CRIME & SAFETY
Spectrum Cable worker dies in electrical explosion
A Spectrum Cable utility worker was electrocuted early Friday morning, according to the Albany County Sheriff’s Office. First responders were sent to Long Road in Berne around 2:41 a.m. for a car on fire. When they arrived, they saw a Spectrum Cable bucket truck engulfed in flames. They determined...
Second suspect arrested in Slingerlands Facebook Marketplace sale gone wrong
The second suspect involved in a Facebook Marketplace robbery incident that occurred on December 27 on Vista Blvd was taken into custody. The post Second suspect arrested in Slingerlands Facebook Marketplace sale gone wrong first appeared on Spotlight News.
Daniel Frament Death On Mohawk Hudson Trail Ruled Homicide
Emergency crews in Albany County were called shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday, April 18, for an injured walker who was unconscious on the Mohawk Hudson Bike Trail in Menands. Medics attempted to revive the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to New York State Police. In...
Man charged in string of Guilderland retail thefts
A man from Albany is charged with stealing from stores in Guilderland. Police say Damir Willis, 27, was wanted in several thefts at Crossgates Mall and the Market 32 across the street. Willis was charged with burglary, petit larceny and bail jumping. Willis also has numerous arrest warrants with nearby...
Child Ate Cocaine In Schenectady Home Where Sibling Died: DA
Police were called to a Schenectady residence on Elmer Avenue near Poplar Street at around 3 a.m. Sunday, April 14, for a young girl who was unconscious and not breathing. Medics pronounced the girl dead a short time later. An investigation found that the girl’s father, 33-year-old Robert Buskey, starved...
Albany police officer ‘ambushed,’ shot during traffic stop; suspect dead
ALBANY — An Albany police officer was shot and wounded and the suspect was killed early Wednesday morning after a traffic stop in the Pine Hills neighborhood just after midnight, city police say. The officer is conscious and alert and being treated at Albany Medical Center. Neither the officer...
Rotterdam Nurse Charged In Death Of Skylar Pettit
Schenectady County residents Amber Geier and her boyfriend Rickey Loika were arrested Thursday, April 18, in the death of Geier’s 24-year-old daughter Skylar Pettit. The young woman, who had Down syndrome and diabetes, was found dead inside her Rotterdam residence on July 31, 2023 following a welfare check requested by her school. Investigators determined that she had been dead for months.
DA: Cocaine, starvation part of horrific circumstances of child’s death
SCHENECTADY – It was a nightmare on Elmer Street. According to Assistant Schenectady County District Attorney John Carson, Chief of the Special Victims Unit, the younger brother of the five year old girl allegedly starved to death by her father tested positive for cocaine. DA: Child dies under horrific...
Sheriff’s report yields additional information in Voorheesville train-car collision
VOORHEESVILLE — Nine sheriff’s deputies responded to the February incident of a car being rammed through by a train in Voorheesville, according to a report The Enterprise obtained through a Freedom of Information Law request. On Feb. 28, according to Albany County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Matuszek’s report, summarizing...
Troy woman faces drug charges after traffic stop
A Troy woman is facing drug charges after a traffic stop on Monday. State Police pulled over a vehicle on 787 in Menands at around 6:30 p.m. for traffic violations. The driver was identified as 21-year-old Hannah E. Olszowy. She was found to be driving under the influence of drugs, police said. Olszowy also allegedly had multiple hallucinogenic substances and cannabis in the vehicle.
Suspicious package found in Troy
State Police investigate suspicious package found in Troy. State Police are investigating a suspicious package found in Troy. Troy Police responded to the area of 6th Avenue and Jefferson Street after a juvenile reporting having heard about a bomb in the area. State Police investigators collected a suspicious package that...
Owner speaks after family restaurant destroyed in explosion
A local family is searching for a temporary location to set up shop after their Colonie restaurant was destroyed in an explosion. While they don’t know how long the rebuilding process will take or when it will even be able to start, they say while the building is gone, all the good memories they made serving the community over the years there will remain.
Missing Fae Morgana Barbone 'Died Peacefully' Family Says
The body of 40-year-old Fae Morgana Barbone was found Tuesday, April 16, in a rural part of Rensselaer County on the Taconic Crest Trail, located nearly eight miles east of Berlin, Williamstown Police said. Barbone was reported missing out of Williamstown, Massachusetts, on Thursday, March 7. She had last been...
Police: Clifton Park man used victim’s bank card to steal more than $10,000
A Clifton Park man is accused of stealing more than $10,000 from a Saratoga County resident’s bank account. Anthony J. Cafararo Jr., 58, had access to a bank card to obtain groceries for the victim, State Police said. Cafararo allegedly withdrew the money at multiple ATMs without notifying the victim or having permission, police said. The money was not returned to the victim. The matter was reported to police in December.
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