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Archive for 'Law Enforcement News'

Benjamin Greenwood: Vermont’s drug crisis doesn’t stop at the city line

Addiction here is not some distant statistic; it’s an unrelenting force that has a corrupting grip on neighbors, classmates and loved ones. Click here for the VTDigger story 

Onondage County refuses to release Micron’s huge impact report. Public record experts say it should

Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

DEC and Adirondack Mountain Reserve Announce Start of 2025 Parking Reservation System

Parking Reservations Required May 1 to Oct. 31 April 25, 2025 – The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Adirondack Mountain Reserve (AMR) today announced the parking reservation system to promote safe access to trails in the Route 73 corridor will resume May 1. Based on improved safety conditions in the corridor […]

‘These guys work six 12-hour days’: VT dairy farms anxious after migrant workers arrested

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Three Mid-State corrections officers plead guilty inmate beating

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US Border Patrol arrests 8 migrant workers at Berkshire dairy

The incident constitutes the largest immigration enforcement action against migrant workers in Vermont in recent memory. Click here for the VTDigger story 

Recent Regional DEC Forest Ranger Actions

Town of Wilmington Essex County Wilderness Rescue: On April 19 at 6:14 p.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from two hikers looking for assistance getting down from the top of Whiteface Veterans’ Memorial Highway. The two 19-year-olds from Quebec were not prepared for the cold and rainy conditions on the trail. At 6:52 p.m., Forest […]

Woman charged with animal neglect after 64 cats found in Upstate NY bus

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Albany Republican Headquarters vandalized with swastikas

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Guards ‘apparently intentionally’ disabled body cams before fatal inmate beating, DA says

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Breaking up of two large drug trafficking rings lands 31 people in prison, officials say

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Stefanik reintroduces by-partisan legislation to designate Plattsburgh Airport as a Port of Entry

April 17, 2025 – Elise Stefanik News Release  While Plattsburgh International Airport qualifies as a port of entry under CBP’s criteria, it has not received this designation, which has resulted in increased costs for the airport and travelers flying in and out. Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik reintroduced the bipartisan Border Airport Fairness Act […]

SUNY chancellor worries about chilling effect after Plattsburgh student set for deportation

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Prison guards indicted in connection with inmate’s death at CNY prison, governor says

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SUNY Plattsburgh student to be deported after student visa revoked

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Should I stay or go? Immigrants across U.S. consider self-deportation

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New Education Course for Lake Champlain Boaters

New York passed a law requiring anyone operating a motorized vessel to get and carry a boating safety certificate. Click here for the WCAX story 

A pedestrian’s death, a settlement and lingering questions

In September 2023, Chriss Zuckerman, a resident of a Howard Center residential facility, was killed by a car on Shelburne Road. Could her death have been avoided? Click here for the VTDigger story 

‘Shocked, saddened’: Groveland correctional officer found dead at facility

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Border czar’s town stood up for 3 kids detained by ICE — and won

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Malta NY: Man who aimed BB gun at law enforcement officers fatally shot

State Police spokeperson said Law enforcement instructed Moore to drop the firearm, but he refused and aimed the weapon at troopers and deputies Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

Assemblyman Billy Jones: Governor and DOCCS Need to Act Urgently on Staffing Issues

Billy Jones Press Release 4/10/25 – It has been one month since over 2,000 correction officers were terminated, and I have been working diligently to get the officers who want to return to work back into their respective facilities. Today, the officers in these facilities are faced with almost daily 12 hour or longer shifts, […]

Judge allows requirement that everyone in the US illegally must register to move forward

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VP of Buffalo’s Bikers Against Child Abuse arrested for sex crimes against children

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Prison Dog Sweep very successful