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22-Year-Old Woman Stabbed During Capital Region Robbery 22-Year-Old Woman Stabbed During Capital Region Robbery
22-Year-Old Woman Stabbed During Capital Region Robbery A woman is recovering after she was stabbed during a robbery in the region. Albany Police were called at around 7:45 p.m. Friday, June 14, for a robbery near Washington and Lexington avenues. Officers found a 22-year-old woman suffering from a stab wound to her back. She was taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. An investigation found that the victim was sitting with two others at the bus stop near Western Avenue and Sprague Place when two men approached them, one armed with a knife. The suspects then forcibly stole their belongings, and at one point…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
New Update: Officer Released From Hospital Following Deadly Shooting In Capital Region New Update: Officer Released From Hospital Following Deadly Shooting In Capital Region
New Update: Officer Released From Hospital Following Deadly Shooting In Capital Region A week after being shot in an ambush attack in which the suspect then killed himself, a police officer in the region is back home with his family. Albany Police officer Jonathan Damphier was released from Albany Medical Center Hospital on Wednesday, April 24, the agency announced. Cameras were rolling as Damphier emerged from the hospital in a wheelchair accompanied by Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins. He received a round of applause from the dozens of law enforcement members gathered outside before being helped into a waiting ambulance. Officers applaud as Albany Police Officer Jonat…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Shots Fired, 16-Year-Old Stabbed In Altercation Near UAlbany Shots Fired, 16-Year-Old Stabbed In Altercation Near UAlbany
Shots Fired, 16-Year-Old Stabbed In Altercation Near UAlbany A 16-year-old boy is recovering after police said a fight between several teens escalated into gunfire and a stabbing near the University at Albany. The incident happened shortly before 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, near Western Avenue and Ontario Street, not far from the Alumni Quad, according to university police. Officers were called with reports that a large group of juveniles was fighting when multiple gunshots were heard, police said. The 16-year-old victim was stabbed in the shoulder and was taken to the hospital with what police described as non-life-threatening injuries. Nobody was sh…

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by Michael Mashburn
Business
Plans For Capital District's First Costco Move Forward After Court Ruling, Report Says Plans For Capital District's First Costco Move Forward After Court Ruling, Report Says
Plans For Capital District's First Costco Move Forward After Court Ruling, Report Says Plans to build the Capital District’s first Costco are moving forward after an environmental group trying to block the project lost in court, the Albany Business Review reports. The 160,000-square-foot, membership-only store is slated to go up on Western Avenue, near Crossgates Mall in Albany. A state appeals court ruled in favor of the town of Guilderland and Crossgates Mall Thursday, May 5, saying the town’s planning board had adequately assessed any environmental impacts the project may bring, the outlet reports. Save the Pine Bush, the group that sued to stop the project, describes its…

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by Michael Mashburn