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SCHENECTADY
Concerned caller credited for arrest of man in alleged rape in Schenectady alley
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
A call from a concerned citizen helped lead to the arrest of a local man on kidnapping and sexual assault charges, authorities said.
ALBANY
Three convicted of drug-related charges
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Three men, one accused of being the leader of a massive organization that flooded the Capital Region with drugs, were convicted of drug-related charges Monday, authorities said.
BALLSTON SPA
Saratoga Springs assault trial opens with surveillance video of attack
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Jurors saw surveillance video Tuesday of a woman’s late-night beating a year ago in Saratoga Springs, as the trial of Antonio Lopez Bautista opened in Saratoga County Court.
ALBANY
Schenectady sex offender accused of having child pornography
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
An online investigation led to the arrest of a Level 2 sex offender from Schenectady on charges of possessing and distributing child pornography, authorities said.
BROADALBIN
Search fails to find two men who went missing on Sacandaga Lake
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The Great Sacandaga Lake refused to give up two missing fishermen through the second day of a police search effort.
ROTTERDAM JUNCTION
Rotterdam Junction property owners suing state over 2011 flooding
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Nearly five dozen Rotterdam Junction property owners have filed a civil claim against New York state, claiming the state Canal Corp.'s failure to adequately prepare for high water events along the Mohawk River caused them to incur more than $4.6 million in damages as a result of flooding from Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011.
GLOVERSVILLE
Police: Gloversville altercation leaves man with stab wounds
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
A Sunday afternoon altercation left one man with life-threatening stab wounds and another with less serious injuries, according to Gloversville police.
BALLSTON SPA
DWI crackdown set in Saratoga County
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Saratoga County police agencies will have a five-day anti-drunken driving crackdown over the Memorial Day weekend, county STOP-DWI Coordinator Robert Murphy said.
TROY
Woman accused of fundraising fraud
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Troy police say a city resident falsely claimed to have breast cancer and fraudulently benefited from efforts to raise money for her treatment.
SCHENECTADY
Woman took deceased mother's Social Security
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
A Schenectady woman admitted Monday to taking more than $20,000 worth of her dead mother’s Social Security benefits, which continued to be paid to her after she died, authorities said.
BETHLEHEM
Schenectady woman allegedly possessed drug PCP
Monday, May 20, 2013
A Schenectady woman is accused of possessing the drug PCP during a traffic stop at about 3:30 a.m. this morning in the town of Bethlehem, police said.
CAPITAL REGION
O'Hara plea sidesteps trial in fraud case
Monday, May 20, 2013
Prominent area entrepreneur and one-time NXIVM consultant Joseph O’Hara has entered a plea agreement with federal prosecutors nearly three years after he was accused of sending bribes to a school administrator in Texas in exchange for the district’s business.
LAKE LUZERNE
Lake Luzerne crash kills 1, injures 2
Sunday, May 19, 2013
A 65-yearold woman has died and two other people were critically injured in a head-on crash in Warren County.
SCHENECTADY
Man stabbed in face during fight
Saturday, May 18, 2013
City police responded to a stabbing on Albany Street Friday evening, with a man apparently with a cut to his face after a fight, according to scanner traffic.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Saratoga Springs police seek missing 91-year-old man
Saturday, May 18, 2013
City police are searching for a 91-year-old man they said has been missing since Thursday afternoon.
