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Man Pleads Guilty In Killing Of NY 15-Year-Old Remembered As 'Beacon Of Light'
More than a year after a 15-year-old New York girl was gunned down during a robbery, a man has pleaded guilty in her killing.
Branden Rivera, age 20, of Albany, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree attempted murder in the death of Destiny Greene Thursday, Nov. 17, in Albany County Court.
Greene, a sophomore at Latham’s Shaker High School, was shot at around 9 p.m. Monday, May 24, 2021, near Wilbur and Philip streets in Albany, according to police.
She later died from her injuries at Albany Memorial Hospital.
According to prosecutors, Rivera shot the teen while robbing her during a…
New Poll Reveals How Potential 2024 Biden-Trump Rematch Could Play Out In NY
If former President Donald Trump decides to face off with President Joe Biden for an election rematch in 2024, the race could be close in New York, according to new polling.
In a hypothetical matchup between the two, voters were asked who they would support if the presidential election were held today.
Biden, a Democrat, narrowly leads Trump, a Republican, by a margin of five points, 42 to 37 percent, the SurveyUSA poll found.
Another 12 percent are undecided and 10 percent would vote for someone else.
Biden easily carried New York in 2020, garnering 60.9 percent of the vote to…
NY Doctor Sentenced for Filing False Tax Returns, Ordered To Pay $245,212
A New York doctor will avoid prison after admitting that he filed false tax returns.
Albany County resident Ehab Kodsi, age 56, of Watervliet, was sentenced to pay $245,212 in restitution and pay an additional $25,000 fine Thursday, Nov. 3, in federal court in Albany.
The sentence followed Kodsi’s guilty plea to filing a false tax return and admission that he deliberately underreported revenue from both his pain management company in Queensbury, in Warren County, and his real estate company between 2015 and 2018.
He was also accused of improperly deducting personal and business expenses.…
Man Charged With Stealing More Than $50K In Cash, Checks From Vehicle In Northern Westchester
Police have charged a New York City man who was apprehended upstate with stealing more than $50,000 from a vehicle parked at a Northern Westchester County business.
On Saturday, Oct. 15, at around 3:30 p.m., police were called to a business in Yorktown on Saw Mill River Road to investigate a report from a victim that $42,000 in cash and $10,000 in payroll checks had been stolen from their parked vehicle, according to Yorktown Police.
Police eventually identified a suspect and a vehicle associated with the theft, and on Oct. 28 around 6 p.m., police in the Albany area pulled over…
Ex-HS Sports Standout Who Returned Home To Help Run Farm Dies In Westchester At Age 42
A Hudson Valley man who moved home from Florida to run a farm with his family has died at the age of 42.
Dutchess County resident Ryan Patrick Brennan, of Lagrangeville, died on Monday, Sept. 19, at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, according to his obituary.
When he was a child, he lived in Albany, New York; San Diego, California; Bethesda, Maryland; and Millbrook, New York, his obituary said.
"He graduated from Millbrook High School in 1998, having excelled in soccer and anything else he put his mind to," his obituary reads. "He enjoyed many hiking and canoe trips to national…