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WATCH: Struggle Before Man's Death In NY Police Custody Captured On Bodycam WATCH: Struggle Before Man's Death In NY Police Custody Captured On Bodycam
Watch: Struggle Before Man's Death In NY Police Custody Captured On Bodycam Newly released bodycam video shows the tense moments leading up to a man’s death in police custody on Long Island. The footage–released by the New York Attorney General’s Office on Thursday, June 26–captures the encounter between two Suffolk County Police officers and 41-year-old Henry Sanders outside a Wyandanch store on Aug. 1, 2024. Officers responded to multiple 911 calls about a man in distress near North 15th Street and Merritt Avenue at around 10:20 a.m. In the footage, the officers are seen confronting Sanders as he stands outside the store with his pants down to his ankles, exposi…

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by Michael Mashburn
Schools
Loaded Gun Found In Student's Backpack At Schenectady High School Loaded Gun Found In Student's Backpack At Schenectady High School
Loaded Gun Found In Student's Backpack At Schenectady 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
Police & Fire
CT Investigating Hanging Death Of NY Man While In Police Custody CT Investigating Hanging Death Of NY Man While In Police Custody
CT Investigating Hanging Death Of NY Man While In Police Custody State investigators are probing the in-custody death of a 36-year-old man who died while being held at the Stamford Police Department.  The Office of Inspector General, in collaboration with Stamford police, confirmed that Jamal Linton was found unresponsive in his cell on Sunday evening, Jan. 26, hours after being arrested on multiple charges, including second-degree assault and strangulation.  Linton, who was being held on a $75,000 bond, was discovered at approximately 5:42 p.m., appearing to have hanged himself, authorities said. Officers immediately performed first aid before…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Teen Slashes Fellow Hudson Valley HS Student In Face: Police Teen Slashes Fellow Hudson Valley HS Student In Face: Police
Teen Slashes Fellow Hudson Valley HS Student In Face: Police A Hudson Valley teen was charged with assault after allegedly slashing another high school student in the face with a medical-grade plastic handle blade instrument.  The incident occurred in Orange County at Middletown High School on Monday, Sept. 30, in Middletown. According to a message from Middletown School District Superintendent Amy Creeden, there was an incident between two students that resulted in one of them being cut in the face with what allegedly was a knife that is in police custody. Creeden said that the instrument used had a one-half to three-quarter-inch blade. The a…

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by Kathy Reakes