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Championship-Winning Team From College In Northern Westchester Honored At NY State Capitol
The first college team to win a national title from a school in Westchester was honored during a celebration held at the New York State Capitol. The Pleasantville-based Pace University women's lacrosse team, the Setters, which won the 2023 NCAA Division II National Championship on Sunday, May 21, 2023, after beating No. 1-ranked West Chester University 19-9, was honored at the New York State Capitol in Albany on Tuesday, Jan. 16, university officials announced. Earlier Report - White House Visit: Championship-Winning Team From Pace University Honored During the celebration…
Obituaries
‘Beautiful Heart, Soul': National Guard Member From Capital Region Dies At Age 33
Tributes are pouring in for a beloved New York Army National Guard member from the region following her untimely death. Heather St. Pierre, formerly of Troy in Rensselaer County, died at her Cambridge home in Washington County on Thursday, Jan. 11 at the age of 33, according to her obituary. A cause of death was not given. Born in Albany, St. Pierre graduated from Hoosic Valley Central School in 2008, where she holds school records in pole vaulting and track. She later obtained a criminal justice degree from Bryant & Stratton College. St. Pierre was a member of the Military Poli…
News
Gunman Nabbed In Killing Of Capital Region 23-Year-Old Who Testified Against Abusive BF: Police
Police have arrested a suspect in the killing of a 23-year-old New York woman who was shot to death on Christmas morning after cooperating in her boyfriend’s attempted murder trial. Michael Varlack, age 36, of Albany was arraigned on murder and related charges in Albany County Court on Wednesday, Jan. 17, in the death of Sky Lemmons-Dixon. The young woman was found inside her State Street residence on Monday morning, Dec. 25, with a single gunshot wound to her head, according to Albany Police. Earlier Report: 'A Woman With Dreams': Albany 23-Year-Old Shot To Death After Testifying A…
Lifestyle
$50K Winning Lottery Ticket Sold At Convenience Store In Capital Region
A winning lottery ticket worth $50,000 was sold at a convenience store in the region. The third prize-winning Powerball ticket was sold in Albany at the Cumberland Farms store located at 1870 Western Avenue. It was sold for the drawing held on Monday, Jan. 15, New York Lottery announced. Monday’s winning numbers are 13-30-35-49-59 and the Powerball is 4. Winners have one year from the drawing date to claim their prize money. Players can check their numbers on the New York Lottery website.
News
'Cowardly Crime': Face Slashing, Porch Shooting Nets Capital Region Ex-Con Decades In Prison
An ex-convict from the region is going back to prison for shooting a woman through her window and slashing a second victim in the face. Raheem Hines, age 46, of Albany, was sentenced to 25 years behind bars in Albany County Court on Friday, Jan. 12, after pleading guilty to attempted murder and related charges. According to prosecutors, Hines admitted to slashing a woman in the face on Central Avenue in Albany in August 2021. The attack left the victim with serious injuries. He also confessed to attempting to kill a second woman by shooting her through a porch window as she was inside her …
News
Wrong Driveway Killing: Defense Requests Mistrial In Shooting Of NY 20-Year-Old, Report Says
Defense attorneys for the man accused of shooting and killing a young woman who mistakenly drove onto his rural New York property have attempted to have his murder case thrown out, Albany station CBS 6 reports. Kevin Monahan, age 65, was back in a Washington County courtroom on Tuesday morning, Jan. 16, for the sixth day of his murder trial in the death of 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis. Monahan’s lead defense attorney, Arthur Frost, asked the judge to declare a mistrial after jurors saw body camera footage from a Washington County Sheriff’s sergeant in which Monahan tells the officer that he's …
News
Man Murders 48-Year-Old Found Inside Capital Region Home, Police Say
A 44-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with another man’s death at a home in the region. Albany Police were called at around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, for a welfare check at a residence on Rose Court. The caller told dispatchers that a man at the home, 48-year-old Justin Bishop, hadn’t been heard from since the day prior. When they entered the house, officers found Bishop dead. He had suffered multiple cuts to his head and neck area, according to police. On Monday, Jan. 15, detectives announced that they arrested and charged Ashley Heshmat with second-degree murder…
News
Capital Region Man Admits Storing Child Porn On USB Flash Drive
A 40-year-old man from the region could spend decades behind bars for having child pornography. Schenectady County resident Aaron Griesche, of Niskayuna, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in Albany federal court on Thursday, Jan. 11. According to the US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District, Griesche admitted to storing illicit images of children on a USB flash drive that was found in his home in July 2021. He confessed to purchasing the memory stick online and then transferring videos depicting child sex abuse from the internet to the device. The case was investigated b…
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From Victim To Defendant: 13-Year-Old Charged In Connection To Capital Region Shootings
A 13-year-old boy who was injured in a shooting in the region is now charged in connection to the attack as well as a second shooting. Emergency crews in Albany were at around 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5, for a shooting in the city’s Arbor Hill neighborhood, near Henry Johnson Boulevard. When they arrived, they found a 13-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg, according to Albany Police. He was treated at the scene by medics and was taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. An investigation by the agency’s Children and Family Service Unit dete…
Police & Fire
Fatal Crash: 42-Year-Old ID'd As Victim On I-87 In Hudson Valley
A 42-year-old man was killed during a crash between two tractor-trailers in the Hudson Valley. The collision occurred in Orange County around 12:10 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 10 on I-87 between Exit 17 in Newburgh and Exit 16 in Harriman. A preliminary investigation determined that a 30-year-old Albany man was operating a Peterbilt tractor-trailer southbound on I-87 when he sideswiped a Volvo bobtail tractor which was stopped on the right shoulder of the roadway, said New York State Trooper Tara McCormick. The crash claimed the life of 42-year-old New Jersey resident Jose L. Payano, of Plainfie…
Police & Fire
Footprints In Snow Lead Detectives To Capital Region Burglar, Police Say
It may just be the easiest case detectives have ever solved. An alleged commercial burglar in the region is behind bars after he forgot to cover his tracks, literally. Police in Albany were called at around 3:20 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 7 for a burglary in progress at the Stop 1 Deli & Grocery on Second Avenue. By the time officers arrived, the culprit had fled with the store’s cash register. A witness told police that he confronted the man after seeing him leave the store, but the man pulled out a knife and attempted to stab him before running away. Stop1 Deli & Grocery on Second A…
Politics
Never Mind: Admitted Vote Fraudster Withdraws Consideration For City Job In NY
Plans to appoint an admitted vote fraudster to a city job in Upstate New York have been scrapped following public outcry. In Rensselaer County, the Troy City Council’s Republican majority had chosen former Elections Commissioner Jason Schofield as their pick for Assistant City Clerk. The plan, first reported by Albany station CBS6, sparked criticism given that Schofield previously pleaded guilty to 12 federal counts of voter fraud in January 2023. Earlier Report: Voter Fraud: Rensselaer County Employees Cast Illegal Ballots During Election, Feds Say Democrat Sue Steele, the council…
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