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Albany Man Kills Fellow Inmate At NY Prison, Convicted Nearly 30 Years Later Albany Man Kills Fellow Inmate At NY Prison, Convicted Nearly 30 Years Later
Albany Man Kills Fellow Inmate At NY Prison, Convicted Nearly 30 Years Later Nearly 30 years after fatally stabbing a fellow inmate at a Northern Westchester prison because he wore a cross, a 54-year-old New York man learned he will spend decades in prison for the killing.  Albany resident Allah-Son-Allah was sentenced to 20 years in state prison for his killing of 32-year-old Michael Jones on Christmas Eve 1995 while they were both incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Oct. 10.  According to the DA's Office, at around 8 p.m. on Dec. 24, 1995, Allah-Son-All…

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by Ben Crnic
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Cold Case: Murder Of Albany's 'Baby Moses,' Solved After 27 Years Cold Case: Murder Of Albany's 'Baby Moses,' Solved After 27 Years
Cold Case: Murder Of Albany's 'Baby Moses,' Solved After 27 Years After some 27 years, detectives have solved the cold case murder of a baby boy in the region. Albany County resident Keri Mazzuca, age 52, of Altamont,  was charged in connection with the Sunday, Sept. 7, 1977 homicide, on Saturday, Sept. 14.  According to Albany Police Officer Megan Craft, around 7:15 a.m., Sept. 7, 1997, officers responded to the area of the Moses statue in Washington Park for reports of a dead baby.  A park worker found the child's body while digging a ditch next to a flower bed near the statue. When officers arrived, they located the dead infant who woul…

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by Kathy Reakes