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Employee Nabbed In Abuse Case At Facility In Hudson Valley Employee Nabbed In Abuse Case At Facility In Hudson Valley
Employee Nabbed In Abuse Case At Facility In Hudson Valley A man from the region has been charged with two counts of allegedly endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person and forcible touching. Following an investigation, Dutchess County resident Garnet G. Collins, age 50, of Poughkeepsie, was arrested on Sunday, Aug. 11. According to Trooper Aaron Hicks of the New York State Police, Collins was an employee at the Anderson Center for Autism in Staatsburg, a hamlet of Hyde Park. Hicks said the incidents involved two different residents at the center. Both victims were issued orders of protection from the court.…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Jealous Ex-BF Who Slashed Woman, Second Victim At Capital Region Home Sentenced To Prison Jealous Ex-BF Who Slashed Woman, Second Victim At Capital Region Home Sentenced To Prison
Jealous Ex-BF Who Slashed Woman, Second Victim At Capital Region Home Sentenced To Prison A 22-year-old man from the region will spend years in prison for a home invasion slashing attack on his former girlfriend and her new boyfriend. Dexter Silen, of Schenectady, was sentenced to seven years behind bars in Schenectady County Court on Friday, June 14, months after he pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted assault. According to prosecutors, Silen was armed with a pocketknife when he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s Schenectady apartment shortly after midnight on Dec. 4, 2023. After seeing that the woman’s new boyfriend was there, Silen became enraged, slashing the two and attem…

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by Michael Mashburn
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2 Lives Ended In 32 Seconds: Man Gunned Down Mom, Stepdad At NY Home, Jury Finds 2 Lives Ended In 32 Seconds: Man Gunned Down Mom, Stepdad At NY Home, Jury Finds
2 Lives Ended In 32 Seconds: Man Gunned Down Mom, Stepdad At NY Home, Jury Finds A protection order was no match for a disgruntled 21-year-old armed with an AK-47 rifle and set on murdering his own mother and stepfather in upstate New York, a jury found. Schenectady County resident Nicholas Fiebka, of Schenectady, was convicted of two counts of murder and related charges on Friday, June 7, in the deaths of his mother Alesia Wadsworth and stepfather, William Horwedel. Prosecutors said Fiebka entered his mother’s Princetown home on Nov. 21, 2022, armed with an AK-47 rifle with an illegal drum magazine capable of holding 75 rounds of ammunition and firing two shots with ev…

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by Michael Mashburn