a school in the Hudson Valley and intended to stab a school staffer. The incident happened in Ulster County on Monday morning, May 16 at Ellenville Junior High School. Ellenville Police say that when officers arrived, the student was no longer in possession of the knife and was "isolated in a room with building administration." An investigation revealed the student brought the kitchen knife in his backpack into the school and intended to stab one of the staff members at the schoo…
Schools
Capital District City Approves Funding For More Officers In Schools
Students will soon see more police officers on campus in Schenectady public schools. The city council approved a controversial agreement between the Schenectady Police Department and the school district Monday, May 9, that will provide up to six officers in schools over the next three years, according to the resolution. The officers, dubbed community engagement officers, will “enhance the safety and welfare of the students and the overall school community,” reads the resolution. As part of the expanded program, two officers will be placed at Schenectady High School and three others w…
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