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Three men arrested in Chazy on cocaine charges
Plattsburgh, NY- Three men have been arrested in Chazy after police say they found over 94 grams of cocaine when searching a home on Stratton Hill Rd. The Plattsburgh City Police Dept. were getting ready to search the home on Stratton Hill Rd on Wednesday when two people left the house and drove to a nearby gas station. Police say the passenger, 26-year-old Carlos Ramos, from New Jersey, had 44 grams of cocaine on him. Ramos was arrested at the gas station and is facing two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Shooting suspect sentenced after New York drug bust
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — A New Jersey man wanted for an ongoing shooting investigation was sentenced in Plattsburgh this week. Darnell Hughee faces ten years behind bars for charges related to drugs and gun possession. Hughee was arrested during a traffic stop in Plattsburgh last August. Police pulled him over...
Crews battle apartment building fire in West Chazy, New York
WEST CHAZY, N.Y. — Crews battled a fire at a three-story apartment building in West Chazy on Tuesday. Volunteers from the Northeastern New York Chapter of the American Red Cross aided 16 people following the fire, which affected multiple families in the building, according to officials. Red Cross volunteers...
Wrong-way driver safely stopped on Interstate 89
ST. ALBANS — Vermont State Police successfully intercepted a wrong-way driver on Interstate 89 northbound between Exit 21 and Exit 20 on May 15, preventing a potential traffic mishap. Authorities reported that around 11:18 a.m., they received multiple calls regarding a vehicle traveling south in the northbound lanes. Troopers...
Border Patrol officers for Swanton Sector report record number of encounters with undocumented migrants
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The number of illegal U.S. border crossings in our region last month broke another record, according to officials. Members of the U.S. Border Patrol patrolling the Swanton Sector said in April alone, they encountered and apprehended "well over" 1,400 undocumented migrants. To put that number into...
Norwich student, Plattsburgh High School graduate dies from hiking accident in Germany
Communities in both Northern New York and central Vermont are mourning the loss of one of their own. Isaiah Trunck, a Norwich University student and Plattsburgh High School graduate, died on May 12 following a hiking accident in the Bavarian Alps in Germany. The 18-year-old college freshman was studying international...
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