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17 Year Old Connected To Albany Violence Arrested, charged and sentenced to 15 years for shooting a 4-year-old.

Last week on Saturday night, 30-year-old Correctional Officer Ryan Lawson reported to the Sheriff’s Department that someone had thrown a lit firecracker into his home causing damage to an area rug.

Social Studies teacher at Warren Street Academy, 26-year old Sean M. Miller of Latham was arrested on Thursday by the Colonie Police Department.

A reward fund was started by former Troy Mayor Harry Tutunjian.  The reward fund began at $500, then it jumped to $5000, and now it is set at $10,000.

I told you not to think the Albany County Sheriff’s Department is sleeping, they definitely are not. 32-year old Timothy Perales is living proof that they are still scrutinizing our behavior. The sheriff's department investigated him for two months, and they came up with a big d…

Criminals are getting really creative. They wanted to get some drugs and contraband into a correctional facility, so came up with the ingenious idea of throwing it over the fence inside a basketball.

A worried mom called the Colonie Police because she did not know where her 17-year-old daughter was. The mom stated that she was concerned that her daughter was at a hotel with an older man using drugs.

Saratoga Sheriff’s Department was still diligently investigating a recent shooting spree that involved several suspects.

A man arrested for throwing a brick at Police Officer during Albany riot. The man was from Delmar and not Albany.

Saratoga County and Rensselaer County have reported 30 overdose cases just this week. Unfortunately two people lost their lives in Troy due to overdoses.

Monday, May 11 when Moreno alleged broken into a home on Staten Island and killed a couple and their unborn child.

A woman decided to pull out a weapon and shoot two women in broad daylight.

Brayton Whitney (37) and Leonard Pitcher were charged with one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree and one count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the fourth degree which are felony offenses.

An Albany man named Johnny Crosby was arrested and charged with first-degree criminal sexual act, a felony. After being accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl.

Sad news in Albany a 22-year-old man found stabbed, he later succumbed to his wounds at Albany Medical Center.

All crime has been canceled in East Greenbush due to the coronavirus.

Jake Alexander Cruse 33 years old and lived in Troy just plead guilty to not only having child pornography he was distributing, transporting and receiving video images of child abuse.

Every year the FBI compiles data about crimes that happen in various cities through out the United States. 

So ya’ll remember last spring that video that went viral with the Albany Police officers beating up 3 men due to a noise complaint?
I do. The charges against the 3 men ended up being dropped but not before an internal investigation into the police department was done on the officer…

We are only 2 weeks into the new year and it seems that the Albany violence situation is still going to be a problem.

As she should! This story really amazes me. What kind of kids are parents raising these days?!
The movement to STOP BULLYING has been going on for years and yet still we have these young kids out here bullying others and breaking the law as well...

Damn! It’s not even Thanksgiving yet and family members wildin’ out has already hit the news.
A Tonawanda man has been charged with spiking family members’ food, drinks with Epsom salts, laxatives. Andrew Ditch, 34, allegedly sprinkled the substances on…

Valerie and James Hewitt were arrested by Watervliet Police Department and charged each with four counts of unlawful surveillance

The Saratoga County Sheriff's office will hold a joint press conference later today with Clifton Park Town Supervisor Phil Barrett to announce that an arrest has been made in the nighttime burglaries investigation

Albany marks its second homicide of the year the first due to a shooting incident. Which is way down from last year's record-setting 15 homicides.

Police in Schenectady are searching for a missing teen. Indera Morgan, anyone with information is being asked to call the police. The teenage girl went missing on Wednesday afternoon around 2:30 pm.

Weird sad news in Schenectady, this morning police found a dead woman inside a parked Charter Bus.

A 59-year-old man who was drunk driving and killed a couple is out on bail for 300k after pleading guilty to manslaughter.

With all the news of police violating people locally and nationally, there are people within the community and law enforcement, that would like to come up with permanent solutions.

Through Monday, a crackdown is in effect.  It's Memorial Day weekend, a time to celebrate, to remember and honor veterans past and present, and a time to enjoy.  But, not a time to drink and drive (well, really at no time should you be drinking and driving)...