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Albany County resident Sincere Cancer, of Albany, is charged with:
- Murder in the second degree
- Two counts of attempted robbery in the first degree
- Two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree
- Two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree
- Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree
- Reckless endangerment
He pleaded not guilty to all charges in Albany County Court on Friday, Aug. 2.
Investigators say Cancer and Branden Rivera attempted to rob 15-year-old Destiny Greene on Wilbur Street in Albany on May 24, 2021. During a scuffle, Greene was shot and killed.
Rivera pleaded guilty to the killing in 2022, and a judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison, authorities said.
Cancer is also accused of endangering the life of someone with a loaded pistol in July 2021, and possession of cocaine and other drugs in September 2023 and again in March 2024, the prosecutor said.
A judge ordered Cancer held without bail pending an application for release, the prosecutor said.
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