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Irate Over Noise, Man Shoots At Cops With Pellet Gun During NY Parking Enforcement, Police Say Irate Over Noise, Man Shoots At Cops With Pellet Gun During NY Parking Enforcement, Police Say
Irate Over Noise, Man Shoots At Cops With Pellet Gun During NY Parking Enforcement, Police Say A man in upstate New York turned a routine construction detail into a standoff after firing a pellet rifle at a marked police car from his apartment window, police said. Troy Police officers were using sirens and loudspeakers to clear 5th Avenue at around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, July 22, to notify residents to move their vehicles so roadwork could continue without towing, the agency said. That’s when 26-year-old Zachary Charney-Schatz leaned out of a second-story window and fired an air-powered pellet rifle at a marked Troy police vehicle, striking and damaging its door panel, police said. Offi…

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by Michael Mashburn
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WATCH: Bodycam Shows Fatal Officer Shooting Of NY Man Armed With Pellet Gun WATCH: Bodycam Shows Fatal Officer Shooting Of NY Man Armed With Pellet Gun
Watch: Bodycam Shows Fatal Officer Shooting Of NY Man Armed With Pellet Gun Dramatic bodycam footage shows the moment police shot and killed a man who allegedly pointed a pellet gun at them following a standoff in upstate New York. Brandon Moore, 34, was killed following a standoff with New York State Police and Saratoga County Sheriff’s deputies at the Ellsworth Apartments on Route 9 in Malta on Thursday, April 10, as Daily Voice reported. Authorities alleged that Moore aimed a gun at police. The weapon was later determined to be a pellet gun, police said. Footage of the incident, released by the New York Attorney General’s Office Wednesday, June 11, shows at le…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Gun-Toting Man Defies Cops For 7 Hours In Area Standoff, Police Say Gun-Toting Man Defies Cops For 7 Hours In Area Standoff, Police Say
Gun-Toting Man Defies Cops For 7 Hours In Area Standoff, Police Say An hours-long standoff ended peacefully after an armed man barricaded himself inside a Capital Region home, police said. Officers responded to a Colonie residence on Van Heusen Street for a domestic incident at around 1 p.m. Sunday, June 1, Colonie Police said. The caller told dispatchers the incident involved Dennis Farrell, 46, who was subject to a full stay-away order. Instead of surrendering, Farrell told police over the phone that he was armed with a gun and refused to come out, prompting the department’s Special Services Team to respond, according to police The standoff lasted more …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Teen Hospitalized After Officer-Involved Shooting In Region Teen Hospitalized After Officer-Involved Shooting In Region
Teen Hospitalized After Officer-Involved Shooting In Region A tense standoff on a Schenectady street ended with a police officer firing a shot and a teenage girl hospitalized with self-inflicted injuries. The incident unfolded around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, when Schenectady Police responded to a report of an altercation at a residence on Strong Street near Avery Place. When officers arrived, they encountered a 16-year-old girl armed with a large knife, Schenectady Police said. Officers attempted to speak with her and called in crisis negotiators to assist. During the standoff, the girl reportedly ran toward officers while still holding the kn…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Ten-Hour Standoff: Knife-Wielding Man 'Menaces' Troopers, Damages Cruiser In Region: PD Ten-Hour Standoff: Knife-Wielding Man 'Menaces' Troopers, Damages Cruiser In Region: PD
Ten-Hour Standoff: Knife-Wielding Man 'Menaces' Troopers, Damages Cruiser In Region: PD A man was arrested following a 10-hour standoff with police in the Capital Region. The ordeal began when troopers in Greene County responded to a Cairo residence on Blackhead Mountain Road for a suicidal man at around 3:20 p.m. Friday, March 21. When they arrived, 42-year-old Nicholas Cassillo, of Round Top, was uncooperative and became combative, New York State Police said. At one point, Cassillo “menaced” the officers with a large knife and a metal object, and damaged a trooper’s vehicle before retreating into the home, according to police. Crisis negotiators from the agency’s Bureau o…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Armed 5-Hour Standoff Ends With Arrest Of Dutchess County Man Armed 5-Hour Standoff Ends With Arrest Of Dutchess County Man
Armed 5-Hour Standoff Ends With Arrest Of Dutchess County Man A five-hour standoff in Dutchess County ended with the arrest of a 36-year-old man wanted on a warrant for reckless endangerment, police said. Capt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office said Richard P. Danko, age 36, of Dover Plains, was charged following a complaint and an hours-long standoff at his residence on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1 in Dover Plains. According to Watterson, deputies responded to 16 Old State Route 22 at around 6:10 a.m. after receiving a report of a person being threatened with a shotgun. When they arrived, Danko was identified as a suspect but refused t…

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by Kathy Reakes