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NYC TikToker Once Accused Of Faking Cancer Dead At 26
Sydney Towle, a New England-born TikToker who has been documenting her battle with a rare cancer for three years, has died. She was 26 years old.
Towle, who was raised in New Hampshire and graduated from Dartmouth, was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive bile duct cancer, in 2023. The New York Times featured her story last year after she became the target of online critics who accused her of faking her diagnosis or using her illness for financial gain.
Her death was announced Thursday morning, Aug. 6, two days after her brother, Austin, announced she'd entered hospice c…
Trio Brutally Beat Victim At Birthday Party In NY Gang Assault: Nysp
Three suspects, including two teenagers, are accused of violently assaulting a 20-year-old man during a birthday party in Dutchess County, leaving the victim with serious injuries, police said.
The arrests stemmed from an incident on Thursday, July 23, when troopers responded to a home in Fishkill to help the Fishkill Police Department with an investigation into a reported assault, New York State Police announced on Wednesday, Aug, 5.
According to investigators, those involved were attending a birthday celebration when a physical altercation broke out among several partygoers.
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Man Caught With Child Sex Abuse Images, Videos In Hudson Valley, Police Say
A Rockland County man was arrested when authorities found him in possession of videos and pictures depicting the sexual abuse of children, police said.
Congers resident Dylan Schneider, 28, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 4, following an investigation into his alleged possession of child sexual abuse material, New York State Police announced on Wednesday, Aug, 5.
Schneider was charged with three counts of possessing or accessing with intent to view an obscene sexual performance by a child less than 16 years of age.
According to State Police, the case began in May 2026 after the a…
Gas Pump Explosion Sends Albany Firefighter To ICU, Cops And Family Say
A gas pump exploded at a public office in Albany on Tuesday, Aug. 4, sending two employees to the hospital, authorities said.
Wayne Brennan, a 62-year-old Albany firefighter, was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center for treatment of severe burn injuries, according to the Albany Police Department and his family.
He was treated at the hospital’s intensive care unit for second- and third-degree burns, according to his mother, Sharon Brennan.
The blast occurred around 3:15 p.m. at the Department of General Services headquarters at 1 Connors Boulevard, Albany police said. A 48-year-old DGS …
Victim Choked, Window Smashed In Escape From NY Man’s Attack: Police
A New York man strangled and beat a victim, then smashed out their car window in a fit of rage Tuesday, Aug. 4, police said.
Robert M. Gadway, 41, of Hudson, was arrested following an investigation by New York State Police.
Troopers first responded to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson on Tuesday for an assault report. They determined Gadway had attacked the victim inside a home in Stockport, authorities said.
Gadway struck the person multiple times, then placed them in a rear chokehold, state police said. The person fled to a vehicle, where Gadway broke the driver’s window before the vi…
Overdose Victim Found Dead In Burning Car — Now NY Drug Dealer To Spend Decades In Prison
A repeat Westchester County drug dealer will spend decades in federal prison for selling fentanyl that killed a 37-year-old man found dead in a burning car after passing out with his foot on the pedal.
Mohegan Lake resident Perry Freeman, 40, was sentenced to 292 months, or just over 24 years, in prison by US District Judge Kenneth M. Karas, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Tuesday, Aug. 4.
Freeman pleaded guilty on Feb. 11, 2026, to distributing fentanyl resulting in death, conspiring to distribute crack cocaine, and possessing ammunition de…
Horror NY Highway Crash: Driver Killed After Veering Into Embankment, Police Say
A New York man was killed in a one-vehicle crash on a Capital Region highway on Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, police said.
Miguel Alejandro Mendoza Canarte, 29, of Shandaken, was traveling westbound on Interstate 890 through Schenectady around 6:20 a.m., New York State Police said.
Mendoza Canarte was behind the wheel of a 2022 Nissan Altima when he lost control, left the road, and hit an earth embankment and a support pole for an overhead sign near the Exit 6 off-ramp, investigators said.
First responders rushed Mendoza Canarte to Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, where he was pronounced dead, au…
