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Wrong-Way DWI Driver Slams Into 90-Year-Old On NY Thruway, Flips Tractor-Trailer: Police
A wrong-way, drunken Massachusetts driver struck a 90-year-old man's pickup truck head-on on the New York State Thruway before a tractor-trailer overturned trying to avoid the wreck, police said.
David Thomas Russell, 24, of Westfield, MA, was driving a 2021 Ford pickup northbound in the southbound lanes when he struck a 2025 Ford pickup driven by a 90-year-old Glens Falls man head-on, at approximately 4:40 a.m., on the southbound side of Interstate 87 near Exit 21A in Coeymans, NYSP said.
A 2026 Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by a 34-year-old Troy man swerved to av…
Fentanyl-Hauling Duo Busted Headed North In Hudson Valley: Police
Two New Yorkers driving through Westchester County were busted with pre-packaged fentanyl for sale, authorities said Friday, July 24.
Brad Columbus, 41, and Danielle Ostrum, 37, both of Schenectady, were arrested Monday, July 20 after a traffic stop on the northbound New York State Thruway in Yonkers, New York State Police said.
Troopers found multiple glassine envelopes with fentanyl, a couple grams of cocaine, and “several other varieties and amounts” of illegal drugs, according to police. Columbus was also busted for driving without a license, authorities said.
Both Columbus and Ostrum …
Megachurch Pastor Sent Explicit Images To Teen He Met While Preaching: Police
A nationally known Virginia megachurch pastor who has preached across the United States is accused of sending explicit images to a Pennsylvania teenager he met while preaching at the boy's church, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Kenneth Kevin Baldwin, 46, of Alexandria, Virginia, was charged with two felony counts of unlawful contact with a minor, one felony count of corruption of minors, three misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure, and six misdemeanor counts of open lewdness, state police announced Thursday, July 23.
The investigation began May 2, 2026, after the York Criminal …
