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Victim ID'd, Driver Nabbed In Deadly Hit-Run Crash In Region: Police Victim ID'd, Driver Nabbed In Deadly Hit-Run Crash In Region: Police
Victim ID'd, Driver Nabbed In Deadly Hit-Run Crash In Region: Police A suspected hit-and-run driver was apprehended following a Capital Region crash that killed a pedestrian. Heath Mabeus, 37, was arrested by Colonie Police at his Clifton Park residence on Saturday, March 15, in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman in Colonie the day before. Mabeus struck 58-year-old Migdalia Aulet as she crossed Wolf Road near Beltrone Drive at around 6:30 a.m. Friday, March 14, Colonie Police said. He allegedly then fled the scene without stopping or offering the woman aid. Aulet, of Schenectady, was gravely injured and died at the scene, according to …

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Trio Uses Dating App To Lure Robbery Victim In Capital Region, Police Say Trio Uses Dating App To Lure Robbery Victim In Capital Region, Police Say
Trio Uses Dating App To Lure Robbery Victim In Capital Region, Police Say He thought he was meeting a woman he’d talked to online, but a man from the region ended up staring down the barrels of two guns instead. Troy Police were called just before 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, for an armed robbery near Congress and Cypress streets. The victim told officers he had been messaging a woman on a popular dating app when she suggested that they meet up in an alleyway. When the man arrived, he was confronted by two men who displayed what appeared to be handguns and demanded his property. He complied and the suspects fled the scene. Troy Police detectives pursued several lead…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Capital Region Firefighter Stole From Hospitalized Patients' Homes, Police Say Capital Region Firefighter Stole From Hospitalized Patients' Homes, Police Say
Capital Region Firefighter Stole From Hospitalized Patients' Homes, Police Say He was sent to help them, but police say a paramedic from the region stole from his patients after they were hospitalized. Albany County resident Devvan Farina, age 39, of Albany, was arrested on multiple felony charges, including burglary, on Tuesday, Feb. 6. Bethlehem Police said Farina stole from multiple homes while working as a paramedic for the Albany County Sheriff’s Office in Bethlehem and a firefighter for the city of Troy. He targeted homes that he knew were unoccupied after the residents had been taken to the hospital, police said. It was not immediately clear how many people we…

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by Michael Mashburn